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General knowledge trivia questions about the entertainment field, with the answers.

Which cockney actor is famous for his part in the film Alfie?
A: Michael Caine.

Which film starring Anthony Hopkins won the 991 Academy Award for Best Picture?
A: Silence of the Lambs.

Which group of Jim Henson puppets first appeared on American television in Sesame Street?
A: The Muppets.

Which of Bob Kane's strip-cartoon characters has the secret identity of millionaire playboy Bruce Wayne?
A: Batman.

Which American pioneer of modern dance died when her song scarf caught in the wheel of a car?
A: Isadora Duncan.

Which Swiss lakeside resort has an annual television festival whose top award is the Golden Rose?
A: Montreux.

Who wrote the lyrics for Leonard Bernstein's musical West Side Story?
A: Stephen Sondheim.

Whose book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was made into the film starring Judy Garland?
A: L. Frank Baum.

Which Scottish music-hall singer started out as an 'Irish' comedian?
A: Harry Lauder.

Which two people were Waiting for Godot, in the play by Samuel Beckett?
A: Estragon and Vladimir.

Beethoven, Dvorak and Vaughan Williams all wrote the same number of symphonies. How many did they each write?
A: Nine.

What is the pen-name of James Wight, whose books about his experiences as a Yorkshire vet were made into several television series?
A: James Herriot.

Who are the two characters, a dim-witted socialite and his urbane manservant, created by P G Wodehouse?
A: Jeeves and Wooster.

What is the title of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical based on a collection of animal poems by T S Eliot?
A: Cats.

Which playwright wrote the controversial television play Brimstone and Treacle in 1976, but found it banned from transmission until 1987?
A: Dennis Potter.

On which instrument was Frederic Chopin a virtuoso?
A: Piano.

Which opera did Bizet write just before his death in 1875?
A: Carmen.

By which collective name would you identify the group whose firs names begin with J. P. G. and R?
A: Beatles.

Which writer of children's books also wrote Tales of the Unexpected for television and the screenplay for the film You Only Live Twice?
A: Roald Dahl.

Which German-born naturalist's work with wildlife in Kenya was portrayed in the film Born Free?
A: Joy Adamson.

In which type of Japanese drama do men take all the parts, in the interests of propriety?
A: Kabuki.

Who was the jazz clarinettist nicknamed the 'King of Swing'?
A: Benny Goodman.

What is known in the USA as 'off-off Broadway' ?
A: Fringe theatre.

Which instrument does Nigel Kennedy play?
A: Violin .

Which type of music develop0ed from the spirituals sung in the Baptist churches of the southern USA?
A: Gospel.

What was the name of the American showman who established "The "Greatest Show on Earth" in 1871?
A: Phineas TG Barnum.

Who appeared in the Oxford revue Beyond The Fringe and went on to open a satirical nightclub called the Establishment?
A: Peter Cook.

Who co-founded the Renaissance theatre Company with David Parfitt in 1987?
A: Kenneth Branagh.

What is the name of the guitar-like Russian stringed instrument with a triangular body?
A: Balalaika.

What was the screen name of Lee Yuen Kam?
A: Bruce Lee.

Who wrote the opera Rigoletto?
A: Verdi.

Which London theater began life as the Coburg, but should really be known as the Royal Victoria Hall?
A: The Old Vic.

What was the nickname of the Marx brother who left the zany group before any films were made?
A: Gummo.

Which Viennese composer left his eight symphony unfinished?
A: Schubert.

Who wrote The Beggar's Opera in 1728?
A: John Gay.

 

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