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Entertainment Quiz #615

Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Quiz for 29 October 2020

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Q1. What was the first television show to be presented by Jimmy Savile (later knighted) who went on to present the long-running - 1975-1994 - UK TV series "Jim'll Fix It"?

A
Young at Heart
B
New Musical Express
C
Top of the Pops
D
Pop Go the Sixties
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Q2. What needlework technique incorporating features of embroidery, cutwork and needle lace, popular in England in the 19th century, is characterised by patterns composed of small holes or eyelets bound with overcast or buttonhole stitches?

A
Broderie Anglaise
B
Parisian stitch
C
Buttonholing
D
Sashiko quilting
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Q3. What kind of character is "Touchstone", who appears in Shakespeare's "As You Like It"?

A
Clown
B
King
C
Servant
D
Military man
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Q4. Which fictional character referred to his wife as "She Who Must Be Obeyed"?

A
Arthur Daley
B
Rumpole of the Bailey
C
Uriah Heep
D
Dumbledore
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Q5. Which of these is not a painting by Hieronymus Bosch?

A
The Haywain
B
Adoration of the Magi
C
The Tower of Babel
D
The Garden of Earthly Delights
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Q6. What 2007 film is an over-the-top send-up of action movies, featuring a large amount of violence (including killing by carrots), starring Clive Owen, Monica Bellucci & Paul Giamatti?

A
Shoot 'Em Up
B
Go Hard
C
Ka-Blam!!
D
Fire Now!
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Q7. What word is used to describe a grotesque stone carving with a spout designed to convey water from a roof and away from the side of a building?

A
Greenday
B
Gargoyle
C
Gorilla
D
Garçon
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