Sunday, January 18, 2009

Day 5


Whose 1990 fashion statement did Mr  Blackwell sum up as "Yentl's gone mental"?     Barbra Streisand's
 
Who played Selena Quintanilla in a 1996 film, only to irk fans for being Puerto Rican, and not Tejano?   Jennifer Lopez  

What sitcom popularized the word "spongeworthy" as a synonym for sexual allure?    Seinfeld

What sitcom featured a power-mad TV host who boasted he once "put a barbecue grill into geo-synchronous orbit"?    Home Improvement

What stars of Rambling Rose became the first mother-daughter pair nominated for an Oscar for the same movie?    The "blue light special"

What blue cartoon character did Al Gore's daughter Karenna come to regret picking for a secret service code name?   Smurfette

What actress appeared on Joan River's TV show in a homemade Catwoman outfit to gripe about being cut out of Batman Returns?    Sean Young

What star explained his three-year absence form Beverly Hills 90210 by claiming he got lost in Aaron Spelling's house?    Luke Perry

What actor said Con Air let him become the "first post-Heston, non-biblical action star in sandals"?    John Cusack

What did Kendra call the "lucky stake" she gave to Buffy the Vampire Slayer?    "Mr  Pointy"

What 73-year-old actor became head of the National Rifle Association in 1998?    Charlton Heston

Who enticed 21 million Britons to tune in the BBC the night she blabbed about her marriage?    Princess Diana

What hand puppet asked that her remarks be filed separately from Sheri Lewis', when they testified at a U S  House telecommunications hearing?  Lamb Chop

What rap bad boy founded Bad Boy records?    Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs

What TV family resided at 10 Stigwood Avenue in Brooklyn?    The Huxatables   

What 1992 Oscar nominee became California state inmate number P50522 in 1999?    Robert Downey Jr

What Whoopi Goldberg movie was hyped: "No sex  NO booze  NO men  No way"?    Sister Act

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

What action moveii star's involvement in development of the civilian Hummer H2 earned him the first vehicle off the assembly line?    Arnold Schwarzenegger's

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Day 4


What memoir did Leonard Nimoy tap out, twenty years after I Am Not Spock?    I Am Spock
 
Who won five Emmys for her sitcom role a a television reporter?    Candice Bergen
 
What Rolling Stone's former mother-in-law wed his son, seriously tangling his family tree?    Bill Wyman's
 
What city did Dr. Quinn bid adieu to, when she headed west to be a medicine woman?
  Boston

 
What cable hit was all about "what happens when people stop being polite and start getting real"?    The Real World
 
What TV network did Barry Diller buy after Comcast took over QVC?    The Home Shopping Network
 
What critters did Jerry O'Connell let romp around in his mouth for a scene in Joe's Apartment?    Cockroaches
 
What substance did Norma Lyon use to create 600-pound cow sculptures for '90s Iowa State Fairs?    Butter
 
What tonsorial trend did Beverly Hills 90210 stars Luke Perry and Jason Priestley revitalize?    Sideburns
 
What cable TV cult classic changed hosts, polarizing cyberspace in The Great Joel vs  Mike Flamewar?    Mystery Science Theater 3000
 
What sit-down comic spent six-and-a-half years as Conan O'Brien's late-night second banana?    Andy Richter
 
What was the first company to offer a DVD player for sale in the U. S.?    Sony
 
What sitcom star announced on the cover of Time magazine, "Yep, I'm Gay"?    Ellen DeGeneres
 
What was the original message on Johnny Depp's heartfelt tattoo that now reads:  "Wino Forever"?    "Winona Forever"
 
What movie did Warren Beatty opt to shoot in seven basic comic book colors?    Dick Tracy
 
What cinema smash hit did cynical critics call "Die Hard on a bus"?    Speed
 
What divine songtress played Murphy Brown's 93rd and last secretary?    Bette Midler
 
What did Michael Ramsay and James Barton name their digital-video-recording service, after rejecting Teleworld and Bongo?    TiVo
 
