Weekly Entertainment Quiz

Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Trivia for April 16, 2026

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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What new radio edit was created of a 2009 song by Britney Spears because the original caused controversy in many English-speaking countries due to its use of a double entendre in the chorus?
1. Womanizer
2. If U See Amy
3. Circus
4. Radar

The 1973 fantasy novel "The Brothers Lionheart" is set mostly in which fantasy land?
1. Barsoom
2. Wildcat Island
3. Nangijala
4. Landover

What nationality was 17th century artist Artemisia Gentileschi?
1. Swiss
2. Dutch
3. Italian
4. English

Sleds, Diamonds and Barn-doors are types of what?
1. Kite
2. Theatre light
3. Parquet design
4. Toothbrush

Six New Zealanders went away from the 2010 Academy Awards with Oscar statuettes, all for their work on one film; what was the film?
1. Avatar
2. District 9
3. The Lovely Bones
4. Bright Star

Who are Anne Valerie Hash, Stephanie Rolland, Alexis Mabille, Rebecca Taylor, Marc Jacobs and John Galliano?
1. Portrait painters
2. The B-52's
3. Golf professionals
4. Fashion designers

The film "Revenant" (2015) was inspired by the experiences of what frontiersman?
1. John C. "Grizzly" Adams
2. Daniel Boone
3. Hugh Glass
4. Meriwether Lewis

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Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Trivia for April 9, 2026

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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She was a painter, sister and aunt to two famous art collectors of the 20th century; what was her name?
1. Georgia O'Keeffe
2. Margaret MacDonald
3. Cornelia Gurlitt
4. Sydney Kemp

Which singer's first two albums, released in 1985 and 1987, topped the Billboard 200 for 14 and 11 weeks respectively?
1. Whitney Houston
2. Suzanne Vega
3. Alison Krauss
4. E.G. Dally

Which psychological thriller film was the first appearance for Angela Lansbury (later the star of long-running US TV serial "Murder She Wrote") and won its lead actress her first Academy Award for Best Actress?
1. Gaslight (1944)
2. For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
3. Casablanca (1942)
4. Spellbound (1945)

The 1999 film "Eyes Wide Shut" is the posthumously released film by which director?
1. Federico Fellini
2. Stanley Kubrick
3. Jacques Demy
4. Lindsay Anderson

Which author's first children's book in 1945 was the basis for a combination live-action and animated 1999 film?
1. Margaret Wise Brown
2. Margret and H A Rey
3. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
4. E.B. White

What animal other than a cat is a basis of the musical Cats?
1. Rat
2. Raccoon
3. Possum
4. Badger

Which play by Arthur Miller used events from early US history to mirror Senator McCarthy's communist witch hunts in the 1950s?
1. All My Sons
2. The Crucible
3. View From A Bridge
4. After The Fall

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Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Trivia for April 2, 2026

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +1300

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Who wrote "A Farewell to Arms" (published 1929), "For Whom the Bell Tolls" (1940), and received a Pulitzer and Nobel Prize for Literature for "The Old Man and the Sea" (1952)?
1. John Steinbeck
2. Ernest Hemingway
3. William Faulkner
4. Pearl S. Buck

What was the first film made for, and released on, Netflix?
1. The Ridiculous 6
2. Barry
3. Beasts of No Nation
4. Solace

19th century English theatrical manager and producer Richard D'Oyly Carte was responsible for the building of which London theatre?
1. Mermaid
2. Drury Lane
3. Old Vic
4. Savoy

Which company, which originated the format of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?", also had a film division that produced the film "Slumdog Millionaire"?
1. Celador
2. 2waytraffic
3. Sony Pictures Television International
4. Millionaire Productions

Who wrote the song to which Miley Cyrus famously twerked in 2013 in what became a viral video?
1. J. Dash
2. Flo Rida
3. The Finatticz
4. Carly Rae Jepsen

What is the art of decorating materials with marks resulting from the controlled application of a heated object?
1. Pyrography
2. Carding
3. Dystrophy
4. Stenography

The 1933 film "She Done Him Wrong" starred which actress, who (in the film and later) became famous for her double entendres?
1. Rita Hayworth
2. Greta Garbo
3. Shirley Temple
4. Mae West

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Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Trivia for March 26, 2026

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +1300

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Michelangelo sculpted his statue of David in which century?
1. 14th
2. 15th
3. 16th
4. 17th

Which painting of five figures by Pablo Picasso in 1907 was criticised for breaking the rules of composition, perspective and truth to nature, showing dislocated shapes seen simultaneously from different angles?
1. Three Musicians
2. Le Bonheur de Vivre
3. Guernica
4. Les Demoiselles d'Avignon

