Entertainment: Something in Common Trivia

91. The Lone Ranger initially appeared as a radio program. In what year did the first broadcast take place?

From Quiz The Lone Ranger

Answer: 1933

Detroit radio executive George Washington Trendle hired an aspiring scriptwriter from Buffalo, NY, named Fran Striker to create a new 'Robin Hood' type western hero for his station - WXYZ. The first program aired Jan. 30, 1933.

From Quiz 'Vampire: The Masquerade': The Quiz

Answer: Brujah

Way back in the days of Carthage they used to be the intellectuals of the vampire world, then they started to suffer from the rage more heavily than other vampires and this lead to their steady decline through the ages.

From Quiz Summer Entertainment

Answer: Last

The 1959 movie version starred Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift and Katharine Hepburn.

From Quiz One Degree of "Knock at the Cabin"

Answer: The Calistar music video for "Don't Give Up"

Kristen Cui appears near the end of CaliStar's music video "Don't Give Up". The song is a strong statement against violence directed towards Asian-Americans seen in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The movie "The Sixth Sense" came out well before Kristen was born.

From Quiz Unrelated Movies & TV Shows With Same Title [5]

Answer: Las Vegas

"Las Vegas" lasted five seasons from 2003 to 2008, with James Caan as Ed Deline and Josh Duhamel as Danny McCoy both men working for a casino, surveilling the customers, looking for those who may be cheating, stealing, or perhaps counting cards. They also are tasked with protecting valued guests. The 2013 film "Las Vegas" is a comedy drama in which Robert De Niro as Paddy, Morgan Freeman as Archie, and Kevin Kline as Sam, all friends since childhood decide to throw a bachelor party in Las Vegas for their friend Billy (played by Michael Douglas), their last remaining bachelor friend who has finally taken the plunge and proposed to his girlfriend Lisa (played by Bre Blair).

From Quiz Sherlock Holmes in Movies and Television

Answer: Arthur Wontner

Arthur Wontner played Holmes in five British films from 1931 to 1937, although no known copies are known to exist of one of them, "The Missing Rembrandt", which is classed as a lost film.

From Quiz The History of Hair Dryers

Answer: Melmac

The TV sitcom 'ALF' ran for four seasons from 1986 to 1990 and was about the adventures on Earth of an alien - the titular "A(lien) L(ife) F(orm)" - who crash landed in the garage of the Tanner family. The episode 'Pennsylvania 6-5000' was the fourth episode of the show. In it ALF had serious concerns about the people of Earth's use of nuclear technology and used a short wave radio to convey his opinion to the US President - netting his host, Willie Tanner, a stay in jail. ALF's fears were explained when he told the Tanners that his home planet, Melmac, had been destroyed in a nuclear accident caused by overuse of the planet's stock of hair dryers. However, ALF wasn't entirely consistent in his explanation of his planet's destruction as nuclear war and a "freak boating accident" were also mentioned later in the series.

From Quiz My Halloween Video Playlist

Answer: Bing Crosby

Originally Disney's animated classic "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" was paired with "The Wind in the Willows" to make up 1949's "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad" Basil Rathbone narrated the first segment, which told the tale of "The Wind in the Willows", as well as providing the voice of a policeman in that segment. Bing Crosby narrated "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" segment as well as provided the singing voices for Ichabod Crane and Brom Bones. Pinto Colving was uncredited as the voice of Ichabod screaming and Clarence Nash was uncredited as the voice of Gunpowder, the horse Ichabod borrows to ride to the Van Tassel party. Beginning in 1955 Disney would separate the two segments as a part of the Disneyland TV anthology series. "The Wind in the Willows" would be aired February 2, 1955 paired with another Disney adaptation of another Kenneth Grahame work, "The Reluctant Dragon". "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" would air October 26, 1955, just in time for Halloween. In 1963 "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" would once more be released in theaters. The two can be found on DVD and Blue-Ray today as "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad"

From Quiz The Civil War Goes to the Movies and Television

Answer: Gone with the Wind

George Reeves, who would go on to play Clark Kent/Superman in "The Adventures of Superman" TV series appears as one Tarleton twins. The film's credits list Reeves as Brent Tarleton. However, according to the American Film Institute's Catalog of Feature Films the credits for Reeves and Fred Crane are actually reversed and Crane played Brent Tarleton while Reeves played Stuart Tarleton. Both Hattie McDaniel, who played Mammy, and Olivia de Havilland, who played Melanie Hamilton, would be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. McDaniel would beat out de Havilland for the award, making her both the first African-American to be nominated for an Academy Award and the first to win an Academy Award. When criticized for appearing in the film, McDaniel supposedly responded that she'd rather make $700 a week for playing a maid than actually being one and only making $7.

From Quiz Disembodied Hands in Film and TV

Answer: The Crawling Hand

In the plot, people around town are mysteriously strangled to death. He plays Sherriff Townsend in the film.

