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  More Mini-series Madness   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
The long awaited, long belated sequel to "Mini-series Madness." Fifteen more questions on well-known and little-known series follow.
Average, 15 Qns, Caseena, Jun 21 10
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Caseena
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  Contemporary Christie - '80s Agatha TV movies   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
In the 1980s, US TV transplanted a number of Agatha Christie's novels to the modern era as TV movies. How much do you know about them?
Tough, 10 Qns, Red_John, Sep 22 18
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Sep 22 18
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  True Crime of the Week    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
A fan of the true-crime movie of the week? This is the quiz for you! Note: Not all questions can be answered by just watching these shows.
Tough, 15 Qns, nic6987, Aug 23 12
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  Mini-Series Madness   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
I love the mini-series format. It typically allows for longer, more complex stories than films but has a finish line to it. Here follow fifteen questions about well-known and little-known series. Enjoy!
Tough, 15 Qns, Caseena, Feb 05 10
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Caseena
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  Terror On the Tube    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Other than on the big screen, there has also been a pretty good selection of horror films over the years that were made for television. See how many of these you've seen and/or heard of.
Tough, 10 Qns, scarygirl11, Aug 18 14
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  The Men Of TV Movies    
Multiple Choice
 25 Qns
People seem to have liked my "Women of TV Movies" quiz, so it was suggested that I do one on the men. Same format - I give you the title and the character and you choose the correct actor. Have fun!
Difficult, 25 Qns, xransmom, Oct 01 13
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  The Women of TV Movies    
Multiple Choice
 25 Qns
This quiz is about some of my favorite made-for-TV dramas. I will give you the movie title and the character and you need to choose the correct actress that played that particular character. Good luck and have fun!
Difficult, 25 Qns, xransmom, Oct 01 13
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  Syfy Presents: Shark Week!    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I LOVE cheesy creature features...especially those on the Syfy channel having to do with, you guessed it...SHARKS! These crazy & hilarious films were either made for, or just shown on the Syfy channel. See how many you know.
Tough, 10 Qns, scarygirl11, Aug 05 13
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scarygirl11 gold member
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  TV Mini-Series    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A look at some of TV's better known mini-series from bygone days.
Difficult, 10 Qns, robert362, Jun 10 13
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trivia question Quick Question
Patrick Swayze appears in "North and South." It details the friendship between two men from the north and south of which country?

From Quiz "More Mini-series Madness"





TV Mini-Series and Movies Trivia Questions
1. In 1982, CBS aired "Murder is Easy", which features Luke Fitzwilliam, an MIT professor on vacation in England. Which actor, who had previously played a Marvel superhero, played Luke?

From Quiz Contemporary Christie - '80s Agatha TV movies

Answer: Bill Bixby

"Murder is Easy" was loosely based on the novel by Agatha Christie, and starred Bixby alongside Lesley Anne Down, Olivia de Havilland and Helen Hayes, who subsequently played Miss Marple in two TV movies.

2. Christopher Lloyd starred in this made-for-TV movie which had two short stories titled 'The Body Politic' and 'Chattery Teeth'. What was the name of this 1997 movie that eventually got released on video?

From Quiz Terror On the Tube

Answer: Quicksilver Highway

Lloyd played the title character in this movie, which was directed by Mick Garris. A woman on her honeymoon was waiting for her husband to get back after their car broke down on a deserted highway. Aaron Quicksilver (Lloyd) came to her aid and began telling her these two scary tales while they waited for her husband to get back from going for help. 'The Body Politic' was written by Clive Barker, and 'Chattery Teeth' was written by Stephen King.

3. Which John Galsworthy series of novels has been adapted into a mini-series twice, once in 1967 and again in 2002?

From Quiz Mini-Series Madness

Answer: "The Forsyte Saga"

The first series largely sparked an English interest in the format. The second was much shorter, starred Damian Lewis and Gina McKee, and was followed by a sequel series called "The Forsyte Saga: To Let."

4. "Her Hidden Truth": Detective Matt Samoni

From Quiz The Men Of TV Movies

Answer: Antonio Sabato Jr

The story of an 18-year-old girl who escapes the juvenile center she has been confined to for eight years. Antonio plays the detective that helps her prove she didn't murder her mother and baby sister. Antonio played Jagger Cates on "General Hospital".

5. "Justice for Annie": Annie Mills Carmen

From Quiz The Women of TV Movies

Answer: Danica McKellar

This movie is the true story of a mother who fought to prove her daughter was murdered. Danica is best known for her portrayal of Winnie Cooper on "The Wonder Years". Olivia D'Abo was Karen Arnold on "Years".

6. "The Thorn Birds" included what legendary movie actress in the cast?

From Quiz TV Mini-Series

Answer: Barbara Stanwyck

An aging Stanwyck - in one of her last performances. With Rachel Ward and Richard Chamberlain (who is probably the "king" of the mini-series).

