Entertainment 140729

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1   Tom, Barbara, Jerry and Margo are all characters from which 1970’s TV sitcom?
A   The Good Life. Tom Good quits the rat race, and with wife Barbara turns the garden of their Surbiton house into a smallholding. Their neighbours, snobbish Margo Leadbetter and her conventional husband Jerry, feel variously amused, offended and impressed.

2   Which of his own films did Stanley Kubrick successfully request a UK ban?
A   A Clockwork Orange.

3   What is the name of the village where Pat Clifton is the Postman?
A   Greendale

4   From which fictional planet do the Daleks originate?
A   Skaro, where they were genetically modified by the Kaled scientist Davros to create a “new master race”.

5   In which of the Bond films does 007 marry Teresa de Vincenzo?
A   On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

6   Anthony Stark is the real name of which comic book and movie superhero?
A   Iron Man (Anthony Edward “Tony” Stark)

7   In 1978, who was the first woman to have a UK number one with a self-written song?
A   Kate Bush (Wuthering Heights)

8   What was the surname of Terry played by James Bolam in the 1960s sitcom ‘The Likely lads’?
A   Collier. The show followed the friendship of two young working class men, Terry Collier (James Bolam) and Bob Ferris (Rodney Bewes), in the mid-1960s.

9   What is the profession of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s character in the 2002 film ‘Collateral Damage’?
A   Fire-fighter – Arnold Schwarzenegger plays Captain Gordon “Gordy” Brewer, a Los Angeles firefighter who seeks revenge against the Colombian terrorist who killed his family.

10   In which 1950s US TV comedy did actor Paul Ford regularly play Colonel John T Hall?
A   Bilko (The Phil Silvers Show)