Entertainment50 randomly selected Entertainment questions for quizmasters. New random selection made weekly. Next update: Monday 15th June 2026 (Please note: Questions are taken from our database of previous quizzes. Some questions and answers may be outdated.) |
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| 1. | Who co-stars with Kim Basinger in the 1986 film 9½ Weeks? |
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Mickey Rourke | |
| 2. | What is the name of the cruise ship in the TV series The Love Boat? |
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S.S. Pacific Princess | |
| 3. | As portrayed in the 2015 biographical film Spotlight, what newspaper do the Spotlight team work for? |
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The Boston Globe | |
| 4. | Name this TV series from the 1980s.
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The A-Team (1983-1987) | |
| 5. | What Swedish-French actor plays Father Lankester Merrin in the 1973 film The Exorcist? |
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Max von Sydow | |
| 6. | Who played planet designer Slartibartfast in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), Davy Jones in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007), and optimist Douglas Ainslie in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012)? |
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Bill Nighy | |
| 7. | What 1961 film stars the characters of "Fast Eddie" Felson and "Minnesota Fats"? |
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The Hustler (Paul Newman & Jackie Gleason) | |
| 8. | Complete this 2023 film title: Aquaman and the ____ ____. |
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Lost Kingdom | |
| 9. | With over 96 million subscribers, by what name is Swedish YouTuber Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg better known? |
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PewDiePie | |
| 10. | Referred to as the "grand slam" of show business, what does the acronym EGOT stand for? |
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Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Awards | |
| 11. | In the 1970s British sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, what is the name of Frank and Betty's baby daughter? |
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Jessica | |
| 12. | What entertainment brand is represented by this sound?
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Netflix | |
| 13. | What 1962 film featured English translations of actual BBC wartime radio signals to the French Resistance? For example, "The long sobs of the violins of autumn wound my heart with a sombre languor." |
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The Longest Day (from the French poem Chanson d'automne. In World War II lines from the poem were used to send messages to the French Resistance about the timing of the forthcoming Invasion of Normandy) | |
| 14. | How many siblings are there in the 1970s TV series The Partridge Family? |
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5 (Keith, Laurie, Danny, Chris, Tracy) | |
| 15. | "I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really. Get busy living or get busy dying." is a line spoken by Tim Robbins in what 1994 film? |
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The Shawshank Redemption (as Andy Dufresne) | |
| 16. | What is the name of the character played on TV by David McCallum and on film by Armie Hammer in The Man from U.N.C.L.E.? |
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Ilya Kuryakin | |
| 17. | In what 1996 film were the aliens defeated because Slim Whitman's Indian Love Call made their heads explode? |
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Mars Attacks | |
| 18. | Name this TV series. |
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The Sopranos (1999–2007) | |
| 19. | Name the 2012 film starring Denzel Washington as Whip Whitaker, a substance-abusing pilot turned hero. |
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Flight | |
| 20. | What British film was to be Richard Burton's last acting role? |
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Nineteen Eighty-Four / 1984 | |
| 21. | Which BBC miniseries has this as its opening theme?
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Sherlock | |
| 22. | What female screenwriter, director and producer is a cousin of Nicholas Cage? |
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Sofia Coppola (daughter of Francis Ford Coppola) | |
| 23. | Who played pilot Geoffrey Clifton in The English Patient (1996), writer Jamie in Love Actually (2003), and Eric Lomax in The Railway Man (2013)? |
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Colin Firth | |
| 24. | Name this TV series from the 1970s.
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S.W.A.T. (1975-1976) | |
| 25. | What 1961 film stars the character of Holly Golightly? |
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Breakfast at Tiffany's (Audrey Hepburn) | |
| 26. | Brad Dexter played Harry Luck and Horst Buchholz played Chico, in what 1960 film? |
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The Magnificent Seven | |
| 27. | Which classic film includes the famous line "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn"? |
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Gone with the Wind (Clark Gable) | |
| 28. | What film ends with James Bond (Sean Connery) and Tatiana Romanova (Daniela Bianchi) taking a romantic boat ride in Venice? |
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From Russia with Love (1963) | |
| 29. | What film character links Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield, and Tom Holland? |
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Peter Parker / Spider-Man | |
| 30. | Kenneth Branagh is set to direct, and star as Hercule Poirot, in what film due for release in November 2017? |
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Murder on the Orient Express | |
| 31. | Who played the lead title role in the 2003 film Elf? |
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Will Ferrell | |
| 32. | What director's filmography includes Alien (1979), Blade Runner (1982), Thelma & Louise (1991), Gladiator (2000), and The Martian (2015)? |
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Sir Ridley Scott | |
| 33. | Who stars in the title role of the 1992 film Chaplin? |
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Robert Downey Jr. | |
| 34. | "Big Pussy", "Paulie Walnuts", and "Johnny Sack" are among supporting characters in what TV series, first aired between 1999 and 2007? |
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The Sopranos | |
| 35. | Who played Crockett and Tubbs in the 2006 film adaptation of the 1980s' TV series Miami Vice? |
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Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx | |
| 36. | Cameron Diaz co-starred with Ben Stiller in what hit comedy film of the 90s? |
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There's Something About Mary (1998) | |
| 37. | The "Italian Stallion", Rocky Balboa, is from what U.S. city? |
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Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) | |
| 38. | Who plays Barry Seal, an American pilot who became a drug-runner for the CIA in the 1980s, in the 2017 film American Made? |
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Tom Cruise | |
| 39. | First shown on Channel 4 in the UK between 1990 and 1998, what TV series is set in the offices of the fictional "GlobeLink News"? |
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Drop the Dead Donkey | |
| 40. | Which husband and wife team created 1960s TV series such as Fireball XL5, Stingray and Thunderbirds? |
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Gerry and Sylvia Anderson | |
| 41. | The numbers 4, 8, 15, 16, 23 and 42 frequently recurred in what long-running TV series? |
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Lost | |
| 42. | Name the two actors who star as unsuccessful comic Rupert Pupkin and talk show host Jerry Langford in the 1982 film King of Comedy? |
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Robert De Niro & Jerry Lewis | |
| 43. | What was the surname of the leading family in the 1960s TV series Bonanza? |
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Cartwright | |
| 44. | Which actress divorced Jonny Lee Miller in 1999 and Billy Bob Thornton in 2003? |
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Angelina Jolie | |
| 45. | Which Golden Globe winning actress was married to Gary Oldman from 1990 to 1992, and Ethan Hawke from 1998 to 2004? |
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Uma Thurman | |
| 46. | First aired in 1988, "You know we belong together" is the opening line of the theme tune to what TV series? |
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Home and Away | |
| 47. | Name this 1985 film starring Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, and Kelly Le Brock. |
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Wierd Science | |
| 48. | What are the surnames of these two disagreeable old men from The Muppet Show? |
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Statler and Waldorf (The Muppet Show) | |
| 49. | What female pop star played a fencing instructor in the James Bond film Die Another Day? |
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Madonna | |
| 50. | What long-running British TV series was first aired on 16th October 1958, originally presented by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams? |
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Blue Peter | |
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