7. Steve Railsback won rave reviews for playing Charles Manson in what 1976 mini-series?

From Quiz True Crime of the Week

Answer: Helter Skelter

An amazing and widely unnoticed character actor, you might know Railsback from his role in Pamela Anderson's cult film "Barb Wire" where he played Colonel Pryzer. "Helter Skelter" is based on the book by Manson Prosecuter Vincent Bigliosi.

8. "Witness for the Prosecution", produced for CBS in 1982, starred which British theatrical knight as defence barrister Sir Wilfred Robarts?

From Quiz Contemporary Christie - '80s Agatha TV movies

Answer: Sir Ralph Richardson

The 1982 production of Christie's play, a remake of the 1957 film by Billy Wilder, is more faithful to the author's original short story, and features a stellar cast including Beau Bridges, Deborah Kerr, Diana Rigg and Donald Pleasance.

9. Daryl Hannah, John Schneider, Armand Assante and F. Murray Abraham all star in this shark flick that premiered on the Syfy channel May 25, 2008. It is film #11 in the film series called 'Maneater'. What is the name of this movie?

From Quiz Syfy Presents: Shark Week!

Answer: Shark Swarm

Armand Assante plays the role of a very rich real estate tycoon named Hamilton Lux. He wants to build expensive condos for the wealthy, but runs into problems because Daniel and Brooke Wilder (Schneider and Hannah) refuse to sell their property. So in order to get the Wilders to move, he poisons the water with a chemical toxin that will kill all the marine life so Daniel, who is a fisherman, won't have anything to fish for. Turns out instead of killing the local sharks, the chemical just makes them stronger, meaner and way more aggressive. Plus of course since all the other fish have been poisoned and the sharks have nothing else to feed on, they start attacking and devouring the local swimmers.

10. The American Civil War mini-series "The Blue and the Gray" stars what actor of "To Kill a Mockingbird" fame?

From Quiz More Mini-series Madness

Answer: Gregory Peck

Peck plays Abraham Lincoln. The series follows a man who becomes a war correspondent because, though he believes in the Union's cause, he will not fight against his brothers, who are in the Confederate army.

11. "War and Remembrance" was, in its time, the most expensive television show ever created. It and its prequel series "The Winds of War" are based on novels by which author?

From Quiz Mini-Series Madness

Answer: Herman Wouk

The series starred Robert Mitchum, Jane Seymour, and Hart Bochner. It since has been overtaken as the most expensive television series by "Band of Brothers."

12. "Desperate for Love": Cliff Petrie

From Quiz The Men Of TV Movies

Answer: Christian Slater

Cliff is a naive teenage boy who killed his best friend for the girl he loved. Christian was in "Gleaming the Cube" and "Bed of Roses".

13. "For the Love of Nancy": Nancy Walsh

From Quiz The Women of TV Movies

Answer: Tracey Gold

This movie is about a girl who almost dies from anorexia. It was the first movie Tracey made after coming back from near death herself due to anorexia. Tracey is a national spokesperson on the dangers of eating disorders. Tracey is a healthy, married mom of three little boys.

14. "Shogun" was also a popular mini-series? Who wrote the novel?

From Quiz TV Mini-Series

Answer: James Clavell

Action in the Orient.

15. Helen Hunt played Pamela Smart in the tv movie "Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story." It is the story of a high school employee who gets her teen-age boy friend to kill her husband. Who played the boy friend?

From Quiz True Crime of the Week

Answer: Chad Allen

Probably best known for his role on "Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman" Chad Allen played Billy Flynn, the killer of Greg Smart.

16. In 1985, Peter Ustinov, having already played the character twice in theatrical features, made the first of three appearances as Hercule Poirot in CBS TV movies, when he starred in "Thirteen at Dinner". Which novel was it based on?

From Quiz Contemporary Christie - '80s Agatha TV movies

Answer: Lord Edgware Dies

As well as Poirot, "Thirteen at Dinner" featured appearances by Captain Hastings, played by Jonathan Cecil, and Inspector Japp, portrayed by David Suchet. Four years after appearing in "Thirteen at Dinner", Suchet was cast as Poirot in the series produced by ITV.

17. On July 11, 2013, Syfy aired this unusual and entertaining film with a tagline that is simply "Enough Said"! Tara Reid stars. Name it.

From Quiz Syfy Presents: Shark Week!

Answer: Sharknado

When the city of Los Angeles is struck by a deadly hurricane, it causes hundreds of vicious sharks to be lifted out of the water, spun around in a tornado (hence the films title), and thrown all around the city to cause havoc. Ian Ziering and John Heard also star in this hilarious b-film that managed to gain alot of hype is already headed for cult status.

18. Which science fiction mini-series, whose title consists of a single letter, is about aliens coming to Earth in order to use humans as a source of food?

From Quiz More Mini-series Madness

Answer: V

"V" at first stands for the initially-friendly alien "visitors" but comes to stand for the "victory" that the humans hope to gain over the aliens. It takes place in the 1980s and is an allegory of the rise of fascism and the Nazis during World War II--the aliens' insignia even resembles a swastika. The humans form a resistance group to fight the aliens.

