Saturday, January 24, 2009

Day 11

What haunting exotic dancer did Chris Kattan portray on Saturday Night Live?  Mango

What PBS series did Dick Cheney send to Iraq, to inspire Norman Schwarzkopf to be more aggressive?  The Civil War

What bouncy series was the first American TV series to air in mainland China?  Baywatch

What former writer of The Simpson's was tapped to host a network late-night talk show?  Conan O'Brian

What teenaged vixen did Alyssa Milano, Drew Barrymore and Noelle Parker all portray in TV movies?  Amy Fisher

Who was the first former Saturday Night Live star to be nominated for an Oscar?  Dan Akroyd

What did a Soprano wiseguy place in FBI snitch Jimmy Altieri's mouth when he was "whacked"?  A rat

What flag did Morimoto Masaharu, the third Iron Chef Japanese, wear on his back of his outfit?  The U S  flag

What neighboring community grows food for The Powerpuff Girls' hometown of Townsville?  Farmsville

What MTV show offered a glimpse into the life of HIV-positive Pedro Zamora, who died the day after the final show was aired?  The Real World

What Clair Danes series bit the dust after one season, despite a fan movement dubbed "Operations Life Saver"?  My So-Called Life

What animated doofus was the first to scale Springfield's Mt  Murderhorn, and leave his wallet there?  Homer Simpson

What future trivia-show host finished dead last both times he appeared on Celerity Jeopardy?  Regis Philbin

Who dreamed of becoming a funeral director as a girl, before movies like Girl, Interrupted interrupted her plans?  Angelina Jolie

What TV talk show gave away Tickle Me Elmos by tossing them at the studio audience?  The Rosie O'Donnel Show

What art historian observes vows of solitude and silence when she wasn't hosting The Story of Painting on PBS?  Sister Wendy

What TV talk-show host first signed off in 1991 with: "Take care of yourself-and each other"?  Jerry Springer

What Saturday Night Live star warned slackers: "You'll be livin' in a van down by the river"?  Chris Farley

What actor's wife played Norm's wife Vera the few times her voice was heard on Cheers?  George Wendt's

What ABC police drama was limited to 37 off-color phrases per show, upon its 1993 debut?  NYPD Blue

What songbird uttered the F-word 13 times in one night on David Letterman's TV show?  Madonna

What Cheers character's beer bill at the end of 11 seasons totaled $64,218, according to TV Guide?  Norm's

What sitcom debuted with a n episode called: "The One Where  Monica Gets a  New Roommate"?  Friends

Who was the only cast member of The Larry Sanders Show to cop an Emmy?  Rip Torn

What sitcom character was the only dog to appear solo on an Entertainment Weekly cover on the 1990s?  Eddie

