Questions

1. Happy Talk and Some Enchanted Evening are songs from which 1958 musical?

2. In which 1952 film does James Stewart play Buttons, a circus clown?

3. In which of the Crosby/Hope Road films do Joan Collins and Peter Sellers make cameo appearances?

4. Which 1964 Stanley Kubrick film starring Peter Sellers had the alternative title, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb?

5. Which Swedish actress and former model was at one time married to Peter Sellers?

6. In which town in England was Michael Caine's 1971 cult movie Get Carter filmed?

7. In the 1985 movie Fletch, who plays investigative reporter I. M. Fletcher in the title role?

8. In which 1969 anti-war musical did Sir Richard Attenborough make his directing debut?

9. In the 1978 Superman movie, which cinema icon plays Superman's father Jor-El?

10. In which 1972 movie does a crewman say to the captain (Leslie Neilson): 'I never saw anything like it - an enormous wall of water coming towards us'?

11. Who played Captain Philip Francis Queeg in The Caine Mutiny?

12. Who directed the 1984 film Paris, Texas?

13. In which 1953 musical does Howard Keel star as Wild Bill Hickok opposite Doris Day?

14. Frank Langella is best known for playing the title role in which 1979 horror movie?

15. Madonna was tempestuously married to which acts, whose movies include Taps (1981) and Bad Boys (1983)? 

Answers

1. South Pacific

2. The Greatest Show on Earth

3. The Road to Hong Kong

4. Dr. Strangelove

5. Britt Eckland

6. Newcastle

7. Chevy Chase

8. Oh! What a Lovely War

9. Marlon Brando

10. The Poseidon Adventure

11. Humphrey Bogart

12. Wim Wenders

13. Calamity Jane

14. Dracula

15. Sean Penn

1. What was the name of the smash movie about 70s superband Abba?

2. Which Bond girl starred with Elvis Presley in Fun in Acapulco?

3. Who danced with Gene Kelly in the Broadway Ballet section of Singin' In the Rain?

4. Who sang Thank Heaven for Little Girls in Gigi?

5. High Society was a musical version classic?

6. Which controversial figure directed the musical New York, New York?

7. In which film did Bi;; Haley sing Rock Around the Clock?

8. Who sang most of the soundtrack for The Bodyguard?

9. Who had a managerial role in Spiceworld?

10. Joel Grey won an Oscar for which role in the 70s classic Cabaret?

11. Who played Che in the film version of Evita?

12. Which Tim Burton film featured the hostile takeover of present delivery at Christmas?

13. Who played the Doctor in the musical film version of Doctor Doolittle?

14. Where is Gigi set?

15. Which tough guy actor played Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls?

16. Which star pf The King and I was born in Russia?

17. Who does Julie Andrews marry in The Sound of Music?

18. Which character sings On the Street Where You Live in My Fair Lady?

19. Which 70s film became a stage musical in London in 1998?

20. Which Gene was the Stinging Cowboy?

21. In which decade does the action of Grease take place?

22. Which English actor played the millionaire benefactor in Annie?

23. In which musical does Nurse Nellie Forbush appear?

24. Which of the many songs in Mary Poppins won the Oscar?

25. What was The Beatles' second film?

26. Which musical is the tale of a Jewish milkman in pre revolutionary Russia?

27. Who played Eva's husband in Evita?

28.Who led 'The Rhythm of Life' sequence in Sweet Charity?

