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Amy Winehouse, Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin all belong to what unofficial organization?
The 27 Club
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Who besides Britney Spears did Madonna kiss at the 2003 VMAs?
Christina Aguilera
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What song was behind the very first music video to ever premiere on MTV?
"Video Killed the Radio Star"
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With what album did Beyoncé start her solo career?
Dangerously In Love
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What is the stage name of Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta?
Lady Gaga
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Who sang the first recorded version of "Strange Fruit," a classic, haunting protest song against racism and violence against Black bodies?
Billie Holiday
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Who was the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
Aretha Franklin
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What musical artist played a whopping 27 different instruments on their debut album, "For You"?
Prince
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Where did the band ABBA form?
Sweden
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Which Beatles' single was No. 1 on the Billboard charts for the longest stretch of time?
Hey Jude
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What was the Notorious BIG's real first name?
Christopher
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How old was Taylor Swift when she took home her first Album of the Year Grammy?
20
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Starchild, Demon, Spaceman (or Space Ace), and Catman are the on-stage personas of what band?
KISS
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How many members does BTS have?
7
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What was The Beach Boys' first No. 1 single, out of a total of four?
I Get Around
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What instrument does Lizzo play?
The Flute
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What musical artist cast themselves as every character in a 1978 televised performance of West Side Story?
Cher
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What is the longest-running band still featuring its original lineup?
U2
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What is the best-selling album of all time in the U.S.?
Their Greatest Hits by the Eagles
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How did Otis Redding die?
A plane crash
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Which famous country artist had a hit in 1957 with "Walkin' After Midnight"?
Patsy Cline
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In 2017, what single topped the charts in 47 countries simultaneously?
"Despacito"
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Who did Beyoncé edge out in 2021 for the title of female artist with the most Grammys?
Alison Krauss
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What is the name of Led Zeppelin's fourth studio album, which includes the song "Stairway to Heaven"?
It's untitled! Although it's most often referred to as Led Zeppelin IV
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Ariana Grande started her career at age 15 in what Broadway musical?
13
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What movie is the Oscar-nominated song "Journey to the Past" from?
Anastasia
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Who plays the Fairy Godmother in the 1997 version of Cinderella, starring Brandy?
Whitney Houston
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How many children are in the Von Trapp family in The Sound of Music?
Seven
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What is the highest-grossing movie of all time?
Avatar
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What specific shade does Meryl Streep's Miranda Priestly dedicate a monologue to in The Devil Wears Prada?
Cerulean
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What famous documentary depicts New York City's ballroom scene at the height of the AIDS epidemic in the mid-to-late 1980s?
Paris is Burning
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What was the first feature-length animated movie ever released?
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
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What character is played perfectly by Jeff Goldblum in Jurassic Park and significantly less perfectly by Goldblum in The Lost World: Jurassic Park?
Ian Malcolm
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What famous real-life Hollywood couple starred in the film adaptation of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton
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What's the name of the dance number performed toward the beginning of Rocky Horror Picture Show?
The Time Warp
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In what fictional town is Jaws set?
Amity Island
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What musical group is the movie Dreamgirls purportedly based on?
Although the movie is a fictional blend of multiple Motown female-led singing groups, it's thought to most draw on the Supremes
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In Titanic, where is Jack Dawson from?
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
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What does the movie rating "R" stand for?
Restricted
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What movie is Alan Rickman's first film credit?
Die Hard
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The costume designer for Romy & Michele's High School Reunion also did the costumes for what fellow iconic 90s-fashion movie?
Clueless
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Who is the only Disney princess to have been inspired by a real person?
Pocahontas - although given Disney's historical inaccuracies, let's go ahead and call this one capital-L Loosely inspired.
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How many suns does the planet Tatooine, Luke's home, have in Star Wars?
Two
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What was the first - and still only - horror movie to win the Oscar for Best Picture?
Silence of the Lambs
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What movie is the first non-English film to win the Oscar for Best Picture?
Parasite
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What is the name of the hotel in Psycho?
The Bates Motel
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How many times has the movie A Star is Born been remade?
Four times
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Why is Ally Sheedy's character in detention in The Breakfast Club?
She "didn't have anything better to do."
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Who was the first Black actress to win an Oscar?
Hattie McDaniel
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Who won his second Oscar for the role of Raymond in the movie Rain Man?
Dustin Hoffman
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What was the first television game show ever?
Spelling Bee
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Daytime game shows would be played for lower stakes to target whom?
