Pop Culture Trivia Questions XXI

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Peanut butter was reportedly used to get Bamboo Harvester's gums flapping, but the voice that emerged belonged to Rocky Lane. What TV animal was this?

       a. Arnold Ziffel
       b. Mr Ed
       c. Francis the Talking Mule
       d. J Fred Muggs


Who was the original choice to play Sipowicz's partner on "NYPD Blue" and to play Crockett's partner on "Miami Vice"?

       a. Jimmy Smits
       b. Samuel L Jackson
       c. Martin Sheen
       d. Edward James Olmos


Rosalind Shays, a rainmaker who earned the animosity of almost the entire firm on "LA Law," died a particularly unusual death. What happened?

       a. Fell down an elevator shaft
       b. Piano fell on her
       c. Electrocuted by her computer
       d. Consumed Pop Rocks and Coke


Perhaps because he helped get the show on the air, who provided the barks of Sparky, the gay dog, on "South Park"?

       a. George Clooney
       b. Matt Damon
       c. Ben Stiller
       d. Clint Eastwood


What actor's dad, the Westerner to become an ordained Buddhist monk, named her for the Hindu goddess who bestows blessings?

       a. Uma Thurman
       b. Mira Sorvino
       c. Mena Suvari
       d. Mariska Hargitay


At one point, Stanley Kubrick considered making Austrian writer Arthur Schnitzler's novel Traumnovelle (Dream Novel) as a comedy starring Steve Martin. What movie did he make instead from the book?

       a. AI
       b. Eyes Wide Shut
       c. A Clockwork Orange
       d. The Shining


Although not in attendance, Eminem became the first rapper to win the Best Song Oscar. For what song?

       a. Stan
       b. Without Me
       c. Lose Yourself
       d. Cleaning Out My Closet


Oddly enough, Mork from Ork originally appeared on what TV show, in a February 1978 episode in which he attempted an alien abduction?

       a. All in the Family
       b. Happy Days
       c. Love, American Style
       d. Soap


Doctor Mid-Nite and Daredevil are unusual among superheroes in that they have what disability?

       a. Deafness
       b. Blindness
       c. Paraplegia
       d. No sense of fashion


Supposedly, because of the JFK assassination, what 1962 movie did Frank Sinatra purchase the rights to and pull from circulation until 1987?

       a. A Clockwork Orange
       b. The Manchurian Candidate
       c. Dr Strangelove
       d. The Man with the Golden Arm


What Christmas icon has been played in a modern version by Bill Murray, in a Mr Magoo version by Jim Backus, in a female version by Susan Lucci and in a Muppet version by Michael Caine?

       a. Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer
       b. Frosty the Snowman
       c. Scrooge
       d. Santa Claus


After being fired from Young, Frutt and Berluti, Alan Shore goes to work for Crane, Poole and Schmidt, on which TV series?

       a. Boston Legal
       b. Law & Order
       c. Ally McBeal
       d. LA Law


What superhero belongs to an intergalactic police force that bears a suspicious resemblance to the Lensmen in the EE "Doc" Smith stories?

       a. Silver Surfer
       b. Captain Marvel
       c. Green Lantern
       d. Superboy


The network refused to her have husband's name in her show's title, but Lucille Ball sneaked him anyway, as the "I" in "I Love Lucy." Who is he?

       a. Desi Arnaz
       b. Robert Young
       c. Fred MacMurray
       d. Phil Silvers


You never saw Charlie on "Charlie's Angels," but who provided the voice you heard through that speakerphone?

       a. John Forsythe
       b. Orson Welles
       c. James Earl Jones
       d. Roger Moore




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