Fun entertainment trivia questions and answers.
What member of the Monkees, a holdout for nearly three decades, rejoined the other geezers for a 1996 album?
A: Mike Nesmith.
What Francis Ford Coppola movie sees Marlon Brando blather: "Horror has a face, and you must make a friend of horror"?
A: Apocalypse Now.
What David Lynch movie did a few filmgoers attend expecting to see Bobby Vinton's life story?
A: Blue Velvet.
What rap star got his name from the observation "Ladies Love Cool James"/
A: L.L.Cool J.
What Mayberry resident once hijacked a bull when he'd had too much to drink?
A: Otis Campbell.
Whose guitar version of The Star-Spangled Banner was featured in a 1996 Aiwa TV ad?
A: Jimi Hendrix's.
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A: Morris the Cat.
Fun entertainment trivia questions and answers.
What 1961 movie has Audrey Hepburn note: "Personally, I think it's a bit tacky to wear diamonds before I'm 40"?
A: Breakfast at Tiffany's.
What Sinatra signature tune became Elvis Presley's best-selling posthumous hit?
A: My Way.
Who played Sid Vicious, Lee Harvey Oswald, Count Dracula and Beethoven in movies?
A: Gary Oldman.
What video, the first to cost over $150,000, helped Michael Jackson's Thriller soar?
A: Beat It.
Who is the most voluptuous female in Toontown?
A: Jessica Rabbit.
What was the first Arnold Schwarzenegger movie to win four Academy Awards?
A: Terminator 2.
What actor did author Anne Rice first denounce, then praise in the role of her beloved Lestat?
A: Tom Cruise.
Who sang "Things Go Better With Coke" in 1969 before switching to Pepsi in the 1980's?
A: Ray Charles.
What movie earned Tom Hanks his third straight Oscar nomination, in 1996?
A: Apollo 13.
What Marx Brother's name spelled backwards is the name of a daytime talk show host?
A: Harpo's.
What Stephen Foster tune encourages racing enthusiasts to "bet on de bay"?
A: Camptown Races.
What James Hilton effort became the first Pocket Book, in 1939?
A: Lost Horizon.
What martial artist warbles the theme song for Walker, Texas Ranger?
A: Chuck Norris.
Who was the voice behind Woody, the cowboy doll in Toy Story?
A: Tom Hanks.
What jazz musician got his aristocratic nickname in high school for his neat attire and fastidious manners?
A: "Duke" Ellington.
What talk show hostess gave her guests the fewest opportunities to speak, according to a 1996 MSU survey?
A: Oprah Winfrey.
Where do "bluebirds fly", according to a song from the Wizard of Oz?
A: Somewhere over the rainbow.
What enduring daytime soap featured Kevin Kline, Don Knotts and Susan Sarandon?
A: Search for Tomorrow.
What book did E.B. White base on personal experiences at his farm in Maine?
A: Charlotte's Web.
What three words preceded "Land that I love" in a 1938 Irving Berlin tune?
A: "God Bless America".
What Oliver Stone movie did the Washington Post dub "Dallas in Wonderland"?
A: JFK.
What infomercial diet guru penned the monster bestseller "Never Say Diet"?
A: Richard Simmons.
Who was the first solo female host of the Academy Awards Ceremony?
A: Whoopi Goldberg.
What happy homemaker chirps on TV: "It's a good thing"?
A: Martha Stewart.
What screen character i the world's fastest ice sculptor and topiary artist?
A: Edward Scissorhands.
Who died last - Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball, William Frawley or Vivian Vance?
A: Lucille Ball.
What Briton had two f the three number one singles issued posthumously in the U.S.?
A: John Lennon.
Who saw his Mazurkas described by a Berlin critic in 1833 as "repugnant" and "tortuous"?
A: Fredric Chopin.
How many former Beatles had chart-topping singles from 1973 to 1974?
A: Four.
What role in The Godfather did Robert De Niro test for?
A: Sonny Corleone.
What's the first word of the most pop song titles?
A: I.
What 1995 movie's lead character tells the motel clerk he's there to drink himself to death?
A: Leaving Las Vegas. Fun trivia questions answers and facts.
What 1989 movie has Dan Aykroyd note: "Cars don't misbehave"?
A: Driving Miss Daisy.
What critter is the "Iggy" short for in Iggy Pop?
A: The iguana
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What director earned a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart during his tour of duty in Vietnam?
A: Oliver Stone.
What theme is central to the movies The Lost Weekend, The Morning After and My Name Is Bill W.?
A: Alcoholism.
What NBC sitcom once saw two if its neurotics try to pitch NBC on a sitcom about nothing?
A: Seinfeld.
What three Godfather cast members were all up for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar?
A: James Caan, Robert Duvall, AL Pacino.
Who's the adopted son of Vito Corleone?
A: Tom Hagen.
Who's the TV FBI agent with a penchant for the paranormal?
A: Fox Mulder.
What movie sees Danny Devito tell Michelle Pfeiffer: "You lousy minx, I ought to have you spayed"?
A: Batman Returns.
What Saturday Night Live cast member left in 1994 after being in a record 153 shows?
A: Phil Hartman.
What 1982 movie had critic Janet Maslin carp: "The Oscar seemed to have been mistaken for the Nobel Peace Prize"?
A: Gandhi.
What crooner's new line of neckwear did David Letterman suggest be named "Alleged Mob Ties"?
A: Frank Sinatra's.
What song-writing duo's hits made it to Broadway i the show "Smokey Joe's Cafe"?
A: Leiber and Stoller's.
Who's known in Colorado Springs as Dr. Mike?
A: Dr. Michaela Quinn.
What movie pairs Tom Hanks and Antonio Banderas as lovers?
A: Philadelphia.
Who'd begun work on a 10th symphony when he died during a thunderstorm in 1827?
A: Ludwig van Beethoven.
What famed 1936 war novel mentions the Tarleton twins in its first line?
A: Gone With the Wind.
Who was the first living person to become a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame?
A: Roy Acuff.
