Quiz – On screen

Questions:

1. Who wrote the TV shows: “The Young ones” “The Thin Blue Line” & “Blackadder”?
2. Who died of smallpox in 1617 and became the subject of a Disney film in 1995?
3. Name who won 2 of the 4 main acting Oscars at the 2006 ceremony?
4. In which cult TV programme would you hear the catch-phrase “I love it when a plan comes together”
5. What was the name of the character played by David Hasselhoff in ‘Baywatch’?
6. In the world of film, whose prime directives were to “Serve the Public Trust”, “Protect the Innocent” and “Uphold the Law” as well as a fourth “Classified” directive?
7. Which James Bond theme was covered by Guns and Roses?
8. Which book, made into a film, opens “Renowned curator Jacques Sauniere staggered through the vaulted archway of the museum’s Grand Gallery. He lunged for the nearest painting he could see, a Caravaggio.
9. Who is the only female character in the “Winnie the Pooh” stories?
10. Which brand of cosmetic cream gets its name from the Latin for
Snow White?

Answers below

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Answers:

  1. Ben Elton
  2. Pocahontas
  3. Philip Seymour-Hoffman, Reese Witherspoon, George Clooney and Rachel Weisz
  4. A-Team
  5. Lt./Capt. Mitch Buchannon – full name obvs
  6. Robocop’s
  7. Live and Let Die
  8. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
  9. Kanga
  10. Nivea