In which US TV series would Dethklok and the characters Toki Wartooth, Vater Orlaag, Senator Stampingston, and Pickles the Drummer be found?
1. Metalocalypse
2. South Park
3. Hetalia: Axis Powers
4. Duckman

What play is seldom referred to in theatre by its own name but called instead "the Scottish play"?
1. Light Thickens
2. Macduff
3. Macbeth
4. Maria Stuarda

Guinness Book of Records claimed that which of these was the most watched TV series of all time?
1. Star Trek
2. Dallas
3. Baywatch
4. Charlie's Angels

What was a popular international art design movement from 1925 until the 1940s, affecting the decorative arts and industrial design, fashion, painting, the graphic arts, and film, which was, at the time, seen to be elegant, glamorous, functional, and modern?
1. Pop art
2. Abstract expressionism
3. Landscape
4. Art Deco

The Book of Dede Korkut is an epic of heroic tales of which peoples?
1. Mesopotamians
2. Oghuz Turks
3. Mongolian Buryats
4. Phoenicians

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Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Trivia for March 19, 2026

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +1300

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What does British sculptor Sir Antony Gormley's work, "Another Place", consist of?
1. Granite sculpture of a man's figure standing in the sea, Ranfjord, Norway
2. Tetrahedral units assembled using a random walk algorithm
3. 100 iron sculptures of men, installed along Crosby Beach near Liverpool
4. 100 iron sculptures of men, installed at 2,039 m above sea level in the Austrian Alps

What was the Seiz Breur in Brittany?
1. A circle of standing stones destroyed in WW II
2. A network of artists
3. A pre-WW I motor racing circuit
4. The predecessor of the wine cave, Cave Au Vin du Soleil

"Somewhere in [where], in a place whose name I do not care to remember… " is the first line of an internationally and durably famous book. Where was it?
1. Southwark
2. La Mancha
3. New York
4. The Mississippi

Which British sitcom featured Captain Mainwaring's catch phrase "You stupid boy!"
1. Popski's Private Army
2. Oh What A Lovely War
3. Dad's Army
4. The Onedin Line

Who composed the jazz / swing theme music for the television series Jeeves and Wooster?
1. Olivier Giraud
2. Anne Dudley
3. Jonah Jones
4. Raymond Jones

Which book broke the record for book sales in July 2007, selling 15 million copies in the 24 hours following its release?
1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
2. Angels and Demons
3. The English Rose
4. How's That!

"Don't Cha" and "Stickwitu" were #1 hit singles for which group?
1. Pussycat Dolls
2. Bananarama
3. Atomic Kitten
4. Sugababes

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Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Trivia for March 12, 2026

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +1300

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Which of these is a novel by Henry Fielding?
1. Tom Jones
2. Engelbert Humperdinck
3. Meat Loaf
4. James Brown

Which of these was a famous American photographer who worked between the 1960s and the 1980s photographing statuesque male and female nudes, delicate flower still lifes, and highly formal portraits of artists and celebrities?
1. Alan Aldridge
2. Robert Mapplethorpe
3. Aubrey Beardsley
4. Annie Leibovitz

1996 saw the debut of the TV series "Hetty Wainthropp Investigates" starring Patricia Routledge, and the debut of which actor?
1. Chris Hemsworth
2. Dominic Monaghan
3. Elijah Wood
4. Keira Knightley

In the musical "West Side Story", where have about half of the characters (including "Maria" and her family) emigrated from?
1. Philippines
2. Puerto Rico
3. Bermuda
4. California

What note does an orchestra tune to?
1. C an octave above middle C
2. B above middle C
3. A above middle C
4. D above middle C

In which US/Canada TV series do the Goa'uld feature?
1. Battlestar Galactica
2. Star Wars: the Clone Wars
3. Stargate SG-1, and spin-offs
4. Space Battleship Yamato

In the song "My Generation" by the Who, what words follow the line "People try to put us down"?
1. Cos our music's underground
2. When they see us on the town
3. See us and they wear a frown
4. Just because we get around

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Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Trivia for March 5, 2026

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +1300

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In which James Bond film does he have to defeat shipping magnate Karl Stromberg?
1. Live and Let Die
2. Moonraker
3. The Spy Who Loved Me
4. Goldfinger

What was the occupation of the character played by Maggie Smith in "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"?
1. Parking attendant
2. Teacher
3. Author
4. Nurse

In the Seann Triubhas dance (sometimes confused with the Highland Fling), what is the meaning of the steps known as "shedding"?
1. To destroy the enemy
2. Getting rid of trousers
3. Shedding unhappiness
4. To face the four quarters of the compass