What song was heard 250 different ways in a 1994 Ken Burns documentary?
A: Take Me Out to the Ballgame.
What zip code was mentioned 301 times in the first five years of Entertainment Weekly?
A: 90210.
What jazz style did Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie help invent?
A: Bebop.
What was late SCTV star sighed: "I'm the one who has to look in the mirror, and after a while it begins to eat at you?
A: John Candy.
What singer did Michael Bolton neglect to thank while accepting a Grammy for "When a Man Loves a Woman"?
A: Percy Sledge.
What hipster said in 1948: We're a beat generation"?
A: Jack Kerouac.
What veteran British rock star explained: "I smash guitars because I like them"?
A: Peter Townsend.
What 1975 blockbuster sees Roy Scheider utter: "We need a bigger boat"?
A: Jaws.
What screen character has played opposite Maud Adams, Claudine Anger, Kim Basinger, Britt Eklund and Ursula Andress?
A: James Bond.
What Adam Sandler comedy featured Bob Barker's screen debut?
A: Happy Gilmore.
Whose earnings increased from $150,000 for Pulp Fiction to $3.5 million for Get Shorty to $7 million for Broken Arrow?
A: John Travolta's.
What statuesque actress earned a living by standing still in department store windows prior to her film debut in Tootsie?
A: Geena Davis.
What movie's first victim was played by a skinny-dipping actress named Susan Backlinie?
A: Jaws.
Who was the first female to direct a movie that raked in over $100 million?
A: Penny Marshall.
What movie has Bob Hoskins seething: "A toon killed my brother"?
A: Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
What movie gave Julie Andrews the chance to portray a man?
A: Victor/Victoria.
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What 1996 movie was hyped with the line: "It Will Blow Audiences Right Out of the Theater"?
A: Twister.
What movie did Mel Brooks say he wishes he'd never made, as he then became overly concerned with filling theater seats?
A: Blazing Saddles.
What Pulp Fiction star once served as Bill Cosby's stand-in on The Cosby Show?
A: Samuel L. Jackson.
What one city must a movie play in to be eligible for an Oscar?
A: Los Angeles.
What model appeared topless on the self-penned 1993 novel Pirate?
A: Fabio.
What movie has Anjelica Huston coo to Raul Julia: "You frightened me. Do it again"?
A: The Addams Family.
Who shared a room and bed with Eli Wallach while filming The Good, the Bad and the Ugly?
A: Clint Eastwood.
What two-word term does The Cynic's Dictionary call: "A movie seen about 50 times by about that many people"?
A: Cult film.
What 1995 blockbuster movie was created by the computer animation company Pixar?
A: Tory Story:
What did the shortstop become in Abbott and Costello's "Who's On First" routine when censors objected to "I don't give a damn"?
A: "I don't care".
What movie theme was Barbra Streisand's first chart-topping single?
A: They Way We Were.
What actor sighed: "If I had known Michael was going to be so successful, I would have been much nicer to him when he was young"?
A: Kirk Douglas.
What title role in a 1995 Oscar-winning movie was played by more than 40 cast members?
A: Babe.
What Caddyshack star spent two years as an assistant greens supervisor?
A: Bill Murray.
What Oscar-winning actress made lher final appearance in the movie Nobody's Fool?
A: Jessica Tandy.
Who had a thick-gummed best friend named Bubba Blue?
A: Forrest Gump.
How many hubcaps does Steve McQueen's car lose in the famed chase scene from Bullitt?
A: Six.
What director cast himself as the voice of God in 1956's The Ten Commandments?
A: Cecil B. De Mille.
What Beatles movie was untitled until John remembered a line Ringo uttered after an all night recording sessions?
A: A Hard Day's Night.
What Michael Cimino box office bomb did one critic describe as "Gone With the Wind -- without the wind"?
A: Heaven's Gate.
What movie's signature line was: "I'll be back"?
A: The Terminatior's.
Who got an Oscar for incessantly exclaiming "Hoo-ah"?
A Al Pacino.
What comic twosome split in 1956, ten years after teaming up in Atlantic City?
A: Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
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What Jerry Lewis movie was a twisted take on the Jekyll and Hyde story?
A: The Nutty Professor.
What's the first word uttered in Citizen Kane?
A: Rosebud.
Who has starred in movies by Francis Ford Coppola, Brian De Palma, Sergio Leone and Martin Scorsese?
A: Robert De Niro.
What brand of underwear does Marty McFly wear in Back to the Future?
A: Calvin Klien.
What movie pairs Tom Hanks and Antonio Banderas as lovers?
A: Philadelphia.
How many Grammy nominations were totaled by the classic LPs Tommy, Layla, What's Goin' On and Blonde on Blonde?
A: Zero.
What three-word line is indispensable to Cary Grant impersonators?
A: "Judy, Judy, Judy".
Who was the voice behind Woody, the cowboy doll in Toy Story?
A: Tom Hanks.
What screen character learned to say "la-dee-dah" growing up in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin?
A: Annie Hall.
What 1970 movie has Ali MacGraw emote: "I want you to be a merry widower"?
A: Love Story.
What screen character did Peter Sellers begin playing after Peter Ustinov declined the job?
A: Inspector Clouseau.
What actress scored a record 12 Oscar nominations, winning first for the year 1933 and last for 1981?
A: Katharine Hepburn.
What George Lucas film, made for $750,000 is considered the most profitable movie in Hollywood history?
A: American Graffiti.
What movie sees Mike Myers claim: "Led Zeppelin didn't write songs everyone liked. They left that to the Bee Gees"?
A :Wayne's World.
What movie has Jack Nicholson yell at Tom Cruise: "You can't handle the truth"?
A: A Few Good Men.
What director earned a bronze Star and a purple Heart during his tour of duty in Vietnam?
A Oliver Stone.
What twosome starred in Raging Bull, Goodfellas and Casino?
A : Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci.
What jungle hero said: "I want you. I am yours. You are mine"?
A: Tarzan.
Who was the first to take home a Best Actor Oscar for a musical, in 1943?
A: James Cagney.
