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1. Which very long running series of movies features titles involving a gold weapon and a gold body part?
2. Which musician had a 'Heart of Gold' 'After the Gold Rush' as well as a 'Crazy Horse'?
3. Which prolific South African author wrote 'Gold Mine' (1970) in addition to many novels focusing on the Courtney or Ballantyne families and a series of novels set in ancient Egypt?
4. Which popular US TV comedy, running from 1962 to 1971 and starring Buddy Ebsen, Donna Douglas and Max Baer Jr, originated from the discovery of 'Black Gold'?
5. 'Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold' are the first two lines of 'Nothing Gold can Stay', written in 1923. Which California-born poet, known for 'The Road not Taken' amongst many other outstanding works, received four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry?
6. The Tremeloes and Garbage both released an identically named song. What is this song name, which might be the mantra for many school teachers and librarians?
7. Which multi-award winning TV show of 173 original episodes focused on four older, single women sharing a home in Miami?
8. In this 1986 comedy-drama, Chandler Jarrell (Eddie Murphy) is informed he is the 'Chosen One' whose task is to rescue 'The Golden Child'. This kidnapped child is believed to be the savior of humankind. In which mountainous country does much of the action take place?
9. Which English New Wave Band from the 1980s had a single called 'Gold'?
(Hint: Their name came from the macabre sight of a twitching corpse after hanging!)
10. Originating in the 1940s and targeted at the budget conscious family, which long running series has been immensely popular with younger folk?
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