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  1. How many UK chart number ones did the Beatles have (as a group)?
  2. Soeur Sourire was the stage name of the 1960's singer who was better known as whom?
  3. In which Thomas Hardy novel does the character Bathsheba Everdene appear?
  4. What dance hit does David Brent hum during his famous dance routine in UK TV comedy The Office?
  5. Which actress plays the date (Nadia Gates) of Bruce Willis (Walter Davis) in the 1987 film Blind Date?
  6. What is the name of the character played by Sarah Jessica Parker in the US TV series Sex and the City?
  7. What is the real name of the comedian who devised and plays the character Avid Merrion?
  8. What does Robert Mitchum's character have tattooed on his knuckles in the 1955 film the Night of the Hunter?
  9. Which actor played the King in the 1995 film The Madness of King George?
  10. Which group removed the strings from their guitars in protest when they were forced to mime on Top Of The Pops in 1977?
  11. What was the name of the strip club in the 1996 film Striptease starring Demi Moore?
  12. What was the name of the character played by Richard Beckinsale in UK TV series Porridge?
  13. Which country was the location of the second UK TV series of Auf Wiedersehen Pet?
  14. Which US soul singer was shot dead in 1964 aged 33?
  15. What type of shop is 84 Charing Cross Road in the 1986 film of the same title?
  16. Which film-maker has received the most Academy Awards (as at 2006)?
  17. In which film does the Oscar-winning song Secret Love feature?
  18. What is Wendy's surname in Peter Pan?
  19. Who directed the 1969 western The Wild Bunch and the 1971 thriller Straw Dogs?
  20. Who played Jeff's (James Stewart's) girlfriend Lisa Carol Fremont in the 1954 Hitchcock film Rear Window?
  21. Which iconic rock music frontman sang backing vocals on Carly Simon's 1973 hit You're So Vain?
  22. Which film was re-named Flight Pacific 121 and then changed back to its original title?
  23. Who sang the original theme song to the British 1966 film Alfie, starring Michael Caine?
  24. On which Shakespeare play is the 1961 film West Side Story based?
  25. What is Jennifer Beale's day job in the 1983 film Flashdance?
  26. What film featured the ukulele-playing singer 'Sugar' Kane?
  27. Bob Hoskins played crime boss Harold Shand in which 1979 film?
  28. Which writer created the fictional British MI6 spy George Smiley?
  29. Who wrote the longest-running play The Mousetrap?
  30. What is the name of the wood where Winnie the Pooh lives?

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  1. How many UK chart number ones did the Beatles have (as a group)?
    Seventeen
  2. Soeur Sourire was the stage name of the 1960's singer who was better known as whom?
    The Singing Nun
  3. In which Thomas Hardy novel does the character Bathsheba Everdene appear?
    Far from the Madding Crowd
  4. What dance hit does David Brent hum during his famous dance routine in UK TV comedy The Office?
    Disco Inferno
  5. Which actress plays the date (Nadia Gates) of Bruce Willis (Walter Davis) in the 1987 film Blind Date?
    Kim Bassinger
  6. What is the name of the character played by Sarah Jessica Parker in the US TV series Sex and the City?
    Carrie Bradshaw
  7. What is the real name of the comedian who devised and plays the character Avid Merrion?
    Leigh Francis
  8. What does Robert Mitchum's character have tattooed on his knuckles in the 1955 film the Night of the Hunter?
    The words 'Love' and 'Hate'
  9. Which actor played the King in the 1995 film The Madness of King George?
    Nigel Hawthorne
  10. Which group removed the strings from their guitars in protest when they were forced to mime on Top Of The Pops in 1977?
    The Stranglers
  11. What was the name of the strip club in the 1996 film Striptease starring Demi Moore?
    The Eager Beaver
  12. What was the name of the character played by Richard Beckinsale in UK TV series Porridge?
    Lennie Godber
  13. Which country was the location of the second UK TV series of Auf Wiedersehen Pet?
    Spain
  14. Which US soul singer was shot dead in 1964 aged 33?
    Sam Cooke
  15. What type of shop is 84 Charing Cross Road in the 1986 film of the same title?
    Bookshop
  16. Which film-maker has received the most Academy Awards (as at 2006)?
    Walt Disney
  17. In which film does the Oscar-winning song Secret Love feature?
    Calamity Jane
  18. What is Wendy's surname in Peter Pan?
    Darling
  19. Who directed the 1969 western The Wild Bunch and the 1971 thriller Straw Dogs?
    Sam Peckinpah
  20. Who played Jeff's (James Stewart's) girlfriend Lisa Carol Fremont in the 1954 Hitchcock film Rear Window?
    Grace Kelly
  21. Which iconic rock music frontman sang backing vocals on Carly Simon's 1973 hit You're So Vain?
    Mick Jagger
  22. Which film was re-named Flight Pacific 121 and then changed back to its original title?
    Snakes on a Plane
  23. Who sang the original theme song to the British 1966 film Alfie, starring Michael Caine?
    Cilla Black
  24. On which Shakespeare play is the 1961 film West Side Story based?
    Romeo and Juliet
  25. What is Jennifer Beale's day job in the 1983 film Flashdance?
    Welder
  26. What film featured the ukulele-playing singer 'Sugar' Kane?
    Some Like It Hot
  27. Bob Hoskins played crime boss Harold Shand in which 1979 film?
    The Long Good Friday
  28. Which writer created the fictional British MI6 spy George Smiley?
    John le Carre
  29. Who wrote the longest-running play The Mousetrap?
    Agatha Christie
  30. What is the name of the wood where Winnie the Pooh lives?
    Hundred Acre Wood
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