Housewives
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In 1959, many higher-stakes game shows were discovered to be what?
Rigged
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In what year did Let's Make a Deal first air??
1963
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What are the dying words of Charles Foster Kane in Citizen Kane?
Rosebud
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Who played Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate?
Anne Bancroft
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What was the first feature-length animated movie ever released?
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
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In The Matrix, does Neo take the blue pill or the red pill?
Red
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For what movie did Tom Hanks score his first Academy Award nomination?
Big 
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What 1927 musical was the first "talkie"?
The Jazz Singer 
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What's the name of the skyscraper in Die Hard?
Nakatomi Plaza
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What flavor of Pop Tarts does Buddy the Elf use in his spaghetti in Elf? 
Chocolate
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What shocking Wes Craven horror movie carried the marketing tagline, "To avoid fainting, keep repeating, 'It's only a movie...'"?
The Last House on the Left 
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What pop vocal group performs at the wedding in Bridesmaids?
Wilson Phillips
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What real-life on-again off-again Hollywood power couple starred in the film Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton
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What American writer/director starred in several iconic European-produced "Spaghetti Westerns"?
Clint Eastwood
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Who played Juror Number 8 in 12 Angry Men?
Henry Fonda
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The head of what kind of animal is front-and-center in an infamous scene from The Godfather?
A horse
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What TV show was Jack Nicholson referencing when he ad-libbed "Here's Johnny!" in The Shining?
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 
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What critically panned 1984 country-musical comedy starring Dolly Parton and Sylvester Stallone eventually became a cult classic?
Rhinestone 
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Who played park owner John Hammond in Jurassic Park?
Richard Attenborough
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In what 1976 thriller does Robert De Niro famously say "You talkin' to me?"
Taxi Driver 
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What's the name of the anthemic dance near the beginning of The Rocky Horror Picture Show?
The Time Warp
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For what movie did Steven Spielberg win his first Oscar for Best Director?
Schindler's List 
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What is the name of the courtesan played by Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge! 
Satine
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In what 1950 drama does Bette Davis say, "Fasten your seatbelts; it's going to be a bumpy night"?
All About Eve 
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The theme from The Third Man (also called "The Harry Lime Theme" was performed on what instrument?
Zither
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Marlon Brando "could have been a contender" in what iconic 1954 crime drama?
On the Waterfront
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What famous L.A. landmark is heavily featured in Rebel Without a Cause?
Griffith Observatory
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Who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2014 biopic Selma?
David Oyelowo
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Who directed Boris Karloff in the classics Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein?
James Whale
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What infamous 1980 box-office bomb ruined the career of The Deer Hunter director Michael Cimino?
Heaven's Gate
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What words are written on the knuckles of "Reverend" Harry Powell (Robert Mitchum) in The Night of the Hunter?
Love and hate
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What Hollywood movie star plays himself in Zombieland?
Bill Murray
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In Risky Business, what song did Tom Cruise famously lip-sync to in his underwear?
Old Time Rock and Roll by Bob Seger
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Who is the only actor to receive an Oscar nomination for acting in a Lord of the Rings movie?
Ian McKellen
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Who took over the role of Bruce Wayne's love interest Rachel Dawes in The Dark Knight, following Katie Holmes's exit after Batman Begins?
Maggie Gyllenhaal
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What song plays over the opening credits of Guardians of the Galaxy?
Come and Get Your Love by Redbone
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For which 1964 musical blockbuster did Julie Andrews win the Academy Award for Best Actress?
Mary Poppins
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What is the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time (as of 2022)?
Joker
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What 1994 crime film revitalized John Travolta's career?
Pulp Fiction 
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Who voiced the sultry Jessica Rabbit in Who's Afraid of Roger Rabbit? 
Kathleen Turner
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Which movie was incorrectly announced as the winner of Best Picture at the 2017 Academy Awards, during the greatest Oscars flub of all time?
La La Land 
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Which 1948 Alfred Hitchcock movie starred James Stewart and was shot to look like one continuous take?
Rope 
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"Well, nobody's perfect" is the final line (and punchline) from what classic 1959 comedy starring Marilyn Monroe?
Some Like it Hot 
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The stage play Everybody Comes to Rick's was adapted for the screen to become what 1942 Best Picture winner?
Casablanca 
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In what 1979 James Bond movie does the famous spy go to outer space?
Moonraker 
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Who wrote the famous, scary theme music from Halloween?
John Carpenter
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What animated classic was the first film of the late-twentieth-century "Disney Renaissance?"
