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- Who was known in his heyday as "The Clown
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- Prince of Comedy"?Red Skelton
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- What actress wound up in a pink jail cell in
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- 1982?Sophia Loren
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- What fellow thespian did Vivien Leigh marry
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- in 1940?Laurence Olivier
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- What showman perished in his private plane,
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- dubbed "The Lucky Liz"?Mike Todd
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- What buxom blonde had been billed as "The
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- Baby Vamp" as a child burlesque player?Mae West
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- What innkeeper did a 17-year-old Elizabeth
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- Taylor make her first husband?Nick Hilton
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- What actor's face was tragically scarred in
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- a 1957 car accident?Montgomery Clift's
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- What country was Lorne Greene the top
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- newscaster for in the '40s?Canada
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- Which of Elizabeth Taylor's husbands had
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- been best man at her previous wedding?Eddie Fisher
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- Who was married to Tony Curtis from 1951 to
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- 1962?Janet Leigh
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- What blond bombshell died of cerebral
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- edema at the age of 26?Jean Harlow
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- What surname follows John, David, Keith and
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- Robert?Carradine
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- Which of Clark Gable's features were most
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- popular with caricaturists?His ears
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- What wife did Frank Sinatra and Mickey
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- Rooney share?Ava Gardner
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- What former husband of Ava Gardner was once
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- the father-in-law of singer Tommy Sands?Frank Sinatra
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- What star was discovered at Top's Cafe, 6750
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- Sunset Boulevard, in January, 1936?Lana Turner
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- Who came into the world as William Claude
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- Dunkinfield?W.C. Fields
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- What director did Queen Elizabeth II grant a
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- knighthood in 1979?Alfred Hitchcock
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- Who reunited Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin in
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- 1976 after a 20-year estrangement?Frank Sinatra
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- Who accepted her best actress Oscar orally
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- and in sign language?Louise Fletcher
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- Who came into the world as Francesca Mitzi
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- Marlene de Charney von Gerber?Mitzi Gaynor
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- What actor famed for his gangster roles had
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- been a bagman for a real-life gangster?George Raft
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- Whose gossip column was titled "Hollywood"?Hedda Hopper's
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- What's the British Film Academy's Oscar
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- called?Stella
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- Who went home to Mexico after "Pepe" blew it
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- at the box office?Cantinflas
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- What 1972 film proved a boon to banjo sales?"Deliverance"
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- Who divorced David McCallum to marry Charles
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- Bronson?Jill Ireland
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- Who came into the world as Harlean
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- Carpentier?Jean Harlow
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- Whose biography was entitled "Monty"?Montgomery Clift's
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- Whose portrait in infancy appeared on
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- Mellins baby food jars way back when?Humphrey Bogart's
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- What actor did Elizabeth Taylor call "the
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- Frank Sinatra of Shakespeare"?Richard Burton
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- Who came into the world as Samuel Goldfish?Samuel Goldwyn
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- What Hitchcock film did the mischievous
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- director describe as his "fun picture"?"Psycho"
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- What's Diane Keaton's real name?Diane Hall
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- What film were Bogie and Bacall making when
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- they fell in love?"To Have and Have Not"
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- What distinguishing mark does actress Anne
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- Francis bear?A mole on her right cheek
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- How old was Marilyn Monroe when she died?Thirty-six
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- What Hollywood observer's autobiography was
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- titled "From Under My Hat"?Hedda Hopper's
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- What singer-actress was Al Jolson's third
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- wife?Ruby Keeler
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- What was Marilyn Monroe's natural hair
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- color?Brown
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- What Detroit Lions defensive lineman turned
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- to acting after retiring from football?Alex Karras
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- What film figures in the most questions in
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- "Trivial Pursuit"'s Silver Screen Edition?"Gone with the Wind"
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- What country was Anthony Quinn born in?Mexico
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- What Hollywood gossip columnist appeared in
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- more than 100 films?Hedda Hopper
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- Who does Carrie Fisher call Mom and Dad?Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher
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- Who wrote "How to Get a Man, How to Keep a
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- Man, and How to Get Rid of a Man"?Zsa Zsa Gabor
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- What two wars did Al Jolson entertain the
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- troops in?World War II and the Korean War
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- Who was Marilyn Monroe's second husband?Joe DiMaggio
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- What comic was known as "The Perfect Fool"?Ed Wynn
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- What actor is the son of Ed Wynn and the
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- grandson of silent-film actor Frank Keenan?Keenan Wynn
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- What 1956 movie spawned a hit single for
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- Doris Day?"The Man Who Knew Too Much"
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- What actress has George C. Scott married and
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- divorced twice?Colleen Dewhurst
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- Who ordered his newspapers not to advertise
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- or run reviews of "Citizen Kane"?William Randolph Hearst
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- Who was the first screen actress to have her
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- name posted in marquee lights?Mary Pickford
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- Who came into the world as Muni
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- Weisenfreund?Paul Muni
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- Who married aircraft worker Jim Dougherty
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- when she was 16?Marilyn Monroe
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- What singer-actor has been called "The
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- Monster with the Golden Charm"?Frank Sinatra
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- Who is actor James MacArthur's actress
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- mother?Helen Hayes
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- What western is the most-shown on
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- television, according to "TV Guide"?"The Magnificent Seven"
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- What was Mae West's bust size at the peak of
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- her career?Thirty-eight inches
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- What did actor John Garfield's friends claim
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- led to his death by heart attack in 1952?Being blacklisted
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- Who did Ray Bolger say "just plain wore
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- out"?Judy Garland
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- Whose house was Roman Polanski visiting when
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- he got into trouble with that 13-year-old?Jack Nicholson's