From Quiz Favorite Christmas Movies and TV Specials

Answer: John Candy

In this holiday classic released in 1990, Kevin and his family are going to Paris for Christmas. The night before they are to leave Kevin misbehaves and is sent to sleep on the the third floor apart from the rest of the family. During the night the power goes out causing the entire family to oversleep. In the rush to get to the airport they don't realize Kevin is still sleeping because when the final headcount is taken one of the neighbor children is counted inadvertently and off they go. When Kevin's mom realizes what happened she flies back from Paris only to get as far as Scranton. She is aided by Gus Polinski, the 'Polka King of the Midwest', played by John Candy.

From Quiz Transforming Careers

Answer: Peter Cullen

Peter Cullen was the original voice of Optimus Prime and Ironhide in the original "Transformers" cartoon. An experienced voice actor, he had numerous voice roles in various other cartoons throughout his career. He was recast as the voice of Optimus Prime for Michael Bay's "Transformers" movie released in 2007. Since then, he has remained as Optimus Prime's voice throughout multiple sequels, cartoon series, video games and other media.

From Quiz Peter Cushing: "Laurel & Hardy" to "Star Wars"

Answer: Laurence Olivier

The 1948 "Hamlet" was an outstanding success for Olivier, winning four Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Actor in a Leading Role. It also had three further nominations, including Best Director. Most of Peter Cushing's post-war work was in the theatre, as a member of Laurence Olivier's Old Vic Company, and it was through this association with Olivier that he was offered the part of Osric in "Hamlet". All the incorrect choices were actors who have also played the title role, but much more recently. Robin Williams played the role of Osric in the Kenneth Branagh version in 1995.

From Quiz Christmas Movies I Love

Answer: Hark! The Herald Angel Sings

"A Charlie Brown Christmas" was created in 1965 by Charles M. Schulz. Charlie Brown is told by Lucy Van Pelt that he needs to do something with his life and suggests he directs the Christmas play. However, all the gang wants to do is dance. They tell Charlie Brown he should get "a nice big shiny aluminum Christmas tree" and "not to mess it up". Charlie Brown goes with Linus and finds a small real tree who has lost most of its needles. When Charlie Brown brings it back, everyone laughs at him. He asks if anyone knows the real meaning of Christmas. Linus says he does and quotes the Christmas story from chapter 2 of Luke in the Bible. Charlie Brown then takes the tree and heads home. He puts one bulb on it and he "kills it". Feeling like a failure he goes inside his house, meanwhile, the gang show up to outside the house and take the decorations off Snoopy's house to decorate the tree (which somehow gains needles). Charlie Brown comes back and they shout "Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown!" Then they start singing "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing".

From Quiz Fictional Clergy in Movies and Television

Answer: 7th Heaven

The television show "7th Heaven" ran from August 26, 1996 through May 13, 2007. The show revolved around the life of a Protestant minister from the fictional town of Glenoak, California named Eric Camden. Reverend Eric Camden and his wife had seven children. Storylines on this show revolved around such topics as dating, alcoholism, bullying, drug abuse, homelessness, menopause, menstruation, racism, robbery, sexual harassment, spousal abuse and teenage pregnancy.

From Quiz Moms in Movies and on TV

Answer: Carolyn Jones

The "Addams Family" ran from 1964 to 1966, with Carolyn Jones (1930-1983) in the role of Morticia Addams, wife of Gomez and mother of Pugsley and Wednesday. She played the part with straight-faced brilliance. Did you know that Carolyn Jones was married in April 1953 to...Aaron Spelling? They divorced in 1965. In 1981 she was diagnosed with colon cancer and died a couple of years later.

From Quiz You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch

Answer: Frosty the Snowman

A classic Rankin/Bass production, "Frosty the Snowman" first aired in 1969. In the special, a group of kids build a snowman near their school. The magician Professor Hinkle is also at the school because he was performing magic for school Christmas party. Thanks to a gust of wind, Hinkle's hat ends up on the snowman's (now named Frosty) head - and it's a magic hat that causes Frosty to come to life. Professor Hinkle understandably wants his magic hat back, and when his first attempt to get it back fails, he pursues Frosty and Karen, one of the kids, on their quest to get Frosty to the North Pole where we won't melt and can stay alive.

From Quiz Actors Who Played U.S. Presidents

Answer: New Hampshire

On Aaron Sorkin's show "The West Wing" (1999-2006), fictional President Bartlet was from Manchester, New Hampshire and, prior to his presidency, Bartlet had been the Governor of New Hampshire. According to the script, Josiah 'Jed' Bartlett was a direct descendant of Josiah Bartlet, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Actually, Franklin Pierce was from New Hampshire; Calvin Coolidge and Chester A. Arthur were both from Vermont; Massachusetts had John Adams, John Quincy Adams and John F. Kennedy.

From Quiz Is There A Doctor in the House?

Answer: Sandra Bullock

In the 2013 movie, Sandra Bullock plays the role of Dr. Ryan Stone, a biomedical engineer on her first space mission on the NASA space shuttle Explorer, with the help of astronaut Lieutenant Matt Kowalski (George Clooney) on his final mission. The film is suspenseful, visually stunning and, perhaps, ambiguous in terms of reality vs. hallucination. It was written and directed by Alfonso Cuaron and received ten Oscar nominations at the 86th Academy Awards. Sandra Bullock was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role for "Gravity", an award she won for the 2009 movie "The Blind Side".

