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  1. Which UK politician was replaced by a tub of lard when he failed to turn up for a recording of TV quiz show Have I Got News For You?
  2. Who played the title role in the 2005 film Nanny McPhee?
  3. What was the name of Lucille Ball's Cuban band-leader first husband?
  4. Who took over the hosting of BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs in 2005?
  5. Who played the flatmate Dermot in UK TV's Men Behaving Badly, replaced after series one by Neil Morrissey's character Tony?
  6. What was the name of Bruce Springsteen's 1970s-80s backing group?
  7. Which was the first British TV game show to be adapted for screening in the USA?
  8. Which sport is the subject of the 1977 film Slap Shot, starring Paul Newman?
  9. Who wrote the novel Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde?
  10. What was the name of Scarlet O'Hara's first husband in Gone with the Wind?
  11. Which British TV comedy series took its name from the title of a 1960 crime-comedy film starring Jack Hawkins?
  12. Which TV and film character's full name is Alistair Graham?
  13. Which TV soap actress played Cleopatra in the 1964 film Carry On Cleo?
  14. What was the name of the ranch in TV's cowboy series Bonanza?
  15. Whose autobiography is entitled With Nails?
  16. Which film saw the return after 12 years of Sean Connery as James Bond?
  17. What is the name of Inspector Clouseau's manservant?
  18. Which actor is the voice of Z in the 1998 film Antz?
  19. Which British pop group did Graham Nash leave to join David Crosby in forming Crosby Stills Nash and Young?
  20. What did M*A*S*H stand for?
  21. What was the first Beatles film?
  22. What is the occupation of The Fugitive?
  23. Which band released the album Zooropa?
  24. Which actor brothers played the piano players in the 1989 film The Fabulous Baker Boys?
  25. Which football team is the subject of the 1996 film Fever Pitch?
  26. Johnny Knoxville became famous in what TV show?
  27. Which singer and actress was born Julia Elizabeth Wells in 1935?
  28. Which actor played Bruce Wayne in the 2005 film Batman Begins?
  29. Who did Deidre Langton marry in Coronation Street in 1981?
  30. Who spoke the only word in the 1976 film Silent Movie?

Questions & Answers

Interactive Quiz

  1. Which UK politician was replaced by a tub of lard when he failed to turn up for a recording of TV quiz show Have I Got News For You?
    Roy Hattersley
  2. Who played the title role in the 2005 film Nanny McPhee?
    Emma Thompson
  3. What was the name of Lucille Ball's Cuban band-leader first husband?
    Desi Arnaz
  4. Who took over the hosting of BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs in 2005?
    Kirsty Young
  5. Who played the flatmate Dermot in UK TV's Men Behaving Badly, replaced after series one by Neil Morrissey's character Tony?
    Harry Enfield
  6. What was the name of Bruce Springsteen's 1970s-80s backing group?
    The E Street Band
  7. Which was the first British TV game show to be adapted for screening in the USA?
    The Krypton Factor
  8. Which sport is the subject of the 1977 film Slap Shot, starring Paul Newman?
    Ice hockey
  9. Who wrote the novel Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde?
    Robert Louis Stevenson
  10. What was the name of Scarlet O'Hara's first husband in Gone with the Wind?
    Charles Hamilton
  11. Which British TV comedy series took its name from the title of a 1960 crime-comedy film starring Jack Hawkins?
    The League of Gentlemen
  12. Which TV and film character's full name is Alistair Graham?
    Ali G
  13. Which TV soap actress played Cleopatra in the 1964 film Carry On Cleo?
    Amanda Barrie
  14. What was the name of the ranch in TV's cowboy series Bonanza?
    The Ponderosa
  15. Whose autobiography is entitled With Nails?
    Richard E Grant
  16. Which film saw the return after 12 years of Sean Connery as James Bond?
    Never Say Never Again
  17. What is the name of Inspector Clouseau's manservant?
    Cato
  18. Which actor is the voice of Z in the 1998 film Antz?
    Woody Allen
  19. Which British pop group did Graham Nash leave to join David Crosby in forming Crosby Stills Nash and Young?
    The Hollies
  20. What did M*A*S*H stand for?
    Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
  21. What was the first Beatles film?
    Hard Day's Night
  22. What is the occupation of The Fugitive?
    Surgeon
  23. Which band released the album Zooropa?
    U2
  24. Which actor brothers played the piano players in the 1989 film The Fabulous Baker Boys?
    Jeff and Beau Bridges
  25. Which football team is the subject of the 1996 film Fever Pitch?
    Arsenal
  26. Johnny Knoxville became famous in what TV show?
    Jackass
  27. Which singer and actress was born Julia Elizabeth Wells in 1935?
    Julie Andrews
  28. Which actor played Bruce Wayne in the 2005 film Batman Begins?
    Christian Bale
  29. Who did Deidre Langton marry in Coronation Street in 1981?
    Ken Barlow
  30. Who spoke the only word in the 1976 film Silent Movie?
    Marcel Marceau
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