Honorary Academy Award winner, director and choreographer Stanley Donen, directed and produced which 1974 sci-fi musical?
1. Man on the Moon
2. The Little Shop of Horrors
3. The Little Prince
4. Earth Girls Are Easy

Which actor won the 2012 Golden Raspberry Award for both the worst actor and the worst actress in a 2011 film?
1. Adam Sandler
2. Julie Andrews
3. Eddie Redmayne
4. Robin Williams

What was the only single by ABBA to reach number 1 on the US "Billboard" charts?
1. The Winner Takes It All
2. Waterloo
3. Take a Chance on Me
4. Dancing Queen

Which song, after a slow build up over years, held the number-one position for The Mills Brothers on the American Billboard singles chart for twelve weeks over 1943 to 1944?
1. Paper Doll
2. Chattanooga Choo Choo
3. White Christmas
4. Riders in the Sky

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Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Trivia for February 26, 2026

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +1300

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What nationality was the band Trio which launched the hit song "Da Da Da" in 1981?
1. French
2. Scottish
3. American
4. German

The actor who plays police sergeant, then manager of the post office and eventually publican, Oscar Blaketon in the UK TV series "Heartbeat" was formerly well-known in which role?
1. Basil Sheppey in "Yes, Minister" and "Yes, Prime Minister" (1984-88)
2. Detective Sergeant Albert Chisholm in "Minder" (1979-1994)
3. Den Watts, landlord of The Queen Victoria Public House in "Eastenders" (1985-present)
4. Mr Derek in the children's show, "The Basil Brush Show" (1969-73)

What fictional ship, with black hull and sails, was originally named "Wicked Wench"?
1. Black Pearl
2. Stormcloud
3. Pequod
4. Minnow

When was the waltz "After the Ball" written?
1. 1901
2. 1891
3. 1911
4. 1921

What US television series (the format for which is now syndicated world-wide) involves a chief executive spending time as a trainee in his or her own firm?
1. Fear Factor
2. Undercover Boss
3. X Factor
4. Starting Over

In early 1991, regular programming on BBC1 (and BBC Radio 4) was suspended to provide live coverage and discussion of what?
1. Bombs exploded by the Provisional Irish Republican Army at Paddington and Victoria stations, London
2. The release of the World Wide Web
3. The release of Nelson Mandela from prison
4. The Gulf War

What 1936 film sets out a future to 2036, predicting World War II from 23 December 1940, bombing raids on cities, a plague ("wandering sickness") in 1966, and a civilization based in Basra, Iraq, that renounced war and outlawed independent nation-states?
1. Metropolis
2. Things to Come
3. Modern Times
4. R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)

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Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Trivia for February 19, 2026

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +1300

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Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Guglielmo, Ferrando, Despina and Don Alfonso are characters in which opera?
1. Carmen
2. Die Fledermaus
3. Così Fan Tutte
4. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

What is someone waving in a well-known music hall song, "The boy I love is ... a'wavin' of his ..."?
1. Handkerchee
2. Hat
3. Posy
4. Hand

Which English-born sculptor is best known for his abstract monumental bronze sculptures, usually depicting mother-and-child or reclining figures, that are pierced or contain hollow spaces?
1. Alexander Calder
2. Sir Jacob Epstein
3. David Smith
4. Henry Moore

For the 1963 Oscars, Best Picture winner "Tom Jones" became the only film in history to do which of these?
1. Have 3 nominations for Best Supporting Actress
2. Win all of Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress
3. Win Best Actor and Best Actress
4. Be nominated for over 20 awards and win none

What year were the films "Eyes Wide Shut", "Sixth Sense", "Toy Story 2", and "Fight Club" released?
1. 1999
2. 1989
3. 1980
4. 1985

Netflix's 2025 animated musical comedy "Plankton: the Movie" is based on which television series?
1. Phineas and Ferb
2. SpongeBob SquarePants
3. Kiff
4. The Ghost and Molly McGee

Danny DeVito and Arnold Schwarzenegger played what unlikely pair in a 1988 film?
1. Mother and daughter
2. Sisters
3. Father and son
4. Twins

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Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Trivia for February 12, 2026

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +1300

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The TV series "Broadchurch" (2013 - 2017) stars Olivia Colman together with what actor famous for his Dr Who persona?
1. Matt Smith
2. David Tennant
3. Peter Capaldi
4. Christopher Ecclestone

Which of these is not a member of Enid Blyton's Famous Five?
1. Quentin
2. Julian
3. Timmy
4. George

Which American was the first foreign professional photographer allowed to enter the Soviet Union and document its industrialisation, the first female photojournalist for Life magazine, and the first accredited female American photographer and the first authorised to fly on a combat mission during World War II?
1. Barbara Gluck
2. Eve Arnold
3. Margaret Bourke-White
4. Martha Holmes