The Little Mermaid
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In Apocalypse Now, Robert Duvall says, "I love the smell of _____ in the morning."
Napalm
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What is the name of Quint's shark-hunting boat in Jaws?
The Orca
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What's the name of Charlie Chaplin's most famous, recurring character?
"The Tramp"
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Aaron Sorkin won an Oscar for writing what 2010 drama about the creation of Facebook?
The Social Network 
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Who played iconic femme fatale Phyllis Dietrichson in classic 1946 film noir Double Indemnity?
Barbara Stanwyck
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What is the model of revolver made famous by Clint Eastwood's "Dirty" Harry Callahan?
Smith & Wesson Model 29 .44 Magnum
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Which 1927 war drama was the first movie to ever win Best Picture?
Wings 
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Who is the first actor to play Jack Ryan on screen?
Alec Baldwin
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What was Audrey Hepburn's birth name?
Audrey Kathleen Ruston
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Joaquin Phoenix received his first Oscar nomination for playing Roman emperor Commodus in what 2000 Oscar-winning epic?
Gladiator 
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Who played the "Unsinkable" Molly Brown in Titanic?
Kathy Bates
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In the action thriller Speed, why is Annie (Sandra Bullock)'s driver's license suspended?
She was speeding
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Jennifer Lawrence won a Best Actress Academy Award for what 2012 romantic comedy/drama?
Silver Linings Playbook
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The Battle of Thermopylae served as the basis of what highly stylized 2006 smash hit swords-and-sandals action flick?
300 
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Which famous film composer wrote the music for Tim Burton's 1989 Batman?
Danny Elfman
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Which Alfred Hitchcock thriller is notorious for its shocking "shower scene"?
Psycho
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What is the highest-grossing foreign-language film at the U.S. box office?
The Passion of the Christ
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Who wrote the screenplay for Rocky?
Sylvester Stallone
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What national monument does Cary Grant climb in the heart-pounding final moments of North by Northwest?
Mount Rushmore
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What was Quentin Tarantino's first feature as writer/director?
Reservoir Dogs 
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Which Oscar-winning blonde bombshell played James Stewart's love interest Lisa Carol Fremont in Rear Window?
Grace Kelly
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Who is the only person ever to receive an Oscar nomination for acting in a Star Wars movie?
Alec Guinness
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What actress' name, who voices Princess Elsa in the Frozen films, did John Travolta botch at the 2014 Oscars?
Idina Menzel
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What is the real name of Uma Thurman's "The Bride" character from Kill Bill?
Beatrix Kiddo
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What prominent American director won an Oscar for helming Forrest Gump?
Robert Zemeckis
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Three of Jim Carrey's blockbusters The Mask, Dumb and Dumber and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective were all released in what year?
1994
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How many suns does Luke's home planet of Tatooine have in Star Wars?
Two
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What movie holds the record for most Oscar wins without winning Best Picture (eight wins total)?
Cabaret
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In what 1969 James Bond thriller does the famous spy fall in love and get married?
Her Majesty's Secret Service 
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What 1970 movie marked the feature debut of Arnold Schwarzenegger?
Hercules in New York 
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What is the first movie ever to be rated PG-13?
Red Dawn
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What is the highest-grossing movie of all time when taking inflation into account?
Gone With the Wind 
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What is the highest-grossing movie of all time when not taking inflation into account?
Avatar
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What's the Los Angeles hotel prominently featured in Pretty Woman?
The Beverly Wilshire by Four Seasons
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What is the only 'X'-rated film to win Best Picture at the Oscars?
Midnight Cowboy 
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Who played detective Rick Deckard in Blade Runner?
Harrison Ford
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What is the name of the spaceship in Alien?
USCSS Nostromo
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This acclaimed, Oscar-winning filmmaker directed Happy Feet, Babe: Pig in the City and Mad Max: Fury Road.
George Miller
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Who is the first and only woman of color to win the Oscar for Best Actress?
Halle Berry
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What's the fictional brand of cigarettes in Quentin Tarantino's movies?
Red Apple cigarettes
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Who played the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz?
Margaret Hamilton
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Which movie star is killed off in the opening scene of Scream?
Drew Barrymore
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What's the name of John Wayne's character in True Grit (played by Jeff Bridgesin the remake)?
Rooster Cogburn
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What is the highest-grossing war movie of all time and Clint Eastwood's highest-grossing movie ever?
American Sniper 
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How many Oscars has Meryl Streep won?
