- Which film of 1953 stars Audrey Hepburn as a European princess who escapes for a day to see the sights of the European city she is staying in?
- Fidelio is the only opera by which composer?
- Which film’s main characters are Rhett Butler and Scarlett O’Hara?
- In which year did Elvis Presley die (1 year either way)?
- The 2000 film Gladiator starred Russell Crowe as betrayed general Maximus Decimus Meridius, but who played the evil emperor Commodus in the same film?
- Who played bass in the Beatles?
- Which Japanese film provided the basis for John Sturges’ classic western The Magnificent Seven?
- Who composed the opera Carmen?
- Which mathematician and architect of Game Theory was the subject of the 2001 film A Beautiful Mind?
- Smetana and Dvořák are composers from which country?
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- Which film of 1953 stars Audrey Hepburn as a European princess who escapes for a day to see the sights of the European city she is staying in?
A: Roman Holiday - Fidelio is the only opera by which composer?
A: Beethoven - Which film’s main characters are Rhett Butler and Scarlett O’Hara?
A: Gone with the Wind - In which year did Elvis Presley die (1 year either way)?
A: 1977 (so a point for 1976 and 1978 as well) - The 2000 film Gladiator starred Russell Crowe as betrayed general Maximus Decimus Meridius, but who played the evil emperor Commodus in the same film?
A: Joaquin Phoenix - Who played bass in the Beatles?
A: Paul McCartney - Which Japanese film provided the basis for John Sturges’ classic western The Magnificent Seven?
A: The Seven Samurai - Who composed the opera Carmen?
A: Bizet - Which mathematician and architect of Game Theory was the subject of the 2001 film A Beautiful Mind?
A: John Nash - Smetana and Dvořák are composers from which country?
A: Czechoslovakia
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