Entertainment Trivia Quiz Questions
What member of the Monkees, a holdout for nearly three decades, rejoined the other geezers for a
1996
album?
A: Mike Nesmith.
What Francis Ford Coppola
movie sees
Marlon Brando blather:
"Horror has a face, and you must make a friend of horror"?
A: Apocalypse Now.
What David Lynch movie did a few filmgoers attend expecting to see
Bobby Vinton's life story?
A: Blue Velvet.
What rap star got his name from the observation "Ladies Love Cool
James"
A: L.L. Cool J.
What Mayberry resident once hijacked a bull when he'd had too much
to drink?
A: Otis Campbell.
Whose guitar version of The Star-Spangled Banner was featured in a
1996 Aiwa TV ad?
A: Jimi Hendrix's.
Who was the first feline featured in Lifestyles of the Rich
and Famous?
A: Morris the Cat.
What 1961 movie has Audrey Hepburn note: "Personally, I think
it's a bit tacky to wear diamonds before I'm 40"?
A: Breakfast at Tiffany's.
What Sinatra signature tune became
Elvis Presley's best-selling
posthumous hit?
A: My Way.
Who played Sid Vicious, Lee Harvey Oswald, Count Dracula and
Beethoven in movies?
A: Gary Oldman.
What video, the first to cost over $150,000, helped
Michael
Jackson's Thriller soar?
A: Beat It.
Who is the most voluptuous female in Toontown?
A: Jessica Rabbit.
What was the first Arnold Schwarzenegger movie to win four
Academy
Awards?
A: Terminator 2.
What actor did author Anne Rice first denounce, then praise in the
role of her beloved Lestat?
A: Tom Cruise.
Who sang "Things Go Better With Coke" in
1969 before
switching to Pepsi in the 1980's?
A: Ray Charles.
What movie earned Tom Hanks his third straight
Oscar nomination, in
1996?
A: Apollo 13.
What Marx Brother's name spelled backwards is the name of a daytime
talk show host?
A: Harpo's.
What Stephen Foster tune encourages
racing enthusiasts to "bet
on de bay"?
A: Camptown Races.
What James Hilton effort became the first Pocket Book, in
1939?
A: Lost Horizon.
What martial artist warbles the theme song for Walker,
Texas
Ranger?
A: Chuck Norris.
Who was the voice behind Woody, the cowboy doll in
Toy Story?
A: Tom Hanks.
What jazz musician got his aristocratic nickname in high school for
his neat attire and fastidious manners?
A: "Duke" Ellington.
What talk show hostess gave her guests the fewest opportunities to
speak, according to a 1996 MSU survey?
A: Oprah Winfrey.
Where do "bluebirds fly", according to a
song from the
Wizard of Oz?
A: Somewhere over the rainbow.
What enduring daytime soap featured Kevin Kline, Don Knotts and
Susan Sarandon?
A: Search for Tomorrow.
What book did E.B. White base on personal experiences at his
farm
in Maine?
A: Charlotte's Web.
What three words preceded "Land that I love" in a
1938
Irving Berlin tune?
A: "God Bless America".
What Oliver Stone movie did the Washington Post dub "Dallas in
Wonderland"?
A: JFK.
What infomercial diet guru penned the
monster bestseller
"Never Say Diet"?
A: Richard Simmons.
Who was the first solo female host of the Academy Awards Ceremony?
A: Whoopi Goldberg.
What happy homemaker chirps on TV: "It's a good thing"?
A: Martha Stewart.
What screen character is the world's fastest ice sculptor and
topiary artist?
A: Edward Scissorhands.
Who died last - Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball, William Frawley or Vivian
Vance?
A: Lucille Ball.
What Briton had two of the three number one singles issued
posthumously in the U.S.?
A: John Lennon.