What links do Bollywood, Hollywood and Lollywood have?
1. Bonsai Christmas trees
2. Confectionery industry
3. Film-making
4. Boat building

"The Debate", an hour-long episode of which TV series was aired live on 6 November 2005, with different broadcasts for East and West Coast audiences?
1. The X Files
2. Friends
3. The West Wing
4. Two and a Half Men

Which of these is a 1948 novel by Alan Paton which is set in South Africa?
1. On the Beach
2. Cry, the Beloved Country
3. A River Runs Through It
4. Topkapi

Who were the television stars of the iconic "The Lone Ranger" through most of the series 1949 to 1957?
1. Raymond Burr and Vic Perrin
2. Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels
3. James Arness and Dennis Weaver
4. Gordon Scott and Anthony Quayle

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Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Trivia for February 5, 2026

Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +1300

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What was named "Desire" in the 1947 play by Tennessee Williams?
1. A rollercoaster
2. A streetcar
3. A speakeasy
4. One of the neighbours

What was the fate of Desdemona in Verdi's opera "Otello"?
1. She jumped to her death
2. She was stabbed to death by her lover
3. She was strangled by her husband
4. She died of consumption

What vehicle was driven by Starsky and Hutch in the US TV programme?
1. Dodge Charger
2. Ford Torino
3. Chevrolet Corvette
4. Pontiac Trans Am

What is the name of the official list of books which the Catholic Church prohibited Catholics from printing or reading?
1. Caeca et Obdurata Hebraeorum perfidia
2. Index Epurgatorius
3. Index Librorum Prohibitorum
4. Cum nimis absurdum

In Botticelli's painting "The Birth of Venus", what is she standing on?
1. A shell
2. A bed
3. A carpet square
4. A Persian rug

Joss Whedon's 2002 US TV series "Firefly" won a 2003 Primetime Emmy Award for what?
1. Outstanding Drama Series
2. Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
3. Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series
4. Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

The 2019 Netflix biographical drama "The Two Popes" was written by which New Zealander, adapted from his own play?
1. Anthony McCarten
2. Greg McGee
3. Bruce Mason
4. Sam Neill

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Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Trivia for January 29, 2026

Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +1300

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Which fictional character in the land of Oz, created by L. Frank Baum, is sometimes named "Locasta" or "Tattypoo"?
1. The Good Witch of the North
2. The heroine, usually called Dorothy
3. Dorothy's dog
4. The Wicked Witch of the West

Claudius is the murderous uncle of which character in a Shakespearean play?
1. Titus Andronicus
2. Macbeth
3. Hamlet
4. Falstaff

Which US TV show, for which the cast list included Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards and Jason Alexander, was set predominantly in an apartment block on New York City's Upper West Side (but shot mostly in Los Angeles, California)?
1. Friends
2. Seinfeld
3. Cheers
4. Frasier

Leo Zulueta is a notable artist in what field?
1. Tattoo art
2. Harp playing
3. Danish cuisine
4. Pavement art

In 2002, designer Roberto Cavalli introduced a fashion line featuring what?
1. A-line
2. Embroidered denim
3. Bucket hats
4. Slashed crop tops

Who wrote "The Shape Of Things To Come"?
1. Jules Verne
2. H G Wells
3. Aldous Huxley
4. Sir Thomas More

Which British rock band released the 1983 single which topped the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for eight weeks, the Canadian RPM chart for two, the UK singles chart for four, and was recognised by BMI in 2019 as the most played song on radio in BMI's history?
1. Culture Club
2. The Police
3. Duran Duran
4. The Cranberries

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Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Trivia for January 22, 2026

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +1300

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A painting discovered in France in 2016 of Judith beheading Holofernes has been attributed to what artist?
1. Canaletto
2. Banksy
3. Michelangelo
4. Caravaggio

Which of these was a musical film starring Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr?
1. The Princess and Him
2. The Prince and You
3. Thee and Me
4. The King and I

Ordo Virtutum composed in 1151 and thought to be one of the oldest pieces of liturgical drama, set to music and arguably the oldest surviving morality play, was written by whom?
1. Odo of Cluny
2. Pope Gregory I
3. Hildegard of Bingen
4. Hucbald

What long-running US TV series from the 1980s returned in June 2012, after a 21 year break?
1. Bewitched
2. Gunsmoke
3. Hill Street Blues
4. Dallas

When did the hero of wormworldsaga.com start Chapter 1 of his online adventures?
1. Christmas Day, 2010
2. New Year's Day, 2011
3. New Year's Day, 2010
4. 1 December 2010

