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Entertainment Quiz #846

Film, Arts, Music & Entertainment Quiz for 3 April 2025

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Q1. Who directed the film of "Hamlet" (1948) which became the first non-American film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture?

A
Michael Powell
B
Mike Leigh
C
John Mills
D
Laurence Olivier
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Q2. What was the first name of Inspector Maigret, a character created by Georges Simenon?

A
Jules
B
Victor
C
Alexandre
D
Edouard
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Q3. On what were the French live action films 1999-2012 depicting the adventures of two warriors from ancient Roman-occupied Europe based?

A
Children's books about a character called Anatole who lived outside Paris
B
Julius Caesar's Commentaries on his battles in Gaul
C
The comic book series about the adventures of Astérix and Obélix
D
Vercingétorix, a Gaulish chieftain
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Q4. Papagena is a character in which opera?

A
Die Fledermaus
B
Don Giovanni
C
Cosi Fan Tutte
D
The Magic Flute
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Q5. Maurice Cole, under his stage name, was the creator of a number of anarchic irreverent radio and TV shows, the most well-known of which was called what?

A
Seinfeld
B
Top of the Pops
C
Fawlty Towers
D
The Kenny Everett Television Show
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Q6. Which UK TV series, debuting in 2002 and based on novels by Scottish writer Val McDermid, follows the major incident team of a fictional Bradfield Metropolitan Police's CID, and a clinical psychologist and serial offender profiler who assists it?

A
Wire in the Blood
B
River City
C
15 Storeys High
D
Tipping the Velvet
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Q7. Theo van Doesburg, Piet Mondriaan, Vilmos Huszár and Bart van der Leck are identified with what art movement?

A
Suprenatism
B
Art Nouveau
C
Neoplasticism
D
Impressionism
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