From Quiz "What You Talkin' 'Bout"

Answer: In Living Color

Keenan Ivory Wayans was the original driving force behind the ground-breaking show "In Living Color" which aired from 1990 through 1994. Keenan's brother Damon played Homey D. Clown in recurring sketches where he would say "Homey don't play that" in his protests against the "Man" holding him back. Other great vignettes included the Homeboy Shopping Network and Men on Films (with 2 snaps up!). Besides the Wayans, "In Living Color" showed off the talents of Jim Carrey (when he was funny), David Alan Grier, Jamie Foxx and the debut of a 'fly girl' whose name was Jennifer Lopez. If you've never seen this show, you might want to stream it; its humor still holds up.

From Quiz They Don't Make Theme Songs Like They Used To

Answer: Gene Barry

William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson (1853-1921), straight out of the Old West, was a U.S. Marshal, frontier lawman, Army scout and (oddly) sports editor and columnist for the New York Morning Telegraph. He lived to the ripe old age of almost 68. In 1952, a TV series was created to memorialize the life of this 'dandy' with his cane and derby hat (he HAD to be brave to wear that!). Who better to play Bat than the suave actor Gene Barry (1919-2009) who exuded a kind of Cary Grant 'lite' charm? Gene Barry was born Eugene Klass in New York City and was a star of stage, screen and TV, including "Burke's Law".

From Quiz I Prefer My Batmen to Be Animated

Answer: Bruce Greenwood

Greenwood also voiced Eduardo Dorado Jr. in one of the twenty-two episodes of "Young Justice" before it was cancelled. He also reprised his role as Batman in the video game based on "Young Justice".

From Quiz Movie Remake Contrasts

Answer: 6'8.5"

I was surprised that in the 1996 version, Harvey was said to be 6'8.5" in this, but I guess it was to compensate for the fact that Harry Anderson is 6'4" in real life, a height difference that trumps not only James Stewart, but also "Doctor Who" actors Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker if Harry were ever asked to play an incarnation on "Doctor Who".

From Quiz Fictional Fast Food Joints

Answer: Tropicana

Ricky Ricardo was a Cuban bongo drummer who moved to New York City and got a job as a headliner for the 'Club Tropicana' where he became the permanent bandleader with his signature song "Babalu". In 1956, after years of incredible success, for some strange reason, the Ricardos, along with Fred and Ethel Mertz, decide to move to Connecticut to raise chickens. I guess they flew the coop and 'jumped the shark' at about the same time.

From Quiz Ireland on Screen

Answer: The Quiet Man Museum

Cong is a village that lies on the border of counties Galway and Mayo. In 1951, the movie "The Quiet Man" was filmed here. In August 2011 at the age of 91 Maureen O'Hara returned to visit Cong. During the filming the stars stayed at nearby Ashford Castle.

From Quiz Slaying the Dragon

Answer: Connie Chung

Connie Chung began her career in the early 1970s with CBS, then moved on to NBC and ABC. She next tried CNN with the show "Connie Chung Tonight", but never found success there. Her most recent show was MSNBC's "Weekends with Maury and Connie", which was cancelled in 2006.

From Quiz Sport Connections

Answer: New York Yankees

Selleck has had a long career that flourished after "Magnum, P.I.". Unfortunately, he could not get out of this contract to star as Indiana Jones in the "Raiders of the Lost Ark" which eventually went to Harrison Ford.

From Quiz Some Christmas Carols; or, Which Scrooge?

Answer: George C. Scott

In 1984 Scott was no longer a youth, but after Scrooge's transformation the actor hopped up on the bed like a spring chicken! Two years earlier, he had played in another Dickens adaptation on television -- namely "Oliver Twist", as Fagin. For his role as Scrooge, George C. Scott received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie.

From Quiz Great Bromances of the 20th and 21st Centuries

Answer: Ryan

At the beginning of the series, Seth's do-gooder lawyer father, Sandy, brought home one of his juvenile offender clients, Ryan Atwood, to live with the Cohen family. While Cohen matriarch Kirsten was extremely hesitant about the arrangement at first, Seth and Ryan hit it off and became fast friends. Ryan stuck up for Seth and with Ryan's help, Seth became a lot more social and made more friends, including his girlfriend Summer Roberts. Seth and Ryan treated each other not only as best friends, but as real brothers; Ryan in fact became much closer with Seth than he ever was with his own biological brother.

From Quiz The Many Faces of Hercule Poirot

Answer: Austin Trevor

Austin Trevor appeared in "Alibi" in 1931, based on "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd"; "Black Coffee" in 1931, based on a Christie play of the same name; "Lord Edgware Dies" in 1934. Rudolph Valentino was a silent screen romantic actor. John Cavendish is a character in "The Mysterious Affair at Styles".

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