What 30-year-old TV icon was the nation's favorite spokescharacter in 1996, getting 200 fan letters a week?    The Pillsbury Doughboy
 
What Beverly Hills 90210 star claims to have been "completely pickled" when she led the Pledge of Allegiance at the 1992 Republican convention?    Shannen Doherty
 
What Muppet Christmas Carol star admitted that as a child, his mum pasted his ears to his skull to keep them from sticking out?    Michael Caine
 
What diva pitched a fit at Heathrow Airport, after being stopped in the name of  security?    Diana Ross
What actress ran off with actor Jason Patric three days before she was to marry Kiefer Sutherland?    Julia Roberts
 
What 71-year-old actor celebrated his Oscar win by doing a set of one-handed push-ups on stage?    Jack Palance
 
What Canadian TV comedy show buried its five stars alive during the credits of the series finale?   The Kids in the Hall
 
What media mogul said of the Heaven's Gate suicides: "It's a good way t get rid of a few nuts"?    Ted Turner
 
What musical opened on Broadway with 200 animal puppets, including a life-sized elephant?    The Lion King
 
Whose ghost is said to haunt Paramount Studio's lot 31, where he died of a heart attack during rehearsals for his new sitcom, The Royal Family?    Redd Foxx's

Friday, January 16, 2009

Day 3

What Nickelodeon animated series was named after the cartoonist's apartment manager and one time college roommate?   Ren & Stimpy

What comic said "I'm outta here! to Saturday Night Live when he left in 1991?  Dennis Miller

What Seinfeld character often yelled "Get Out" while delivering a savage two-handed push to the chest?   Elaine

What animated family typically kicks off each show by kicking back on the couch in their Evergreen Terrace home?   The Simpsons

What cable channel unleashed the two-headed CatDog  upon an unsuspecting viewing public?    Nickelodeon

What actor locked lips with Larry King to close a rare on-air interview?   Marlon Brando

What club do the Beverly Hills 90210 gang open u next to the Peach Pit diner?   The Peach Pit After Dark

What cop show lingered over the death of detective Bobby Simone for five long episodes?   NYPD Blue

What former Cheers character could be reached at 555-KACL in Seattle?   Dr. Frasier Crane

What White house cabinet member did Will Ferrell portray on Saturday Night Live in a royal blue dress and pearls?   Janet Reno

What NBC soap opera outlasted the spin-offs Somerset and Texas before ending a 35-year  run?   Another World

What TV movie showcase introduced mechanical quipsters named Gypsy, Tom Servo and Crow?   Mystery Science Theater 3000

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

What sit-down comic spent six-and-a-half years as Conan O'Brien's late-night second
banana?   Andy Richter

What did Kramer dub "the dreaded apparatus," "Wet and Wild" and "The Big E," on Seinfeld?   An enema

What Fox sitcom rewrote Peg's on-air pregnancy to be her husband's bad dream, after the star miscarried in real life?   Married... with Children

What animated sitcom clown is the son of a very disappointed Rabbi Hyman Krustofski?   Krusty the Clown

What Cartoon Network show headlines a brother and sister from two different species?   Cow and Chicken

Who was the only female cast member to endure the decade-long run of Beverly Hills 90210?
  Tori Spelling

What sitcom character lost at Jeopardy! despite categories like Civil Servants, Stamps from Around the World, Mothers and Sons, and Beer?   Cliff Clavin

What one-time Good Morning America anchor helped open the door for celebrity drug endorsers with TV ads for Claritin?   Joan Lunden

Who was Studio 33 at Television City named for, to mark The Price is Right's 5,000th
episode?   Bob Barker

What soap opera about the Abbott, Newman and Winter clans is set in fictional Genoa City?
  The Young and the Restless

What cable-access TV show from Aurora, Illinois is broadcast from the Campbell family basement?   Wayne's World

What TV series let Shannen Doherty show Aaron Spelling she can play a witch as well as a bitch?   Charmed

Who played a transvestite DEA agent on Twin Peaks before a juicier FBI role beckoned?   David Duchovny

What TV show shot Joel and the bots into endless orbit on the Satellite of Love?   Mystery Science Theater 3000