Friday, January 23, 2009

Day 10


Who played a seductive Miguel Morez on General Hospital before leaving to start Livin' la Vida Loca?    Ricky Martin
What never-seen Frasier character grew up wealthy, thanks to the sale of urinal cakes?    Maris
What sitcom dad wailed "Be funnier!" as he pounded on his TV?    Homer Simpson
What TV series featured a werewolf who plunked bass in a and called Dingoes Ate My Baby?    Buffy the vampire slayer
What MTV twosome wear T-shirts honoring AC-DC and Metallica?  Beavis and Butt-head
What cop drama aired Amy Brennenman's bare behind on its premiere episode?  NYPD Blue
What one-time teen drama ended its 10-year TV run with the marriage of Donna and David?  Beverly Hills 90210
What ailing nonagenarian cancelled his NBC Christmas special for the first time in 45 years?  Bob Hope
What character left the sitcom Friends because he couldn't stop humping the floor lamp?  Marcel
What Comedy Central program humbly claimed to be "the most important television show ever"?   The Daily Show
What former church lady appeared as Mimi's heavily made-up mama on The Drew Carey Show?  Tammy Faye Bakker
What quirky TV series featured an FBI agent who liked his coffee "Black as the midnight without a moonlight"?  Twin Peaks
What baseballer was accused of projecting the "magic loogie" on Seinfeld?    Keith Hernandez
What prime-time soap came to a merciful conclusion after a 13-year, 357 episode run?  Dallas
What TV vixen was nominated fro A daytime Emmy 19 times before walking away with one?  Susan Lucci
What future Baywatch babe replaced Jenny McCarthy on MTV's Singled Out?  Carmen  Electra
What Cambridge-born actress attended Harvard  before spending two years as lifeguard Jordan Tate on Baywatch?  Traci Bingham
What Twin Peaks star went mainstream in The Practice?   Lara Flynn Boyle
What sexist comic guest-hosted Saturday Night Live, prompting Nora Dunn and Sinead O'Conner to boycott the show?   Andrew Dice Clay
What Beverly Hills 90210 character checked out of rehab after a few hours, to go shot some heroin?  Dylan
Who appeared on Monday Night Football cameras for a 27th season?  Frank Gifford
How many Titanic survivors were around to see the 1997 movie: 0, 5, or 50?  Five
What graying game-show host got a chance to beat up Adam Sandler, in Happy Gilmore?  Bob Barker
Who turned down $20 million from NBC to replace David Letterman, preferring to continue his talk-show satire series?  Garry Shandling
What PBS show did William F  Buckley end after 33 years, noting: "I'd just as soon not die onstage"?  Firing Line
How many questions did John Carpenter answer correctly, to become the first Who Wants to Be a Millionaire millionaire?  Fifteen
What former primetime soap star did Old Navy set to ork selling cargo shorts?  Morgan Fairchild
What sitcom about a single mom featured characters named Emmett Kelly , Jean Kelly, Defoest zKelly and Grace Kelly?  Grace Under Fire
What diva sang One More For The Road as Johnny Carson's last Tonight Show guest?  Bette Midler
What theater got a multi-million dollar facelift before becoming home to the Late Show iwth David Leterman?  The Ed Sullivan Theater
What long-running sitcom revealed on its final episode that its lead character wore a hairpiece?  Cheers
What Seinfeld character refused to switch form briefs to boxers, noting: " My boys need a house"?  Kramer
What Saved by the Bell star proved she  could take off her clothes, in the movie Showgirls?  Elizabeth Berkley
What sitcom capped a decade of shows with the final words "Sorry, we're closed"?  Cheers

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Day 9


Who directed the original Rear Window, remade in the 90s with Christopher Reeve?    Alfred Hitchcock

Which blonde actress made her debut as a producer in Private Benjamin?    Goldie Hawn

Which woman starred in and directed The Prince of Tides?    Barbra Streisand

On which English Isle was Anthony Minghella born?

Which “man with no name” directed The Bridges of Madison County?    Clint Eastwood

Who directed the first three Godfather films?  Francis Ford Coppola

What was Quentin Tarantino’s follow-up to Reservoir Dogs?  Pulp Fiction

Which Indecent Proposal star made a directorial debut in Ordinary People?  Robert Redford

Which actor/director founded The Sundance Film Festival?  Robert Redford

Which director adapted Stephen King’s The Shining for the big screen?  Stanley Kubrick

Who directed Hannah And Her Sisters?  Woody Allen

Which hugely successful director co-wrote and produced Poltergeist?  Steven Spielberg

Which director sacked Harvey Keitel from the cast of Apocalypse Now?  Francis Ford Coppola

Taylor Hackford is the husband of which 50-plus British actress?  Helen Mirren

That Thing You Do was the directorial debut of which double-Oscar winner?
  Tom Hanks


Who directed Ben Kingsley in his first Oscar-winning role as a civil rights hero?  Richard 
Attenborough

Who directed Oscar-nominated John Travolta in Pulp Fiction?  Quentin Tarantino

Which novel by E M Forster did David Lean make into a film in 1984 with Peggy Ashcroft and Judy Davis?  A Passage to India

Out of 11 films how many did Grace Kelly make for Hitchcock?  Three

Which director of Titanic gave Arnold Schwarzenegger his big break in The Terminator?  James Cameron

Which Sam’s real name was Goldfish?  Goldwyn

Which celebrity couple co-founded the production company Simian Films?  Hugh Grant & Liz Hurley

