Free Quiz Questions on Entertainment (uncategorized). Subjects include money, fame, theatre, magicians, comedians, awards, actors, comedy, etc
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Has Winona Ryder ever won an Oscar?
No (although she has been nominated twice: in 1994 for Age of Innocence and in 1995 for Little Women)
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Name the Ukrainian-born American actress who has starred in such films as The Fifth Element and Ultraviolet?
Milla Jovovich
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Name the actor who has starred in all of these films: Million Dollar Baby, Driving Miss Daisy and Bruce Almighty?
Morgan Freeman
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Name the male actor who has starred in each of these films: Shawshank Redemption, Amsitad and Deep Impact
Morgan Freeman
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Who played King George in The Madness of King George and starred in Yes Minister?
Nigel Hawthorne
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Name the 1989 film that Daniel Day Lewis won an Oscar for, playing a man with cerebral palsy?
My Left Foot
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Which actress won the 2007 BAFTA award for best actress?
Helen Mirren (for The Queen)
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Over their whole career, which actor’s films have made the most money: Mel Gibson, John Travolta or Sean Connery?
Gibson
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Over their entire career, which actor’s films have grossed the most at the box office: Harrison Ford or Robert di Niro?
Harrison Ford
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Whose films have made the most money at the box office over their entire career: John Travolta or Cameron Diaz?
John Travolta (May 04)
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In 1999, who became the first Hollywood star to trademark their own name? Leonardo di Caprio, Arnold Schwarzenegger or Liv Tyler?
Leonardo di Caprio
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Who has had the most British top ten hits of all time: Madonna, Elvis Presley or Cliff Richard?
Cliff
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What top class honour was awared from the BBC to the Queen in 2001 and Lewis Hamilton in 2009 and a dog called Bonnie in 1991?
Gold Blue Peter Badge
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In 1990, who became the first ever Radio 1 DJ to be knighted: Jimmy Saville, Jimmy Young, or Noel Edmonds?
Jimmy Savile
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What would you work in if you won a SONY award: TV, Film or Radio?
Radio
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In the USA, are the Emmy Awards given for television, theatre or music?
Television
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Which country makes the most films every year: France, China or UK?
France
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Which country makes the most films every year: India, China or USA?
India
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Which country makes the most films every year: France, Germany or Japan
Japan
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Which dead celebrity has generated most cash over the last year through sales of books, posters, records, films, and so on: Marilyn Monroe, Bob Marley, or Marlon Brando? [2005]
Marlon Brando
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Who was the first actor to play James Bond (on a South African radio play): David Niven, Bob Monkhouse, Sid James, Bob Holness
Bob Holness
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Which fictional character lives at Apartment 3D, 344, ClintonStreet?
Clark Kent
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Which fictional spy was famous for using a gun called a Walther PPK?
James Bond
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Which country invented Godzilla: Japan, USA or Belgium?
Japan
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What is the name of the guy who played Ali G and Borat?
Sacha Baron Cohen
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When UK comedian Bob Monkhouse died in 2003: how old was he?
75 years old
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Spike Milligan was a funy chap but old was he when he died in 2002?
83 years old
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What is the name of the guy who plays Sir Les Patterson and Dame Edna Everage?
Barry Humphries
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Patrick Kielty is Irish but is the hilarious comedian from Dublin or Belfast?
Belfast
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Which Manchester comedian died at the age of 76 in 2007? Clue: most famous for being near the knuckle in terms of racist material.
Bernard Manning
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What Northern Irish comedian used the catchphrases “It’s a cracker” and “It’s the way I tell ‘em”?
Frank Carson
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What's the name of the guy who used to appear on telly sporting a large Papier Mache head and a nasal Mancunian accent?
Frank Sidebottom
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What comedian had characters in the 1980s called Stavros and Loadsamoney?
Harry Enfield
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Benjamin Kubelsky 1894 fame as what comedian
Jack Benny
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What are the first names of bizarre Scottish comedy husband-and-wife comedy double-act The Krankies?
Jeanette and Ian
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Which Scots comic is billed as “the world’s most offensive comedian” and is also pretty good at card tricks?
Jerry Sadowitz
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Which camp comedian used to appear on the television with his pet who was called “Fanny The Wonderdog”?
Julian Clary
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Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie were best known as a comedy duo but which one of them actually rowed in the Oxford Cambridge boat race inn 1980?
Laurie (the small unfunny straight one not the witty big gay one)
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Who got into the Guinness Book of Records in November 2005 for playing to the biggest solo comedy audience in the world: Lee Evans, Eddie Izzard, or Peter Kay?
Lee Evans [played to a crowd of over ten thousand in Manchester in 2005]
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Which Harry Enfield character had a number 4 hit in 1988 called “Doin up the house”
Loadsamoney
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Keith Harris is the puppeteer famous for Orville the Duck. He had a less-famous puppet called Cuddles but what kind of animal was Cuddles?
Monkey or Orang Utan
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Who won a Channel 4 poll in 2005 to find the comedians favourite comedian: Peter Cook, Spike Milligan or Eric Morecambe?
Peter Cook
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What did Bob Mortimer do before he was a TV comedian? Was he a solicitor, an accountant, or a traffic warden or a marital aids designer.
solicitor
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Which now-dead comedian famously called Prince Charles a “little grovelling bastard” at the 1994 British Comedy Awards?
Spike Milligan
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Which Comedian has been banned from Leeds Fc after telling racist jokes? Bernard Manning, Stan Boardman or Graham Norton?
Stan Boardman [2002]
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Which half of a famous comedy duo was born at Ulverston in the Lake District in 1890?
Stan Laurel
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Where are the chuckle brothers from: Yorkshire, Lancashire or Zimbabwe?
Yorkshire
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According to recent research - what percentage of the websites on the internet are of a sexual nature? Get within 10% of the right answer to get the points.
60% (accept answer in range 50%-70%)
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What is David Blaine going to do next: jump out of a helicopter without a parachute, fry himself in a huge wok of boiling oil or cut his own head off?
Jump out of helicopter
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Judge Jules is a famous DJ: How much does he get paid for a night’s work according to a recent article in the Sun?
6000
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There are about 2000 stars on The Hollywood Walk of Fame, but how long is the walk: 1½ miles, 3½ miles or 15½ miles?
3½ miles
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Which top UK celebrity used to sign their autograph “safe hands”? Is it Jeremy Beadle, Cliff Richard or David Seaman?
David Seaman
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Whose breasts are insured for over a million pounds: model Jordan or singer Dolly Parton?
Dolly Parton
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What part of his body did Charlie Chaplin have insured for $150,000: his hair, his feet or his hands?
Feet (because his silly walks were so valuable to his comedy)
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Which mobile phone company paid Catherine Zeta-Jones £11 million to promote their products: Virgin, O2, or T-Mobile?
T-Mobile
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Who is the richest: Joan Collins, Tom Jones, or Brian May?
Tom Jones
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Which name is shared by a 2003 album by the White Stripes, a 2003 film by Gus Van Sant, and is also the name of an animal?
Elephant
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David Schwimmer of Friends says he want to quit acting and get into what profession? Teacher, Doctor or a Motor Racing Driver?
Teaching
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Which Radio One DJ’s name is rhyming slang for when things fail to go according to plan?
Pete Tong (wrong)