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Day 2

Who was born first, Ronald Reagan or Frank Sinatra?   Ronald Reagan

Jerry Hall hails from which oil state?   Texas

Which actor director was born on exactly the same day as singer Lou Rawls?   Woody Allen

Who accompanied Hugh Grant to the premiere of Four Weddings and a Funeral in a dress held together with safety pins?    Elizabeth Hurley

Who did Jacqueline Bouvier marry in September 1953?   John F. Kennedy

Reports of a relationship with which model ended the presidential campaign of Senator Gary Hart?   Donna Rice

Twiggy ws the most famous model of which decade?   60s

In which city was George Michael charged with lewd behavior in 1998?   Los Angeles

Which Richard did Elizabeth Taylor marry twice?   Burton

Which Italian actress launched her won perfume Sophia?   Sophia Loren

Which Mia is the daughter of Maureen O' Sullivan?   Farrow

Where was Sean Lennon's mother born?   Japan

Who is older, Jay or Donny Osmond?   Jay

Which Spice girl was the first to marry?   Mel B

Michael Jackson's first wife was the daughter of which "King"?   Elvis Presley

Which Rolling Stone did Jerry Hall marry?   Mick Jagger

Which supermodel Naomi wrote a novel called Swan?   Campbell

Which Bob who founded Band Aid received an honorary knighthood in 1986?   Geldof

Giorgio Armani is famous in which field?   Fashion design

Fashion designer Donatella, sister of the murdered Gianni, has which last name?   Versace

Which actress is Carrie Fisher's mother?   Debbie Reynolds

Model Rachel Hunter was married to which veteran rock star?   Rod Stewart

Ivanka Trump has a similar name to her mother; who is she?   Ivana Trump

Brigitte Bardot ws awarded the freedom of her capital city; what is it?   Paris

Which 1980s US president survived an assassination attempt?   Ronald Reagan

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Day 1


Who was born Allen Stewart Konigsburg?  Woody Allen

Which film director wrote the screenplay for Patton?  Francis Ford Coppola

Which composer was the musical director of the New York Philharmonic from 1958 to 1970?   Leonard Bernstein

How many wives had Humphrey Bogart had before Lauren Bacall?   Three

Who in 1994 put an ad in The Times with Richard Gere to say their marriage was still strong?  Cindy Crawford

Who did Mate Garcia marry in 1996 by pointing to his symbol?   Prince

Which perfume house did Madonna advertise in the late 1990s?   Max Factor

Who accused Bill Clinton of sexual harassment after an incident in a hotel in 1991?  Paula Jones

Model Ms Bourret is usually known by her first name alone; what is it?   Caprice

Which celebrity restaurants do Stallone, Willis and Schwarzenegger own?   Planet Hollywood

Sir Magdi Yacoub became famous in which medical field?   Heart transplants

Which Jackson brother has a name nearest the beginning of the alphabet?   Jackie

Who was Charlie Chaplin's final father in law?   Eugene O'Neill

Who became Ambassador to Ghana in 1974?   Shirley Temple Black

Who wrote the music for An American In Paris?   George Gershwin

Who wrote "Honeysuckle Rose" ;and "Ain't Misbehavin"?   Fats Waller

In 1998 Cristina Sanchez became the first woman to become what?   Matador

What was Paul Robeson's profession before he became a stage actor?   Lawyer

Who was nicknamed the "cowboy philosopher"?   Will Rogers

Who protested about Michael Jackson during the Brit Awards in 1996?   Jarvis Cocer

Which British redhead did Paris Match sign as a regular writer in 1996?  The Duchess of York.

How was Ferdinand Joseph Lemott better known?   Jelly Roll Morton

Which blonde Texan has daughters Elizabeth and Georgia, and sons James and Gabriel?   Jerry Hall

In 1997 who did Kelly Fisher claim she was engaged to when photos of him with someone else appeared in the papers?   Dodi Fayed

Which golfer won all the major world championships in 1953 despite a serious car crash in 1949?  Ben Hogan