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The answer to question 18 was corrected on 24 Jun 2007 (thanks Stan).
Spelling of De Niro corrected 11 Nov 07 (thanks K Balfour).
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Who played Al Capone in the 1987 film, The Untouchables? Robert De
Niro
Which character did James Stewart play in the 1952 film, The Greatest
Show On Earth? Buttons the Clown
Who wrote the novel On Chesil Beach? Ian McEwan
What is the surname of the family in the UK TV series My Family?
Harper
Which instrument represents the duck in Prokofiev's Peter and the
Wolf? Oboe
Who played Richard Cunningham in the US TV show Happy Days? Ron
Howard
How to Save a Life was which band's debut album? The Fray
Which UK TV series was based on Eric Chappell's play The Banana Box?
Rising Damp
Jan Morrow and Brad Allen are characters who share a phone line in
which 1959 film? Pillow Talk (starring Rock Hudson and Doris Day)
How many contestants' boxes feature in the (UK version) TV show Deal
of No Deal? Twenty-two (eleven 'reds' and eleven 'blues')
By what name was rapper Christopher Wallace most famously known? The
Notorious B.I.G. (aka Biggie Smalls, Frank White, and Big Poppa - maybe worth a
half-point bonus each..)
Who played the Russian mail-order bride in the 2001 film Birthday
Girl? Nicole Kidman
Daisy Donovan, Iain Lee, and MacKenzie Crook were presenters on which
1990's UK TV show? The 11 O'Clock Show
What is the number on the roof of the bus in the 1994 film Speed?
2525
Pixel, Stingy and Stephanie appear in which children's TV programme?
LazyTown
In which year was the UK Comic Relief launched? 1985
What is the name of the title character in Arthur Miller's play Death
of a Salesman? Willy Loman
In the 1979 film Apocalypse Now which river does Captain Willard
(Martin Sheen) travel up to reach Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando)? Nung
What is the first name of Frank Gallagher's legal wife in the UK TV
series Shameless? Monica
In which US state did Buddy Holly's plane crash in 1959? Iowa
Nicky Hambleton-Jones presents which UK TV make-over show? Ten Years
Younger
What was Humphrey Bogart's last film? The Harder They Fall (1956, in
which Bogart played jobless sportswriter Eddie Willis)
What was mixed with water to make the rain more visible on screen in
the 1952 film Singing in the Rain? Milk
What is the name of the family doctor in The Simpsons cartoon show?
Doctor Julius Hibbert
Who played Domino in the 1983 Bond film Never Say Never Again? Kim
Basinger
Who designed the costumes for the 1997 film The Fifth Element?
Jean-Paul Gaultier
Doctor Moriarty is the arch-enemy of which fictional detective?
Sherlock Holmes (created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1886 - Moriarty was
apparently the name of a real boy from Conan Doyle's college days)
What was the title of George Michael's first solo album? Faith
(1987)
Brad Pitt played one of Anthony Hopkins' three sons in which 1994
film? Legends of the Fall (Pitt's character is Tristan Ludlow; the other
brothers are Samuel and Alfred. William is the dad.)
Tall Dark and Gruesome is the title of whose autobiography?
Christopher Lee
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