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1. Some television series are adapted from other sources. Also adapted from the 1970s television show of the same name, which of the following 2003 science fiction mini-series was turned into an acclaimed television series in 2004?
2. The American Civil War mini-series "The Blue and the Gray" stars what actor of "To Kill a Mockingbird" fame?
3. 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?
4. What is the name of the mini-series in which a New York woman and her father travel to the land of fairy tales?
5. One of HBO's war mini-series follows three Marines fighting in the Pacific during WWII. What is its name?
6. The mini-series "Flambards" charts the adventures of a young woman, Christina, who goes to live with her uncle and two cousins in their decaying mansion on a country estate in the 1910s. The uncle and older cousin cling to the old ways of horses and hunts, but the younger cousin looks to the future. What is his interest?
7. What mini-series combines the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John to create an account of the life of Christ?
8. In a BBC series from the 1980s, writer Philip Marlow is in a hospital suffering from a crippling disease. He retreats into a fantasy world in order to escape his pain. Fill in the title: "The ______ Detective."
9. Patrick Swayze appears in "North and South." It details the friendship between two men from the north and south of which country?
10. Another one of HBO's mini-series takes place during the Iraq War. It tells the true story of a Marine reconnaissance unit and a magazine reporter on their mission through Iraq. Which series is this?
11. "The Mists of Avalon" is a TNT mini-series from 2001. It stars Angelica Huston, Julianna Margulies, and Joan Allen and re-tells the stories of what legendary man from a female perspective?
12. Stanley Kubrick made a film of this Stephen King book in 1980. Reportedly, King was very unhappy with the film adaptation and in 1997 supervised a series that was much more faithful to his novel. What is the title shared by the book, film, and mini-series?
13. The episodes of Krzysztof Kieslowski's mini-series "The Decalogue" share a common theme. Each episode is loosely based on one of the __________.
14. Yet another one of HBO's mini-series is a historical drama. It begins with the Boston Massacre and takes us through the American Revolution and the early days of democracy in the United States. What's it called?
15. Finally, many mini-series are adapted from novels. A Charles Dickens novel forms the basis of which series about a court trying to determine which members of the Jarndyce family receive an inheritance?
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