29. Which 70s musical film was set in pre war Berlin?

30. Which Marilyn sang Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend?

1. Abba: The Movie

2. Ursula Andress

3. Cyd Charisse

4. Maurice Chevalier

5. The Philadelphia Story

6. Martin Scorsese

7. The Blackboard Jungle

8. Whitney Houston

9. Richard E Grant

10. Master of ceremonies

11. Antonio Banderas

12. The Nightmare Before Christmas

13. Rex Harrison

14. Paris

15. Marlon Brando

16. Yul Brynner

17. Baron Georg Von Trapp

18. Freddie Eynsford-Hill

19. Saturday Night Fever

20. Autry

21. 1950s

22. Albert Finney

23. South Pacific

24. Chim Chim Cheree

25. Help!

26. Fiddler on the Roof

27. Jonathan Pryce

28. Sammy David Jr.

29. Cabaret

30. Monroe 

QUESTIONS

1. Which musical was derived from George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion?
2. Which New York composer wrote the score for A Chorus Line?
3. In the film Oklahoma, who played the villain Jud Fry?
4. An "American Tribal Love-Rock Musical' first shocked and delighted audiences in the 1960s. What was it called?
5. Which musical includes the songs Marrying for Love and Hostess with the Mostes' on the Ball?
6. On Broadway, Glynis Johns sang Send in the Clowns in A Little Night Music. On the London stage it was sung by Jean Simmons. Who sang it on screen?
7. In South Pacific, heroine Nellie Forbush falls in love with a plantation owner. What was Nellie's profession?
8. The Sound of Music, starring Julie Andrews on screen, told the story of which real-life family?
9. In the film Oliver, Mark Lester played the title role. Who played the Artful Dodger?
10. Which musical, inspired by a comic strip, tells the story of an orphan who is eventually adopted by a millionaire?
11. Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II formed the most successful of musical partnerships. Which was the lyricist?
12. Which author wrote the book on which the musical Les Misérables was based?
13. Who starred with Dorothy Dandridge in the 1959 film Porgy and Bess?
14. Which musical, starring Liza Minelli, is set in Berlin during the rise of the Nazis?
15. The characters Gus, Skimbleshanks and Growltiger appear in which musical?
16. The film High Society, starring Grace Kelly, was a musical remake of which film?
17. The King and I told the story of a real-life English governess who went to teach the children of the King of Siam in Victorian times. What was her name?
18. Which musical told the story of a Scottish town that appears only once every 100 years?
19. Name the composer and lyricist who produced Gigi, Coco and Paint Your Wagon.
20. The songs June is Bustin' Out All Over and You'll Never Walk Alone come from which musical?
21. Who went 'Singin' in the rain' in the film of the same name?
22. Evita was based on the life of the wife of a South American dictator. Who was she?
23. Who starred as the young Gypsy Rose Lee in the film Gypsy?
24. Richard Harris starred in the film Camelot. Who sang his songs?
25. The actress Tammie Grimes played the title role in The Unsinkable Mollie Brown on Broadway. Who actually played Mollie Brown in the film?

ANSWERS

1. My Fair Lady
2. Marvin Hamlisch
3. Rod Steiger
4. Hair
5. Call Me Madam
6. Elizabeth Taylor
7. Army Nurse
8. Von Trapp
9. Jack Wild
10. Annie
11. Hammerstein
12. Victor Hugo
13. Sidney Poitier
14. Carabet
15. Cats
16. The Philadelphia Story
17. Anna Leonowens
18. Brigadoons
19. Lerner and Loewe
20. Carousel
21. Gene Kelly
22. Eva Perón
23. Natalie Wood
24. Richard Harris
25. Debbie Reynolds

QUESTIONS

1. What nationality are the Cardigans?
2. What was Roxy Music's first hit single?
3. What was the title of Joe South's only UK Top Ten hit?
4. What was the title of Ten Years After's only hit single?
5. What was the title of the hit duet between Roberta Flack and Peabo Bryson?
6. Which 1960's group reached No 5 in the album charts with "The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter"?
7. Which 1964 No 1 begins: "We've already said..."?
8. Which family went "Walking In The Rain" in 1973?
9. Who had a hit in 1966 with "Stop Stop Stop"?
10. Which group featured Walter Becker and Donald Fagen?
11. Which rapper had a hit in 1990 with "Mama Gave Birth To The Soul Children"?
12. Which song begins: "In my dreams I'm a western hero, riding my palomino"?
13. Which song features the lines, "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss"?
14. Who had a hit with "Rebel Rebel"?
15. Who had "One Love" in 1990?

ANSWERS

1. Swedish
2. "Virginia Plain"
3. "Games People Play"
4. "Love Like A Man"
5. "Tonight I Celebrate My Love"
6. The Incredible String Band
7. "Go Now" by the Moody Blues
8. The Partridge Family
9. The Hollies
10. Steely Dan
11. Queen Latifah
12. "Silver Star" by The Four Seasons
13. "Won't get Fooled Again"
14. David Bowie
15. Stone Roses