What do Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, No Line on the Horizon, Spore and the Sirocco have in common?
1. Brian Eno
2. Dolby 7.1
3. Coldplay
4. U2

Which of these is a character in the "Mission: Impossible" series of films?
1. Dr. Emmett Brown
2. Thomas A. Anderson
3. Ethan Hunt
4. Warrant Officer Ripley

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Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Trivia for January 15, 2026

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +1300

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Who is the character whose adventures are the centre of the digital graphic novel Wormworld Saga?
1. Rayla
2. Daniel Lieske
3. Jonas Berg
4. Wormwood

"Dying of the Light" (originally "After the Festival") was the first novel of a writer of which series, published 19 years later and the basis for an award-winning hit TV series set in Westeros?
1. A Song of Ice and Fire
2. Hardware
3. Dark City
4. Ghost in the Shell

Béla Bartók's "Dance Suite" and Zoltán Kodály's "Psalmus Hungaricus" were both premiered on 19 November 1923 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of what?
1. The union of Buda and Pest, together with Óbuda, as the city of Budapest
2. Emancipation Day in Puerto Rico
3. The discovery of Priam's Treasure in what was thought to be old Troy
4. The discovery of Franz Josef Land by the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition

Which of these was a concept album released by The Who?
1. Exile on Main Street
2. The Wall
3. Wish You Were Here
4. Quadrophenia

"Things to do before you die" was the subject of which 2007 film?
1. Friends
2. The Dead Pool
3. The Bucket List
4. My Name Is Earl

Which was NOT a medium used by British artist J.M.W. Turner?
1. Watercolour
2. Print
3. Oils
4. Sculpture

From 2006 to 2025 Spencer Kelly presented what TV show for the BBC?
1. Blue Peter
2. Click
3. Top Gear
4. Coast

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Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Trivia for January 8, 2026

Thu, 08 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +1300

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Which 1943 film concerns the lynching of three suspected murderers (played by Dana Andrews, Anthony Quinn and Francis Ford) by a mob (played by Frank Conroy, Marc Lawrence and Jane Darwell, among others)?
1. The Grapes Of Wrath
2. The Ox-bow Incident
3. Stagecoach
4. They Died With Their Boots On

Which 1947 supernatural romance starred Rex Harrison, Gene Tierney and a young Natalie Wood directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz?
1. Ghostbusters
2. The Ghost and Mrs Muir
3. Rebecca
4. Medium

Mills and Boon are publishers of what type of books?
1. Sport
2. Science textbooks
3. Romance
4. Religion

Which of these films was directed by Stanley Kubrick with Ryan O'Neal in the title role?
1. Master and Commander
2. Barry Lyndon
3. The Pink Panther
4. Spartacus

How many books are there in the "Harry Potter" series by J K Rowling?
1. 10
2. 5
3. 7
4. 8

What painting has the alternative name of "La Gioconda"?
1. The Peasant Wedding
2. The Birth of Venus
3. Madonna and Child
4. Mona Lisa

"The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa", a sculptural group in white marble set in an elevated aedicule in the Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome, was designed and completed by whom?
1. Nicola Salvi
2. Gian Lorenzo Bernini
3. Alessandro Galilei
4. Pietro Bracci

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Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Trivia for January 1, 2026

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +1300

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Whose first work, "The Lovers", after being rejected by 26 publishers, won him a Hugo Award in 1953?
1. Philip José Farmer
2. Isaac Asimov
3. Arthur C. Clarke
4. Ray Bradbury

Which of these was encouraged by Gauguin to take up tapestry design but abandoned it after he began making small terracotta sculptures in 1895 and became a sculptor and painter?
1. Alberto Giacometti
2. Henry Moore
3. Aristide Maillol
4. Auguste Rodin

Which of these was an effect of a short British TV series screened in January 2024, a dramatised documentary starring Toby Jones and a large ensemble cast?
1. Critical acclaim but nothing further at this stage
2. Legislation to tighten safety standards
3. The former head of the public institution concerned had their CBE revoked
4. The series was removed from circulation immediately afterwards

The Joad family appear in which novel and 1940 film directed by John Ford?
1. The Railway Children
2. Huckleberry Finn
3. Pickwick Papers
4. The Grapes of Wrath

In the film "Home Alone", what is the name of the character who is left alone at Christmas, played by Macaulay Culkin?
1. Kevin
2. Cuthbert
3. Kenny
4. Kirk

The aria "Nessun Dorma" is from what opera?
1. Turandot by Puccini
2. Tosca by Verdi
3. Die Fledermaus by Strauss
4. The Barber of Seville by Mozart

Which of these was the last to win an Oscar for Best Picture?
1. The Godfather
2. Out of Africa
3. Braveheart
4. Tom Jones