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- Who did Richard Burton marry after divorcing
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- Elizabeth Taylor for the second time?Susan Hunt
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- Who did French existentialist Jean-Paul
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- Sartre once call "the hottest actress alive"?Marilyn Monroe
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- What was Humphrey Bogart's middle name?DeForest
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- What actor's been called "the thinking
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- woman's Steve McQueen"?Paul Newman
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- What horse had his front hooves immortalized
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- in cement?Trigger
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- What's been described as "Sodom-by-the-Sea"
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- and "72 suburbs in search of a city"?Los Angeles
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- Who was Joan Rivers referring to when she
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- quipped: "Jail bait to him is an embryo"?Roman Polanski
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- How many times did Mae West marry?One
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- What actress was married to Robert Taylor
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- from 1939 to 1951?Barbara Stanwyck
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- What kind of grog does Orson Welles flog on
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- television?Paul Masson wine
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- Who was the first woman nominated for the
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- best director Oscar?Lina Wertmuller
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- What chronic problem did Judy Garland start
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- taking pills for as a teenager?Being overweight
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- Who did Eddie Fisher dump to marry Elizabeth
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- Taylor?Debbie Reynolds
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- Who came into this world as Bela Blasko?Bela Lugosi
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- What's the title of David Niven's first
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- volume of memoirs?"The Moon's a Balloon"
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- What onetime president did actress Gene
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- Tierney date regularly during his Navy days?John F. Kennedy
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- What's Italian director Antonioni's first
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- name?Michelangelo
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- What was James Cagney's natural hair color?Red
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- What film were Richard Burton and Elizabeth
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- Taylor making when they fell in love?"Cleopatra"
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- Who grew up as Elmore Rual Torn?Rip Torn
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- What film was reviewed by one critic with
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- the observation: "Loved Ben. Hated Hur"?"Ben-Hur"
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- What actress endowed Ernest Hemingway with
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- his nickname, Papa?Marlene Dietrich
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- Where was Ingrid Bergman born?Stockholm
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- Who was Lucille Ball's first husband?Desi Arnaz
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- Who's the only actress listed in a standard
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- dictionary?Mae West
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- What actor was known as both "The Great
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- Profile" and "The Great Lover"?John Barrymore
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- What Clark Gable film brought the undershirt
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- industry to the brink of bankruptcy?"It Happened One Night"
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- What child star once quipped: "I remember
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- when I was three and unknown"?Shirley Temple
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- What year did Groucho Marx, Bing Crosby and
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- Charlie Chaplin all die?1977
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- Which of Frank Sinatra's children was held
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- for a ransom of $240,000?Frank Jr.
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- Who once exclaimed: "I've got rainbows up my
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- ass, honey!"?Judy Garland
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- Who wrote the book "I Am Not Spock"?Leonard Nimoy
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- What character did Humphrey Bogart appear as
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- on the June 7, 1954, cover of "Time"?Captain Queeg
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- What actress was the highest-paid woman in
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- the U.S. in 1935?Mae West
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- What actress's best performances are
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- arguably her designer jean ads?Brooke Shields's
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- What kid was the top box-office attraction
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- from 1939 to 1941?Mickey Rooney
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- Who came into the world as Doris von
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- Kappelhoff?Doris Day
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- Who was the first actress to appear on the
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- cover of "Life", on May 3, 1937?Jean Harlow
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- What actress's picture adorned the A-bomb
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- dropped on Bikini Atoll in 1946?Rita Hayworth's
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- Who was dubbed "The Queen of Hollywood" in
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- an Ed Sullivan poll?Myrna Loy
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- What did Marlene Dietrich have yanked to
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- accentuate her cheeks?Her rear molars
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- What actor has made the most appearances in
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- annual lists of box-office biggies?John Wayne
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- What did the Hollywood sign in the Hollywood
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- Hills originally read?Hollywoodland
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- Who was Cary Grant's second wife, once
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- called the world's wealthiest woman?Barbara Hutton
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- What film were Marlon Brando and Tarita
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- making when they hooked up?"Mutiny on the Bounty"
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- What film caused a surge in sales of music
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- by Ravel?"'10'"
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- Whose career was resurrected late in life by
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- his appearance in "The Sunshine Boys"?George Burns
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- Who was Charlie Chaplin's last wife's
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- father?Eugene O'Neill
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- How did Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine
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- spell their last name in school?B-e-a-t-y
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- What actor was suspended by Warner Bros. 11
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- times for refusing roles?Humphrey Bogart
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- Which of Tony Curtis's real-life spouses
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- played his wife in "Houdini"?Janet Leigh
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- What's the largest movie theater in the
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- U.S., with 5,882 seats?Radio City Music Hall
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- Who donated his Oscar to Boys' Town?Spencer Tracy
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- Who flogged Coke before marrying into Pepsi?Joan Crawford
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- What TV soap opera did Christopher Reeve of
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- "Superman" fame star in?"Love of Life"
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- Who was the first actor to appear on the
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- cover of "Time", on July 6, 1925?Charlie Chaplin
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- What kind of flower was named for Richard
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- Burton by the New York City Botanical Garden?A rose
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- What's the traditional cultists' starting
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- time of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"?Midnight
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- What actress made the cover of the magazine
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- "Elle" at the age of 15?Brigitte Bardot
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- Who's Richard Benjamin's wife?Paula Prentiss
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- Why did Marilyn Monroe convert to Judaism?To marry Arthur Miller
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- Who placed her skate marks in cement at
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- Grauman's Chinese Theatre?Sonja Henie
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- What song did Jeanette MacDonald sing at
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- Jean Harlow's funeral?"Indian Love Call"
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