Who wrote the line: "I'll make him an offer he can't refuse"?
A: Mario Puzo.
What Spike Lee movie was marketed with baseball caps bearing just one letter?
A: Malcom X.
Who did Burt Reynolds develop a hankerin' for on the set of Smokey and the Bandit?
A: Sally Field.
What movie has Anthony Perkins explain: "Understand, I don't hate her. I hate what she's become. I hate her illness"?
A: Psycho.
What Clint Eastwood screen role was originally offered to Jjohn Wayne, Frank Sinatra and Paul Newman?
A: Dirty Harry.
What ladies' man was the first person since Orson Welles to be up for four Oscars in a single year, in 1982?
A: Warren Beatty.
What was the first Arnold Schwarzenegger movie to win four Academy Awards?
A: Terminator 2.
What movie earned Tom Hanks his third straight Oscar nomination, in 1996?
A: Apollo 13.
What screen character is the world's fastest ice sculptor and topiary artist?
A: Edward Scissorhands.
What movie sees Tom Hanks utter: "All my life I've been waiting for someone, and when I find her she's a fish"?
A: Splash.
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What movie sees Elvis Presley sent to the slammer for manslaughter?
A: Jailhouse Rock.
What was the 1993 sequel to the 1979 thriller When a Stranger Calls?
A: When a Stranger Calls Back.
What 1994 movie hit featured cameos by JFK, LBJ and George Wallace?
A: Forrest Gump.
Whose will left $10,000 for care and upkeep of the dummy Charlie McCarthy?
A: Edgar Bergen's.
What Michael Douglas movie was hyped: "A brutal murder. A brilliant killer. A cop who couldn't resist the danger"?
A: Basic Instinct.
What Sylvester Stallone movie was hyped: "His whole life was a million-to-one shot"?
A: Rocky.
What sci-fi thriller set attendance records during the Fourth of July weekend in 1996?
A: Independence Day.
Who played Sid Vicious, Lee Harvey Oswald, Count Dracula and Beethoven in movies?
A: Gary Oldman.
What nickname did Spencer Tracy give to Humphrey Bogart?
A: Bogie.
Who's been praised for doing everything Fred Astaire did "backward and in high heel"?
A: Ginger Rogers.
What 1982 movie had critic Janet Maslin carp: "The Oscar seemed to have been mistaken for the Nobel Peace Prize"?
A: Gandi.
What movie classic has James Stewart sigh: "I suppose it'd been better if I'd never been born at all"?
A: It's a Wonderful Life.
What movie made the word "babelicious" famous?
A: Wayne's World.
What blond sex symbol of the 1990s claims to have an IQ of 154?
A: Sharon Stone.
What 1991 Disney animated feature was hyped as "the most beautiful love story ever told"?
A: Beauty and the Beast.
What Michelle Pfeiffer movie got a boost from the Coolio song Gangsta's Paradise?
A: Dangerous Minds.
Music Trivia Questions and Answers
Music trivia questions and answers
What is the minimum number of musicians a band must have to be considered a "big band"?
A: Ten.
What musical instrument's sales escalated from 228,000 in 1950 to 2.3 million in 1971?
A: The guitar's.
What 1976 chart-topping song did Barry Manilow sing, but not write?
A: I Write the Songs.
What does the Italian musical term adagio mean?
A: Slow.
Who was the top-selling album artist of the 1970's according to Billboard?
A: Elton John.
What's the only group to claim two of the top ten best-selling singles of the 1970's?
A: The Bee Gees.
Who was the first country artist to sell over 10 million copies of an album?
A: Garth Brooks.
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What band is named after a scuplture in Seattle that hums in the wind?
A: Soundgardem.
What two Frank Sinatra hits were tops for U.S. karaoke singers in 1993?
A: New York, New York and My Way.
What stringed symphonic instrument has a pedestal and a crown?
A: The Harp.
What studio did the Beatles use to record 191 songs?
A: Abby Road.
What jazz musician got his nickname by shortening "Satchel Mouth"?
A: Louis Armstrong.
What jazz trumpeter was dubbed the "Prince of Darkness"?
A: Miles Davis.
What did Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen lose in a 1984 auto accident?
A: An arm.
What Southampton junior high school musical was cancelled in 1994 when Shinnecock Indians objected to the " Ug-a-wug" song?
A: Peter Pan.
What classical conductor won posthumous Grammy Awards in 1991, 1992, and 1993?
A: Leonard Bernstein.
Who's "Monk" to jazz buffs?
A: Thelonious MOnk.
What California group waited 22 years to score their first chart-toping single since 1966?
A: The Beach Boys.
What city's opera house does " The Phantom of the Opera" prowl?
A: Paris.
Who scored his first platinum album since 1978 with " The Icon Is Love " in 1994?
A: Barry White.
What Michael Jackson album spawned five chart-topping singles?
A: Bad.
What trumpeter became the oldest person ever to score a chart-topping single, in 1964?
A: Louis Armstrong.
What rock star was trying to bite the head off a bat in concert when the bat decided to bite back?
A: Ozzy Osbourne.
What Shania Twain recording became the best-selling country music album ever by a female artist, in 1996?
A: The Woman in Me.
What patriotic song was originally titled "The Defense of Fort McHenry?
A: The Star Spangled Banner.
Who's waxed more gold and platinum albums than any other solo female artist?
A: Barbara Streisand.
How many songs from the Beatles "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" were released as singles?
A: Zero.
What singer for a 70's British rock quartet changed his name from Frederick Bulsara?
A: Freddie Mercury.
What rock'n'roll singer is memorialized by a eight-foot bronze statue in Lubbock, Texas?
A: Buddy Holly.
What Woody Guthrie song goes "From California to the New York island / From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters"?
A: This Land is Your Land.
What Pink Floyd song was banned by the South African government after it became an anthem for black school children?
A: Another Brick in the Wall.
What were the two most popular rock operas of 1969?
A: Hair and Tommy.
What are the two most common unbowed stringed instruments found in a symphony orchestra?
A: The Harp and the Piano.