3
5

How many Oscars has Meryl Streep been nominated for?
21
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Who played Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in Bonnie & Clyde?
Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty
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What Martin Scorsese movie holds the all-time record for F-bombs?
The Wolf of Wall Street 
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What is the name of the extended ballet sequence near the end of Singin' in the Rain?
Broadway Melody
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What is the name of Riley's imaginary friend in Inside Out?
Bing Bong
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Who played the Green Goblin in 2002 box-office smash Spider-Man?
Willem Dafoe
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For what movie did George Clooney win his sole acting Oscar to date?
Syriana 
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Near the end of Vertigo, when Judy transforms into Madeline, she is bathed in what color light?
Green
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Who played Regan MacNeil in The Exorcist?
Linda Blair
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What was the first pandemic era movie to gross over $1 billion at the box office?
Spider-Man: No Way Home
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Who is the only actor to appear in Robert Wise's 1961 West Side Story movie and the 2021 remake?
Rita Moreno
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In the 1932 pre-Code film Blonde Venus, Marlene Dietrich famously appears in a nightclub dressed as what animal?
Gorilla
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What internationally esteemed Malaysian actress has starred in a Bond film, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Crazy Rich Asians, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and more?
Michelle Yeoh
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Who won his second Best Actor Oscar in 2021, in the ceremony's biggest upset?
Anthony Hopkins
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What indie horror movie boogeyman became an unexpected LGBTQ+ icon of the 21st century?
The Babadook
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What kind of bug is on the back of Ryan Gosling's silk jacket in Drive?
Scorpion
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What actress was the queen of 1970s "Blaxploitation" cinema?
Pam Grier
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What is the first fantasy movie to win Best Picture at the Oscars?
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
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What is the second (and last) fantasy movie to win Best Picture at the Oscars?
The Shape of Water
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What famous heartthrob is unrecognizable under layers of makeup as The Penguin in 2021s The Batman?
Colin Farrell
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In Clueless, what character said, "You're a virgin who can't drive"?
Tai
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What is the name of the love interest whose hair looks sexy pushed back in Mean Girls?
Aaron Samuels
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What highly acclaimed Richard Linklater drama was filmed over and produced over 12 years?
Boyhood
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What is the name of Humperdinck's kingdom in The Princess Bride?
Florin
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How many screenwriting Oscars has Quentin Tarantino won?
Two
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What actress exited the set of apocalyptic comedy This is the End over objections to appearing in a scene that involved cannibalism?
Emma Watson
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Who won Best Supporting Actor Oscars for both Moonlight and Green Book?
Mahershala Ali
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What critically maligned 2004 superhero film co-stars Sharon Stone as an evil cosmetics executive?
Catwoman
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Which actress replaced Rachel Weisz as Evelyn O'Connor in The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor?
Maria Bello
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What is the name of the fictional boy band in Pixar's Turning Red?
4*Town
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Who plays Duncan Idaho in Dune (2021)?
Jason Momoa
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Dakota Johnson dropped out of Olivia Wilde's sophomore feature Don't Worry Darling to appear in what critically acclaimed 2021 drama?
The Lost Daughter
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What legendary pop star judges a fashion "walk-off" between Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson in Zoolander?
David Bowie
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What is the first foreign-language movie to win the Oscar for Best Picture?
Parasite
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What singer has had a Billboard No. 1 hit in each of the last four decades (as of 2022)?
Mariah Carey
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What was Freddie Mercury's real name?
Farrokh Bulsara
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Who was the very first American Idol winner?
Kelly Clarkson
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Which member of the Avengers had a brief stint as a pop star?
Brie Larson
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What pop star wrote songs for Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus, Britney Spears and Alice Cooper?
Kesha
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Before Bleachers and fun., Jack Antonoff fronted what band?
Steel Train
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Before Miley Cyrus recorded "Wrecking Ball," it was offered to which singer?
Beyoncé
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Which artist's entire 1985 Live Aid set consisted of just a single cover song?
Elvis Costello
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What rock icon was the founder of The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-haired Men?
David Bowie
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Keith Moon and John Entwistle of The Who are said to have inspired the name of which other classic rock band?
Led Zeppelin
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In The Big Lebowski, The Dude can't stand which band?
The Eagles
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Who founded Motown Records?
Berry Gordy
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Before Phil Collins, who was the lead singer of Genesis?
Peter Gabriel
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What was Madonna's first top 10 hit?
"Holiday"
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What rock star moonlights as a horror movie writer and director?
