Entertainment Quiz #719
Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Quiz for 27 October 2022
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Q1.
Who was the first person (and only person, except for "Sergeant Pepper") other than The Beatles themselves, to have their image on the front cover of a Beatles LP?
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2
Q2.
What is the generic title of a series of French comic strips that first appeared in French in the magazine Pilote on 29 October 1959?
A
The Adventures of Asterix
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3
Q3.
What is the next in this series: Das Rheingold (The Rhinegold), Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), Siegfried, ... ?
A
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Mastersinger of Nuremberg)
B
Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)
C
Götterdämmerung (The Twilight of the Gods)
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Q4.
By what name do we better know Mr van Rijn, who lived in Holland in the 17th century?
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Q5.
What song was written by Bob Geldof in the aftermath of Brenda Ann Spencer's attempted massacre at an elementary school across the street from her house in San Diego, California, in 1979?
C
Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
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Q6.
What links the UK television programmes Dr Who and Lewis?
A
They were both commissioned by BBC Wales
B
Kevin Whately, one of the leads in Lewis, played a dalek in an early Dr Who episode
C
The theme tunes were composed by the same person
D
Respective leads in the two series, Billie Piper and Laurence Fox, were married
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Q7.
The plot of the 1959 film "Some Like It Hot", starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, is triggered by what event?
A
The end of World War II
B
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
C
The Saint Valentine's Day massacre
D
Elvis Presley appears on the Ed Sullivan Show
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