Friday, 18 February 2011

Entertainment Quiz with a theme - Answers after No.20

1. Which US group had a 1970 hit No.1 in the USA and No.2 in the UK called I want you back?
2. Which US soul singer's greatest hit was released in 1965 and called 'In the midnight hour'? 
3. Who played Indiana Jones in a number of movies?
4. Which 1981 movie starred Dudley Moore as a drunk and Sir John Gielgud as his manservant Hobson?
5. Which movie and TV series had characters such as Gomez, Morticia and Lurch?
6. Which 1998 movie starring Jim Carrey is based on a TV show which is actually about his life?
7. Which UK actress was married to Mike Todd, Eddie Fisher and Richard Burton twice?
8. In the TV western series 'Alias Smith and Jones' one character was called Kid Curry, who was the other?
9. Who played Charles in the movie 4 weddings and a funeral?
10. Which San Francisco band of which performed at Woodstock in 1969 was founded by Marty Balin, and changed the second part of its name to Starship in 1974?
11. Which movie starring Michael Caine and Britt Ekland was about a London gangster called Jack, and was remade in 2000, but was set in USA and starred Sylvester Stallone?
12. Which Welsh singer had hits with 'Its a heartache','Holding out for a hero' and 'Total eclipse of the heart?
13. Which movie director won Oscars for movies such as 'The grapes of Wrath', 'The battle of Midway' and 'The quiet man'?
14. Which 1995 romantic drama movie starred Meryl Streep and was directed by Clint Eastwood  and was set in Iowa?
15. Who sang the sound track 'All time high' used in the James Bond movie 'Octopussy'?
16. Who played Eli in the 2010 movie 'Book of Eli' and 'Alonzo Harris' in the 2001 movie 'Training Day'? 
17. Which cartoon cat has friends called 'Nermal', 'Odie', 'Arlene' and 'Pooky'?
18. Which actress was born 'Norma Jean' Baker?
19. Which film stars roles included 'Dragline' in Cool Hand Luke, 'Joe Patroni' in the Airplane movies and 'Captain Ed Hocken' in the Police Squad movies?
20. Which English female singer had hits with 'Wuthering Heights', 'Babooskha' and 'The man with the child in his eyes'?



Answers:-

Theme is American Presidents

1. Jackson 5                                           Andrew Jackson                     1829 - 1837
2. Wilson Pickett                                    Woodrow Wilson                    1913 - 1921
3. Harrison Ford                                    William Henry Harrison          1841 - 1841
4. Arthur                                                 Chester A Arthur                    1881 - 1885
5. Adams Family                                     John Adams                            1797 - 1801  
6. The Truman Show                              Harry S Truman                      1945 - 1953
7. Elizabeth Taylor                                  Zachary Taylor                        1849 - 1850
8. Hannibal Hayes                                   Rutherfield B Hayes                1877 - 1881 
9. Hugh Grant                                         Ulysses S Grant                       1869 - 1877
10. Jefferson Airplane                            Thomas Jefferson                     1801 - 1809
11. Get Carter                                        Jimmy Carter                            1977 - 1981
12. Bonnie Tyler                                     John Tyler                                1841 - 1845 
13. John Ford                                          Gerald Ford                             1974 - 1977
14. The Bridges of Madison County        James Madison                        1809 - 1817
15. Rita Coolidge                                    Calvin Coolidge                        1923 - 1929
16. Denzel Washington                           George Washington                  1789 - 1797
17. Garfield                                            James A Garfield                      1881 - 1881
18. Marilyn Monroe                                James Monroe                         1817 - 1825        
19. George Kennedy                               John F Kennedy                       1961 - 1963     
20. Kate Bush                                         George W Bush                        2001 - 2009














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