19. What is the subject of of the 2002 mini-series "Taken"?

From Quiz Mini-Series Madness

Answer: Alien abduction

Also known as "Steven Spielberg Presents Taken," this series won an Emmy for "Outstanding Miniseries." Incidentally, there is a movie from 2008 called "Taken" that deals with sex trafficking.

20. "No One Would Tell": Bobby Tennison

From Quiz The Men Of TV Movies

Answer: Fred Savage

Fred portrays Bobby, a good-looking but deadly college freshman. He murders his girlfriend Stacy, played by Candace Cameron, during an argument in front of their friends. Fred is best known for starring in "The Wonder Years" as Kevin Arnold.

21. "Dying to Belong": Shelby Blake

From Quiz The Women of TV Movies

Answer: Jenna Von Oy

This is a movie about the dangers of hazing. Jenna played victim Shelby. Hilary Swank played Lisa Connors, Shelby's friend. Lisa was able to prove Shelby didn't commit suicide but rather killed during a hazing ritual. Jenna starred with Mayim Bialik in "Blossom".

22. Robert Mitchum starred in "The Winds of War". In what branch of the service did his character ("Pug" Henry) serve?

From Quiz TV Mini-Series

Answer: Navy

Great novel by Herman Wouk (followed by the sequel, "War and Remembrance".)Wouk also did the naval novel, "The Caine Mutiny".

23. Justine Bateman appeared in the 1985 film "Right to Kill?" as Deborah Jahnke, an abused teen who helps her brother, Richard, kill their abusive father. What classic 80's sitcom is she best known for?

From Quiz True Crime of the Week

Answer: Family Ties

High school student Richard Jahnke shot his father to death, with his sister acting as back-up, in Cheyenne Wyoming after years of abuse to him, his sister, and his mother. The people of Wyoming were so outraged when he was sentenced to prison, the governor later pardoned him. Growing up two hours from Cheyenne, I remember this case vividly.

24. "A Caribbean Mystery", aired by CBS in 1983, was the first of two appearances by Helen Hayes as Miss Marple. Although set on a Caribbean island, in which American state was it filmed?

From Quiz Contemporary Christie - '80s Agatha TV movies

Answer: California

Helen Hayes was the first woman to win the big four awards in entertainment - Oscar, Emmy, Grammy and Tony - in a career lasting 80 years. "A Caribbean Mystery" was her antepenultimate screen role; following this, she was in an episode of the television series "Highway to Heaven", before making a second appearance as Miss Marple in "Murder with Mirrors".

25. "Terror Has A New Home" is the tagline for this Syfy original picture which stars Kristy Swanson as a woman named Rachel who tries to save the locals from a huge sea creature. What is the name of this movie?

From Quiz Syfy Presents: Shark Week!

Answer: Swamp Shark

Due to an animal smuggling deal that goes terribly wrong, a huge shark winds up escaping and terrorizing the locals of Atchafalaya Basin in the towns swampy river. Rachel, along with members of her family, set out to save everyone from getting eaten at the upcoming Gator Fest as well as save her sister Krystal. D.B. Sweeney and Robert Davi also star in this film that made it's debut on June 25, 2011.

26. What is the name of the mini-series in which a New York woman and her father travel to the land of fairy tales?

From Quiz More Mini-series Madness

Answer: The 10th Kingdom

They arrive in the land of the Nine Kingdoms, where they have to stop a woman from taking over the land. The fairy tale creatures, objects, and situations that they encounter are based on the original Grimm's fairy tales. "The Jewel in the Crown" is a series about the end of British rule in India.

27. HBO has created many excellent mini-series. Which winner of six Emmys, including "Outstanding Miniseries," was based on a book by Stephen Ambrose?

From Quiz Mini-Series Madness

Answer: "Band of Brothers"

If you haven't seen this series, I greatly recommend that you do. It tells the story of a company of paratroopers during World War II and is extremely historically accurate. It also won "Outstanding Casting" and "Outstanding Directing."

28. "A Cry for Help - The Tracey Thurman Story": Buck Thurman

From Quiz The Men Of TV Movies

Answer: Dale Midkiff

Dale is the very violent Buck in this true story. Buck Thurman abused his wife Tracey, portrayed by Nancy McKeon, for many years. When she finally left him, he attacked her in broad daylight, in front of their son. Tracey was left paralyzed. She filed suit against the police department for failing to protect her as she had called 911 several times in the weeks prior to the attack. At that time, domestic violence cases weren't police jurisdiction. Tracey won her case and a precedent was set for protection for domestic violence victims.

29. "Kate's Secret": Kate Stark

From Quiz The Women of TV Movies

Answer: Meredith Baxter

Kate's secret was that she was bulimic. Ms. Baxter is best known as Elyse Keaton on "Family Ties".

30. Who wrote "Rich Man, Poor Man"?

From Quiz TV Mini-Series

Answer: Irwin Shaw

An early mini-series. Not bad.

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