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Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Trivia for December 25, 2025

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +1300

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The opening credits of the highest-grossing Western of the 1980s, and Clint Eastwood's only Western of the period, "Pale Rider" (1985), feature which mountain or mountains?
1. Sawtooth Mountains
2. Split Mountain
3. Sierra Nevada
4. The High Cascades

Who had a number 1 hit in 1990 with "Opposites Attract"?
1. Whitney Houston
2. Madonna
3. Alannah Myles
4. Paula Abdul

Which of these is a book that was the subject of a British obscenity trial in 1960?
1. Lady Chatterley's Lover
2. Deep Throat
3. Last Tango In Paris
4. A Clockwork Orange

The only two unabridged translations direct from the original language into English for over 120 years, published in the 1880s, were of a work compiled from folk tales during the Islamic Golden Age (8th−13th centuries) and now known colloquially as what?
1. The Kama Sutra
2. The Arabian Nights
3. The Rubaiyat
4. Alexander Romance

What is the back of a bound book called?
1. The spine
2. The thorn
3. The backbone
4. The spike

If a painter is working in oils which of these would they be more likely to use?
1. Roller
2. Sponge
3. Palette knife
4. Sable brush

What was the first name of Mrs Dalloway, a fictional character created by Virginia Woolf?
1. Margaret
2. Rebecca
3. Clarissa
4. Jennifer

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Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Trivia for December 18, 2025

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +1300

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Which American television series created by Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó, and Paul Germain focussed on a group which included the twins Phil and Lil DeVille?
1. The Pirates of Dark Water
2. Sisters
3. Nurses
4. Rugrats

The reality TV series in the UK, "The Traitors" first screened in 2022, is particularly similar to what other social or psychological deduction game?
1. Secret Hitler
2. Bang!
3. Werewolf
4. Spyfall

When was "California, Here I Come" first recorded by Al Jolson?
1. 1910s
2. 1890s
3. 1940s
4. 1920s

In 1994 the Globe Theatre on London's Shaftesbury Avenue was renamed after which actor?
1. Terence Rigby
2. Ralph Richardson
3. Laurence Olivier
4. John Gielgud

Which of these authors wrote the books "Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy", "Bella Tuscany: The Sweet Life in Italy" and "In Tuscany"?
1. Bill Bryson
2. Frances Mayes
3. Peter Mayle
4. Raymond Mays

Which of these is a fashion designer?
1. Donna Reed
2. Donna Karan
3. Jo Karam
4. Sister Karamazov

Jacqueline du Pré was famous for playing what instrument?
1. Piccolo
2. Kazoo
3. Tuba
4. Cello

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Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Trivia for December 11, 2025

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +1300

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What idea for a popular carnival attraction was patented in 1888 by John Insha in Birmingham, UK?
1. Ferris wheel
2. Chairoplane
3. Water chutes
4. Dodgem cars

Which of these characters appeared in "My Fair Lady"?
1. Professor Challenger
2. Professor Higgins
3. Professor Plum
4. Professor Moriarty

Who are two main characters in the TV series "The Big Bang Theory"?
1. Hale and Pace
2. Sheldon and Leonard
3. Emma Peel and John Steed
4. Bill and Ben

What type of play did William Shakespeare never write?
1. Histories
2. Kitchen sink drama
3. Tragedies
4. Comedies

Which episode of Star Wars filmed 2014-15?
1. One
2. Four
3. Seven
4. Five

What was the subject of "The Knowledge" (1979), a film written by Jack Rosenthal for UK TV?
1. Mathematical algorithms
2. Conjuring
3. Training in routes for taxicab drivers in London
4. Mastermind

"Dae Jang Geum" (2003), an internationally telecast TV series from South Korean TV channel MBC (entitled "Jewel in the Palace" in English-speaking countries) and loosely based on the Annals of Joseon Dynasty of Korea, focuses on a character with what occupation?
1. Witch
2. Geisha
3. Physician
4. Courtesan

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Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Trivia for December 4, 2025

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +1300

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The song by George M. Cohan for his musical "Little Johnny Jones" which debuted in 1904 introduced "Give My Regards to… [what]…"?
1. Broadstreet
2. Broadmoor
3. Broadway
4. Broadside

What film was based on the book "Q & A" by Vikas Swarup?
1. The Manchurian Candidate
2. The Ipcress File
3. Slumdog Millionaire
4. Love Actually

The UK TV channel BBC developed a crime drama series, featuring Kenneth Branagh as the lead detective; what was the series called?
1. Bergerac
2. Sherlock
3. Wallander
4. Agatha Christie's Poirot

Which of these is Japanese chanted poetry drama, using masks and originally devised for aristocratic audiences?
1. Bunraku
2. Kyogen
3. Noh
4. Kabuki

