Pop Culture Trivia Questions XXIII

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W*A*L*T*E*R, an unaired 1984 sequel to what show, involved Walter O'Reilly becoming an Iowa policeman?

       a. Cheers
       b. Hill Street Blues
       c. MASH
       d. Three's Company


The all-musical episode of what TV series featured Tony-winners Rita Moreno and BD Wong?

       a. Chicago Hope
       b. Oz
       c. Ally McBeal
       d. Xena - Warrior Princess


On "The West Wing", who played Congressman Matthew Santos, the former mayor of Houston and future president of the United States?

       a. Jimmy Smits
       b. Alan Alda
       c. John Goodman
       d. Martin Sheen


What superhero's adventures must DC publish every month, lest the rights revert to the family of creator William Marston?

       a. Wonder Woman
       b. Iron Man
       c. Captain America
       d. Thor


What cartoon's lead characters once did a commercial for the show's sponsor ... Winston Cigarettes?

       a. The Flintstones
       b. The Simpsons
       c. The Addams Family
       d. The Munsters


What director moved to Britain in the early 1960s to make Lolita and never made another movie anywhere else?

       a. Milos Forman
       b. Robert Altman
       c. Stanley Kubrick
       d. Sam Peckinpah


What was he thinking? Who picked up a hooker named Divine Brown at the northeast corner of Sunset Boulevard and Courtney Avenue in Hollywood, on June 27, 1995?

       a. Hugh Grant
       b. Eddie Murphy
       c. Danny Bonaduce
       d. Pee Wee Herman


Even excluding the radio version, there were a record 633 TV episodes of what prime time series, which ran from 1955 to 1975?

       a. Gunsmoke
       b. The Ed Sullivan Show
       c. Dragnet
       d. The Twilight Zone


What TV show did a Very Special Episode about drugs, featuring Very Special Guest Star Nancy Reagan?

       a. Facts of Life
       b. Diff'rent Strokes
       c. Silver Spoon
       d. Webster


Who was not one of the Fab 5 on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy but was the lesbian on "Queer Eye for the Straight Girl"?

       a. Carson Kressley, the Fashion Savant
       b. Ted Allen, the Food & Wine Connoisseur
       c. Honey Labrador, the Charm Champion
       d. Thom Felicia, the Design Doctor


After Nancy Marchand died, her Livia character appeared in one more episode, thanks to clever editing and the miracle of CGI. On what show?

       a. The Sopranos
       b. 8 Simple Rules
       c. Night Court
       d. ER


Born Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot, what Batman villain went semi-legit as the operator of the Iceberg Lounge, a nightclub popular with the underworld?

       a. The Penguin
       b. Mr Freeze
       c. The Riddler
       d. The Mad Hatter


Bob Dylan won an Oscar for "Things Have Changed", which he contributed to what 2000 movie?

       a. Monster's Ball
       b. American Beauty
       c. Wonder Boys
       d. Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid


After having been nominated unsuccessfully 14 times in previous years, Randy Newman finally won an Oscar with "If I Didn't Have You", from what movie?

       a. Toy Story 2
       b. Meet the Parents
       c. Monsters Inc
       d. Babe: Pig in the City


What former Hotpoint elf originally wanted the character in her hit TV series to be a divorcee until nervous network execs nixed the idea?

       a. Diahann Carroll
       b. Mary Tyler Moore
       c. Linda Lavin
       d. Sally Field


Charles Rocket was fired from Saturday Night Live for doing this on-air in 1981. Jenny Slate was forgiven for doing it in 2009. What?

       a. Said the f-word on-air
       b. Improv'd to fix a terrible sketch
       c. Criticized Lorne Michaels
       d. Used cocaine before the show




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