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Who won his second Oscar in successive years for Forrest Gump? A: Tom Hanks.

Who met husband Richard Burton on the set of Cleopatra? A: Elizabeth Taylor. In which blockbuster did Anthony Perkins first appear as Norman Bates? A: Psycho. The King in the King and I is ruler of where? A: Siam. Which musical based on Romeo & Juliet was a 60s Oscar winner? A: West Side Story. Where was the Fiddler in the Musical's title? A: On the Roof. If Sky and Nathan were Guys, what were Sarah and Miss Adelaide? A: Dolls. In which 70s film did "Love means never having to say you're sorry"? A: Love Story. Which George wrote Crazy For You? A: Gershwin. Who went to No 1 with Night Fever after writing the music for Saturday Night Fever? A: The Bee Gees. Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head was an Oscar winner from which movie with Robert Redford & Paul Newman?

A: Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid. In which decade did Godspell open on Broadway? A: 70s. Which Kevin starred in the spectacularly money-losing Waterworld? A: Costner. ISouth Pacific was set during which war? A: WWII. In which country did The Sound of Music take place? A: Austria. Which veteran actress Katharine was the first actress to win four Oscars? A: Hepburn. Which show about Danny and Sandy was made into a film with John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John? A: Grease. Which wartime classic, named after a port of North Africa starred Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman? A: Casablanca.

Which lingerie company did Jane Russell work for tin the 1970s? A: Playtex. Why was Buddy Ebsen forced to quit his role as the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz? A: He was allergic to the make-up. What was Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy's first film together? A: Woman of the Year.

Which actress said, "I'm as pure as driven slush?" A: Tallulah Bankhead. In which film did James Cagney say "You dirty double-crossing rat". A: Blonde Crazy. Who said, "All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl?" A: Charlie Chaplin. What drink did Garbo ask for in her first talkie? A: Whisky with ginger ale on the side. Who was "the man you love to hate?" A: Erich Von Stroheim. Which famous character was played by Butterfly McQueen in Gone With the Wind? A: Prissy. In which sport did John Kelly compete in the 1920 Olympics? A: Rowing. On which 30s screen legend was Cat woman in Batman based? A: Jean Harlow. IWhose autobiography was called The Ragman's Son? A: Kirk Douglas. Which character did Frank Sinatra play in From Here to Eternity? A: Angelo Maggio. How old was Shirley Temple when she received and honorary Oscar? A: Six.

What would Rita Hayworth's last name have been if she had used her father's name instead of her mother's? A: Cansino. Which Marilyn Monroe co-star said, "Kissing her is like kissing Hitler?" A: Tony Curtis. About who or what did Elizabeth Taylor say, "It was like an illness one had a very difficult time recuperating from?" A: Making Cleopatra. Which musical star was a cousin of Rita Hayworth? A: Ginger Rogers. For which film did Elizabeth Taylor win her second Oscar? A: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Who has the nickname "The Stick" as a child? A: Sophia Loren Who said, "I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception?" A: Groucho Marx.

1. How long did the Arab-Israeli War of 1967 last? A: Six days. 2. Where was the Bay of Pigs whose invasion sparked a world crisis in the 60s? A: Cuba. 3. Which major weapon of war was used for the first time in 1916? A: Tank. 4. What Operation was the codename for the D Day landings?

A: Overlord 5. What marked the first time since the Revolution that the U.S. accepted direct financial aid to fight a war? A: The Persian Gulf War. 6. What Civil War general graduated first in the West Point class of 1829? A: Robert E. Lee 7. What opportunistic country declared war on Japan five days before its surrender in 1945? A: The Soviet Union. 8. What so called "war" spawned the dueling slogans "Better Dead Than Red" and "Better Red Than Dead" in the 1950s? A: The Cold War. 9. How were the height and width of modern American battleships originally determined? A: The ships had to be able to go beneath the Brooklyn Bridge and through the Panama Canal. 10. What was the name of the Japanese destroyer that sank PT-109, commanded by Lt. John F. Kennedy, on August 2, 1943? A: Amigiri. 11. How many times did the nuclear submarine USS Triton surface during its historic 1960 underwater circumnavigation of the globe? A: Twice--once to remove a sick crew member, and once to pay tribute to Ferdinand Magellan on the island of Mactan in the Philippines, where the explorer was killed in 1521 during his circumnavigation of the globe. 12. What great military leader was an accomplished yo-yo player? A: Napoleon's nemesis, the Duke of Wellington. At the time, the yo-yo was known as a bandalore. 13. Who was the youngest U.S. Army officer ever to be promoted to general?

A: George Custer, a graduate of West Point, who became a general at age 23-14 years before his infamous battle of Little Big Horn. 14. What was the inspiration for the name Rough Riders--the name of the elite fighting unit Theodore Roosevelt organized for the Spanish-American War? A: The Rough Riders Hotel in Medora, North Dakota, where Roosevelt had tried ranching. 15. What American actor was given the British Distinguished Service Cross for commanding a flotilla of raiding craft for Admiral Louis Mountbatten's commandos during World War II? A: Douglas Fairbanks Jr. 16. Who was the first American congressman to don a uniform following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941? A: President-to-be Lyndon Johnson, who served in the Navy. 17. What actor has attained the highest U.S. military rank in history for an entertainer? A: James Stewart, who rose to the rank of a brigadier general in the U.S. Air Force Reserve. 18. You may remember the Alamo, but do you now what the word means in Spanish? A: Cottonwood. 19. Why did U.S. secret agents abandon plans--approved by President Franklin D. Roosevelt--to drop live bats from airplanes to frighten the Japanese during World War II? A: The bats froze at high altitudes, before they could be released. 20. What American military leader said, "Lafayette we are here," and on what occasion? A: Gen. Black Jack Pershing, arriving in France in 1917 after the U.S. entered WWI.

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