Rob Zombie
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What film did The Clash's Joe Strummer direct starring some of his bandmates?
Cops and Robbers
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Eminem's 8 Mile is named after a road in which city?
Detroit
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Who was Marvin Gaye's duet partner?
Tammi Terrell
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Paul McCartney credits which artist with teaching him everything he knows?
Little Richard
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Who was the first woman ever inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
Aretha Franklin
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Paul McCartney and John Lennon wrote which Rolling Stones song?
I Wanna Be Your Man
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Which member of *NSYNC was a replacement for another who quit before they got big?
Lance Bass
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Believe it or not, Jimi Hendrix only had one Top 40 hit. Which song was it?
All Along the Watchtower
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Who is the only country artist to have a Top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for six straight decades?
Dolly Parton
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Art Garfunkel initially declined to sing one of Simon & Garfunkel's biggest hits solo. Which song is it?
Bridge Over Troubled Water
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What was Elvis Presley's first No. 1 hit in the United States?
Heartbreak Hotel
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Van Halen famously banned what color M&Ms in their rider?
Brown
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What other legendary vocalist is a cousin of Whitney Houston?
Dionne Warwick
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"The Day the Music Died" refers to the tragic deaths of which artists?
Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper
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What singer is known as "The Vocal Bible?"
Brandy
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Which classical composer was deaf?
Ludwig van Beethoven
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Which rockstars were known as "The Terror Twins"?
Steve Clark and Phil Collen of Def Leppard
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Prince introduced his iconic symbol on the cover of which single?
1999
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What did Stevie Ray Vaughan name of his most beloved guitar?
Jimbo
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David Crosby says who is the best singer of all time?
Bonnie Raitt
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What book do The Police reference in "Don't Stand So Close to Me?"
Lolita
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What video beat "Thriller" (name, by artist) for Video of the Year at the first-ever MTV Video Music Awards?
You Might Think by The Cars
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Where was Tupac Shakur born?
East Harlem, New York
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Missy Elliott references what infamous celebrity couple in "Let Me Fix My Weave?"
Ben Affleckand Jennifer Lopez
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Who was the first woman to have four country albums reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200?
Carrie Underwood
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What singer was born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou?
George Michael
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Which astronomer is namedropped in "Bohemian Rhapsody?"
Galileo
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Which Alanis Morissette song contains the phrase "jagged little pill" (the title of her debut album)?
"You Learn"
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Frank Sinatra changed the lyrics of "The Lady is a Tramp" to "The Lady is a" what?
"Champ"
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Who was the first lead guitarist of Metallica?
Dave Mustaine
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The Weekndsamples which '80s megahit in "Blinding Lights?"
Take On Me by A-ha
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Which Super Bowl Halftime Show performer was upstaged by a dancing shark?
Katy Perry
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How many coaches (full and part-time) from The Voice have won Grammys?
12
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What does Lady Gaga affectionately call her fans?
Little Monsters
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As a child, what singer held the longest note ever on Star Search?
Usher
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"William Bowery" is a pseudonym for whom?
Joe Alwyn
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Cardi Bstarred on what reality show?
Love & Hip Hop
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What iconic Nashville club does Garth Brooks call "the beginning and the mecca, the end"?
Bluebird Cafe
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George Harrison wrote what song for Eric Clapton about his sweet tooth?
"Savoy Truffle"
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What was the first rap single to hit the Billboard Top 40?
Rapper's Delight by Sugarhill Gang
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Which guitar icon's mom was a designer for the likes of John Lennon, Ringo Starr, David Bowie, Linda Ronstadt and The Pointer Sisters?
Slash
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Though made most famous by Ike and Tina Turner, "Proud Mary" was first recorded by whom?
Creedence Clearwater Revival
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Who sang the Spongebob Squarepants theme song for the movie?
Avril Lavigne
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What singer founded the MuttNation dog rescue organization?
Miranda Lambert
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What languages does Shakira speak?
English, Spanish, Arabic, French, Italian and Portuguese
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What one hit wonder act is behind "Barbie Girl?"
Aqua
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Jared Leto is the frontman of what band?
30 Seconds to Mars
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Who, to date, has won the most Grammys of all time?
Sir Georg Solti
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Adelecredits what political figure for making her career?
Sarah Palin
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What is Post Malone's favorite restaurant?
Olive Garden
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What rock singer testified before Congress about the Parents Music Resource Center?
Dee Snider of Twisted Sister
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What was the first music video to ever air on MTV?
Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles
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