Who directed Tea With Mussonlini?  Franco Zeffirelli

Which actor, whose name was romantically linked with Catherine Zeta Jones in 1999, co-produced One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest?  Michael Douglas

Based on a novel by Nicholas Evans, what was Robert Redford’s first film as director and star?  The Horse Whisperer

Which Tom played spy Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible?  Cruise

Which month is part of the Title of the film where tom Cruise plays war veteran Ron Kovic?  July

Which Steven directed Saving Private Ryan?  Spielberg

The Poseidon Adventure is about a disaster on what type of transport?  Ship

Air Force One deals with the holding to ransom of whom?  US president

What is the profession of Harrison Ford in the Indianan  Jones movies?  Archaeologist

In which city does Robert de Niro operate as a sinister Taxi Driver?  New York

Which 90s James Bond starred in Dante’s Peak?  Pierce Brosnan

In which series of films were Danny Glover and Mel Gibson teamed in 1987, 1989, 1992, and 
1998?  Lethal Weapon

Which creature was a threat to holiday makers in Jaws?  Shark

Which Australian actor starred in and directed Braveheart?  Mel Gibson

What type of creatures were Donatello, Raphael, Michelangelo and Leonardo?  Turtles

Which unlucky Apollo Mission was filmed in 1995 with Tom Hanks?  13

Top Gun is about which of the armed services?  Air Force  

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Day 8


Which Jim played Truman in The Truman Show?  Carrey

Which 90s movie told of a group of stripping Sheffield steelworkers?  The Full Monty

Which mouse first appeared in Steamboat Willie in 1928?  Mickey Mouse

In Forrest Gump, his mom says, “Like is like a box of “ what?  Chocolates

Which blonde country star had a cameo role in The Beverly Hillbillies?  Dolly Parton

Where did Deloris, played by Whoopi Goldberg, find refuge in Sister Act?  Convent

In Home Alone 2, Macauilay Culkin was lost in which city?  New York

In which movie did Macaulay Culkin first play abandoned child Kevin McCallister?  Home Alone

Why was Mick Dundee nicknamed Crocodile?  He survived a crocodile attack

In which 80s comedy did Dustin Hoffman play an actor who pretends to be a woman to get a part in a soap?  Tootsie

There’s Something About whom in the politically incorrect comedy with Cameron Diaz?  Mary

Which silent movie star created the comic character The Little Tramp?  Charlie Chaplin

Which spinach-eating cartoon character was played by Robin William?  Popeye

Who was the near-silent subject of The Ultimate Disaster Movie in 1997?  Bean

In the 1994 movie, what did Jim Carrey find that turned him from a bank clerk into a comic-book character, in the film of the same name?  The Mask

Which 1994 movie was based on a TV cartoon and was set in Bedrock?  The Flintstones

What was A Fish called in the movie with Michael Palin and John Cleese?  Wanda

What was the name of the nanny Robin Williams becomes to look after his estranged children in the 1993 film?   Mrs  Doubtfire

Whose World was a 1992 film with Mike Myers and Dana Carvey?  Wayne’s

Post Cards From the Edge was based on the life of which actress Carrie?  Fisher

Which Bruce is the voice of Mikey in Look Who’s Talking?  Willis

Which Michael played teenager Marty in Back to the Future?  M. J. Fox

Which member of Arthur’s staff was played by John Gielgud in the 80s film with Dudley Moore?  Valet

Which crawling insects are the major stars of A Bug’s Life?  Ants

Which Richard found fame in Withnail and I?  Richard E.  Grant

Which activist did Denzel Washington play in CryFreedom?  Steve Biko

Which actor shot to fame in 1980 with American Gigolo?  Richard Gere

Who could not accept the offer to play 007 first time round as he was committed to playing 
Remington Steele?  Pierce Brosnan
How was Joanne Whalley known after he marriage to her husband?  Joanne Whalley Kilmer
Who dubbed Kenneth Branagh’s voice for the French version of Henry V?  Gerard Depardieu
How did Christopher Reeve suffer the appalling injuries which brought about his paralysis in 1995?  Fell from a horse
Who is Jason Gould’s mom who starred with him in Prince of Tides?  Barbara Streisand
Who did Antonio Banderas marry after they met on the set of Two Much?  Melanie Griffith
Which actress won an Oscar for her screenplay adaptation of Jane Austen’s Sense & Sensibility?  Emma Thompson