What legendary soul singer wrecked his Corvette the first time he drove it?
A: Ray Charles.
What tenor received a record 165 curtain calls at a Berlin opera house in 1988?
A: Luciano Pavarotti.
What Beatles single lasted longest on the charts, at 19 weeks?
A: Hey Jude.
What Broadway musical revival did Lou Diamond Philips refuse to shave the top of his head for, in 1996?
A: The King and I.
Who appeared on the cover of Seventeen magazine before selling over 11 million copies of her debut album?
A: Whitney Houston.
Who'd never been farther east than Montana when he wrote Proud Mary?
A: John Fogarty.
What Kiss star sported the longest tongue in rock?
A: Gene Simmons.
What 1976 chart-topping song did Barry Manilow sing, but not write?
A: I Write the Songs.
Who was the top-selling album artist of the 1970s, according to Billboard?
A: Elton John.
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What Rodgers and Hammerstein show is the most often-performed musical in U.S. high schools?
A: Oklahoma!
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What trumpeter became the oldest person ever to score a chart-topping single, in 1964?
A: Louis Armstrong.
What genre did Ice Cube define as "the network newscast black people never had"?
A: Rap.
What 1865 Wagner opera opens on a ship?
A: Tristan and Isolde.
What R&B vocal quartet titled its third album II in 1994?
A: Boyz II Men.
Who are the Three Tenors?
A: Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti.
How many birthday candles were Cher, Dolly Parton and Sylivester Stallone each obliged to blow out in 1996?
A: Fifty.
What bankrupt Las Vegas crooner spent $75,000 to refurbish his pet penguins' pond?
A: Wayne Newton.
What hard-drinking country legend explains his bumpy life in the book I Lived to Tell It All?
A: George Jones.
Whose pop parody career includes the hits Addicted to Spuds, My Bologna and Eat It?
A: "Wierd Al" Yankovic's.
What bandleader became the first jazz musician to get an honorary degree from Columbia University, in 1973?
A: Duke Ellington.
What tenor recieved a record 165 curtain calls at a Berlin opera house in 1988?
A: Luciano Pavarotti.
What female singer scored 14 million-selling singles between 1967 and 1973?
A: Aretha Franklin.
Who was the first female artist to debut on the Billboard album chart at Number One?
A: Whitney Houston.
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What was the nickname of jazzman John Birks Gillespie?
A: Dizzy.
Which of the inmates who heard Johnny Cash's 1958 San Quentin concert became the biggest country music star?
A: Merle Haggard.
What mother and child spent years in Nashville shopping demos they'd recorded on a $30 cassette recorder?
A: The Judds.
Whose guitar version of The Star-Spangled Banner was featulred in a 1996 Aiwa TV ad?
A: Jimi Hendrix's.
What 15-year-old rock icon-to-be was grounded for the whole summer after sneaking out to her first concert, to see David Bowie?
A: Madonna.
Who's waxed more gold and platinum albums than any other solo female artist?
A: Barbra Streisand.
What Jackson actually had a million-selling LP called Let's Get Serious?
A: Jermaine Jackson.
What Sinatra signature tune became Elvis Presley's best-selling posthumous hit?
A: My Way.
What song-writing duo's hits made it to Broadway in the show Smokey Joe's Cafe?
A: Leiber and Stoller's.
Who's "Monk" to jazz buffs?
A: Thelonious Monk.
How many Grammy Awards did Lawrence Welk garner during his 50-year career?
A: Zero.
What studio did the Beatles use to record 191 songs?
A: Abbey Road.
What jazz musician got his nickname by shortening "Satchel Mouth"?
A: Louis Armstrong.
What two Frank Sinatra hits were tops for U.S. karaoke singers in 1993?
A: New York, New York and My Way.
What rocker Darius Rucker's stage name?
A: Hootie.
What British group got its name from the title of a 1950 Muddy Waters song?
A: The Rolling Stones.
What Broadway musical revival did Lou Diamond Philips refuse to shave the top of his head for, in 1996?
A: The King and I.
Who appeared on the cover of Seventeen magazine before selling over 11 million copies of her debut album?
A: Whitney Houston.
Who'd never been farther east than Montana when he wrote Proud Mary?
A: John Fogarty.
What Kiss star sported the longest tongue in rock?
A: Gene Simmons.
What 1976 chart-topping song did Barry Manilow sing, but not write?
A: I Write the Songs.
Who was the top-selling album artist of the 1970s, according to Billboard?
A: Elton John.
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What Rodgers and Hammerstein show is the most often-performed musical in U.S. high schools?
A: Oklahoma!
More music trivia
What trumpeter became the oldest person ever to score a chart-topping single, in 1964?
A: Louis Armstrong.
What genre did Ice Cube define as "the network newscast black people never had"?
A: Rap.
What 1865 Wagner opera opens on a ship?
A: Tristan and Isolde.
What R&B vocal quartet titled its third album II in 1994?
A: Boyz II Men.
Who are the Three Tenors?
A: Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti.
How many birthday candles were Cher, Dolly Parton and Sylivester Stallone each obliged to blow out in 1996?
A: Fifty.
What bankrupt Las Vegas crooner spent $75,000 to refurbish his pet penguins' pond?
A: Wayne Newton.
What hard-drinking country legend explains his bumpy life in the book I Lived to Tell It All?
A: George Jones.
Whose pop parody career includes the hits Addicted to Spuds, My Bologna and Eat It?
A: "Wierd Al" Yankovic's.
What bandleader became the first jazz musician to get an honorary degree from Columbia University, in 1973?
A: Duke Ellington.
What tenor recieved a record 165 curtain calls at a Berlin opera house in 1988?
A: Luciano Pavarotti.
What female singer scored 14 million-selling singles between 1967 and 1973?
A: Aretha Franklin.
Who was the first female artist to debut on the Billboard album chart at Number One?
A: Whitney Houston.
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What was the nickname of jazzman John Birks Gillespie?
A: Dizzy.
Which of the inmates who heard Johnny Cash's 1958 San Quentin concert became the biggest country music star?