It was a 1982 BBC2 TV series of only 5 episodes, but it won the 1983 BA(F)TA award for Best Drama Serial, and continues to be rated in the top 50 TV dramas; what was it?
1. Boys from the Blackstuff
2. The Black Eyed Peas
3. The Bix Beiderbecke Affair
4. Boys from the Outback

Where would you usually expect to find a neum, or neume?
1. In a physics laboratory
2. In the garden
3. Written music
4. At an archery butt

In "The Silence of the Lambs", what was the nickname of the killer that Hannibal Lecter helped to catch?
1. Wild Bill Hickok
2. Buffalo Bill
3. Jesse James
4. Gene Autry

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Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Trivia for November 27, 2025

Thu, 27 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +1300

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What is or are "Stockman's Dogs"?
1. Grappling hooks for a cattle herder
2. A breed of sheepdog
3. A team within the UK Secret Service
4. A cartoon

What year did the cable television network ESPN make its debut broadcasting and producing sports-related programming 24 hours a day?
1. 1979
2. 1989
3. 1999
4. 1969

Which emperor was played by Peter Ustinov in the 1951 film "Quo Vadis"?
1. Nero
2. Hadrian
3. Caesar
4. Augustus

The Teatro Encantado in Madrid, Alexander Krist Theatre in Munich, Le Double Fond in Paris, and the Carnival of Illusion in Phoenix are venues focussed on what kind of performance?
1. Cinema
2. Photography
3. Street theatre
4. Magic

Who played the first doctor in the UK TV series "Dr Who"?
1. Freddie Highmore
2. Adrian Hall
3. William Hartnell
4. Roddie McDowall

Which album by Lily Allen contained the tracks "The Fear", "Not Fair" and "22"?
1. Me, Me, Me
2. It's Not Me, It's You
3. You, Yourself and You
4. Back in Black

According to the Guinness Book of World Records in 2010, what is the most watched TV series, ever?
1. Baywatch
2. Dallas
3. Star Trek
4. Coronation Street

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Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Trivia for November 20, 2025

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +1300

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What weapon is associated with Robin Hood?
1. Bow and arrow
2. Spear
3. Musket
4. Light sabre

A 2015 US TV series centred on high school guidance counsellor Madison Clark, her boyfriend and family is a prequel to what 2010 series?
1. Breakout
2. The Defenders
3. The Walking Dead
4. Diva

The London production of which play by acclaimed Australian playwright, David Williamson, won him the George Devine Award, the first time for a non-UK writer?
1. Don's Party
2. The Removalists
3. Sanctuary
4. Brilliant Lies

What group began life as Linda Ronstadt's backing band?
1. The Band
2. Pink Floyd
3. The Eagles
4. Nirvana

What was the occupation of Penrod Pooch, the secret identity of the cartoon character Hong Kong Phooey?
1. Janitor
2. Photographer
3. Scientist
4. Kung Fu instructor

"Wicked" by Stephen Schwartz & Winnie Holzman, which is loosely based on a novel by Gregory Maguire, is about who?
1. Garfield, from the comic strip created by Jim Davis
2. The Queen of Hearts from "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"
3. William, a character created by Richmal Crompton
4. The Wicked Witch of the West from "The Wizard of Oz"

Robert Drewe's book "Our Sunshine" was made into what film in 2003?
1. Ned Kelly
2. A Beautiful Mind
3. Rain
4. The Piano

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Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Trivia for November 13, 2025

Thu, 13 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +1300

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Which flowers are "in the hospital", according to a 1993 hit by the Manic Street Preachers?
1. Poppies
2. Lilies
3. Carnations
4. Roses

"Fanfare for the Common Man" was composed in 1942, inspired in part by a nation-wide speech made earlier that year proclaiming what?
1. A cold war between Coke and Pepsi, Marvel and DC, Oreos and “Creme Betweens”
2. The New Christmas
3. The Century of the Common Man
4. A Shining City

The writer of US TV series "NYPD Blue" (1993-2005) was also the creator and/or writer of several other hit series; which of these was not one?
1. Hill Street Blues (1981-87)
2. L.A.Law (1986-1994)
3. Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989-93)
4. Commander in Chief (2005-6)

What is the title of a 2004 book co-written by Paris Hilton and Merle Ginsberg?
1. Me, myself and I
2. Confessions of an Airhead
3. Pretentious? Moi?
4. Confessions of an Heiress

Which of these was painted first?
1. The Scream
2. Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe
3. The Blue Boy
4. Mona Lisa

Stan Lee was co-creator of The Fantastic Four, The Hulk, Iron Man, X-Men and which of these other superheroes?
1. Batman
2. Superman
3. Spider-Man
4. Robin