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Day 7


How many lifelines were available to contestants in the first year of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?    Three

What talk-show host picked up his sixth wife, Shawn Southwick, after two broken engagements?    Larry King

Whose first TV cooking show, How to Boil Water, was a colossal flop?    Emeril Lagasse's

What role did Courteney Cox originally try out for on Friends?    Rachel

What Fox TV waif wailed; "I am not anorexic  I have a fast metabolism"?    Calista Flockhart

What Fox star gained notoriety for on-air smooches with Jane Krakowski, Courtney Thorne-Smith and Lucy Liu?    Calista Flockhart

What flavorful cable TV hit culminates in a showdown at Kitchen Stadium?    Iron Chef

What TV cop show garnered headlines in 1996, when a shoplifter surrendered to two of its stars?    Homicide: Life on the Street

What TV series challenged Scott Bakula to portray Dr Ruth?  Quantum Leap

What sitcom drew an audience of 80 million viewers for its final episode, in 1993?  Cheers

What TV foursome did researcher Karin Boehm-Duerr warn were "so sweet and addictive" that children couldn't live without them?  Teletubbies

What cable network targeted longtime advertisers Nike and Reebok in its special, Made in Vietnam: The American Sneaker Controversy?  ESPN

What TV show kept its title character chaste until she fell for a mountain man named Byron Sully?  Dr  Quinn, Medicine Woman

Who went public with his Parkinson's disease only after closing a $100 million syndication deal for his sitcom?  Michael J  Fox

What actor played lead roles in both LA Law and NYPD Blue   Jimmy Smits

What cable channel thought Johnnie Cochran would make a good co-host?  Court TV

What buckskin-clad attorney, undefeated in jury trials since 1969, landed his own CNBC show?  Gerry Spence

Who won five Emmys for her sitcom role as a television reporter?  Candice Bergen

What divine songstress played Murphy brown's 93rd and last secretary?  Bette Midler

What TV drama staked out the moral high ground in Rome, Wisconsin?  Picket Fences

Monday, January 19, 2009

Day 6


What buckskin-clad attorney, undefeated in jury trials since 1969, landed his own CNBC show?    Gerry Spence

What Michelle Pfeiffer movie got a boost from the Coolio song Gangsta's Paradise?    Dangerous Minds

What White House cabinet member didWill Ferrell portray on Saturday NIght Live in a royal blue dress and pearls?    Janet Reno

What Watergate figure hawked his own board game, Hardball Politics '96, hwere players choose between a "Clean Campaign" and "Dirty Tricks"?    G  Gordon Liddy

What actor, the highest paid child star of the '80s, earned $8 an hour as a security guard in the '90s?   Gary Coleman  

What company did Carson Productions spin off to produce David Letterman's Late Night show?    Worldwide Pants

What Kevin Costner movie was originally scripted to star Steve McQueen?  The Bodyguard

Who played accident-prone Detective Nordberg in the aNaked Gun movie series?  O  J  Simpson

What revealing Demi Moore movie won "Razzis" for worst picture, actress, screen couple, director, screenplay and song?  Striptease

What blockbuster film used the working title Planet Ice to shoot footage off Nova Scotia?  Titanic

What Sesame Street toy giggled its way to the top of Christmas wish-lists in 1996?  Tickle Me Elmo

Who landed roles in Hairspray and Airplane II: The Sequel, before winning a seat in the U S  Congress?  Sonny Bono

What veteran crooner won an Album of the Year Grammy for his MTV Unplugged?  Tony Bennett

What movie about the porn industry earned Burt Reynolds his first Oscar nomination?  Boogie Nights

What talk-show host led a parade of 50,000 motorcycle riders to celebrate the 95th anniversary of Harley-Davidson?  Jay Leno

What director crowned himself "king of the world" at the 1998 Oscars ceremony?  James Cameron

What brand of vacuum cleaner was the late Fred Astaire seen dancing with, in a TV ad campaign?  Dirt Devil