A: Merle Haggard.
What mother and child spent years in Nashville shopping demos they'd recorded on a $30 cassette recorder?
A: The Judds.
Whose guitar version of The Star-Spangled Banner was featulred in a 1996 Aiwa TV ad?
A: Jimi Hendrix's.
What 15-year-old rock icon-to-be was grounded for the whole summer after sneaking out to her first concert, to see David Bowie?
A: Madonna.
Who's waxed more gold and platinum albums than any other solo female artist?
A: Barbra Streisand.
What Jackson actually had a million-selling LP called Let's Get Serious?
A: Jermaine Jackson.
What Sinatra signature tune became Elvis Presley's best-selling posthumous hit?
A: My Way.
What song-writing duo's hits made it to Broadway in the show Smokey Joe's Cafe?
A: Leiber and Stoller's.
Who's "Monk" to jazz buffs?
A: Thelonious Monk.
How many Grammy Awards did Lawrence Welk garner during his 50-year career?
A: Zero.
What studio did the Beatles use to record 191 songs?
A: Abbey Road.
What jazz musician got his nickname by shortening "Satchel Mouth"?
A: Louis Armstrong.
What two Frank Sinatra hits were tops for U.S. karaoke singers in 1993?
A: New York, New York and My Way.
What rocker Darius Rucker's stage name?
A: Hootie.
What British group got its name from the title of a 1950 Muddy Waters song?
A: The Rolling Stones.
How many of Frank Sinatra's collaborators on Duets and Duets II joined him in the studio?
A: Zero.
What three words preceded "land that I love" in a 1938 Irving Berlin tune?
A: "God bless America".
What Georgia rockers resurrected Dan Rather's mysterious 1986 mugging in their 1994 track, What's the Frequency, Kenneth?
A: R.E.M.
What's the only group to claim two of the top ten best-selling singles of the 1970s?
A: The Bee Gees.
What group's early BBC performances went quadruple platinum within two months of their U.S. release in late 1994?
A: The Beatles'.
What Stephen Foster tune encourages racing enthusiasts to "bet on de bay"?
A: Camptown Races.
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What singer sent the punk band Rancid a naked photo along with a plea to sign with her record label?
A: Madonna.
Who was the first solo female host of the Academy Awards ceremony?
A: Whoopi Goldberg.
How many former Beatles had chart-topping singles from 1973 to 1974?
A: Four.
What rock star did Lou Diamond Phillips' wife leave him for?
A: Melissa Etheridge.
What jazz musician got his aristocratic nickname in high school for his neat attire and fastidious manners?
A: "Duke" Ellillngton.
What jazz trumpeter was dubbed the "Prince of Darkness"?
A: Miles Davis.
What sitcom spawned the hit song I'll Be There for You?
A: Friends.
What MTV twosome are known as "The Bad Boys" in Mexico?
A: Beavis and Butt-head.
What did rapper Mohandas Dewese coolly change his name to?
A: Kool Moe Dee.
How many songs from the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band were released as singles?
A: Zero.
What folk-rocker said he'd like Billy Dee Williams or Mickey Rooney to play him if his life story is filmed?
A: Bob Dylan.
What was the only language beat writer Jack Kerouac spoke until the age of six?
A: French.
What Italian wrote 32 operas between the ages o9f 18 and 30?
A: Gioacchino Rossini.
What countdown deejay intones: "keep your feet to the ground, and keep reaching for the stars"?
A: Casey Kasem.
What Shania Twain recording became the best-selling country music album ever by a female artist, in 1996?
A: The Woman in Me.
What Elton John album became the first album to enter the charts at Number One, in 1975?
A: Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy.
What veteran British rock star explained: "I smash guitars because I like them"?
A: Pete Townshend.
What Alanis Morissette debut album sold over ten million copies?
A: Jagged Little Pill.
Who stomped off a 1995 Lollapalooza stage after a fan of her late husband threw a shotgun shell at her feet?
A: Courtney Love.
What opera star sold more recordings in 1990 than all but Madonna and Elton John?
A: Luciano Pavarottti.
What country star changed his first name from Randall to Hank?
A: Hank Williams Jr.
What Bizet opera concerns a gal who dumps a soldier for a bullfighter?
A: Carmen.
What late pun rocker did Debbie Gibson try to contact during a Halloween séance in 1988?
A: Sid Vicious.
What songstress died before the release of her cross-over album Dreaming of You?
A: Selena.
What composer was honored on the bicentennial of his death with a 180-disc compilation of all his works?
A: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
What 1976 and 1991 hit begins: "Is this the real life / Is this just fantasy"?
A: Bohemian Rhapsody.
What did Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen lose in a 1984 auto accident?
A: An arm.
What Allman Brothers anthem announces: "When it's time to leave I hope you'll understand"?
A: Ramblin' Man.
What British punks played to more fans in the first weekend of their 1996 "Filthy Lucre" tour than during their entire 1978 U.S. tour?
A: The Sex Pistols.
What 23-year-old Tejano singer was murdered by her fan club president?
A: Selena.
U. S. Presidential Trivia Questions and Answers.
President trivia questions and answers.
What U.S. president's State of the Union address lasted a record 81 minutes?
A: Bill Clinton's.
What U.S. president was born William Jefferson Blythe IV?
A: Bill Clinton.
What 1970's president openly discussed his battle with hemorrhoids?
A: Jimmy Carter. Presidential trivia questions and answers.
What U.S. president had the shortest life?
A: John F. Kennedy.
What former president was on an African hunting trip when his enemy J. P. Morgan quipped: "Let every lion do his duty"?
A: Theodore Roosevelt.
What conspirator in the Lincoln assassination was pardoned for saving the lives of prison guards during a yellow fever epidemic?
A: Dr. Samuel Mudd.
What president opined: "Once you get into this great stream of history you can't get out"?
A: Richard Nixon.
Who was the first president to utter "We shall overcome" before a joint session of Congress?
A: Lyndon B. Johnson.
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What future president was the only U.S. senator from a Confederate state to remain in Congress after secession?