Fanta Four are one of what country's top hip hop bands?
1. UK
2. Belgium
3. Austria
4. Germany

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Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Trivia for November 6, 2025

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +1300

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Which of these composers was an American whose early works include an opera, premièred in 1984, sung in Akkadian, Biblical Hebrew, and Ancient Egyptian?
1. Glass
2. Webber
3. Gershwin
4. McCartney

A British comedy, first staged in London's West End in 1971 that ran for or over 16 years though unanimously panned by critics, was "No Sex Please, We're …" what?
1. Electricians
2. British
3. Tired
4. Baking

Which of these is an architect for supertall buildings, such as 10 Fleet Place, Ludgate, London (1992), AT&T Corporate Center, Chicago (1989), Jubilee Park Pavilion, London (2004) and the Trump International Hotel & Tower, Chicago (2009)?
1. Tom Wright
2. Adrian Smith
3. William van Alen
4. Robert Adam

According to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, where did the village smithy stand?
1. On the burning deck
2. Under a spreading chestnut tree
3. Down by, down by, down by the riverside
4. Alone on a hill

The following is an extract from what work? "Lo! where the Giant on the mountain stands, His blood-red tresses deep'ning in the sun, With death-shot glowing in his fiery hands, And eye that scorcheth all it glares upon".
1. "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" by Lord Byron
2. "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare
3. "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" by Thomas Gray
4. "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

The film "An Angel at My Table" (1990), starring and directed by New Zealanders based on books by New Zealand writer Janet Frame, and filmed mostly in New Zealand, was a co-production by New Zealand with the UK and which other country?
1. Germany
2. France
3. Australia
4. USA

A TV series first screened in 2014 deals with stunts which fall foul of physics, biology or engineering, and is called what?
1. The Science of Being
2. Mythbusters
3. Science of Stupid
4. Bang Goes the Theory

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Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Trivia for October 30, 2025

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +1300

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What other singer did Eminem's 2010 hit "Love the Way You Lie" feature?
1. Rihanna
2. Whitney Houston
3. Cleo Laine
4. Willie Nelson

Alberto Vargas specialised in painting what subjects?
1. Cars
2. Horses
3. Politicians
4. Pin-up girls

What did the Festival International du Film become in 2002?
1. Fribourg International Film Festival
2. Festival de Cannes
3. Raindance Film Festival
4. Film France

The "Little Big Painting" is by which of these artists?
1. David Hockney
2. Roy Lichtenstein
3. Andy Warhol
4. Jackson Pollock

Which of these was a long running British TV drama series?
1. The Onedin Line
2. The Body Line
3. The Plimsoll Line
4. The Mason-Dixon Line

Oculus Story Studio, formed employing a handful of Pixar Animation Studios veterans, released their first interactive Virtual Reality short at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. What was it?
1. Riven
2. Henry
3. EVE: Valkyrie
4. Lost

The web series "Between Two Ferns" takes the shape of what?
1. Gardening information
2. Interviews
3. Murder investigation
4. A serial romance

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Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Trivia for October 23, 2025

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +1300

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"The Hunchback of Notre Dame" was originally written in what language?
1. German
2. French
3. Spanish
4. Russian

Griffin was the main character in which book by H G Wells?
1. The First Men in the Moon
2. The Time Machine
3. The War of the Worlds
4. The Invisible Man

What was the title of a 2005 film biography of Johnny Cash, starring Joaquin Phoenix?
1. Walk the Line
2. Folsom Prison
3. Ring of Fire
4. Show Me the Money

Raymond, Celia and Blanche were the real names of the subjects of which painting by David Hockney?
1. The Luncheon on the Grass
2. Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy
3. A Bigger Grand Canyon
4. A Bigger Splash

In "The Sound of Music", which of these items did not feature in Maria's list of "Favourite Things"?
1. Kitten whiskers
2. Lambswool
3. Kettles
4. Small horses

What song is on the soundtrack of the 2009 film "Inglourious Basterds" at the start of the section called "Final Chapter: Revenge of the Giant Face"?
1. "Slaughter" by Billy Preston
2. "The Green Leaves of Summer" by Nick Perito
3. "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" by David Bowie
4. "Claire's First Appearance" by Jacques Loussier

As part of a long career on stage, writing songs (recorded by Herman's Hermits, Adam Faith, Billy Fury) and musicals, and in TV and film working with Franco Zeffirelli, Bob Hoskins and Patrick Stewart, the actor Trevor Peacock stars in what UK TV series?
1. Last of the Summer Wine
2. Vicar of Dibley
3. Sherlock
4. Peaky Blinders

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