Pop Culture Trivia Questions XXVI

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Before joining the cast of "Scrubs", Sarah Chalke briefly replaced Lecy Goranson as what character on Roseanne?

       a. Jackie
       b. Darlene
       c. Becky
       d. DJ


What historical figure has been portrayed on film by Bette Davis, Glenda Jackson and, in the same year, by Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett?

       a. The Virgin Mary
       b. Queen Elizabeth I
       c. Cleopatra
       d. Amelia Earhart


Attica! Attica! Attica! What movie was based on the true story of John Wojtowicz, who tried to rob a bank to pay for a friend's sex change operation?

       a. Dog Day Afternoon
       b. The Getaway
       c. Kelly's Heroes
       d. O Brother, Where Art Thou?


William Bernbach used the slogan "Think Small" to what car into a counterculture icon ... even though it was originally built on Hitler's orders?

       a. Porsche
       b. BMW
       c. Volkswagen
       d. Audi


What caper movie starring Michael Caine became famous for a chase sequence in which the anti-heroes drive British Mini Coopers through the streets of Turin?

       a. Get Carter
       b. The Thomas Crown Affair
       c. The Italian Job
       d. Bullitt


Before playing a DA on "Law and Order", what observant Jew lost his role as Impossible Mission Force leader Dan Briggs because he wouldn't work on the Sabbath?

       a. Steven Hill
       b. Dann Florek
       c. Michael Moriarty
       d. Fred Thompson


On the UK Celebrity Big Brother, the only contestant to have read Orwell's "1984" was what Australian feminist?

       a. Germaine Greer
       b. Susan Sontag
       c. Gloria Steinhem
       d. Bella Abzug


The band They Might Be Giants performed "Boss of Me" as which show's theme song?

       a. Malcolm in the Middle
       b. Saved by the Bell
       c. Boy Meets World
       d. According to Jim


Which of these movies was not shot, at least in part, in Venice?

       a. A Room With a View
       b. Everybody Says I Love You
       c. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
       d. Casino Royale (2006)


Who played the genetically engineered supersoldier Max Guevara on Fox's "Dark Angel"?

       a. Jessica Alba
       b. Jennifer Garner
       c. Sarah Michelle Gellar
       d. Peta Wilson


In what movie does Adenoid Hynkel rule the nation of Tomania with an iron hand?

       a. The Great Dictator
       b. Duck Soup
       c. All the King's Men
       d. The Man Who Would Be King


Inspired by his own rise to fame, who produced the HBO series "Entourage" and named the main character for his acting coach?

       a. Mark Wahlberg
       b. Gary Busey
       c. Val Kilmer
       d. Jeremy Piven


We don't know about his son, but what salty comic legend's real name was John Sanford?

       a. George Carlin
       b. Rodney Dangerfield
       c. Redd Foxx
       d. Henny Youngman


Linda Lavin, who later starred in "Alice", was also in the first-season cast of what TV series, alongside Gregory Sierra?

       a. The Waltons
       b. Barney Miller
       c. All in the Family
       d. The Mary Tyler Moore


In Star Trek VI, helmsman Sulu is a captain. And has a first name. What name is this?

       a. Hikaru
       b. Ichiro
       c. Jiro
       d. Saburo




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