A: Andrew Jackson.
What president's mug graces a $100,000 bill?
A: Woodrow Wilson.
What future U.S. president received the last rites of the Catholic Church after an infection following spinal surgery in 1954?
A: John F. Kennedy.
What war saw James Madison become the first U.S. president to command a military unit during his term in office?
A: The war of 1812.
What document did President Andrew Johnson want a copy of placed under his head upon his burial?
A: The U.S. Constitution.
Who was the first daughter of a U.S. president to pose nude for a Playboy video?
A: Patti Davis.
How many U.S. states are named after a president?
A: One.
Who is the only president to have survived two assassination attempts by women?
A: Gerald Ford.
What portly U.S. president was the first to be a golf nut?
A: William Howard Taft.
What future president's Texas classmates ran a shot of a jackass under his yearbook photo?
A: Lyndon B. Johnson's.
What day does the U.S. president traditionally deliver a weekly radio address?
A: Saturday.
What horse-loving future president cheated on an eye exam to join the cavalry reserves in the 1930's?
A: Ronald Regan.
What U.S. president threw out the most Opening Day baseballs?
A: Franklin D. Roosevelt.
What card game did Dwight D. Eisenhower play fanatically while planning for D-Day?
A: Bridge.
What White House lawyer first revealed the existence of an "enemies list" and "hush money" at the Watergate hearings?
A: John Dean.
What date saw FDR sign the U.S. declaration of war against Japan?
A: December 8, 1941.
What U.S. president installed solar panels on the White House roof?
A: Jimmy Carter.
What First Lady of the 1980s was shocked to find "a tremendous rat" swimming with her in the White House Pool?
A: Barbara Bush.
What future anchor was the only female reporter to tag along with Richard Nixon on his historic trip to China?
A: Barbara Walters.
Who revealed that the U.S. had a hydrogen bomb in his last State of the Union speech?
A: Harry S. Truman
Q: What date saw FDR sign the U.S. declaration of war against Japan?
A: December 8, 1941.
Q: Who was the first U.S. president to adopt the informal version of his first name?
A: Jimmy Carter.
Q: Who was the first president to appear on a U.S. coin?
A: Abraham Lincoln.
Q: Who said: "I'm the president of the United States, and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli"?
A: George Bush.
Q: Who told Jimmy Carter in a debate: "There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe"?
A: Gerald Ford.
Q: How many U.S. presidents played a role in Vietnam's civil war?
A: Five.
Q: Who did Abraham Lincoln promote to major general of volunteers after he captured Fort Henry and Fort Donelson?
A: Ulysses S. Grant.
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Q: What future U.S. president received the last rites of the Catholic Church after an infection following spinal surgery in 1954?
A: John F. Kennedy.
More useless presidential trivia
Q: What did Ronald Reagan disclose he was suffering from, in 1994?
A: Alzheimer's disease.
Q: What former U.S. president showed up on dollar coins in 1971?
A: Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Q: What U.S. president's State of the Union address lasted a record 81 minutes?
A: Bill Clinton's.
Q: What president was shot at while walking to California Governor Jerry Brown's office?
A: Gerald Ford.
Q: What U.S. vice president was once wanted for murder in New Jersey?
A: Aaron Burr.
Q: What inscription on U.S. coins did Theodore Roosevelt try in vain to have removed?
A: In God We Trust.
Q: What document did President Andrew Johnson want a copy of placed under his head upon his burial?
A: The U.S. Constitution.
Q: Who was the first president to utter "We shall overcome" before a joint session of Congress?
A: Lyndon B. Johnson.
Q: What war saw James Madison become the first U.S. president to command a military unit during his term in office?
A: The war of 1812.
Q: What name did romantic George Bush paint on his bomber during World War II?
A: Barbara.
Q: Who was the first U.S. vice president named acting president while his boss was under the knife?
A: George Bush.
Q: What portly U.S. president was the first to be a golf nut?
A: William Howard Taft.
Q: What U.S. president had the shortest life?
A: John F. Kennedy.
Q: What future president was the only U.S. senator from a Confederate state to remain in Congress after secession?
A: Andrew Johnson.
Q: What 1970s president openly discussed his battle with hemorrhoids?
A: Jimmy Carter.
Q: What three words did George Bush say before "no new taxes" in 1988?
A: "Read my lips".
Q: What former president was on an "African hunting trip when his enemy J.P. Morgan quipped: "Let every lion do his duty"?
A: Theodore Roosevelt.
Q: What U.S. president was born William Jefferson Blythe IV?
A: Bill Clinton.
Who called Eisenhower, Hoover and Truman in the early morning hours of November 23, 1963?
A: Lyndon B. Johnson.
Who told Jimmy Carter in a debate: "There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe"?
A: Gerald Ford.
Whose 1800 presidential campaign did the Hartford Courant offer a formal apology for opposing, in 1993?
A: Thomas Jefferson's.
What presidential candidate did Ronald Reagan support when voting for the first time?
A: Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Kitty Kelly wrote an Unauthorized Biography about which First Lady?
A: Nancy Regan President trivia questions and answers.
Which First Lady was born Mamie Doud?
A: Maime Eisenhower
In the 60s what was the first name of John F. Kennedy's wife?
A: Jackie
Whose assassination was Sam Seymour the last living witness to, until his death in 1956?
A: Abraham Lincoln's.
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What name did romantic George Bush paint on his bomber during World War II?
A: Barbara.
Where was JFK when he said the U.S. "never had to put up a wall to keep our people in"?
A: West Berlin.
What three words did George Bush say before "no new taxes" in 1988?
A: Read my lips.
Who did Abraham Lincoln promote to major general of volunteers after he captured Fort Henry and Fort Donelson?
A: Ulysses S. Grant.
Whose 1823 doctrine said the Western Hemisphere was not open to colonization or aggression by European nations?
A: James Monroe's.
What card game did Dwight D. Eisenhower play fanatically while planning for D-Day?
A: Bridge.
What date saw FDR sign the U.S. declaration of war against Japan?
A: December 8, 1941.
Free television trivia questions and answers.
Fun television trivia questions and answers - TV.
What 250-pound star of Hairspray shed half her weight to host a TV talk show?
A: Ricki Lake.
What Mayberry resident once hijacked a bull when he'd had too much to drink?
A: Otis Campbell.
What four-word TV slogan did Sting add to the Dire Straits hit Money for Nothing?
A: "I want my MTV".
What Mary Tyler Moore Show character's blue blazer made it into the Smithsonian?
A: Ted Baxter's.
Who was a cheerleader for the San Francisco 49ers before she became TV's Lois Lane?
A: Teri Hatcher.
What was Redd Foxx's last name before show business beckoned?
A: Sanford.
Who's been Saturday Night Live's most frequent host?
A :Steve Martin.
What town did Howdy Doody live in?
A: Doodyville.
What sitcom star advised: "It's okay to be fat. So you're fat. Just be fat and shut up about it"?
A: Roseanne.
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What Richard Chamberlain vehicle is second onlyl to Roots in total viewers for a miniseries?
A: The Thorn Birds.
What media award was derived from the slang term for the 1945 "image orthicon tube"?
A: The Emmy.
What TV cop badgered unwitting suspects with the line, "Just one more thing..."?
A: Columbo.
What late night talk show host asks viewers to "sit back and fire up the colortinis"?
A: Tom Snyder.
What happy homemaker chirps on TV: "It's a good thing"?
A: Martha Stewart.
Which two Saturday Night Live characters broadcast from an Aurora, Illinois basement?
A: Wayne Campbell and Garth Algar.
What's the "dimension of imagination," according to the host of a classic TV series?
A: The Twilight Zone.
What TV star did 500,000 people show up to watch sing at the Berlin Wall?
A: David Hasselhoff.
What quiz show champ of the 1950s received 500 marriage proposals and helped increase sales of Geritol by 40 percent?
A: Charles Van Doren.
What sitcom's scripts were penned with the help of an Army handbook and map of Korea?
A :M*A*S*H
Who died last--Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball, William Frawley or Vivian Vance?
A: Lucille Ball.
What future talk show host could have played the lead in The Graduate if he hadn't argued with producers over his salary?
A: Charles Grodin.
What two cartoon mice attempt every night to take over the world from their cages in Acme Labs?
A: Pinky and the Brain.
What long-lasting NBC show ws originally titled The Rise and Shine Revue?
A: Today.
Who was the first feline featured on Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous?
A: Morris the Cat.
What TV role was John Astin offered under the condition he grow a mustache?
A: Gomez Addams.
Who appeared in Return of the Killer Tomatoes before he landed a role on ER?
A: George Clooney.
What Seinfeld character takes off his shirt durig visits to the toilet?
A :George Costanza.
What sitcom features a deadpan pooch named Eddie, played by a dog named Moose?
A: Frasier.
What was the only TV show of the 1970s to have its theme top Billboard's Hot 100?
A: Welcome Back, Kotter.
What did Walter Lantz create after a bird hammered nonstop on the roof of his honeymoon cottage?
A: Woody Woodpecker.
Who was still alive, but unable to keep his engagement at the London Palladium on his hundredth birthday?
A: George Burns.
What man wore a dress while hosting a TV talk show on transvestites in 2988?
A: Phil Donahue.
What does Jay Leno fine-tune with Jimmy Brogan for six to seven hours daily?
A: His monologue.
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What gabber celebrated his 10th year on CNN in 1995?
A: Larry King.
What Ryan's Hope star became the first woman to captain a Star Trek TV series?
A: Kate Mulgrew.
What was the first U.S. sitcom to be exported to Britain?
A: I Love Lucy.
What Latino sitcom character hated that his mother-in-law always called him "Mickey"?
A: Ricky Ricardo.
And more television show trivia questions and answers.
What variety host ended a show with: "Next week, the Beatles and the Pieta"?
A: Ed Sullivan.
What does MTV call its interpretation of The Dating Game?
A: Singled Out.
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Who's Murphy Brown's favorite soul singer?
A: Aretha Franklin.
Whose bill from the Happy hour Bar arrived at the WJM-TV newsroom on the 15th of the month?
A: Lou Grant's.
What dreadlocked Muppet musician followed Kermit's lead as host of 1996's The Muppets Tonight?
A: Clifford.
What TV cartoon character wrote on his school chalkboard. "I will not aim at the head" and "My name is not Dr. Death"?
A: Bart Simpson.
What's Fran's last name on The Nanny?
A: Fine.
What Melrose Place principal divorced a Motley Crue drummer and married a Bon Jovi guitarist?
A: Heather Locklear.
What animated character often uttered: "Get moose and squirrel"?
A: Boris Badenov.
What Saturday Night Live star said he learned how to fall playing soccer in college?
A: Chevy Chase.
What did Baywatch beauty Pamela Anderson wear to her Cancun wedding?
A: A bikini.
What 1980s Steven Bochco show won 26 Emmy Awards?
A: Hill Street Blues.
Who does Speedy Gonzales frustrate in the cartoon Moby Duck?
A: Daffy Duck.
Who was the first male correspondent on 60 minutes to wear an earring on the air?
A: Ed Bradley.
What 60 minutes correspondent was asked on The Howard Stern Show: "How could a man your age still have pimples"?
A: Mike Wallace.
What's the maximum number of answers on a single Jeopardy! show?
A: Sixty-one.
What TV game show hit it big the third time around in 1984?
A: Jeopardy!
What cat and mouse launched a cartooning career for William Hanna and Joseph Barbera?
A: Tom and Jerry.
What sitcom centers around a team of Screaming Eagles?
A: Coach.
What reformed con artist shared a detective agency with Laura Holt?
A: Remington Steele.
What are women contestants called on the game show Studs?
A: Studettes.
What TV show lost Jim Carrey when he stepped into the movies?
A: In Living Color.
Who plays a paleontologist on Friends?
A: David Schwimmer.
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What aging pop icon forgot the lyrics to We Can Work It Out on MTV Unplugged?
A: Paul McCartney.
What segment of the TV industry receives ACE Awards?
A: Cable.
What classic quiz show was originally titled Occupation Unknown?
A: What's My Line?
What 1966 TV show theme by Lalo Schifrin made a comeback in a 1996 blockbuster move?
A: Mission: Impossible.
What's CNBC short for?
A: Consumer News and Business Channel.
How many fingers does Homer Simpson have?
A: Eight.
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What sitcom character moved from a Boston barstool to a Seattle radio station?
A: Dr. Frasier Crane.
What Saturday Night Live cast member played Kap'n Karl on Pee-wee's Playhouse?
A: Phil Hartman.
What M*A*S*H principal won Emmys for acting, writing and directing?
A: Alan Alda.
What cable network drew twice its usual audience for a show called The Wonderful World of Dung?
A: The Discovery Channel.
What TV host went gold with the CD Romantic Christmas?
A: John Tesh.
What sitcom spawned the hit song I'll Be There For You?
A: Friends.
What MTV twosome are known as "The Bad Boys" in Mexico?
A: Beavis and Butt head.
What Indianapolis weatherman of the 1970s once forecast hail "the size of canned hams"?
A: David Letterman.
What kid's show's interracial cast needed riot police protection during a 1969 trip to Mississippi?
A: Sesame Street's.
What gritty 1990's TV drama series is subtitled Life on the Street?
A: Homicide.
What entertainer's wedding prompted NBC to order 10,000 tulips from Holland?
A: Tiny Tim's.
What sitcom helped John Larroquette earn three straight supporting actor Emmy Awards?
A: Night Court.
Who once observed: "This is America. You can't make a horse testify against himself"?
A: Mr. Ed.
What Marx Brother's name spelled backwards is the name of a daytime talk show host?
A: Harpo's.
Who began his radio shows with: "Good evening, Mr. ad Mrs. America and all the ships at sea, let's go to press"?
A: Walter Winchell.
What TV star said of his worldwide fame: "I didn't know I could top Knight Rider"?
A: David Hasselhoff.
What sitcom was among the top 20 most watched shows every season during its entire run, form 1984 to 1992?
A: The Cosby Show.
Who inherited Tom Snyder's CNBC talk-show slot in 1995?
A: Charles Grodin.
What was the fist sitcom to be broadcast from videotape, in 1971?
A: All in the Family.
What blond bombshell had a hankerin' for NYPD Blue detective Gegory Medavoy?
A: Donna Abandando.
What animated characters are known as Smolf in Stockholm?
A: The Smurfs.
What 1980s sitcom was credited with pulling NBC from third to first in overall ratings?
A: The Cosby Show.
What Muppet advised: "Never eat anything at one sitting that you can't lift"?
A: Miss Piggy.
What former TV anchorman made headlines by attending two Grateful Dead concerts?
A: Walter Cronkite.
What animated kitty was the first cartoon character licensed for use on merchandise?
A: Felix the Cat.
What's the "dimension of imagination, "according to the host of a classic TV series?
A: The Twilight Zone.
Who appeared in Return of the Killer Tomatoes before he landed a role on ER?
A: George Clooney.
Free Printable trivia questions with answers.
What famous document begins: "When in the course of human events..."?
A: The Declaration of Independence.
What current branch of the U.S. military was a corps of only 50 soldiers when World War I broke out?
A: The U.S. Air Force.
Who said: "I'm the president of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli"?
A: George Bush.
What so-called "war" spawned the dueling slogans "Better Dead Than RED" and "Better Red Than Dead" in the 1950's?
A: The Cold War.
What president was shot while walking to California Governor Jerry Brown' office?
A: Gerald Ford.
Who earned infamy for noting: "A billion dollars isn't worth what it used to be"?
A: J. Paul Getty.
What ethnic group was largely responsible for building most of the early railways in the U.S. West?
A: The Chinese.
Lots of fun free trivia questions.
What former speaker of the U.S. House has a chair in peace studies named for him at the University of Ulster?
A: Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill.
What was a gladiator armed with, in addition to a dagger and spear?
A: A net.
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What future Soviet dictator was training to be a priest when he got turned on to Marxism?
A: Joseph Stalin.
What election year saw bumper stickers reading "Wallace, Wallace, Uber Alles"?
A: 1968.
What 20th-century conflict was dubbed the "forgotten war" despite 54,246 U.S. deaths?
A: The Korean War.
What single name is more commonly applied to Holy Roman Emperor Charles the Great?
A: Charlemagne.
Who was the last president of the Soviet Union?
A: Mikail Gorbachev.
What had Pliny the Younger seen erupt when he wrote: "We were terrified to see everything changed, buried in ashes like snowdrifts"?
A: Mount Vesuvius.
Who saw the turtleneck he wore at cease-fire talks in Bosnia fetch $5,000 at auction?
A: Jimmy Carter.
What Alabama city saw state troopers attack Civil Rights marchers on Edmund Pettis Bridge?
A: Selma.
What Texan ended up with one delegate after spending $12 million of his own money running for president in 1980?
A: John Connally.
What congressional award was Dr. Mary Edwards Walker the first woman to receive?
A: Medal of Honor.
What modern vehicle was invented to circumvent trench warfare?
A: The Tank
What California city did the last Pony Express ride end in?
A: Sacramento.
Who was the first U.S. president to adopt the informal version of his first name?
A: Jimmy Carter.
What civil rights leader did Dorothy Parker leave the bulk of her estate to?
A: Martin Luther King Jr.
What did Republicans call the platform they hyped in the 1994 Congressional elections?
A: The Contract With America.
What brave-hearted Scottish patriot led soldiers to a defeat of the English at the Battle of Cambuskenneth in 1297?
A: William Wallace.
What nation issued the five-dollar bill found in Abraham Lincoln's pocket when he was shot?
A: The Confederate States of America.
What political system was gradually dismantled in South Africa, starting in 1989?
A: Apartheid.
What was 11th-century Spanish military leader Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar better know as?
A: El Cid.
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