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Re: Dastardly difficult trivia quiz

Posted: 13 May 2022, 22:26
by michael_churchill
At the 2012 Tony Awards, for Broadway theatre, the nominees for 'Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play' included acting heavyweights Philip Seymour Hoffman, James Earl Jones, Frank Langella and John Lithgow. But none of them won, who did?

Re: Dastardly difficult trivia quiz

Posted: 14 May 2022, 12:04
by jamesthegill
michael_churchill wrote: 13 May 2022, 22:26 At the 2012 Tony Awards, for Broadway theatre, the nominees for 'Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play' included acting heavyweights Philip Seymour Hoffman, James Earl Jones, Frank Langella and John Lithgow. But none of them won, who did?
I've just looked this up and now I'm angry.

Re: Dastardly difficult trivia quiz

Posted: 15 May 2022, 21:41
by EastActionWoman
jamesthegill wrote: 14 May 2022, 12:04
michael_churchill wrote: 13 May 2022, 22:26 At the 2012 Tony Awards, for Broadway theatre, the nominees for 'Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play' included acting heavyweights Philip Seymour Hoffman, James Earl Jones, Frank Langella and John Lithgow. But none of them won, who did?
I've just looked this up and now I'm angry.
+1 :lol:

Re: Dastardly difficult trivia quiz

Posted: 13 Jul 2022, 11:25
by michael_churchill
michael_churchill wrote: 13 May 2022, 22:26 At the 2012 Tony Awards, for Broadway theatre, the nominees for 'Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play' included acting heavyweights Philip Seymour Hoffman, James Earl Jones, Frank Langella and John Lithgow. But none of them won, who did?
I have a new question to post, so this one needs answering...

James Corden, for "One Man, Two Guvnors"

Re: Dastardly difficult trivia quiz

Posted: 13 Jul 2022, 11:29
by michael_churchill
A world record held by the actor Billy Dee Williams will soon be broken by the actress Jenny Agutter. What record?

Re: Dastardly difficult trivia quiz

Posted: 13 Jul 2022, 13:10
by Iain
Biggest gap between appearances in an original film and the sequel?

Re: Dastardly difficult trivia quiz

Posted: 13 Jul 2022, 15:56
by michael_churchill
Iain wrote: 13 Jul 2022, 13:10 Biggest gap between appearances in an original film and the sequel?
Correct, longest gap between movies playing the same character. Billy Dee Williams returned as Lando Calrissian in "The Rise Of Skywalker" 36 years after "Return Of The Jedi". Jenny Agutter played Roberta "Bobbie" Waterbury in "The Railway Children" in 1970. She is the only original cast member appearing in the soon-to-be-released "The Railway Children Return".

Re: Dastardly difficult trivia quiz

Posted: 13 Jul 2022, 15:56
by michael_churchill
James Earl Jones and Carrie Fisher never met working on Star Wars, as Jones' voice acting as Darth Vader was done completely separately from the other actors. The first time Jones and Fisher met was during their cameo appearances for which sitcom?

Re: Dastardly difficult trivia quiz

Posted: 13 Jul 2022, 16:49
by Iain
Big Bang Theory?

Re: Dastardly difficult trivia quiz

Posted: 15 Jul 2022, 09:05
by michael_churchill
michael_churchill wrote: 13 Jul 2022, 15:56
Iain wrote: 13 Jul 2022, 13:10 Biggest gap between appearances in an original film and the sequel?
Correct, longest gap between movies playing the same character. Billy Dee Williams returned as Lando Calrissian in "The Rise Of Skywalker" 36 years after "Return Of The Jedi". Jenny Agutter played Roberta "Bobbie" Waterbury in "The Railway Children" in 1970. She is the only original cast member appearing in the soon-to-be-released "The Railway Children Return".
My apologies for an invalid question!!!
I should have realised that it is also 36 years between "Top Gun" and "Top Gun: Maverick"!

Re: Dastardly difficult trivia quiz

Posted: 03 Aug 2022, 16:31
by michael_churchill
Which TV character's first wife was played by Emma Thompson in one series and by Laurie Metcalf in another series?

Re: Dastardly difficult trivia quiz

Posted: 03 Aug 2022, 19:07
by RJSRdg
michael_churchill wrote: 13 Jul 2022, 15:56
Iain wrote: 13 Jul 2022, 13:10 Biggest gap between appearances in an original film and the sequel?
Correct, longest gap between movies playing the same character. Billy Dee Williams returned as Lando Calrissian in "The Rise Of Skywalker" 36 years after "Return Of The Jedi". Jenny Agutter played Roberta "Bobbie" Waterbury in "The Railway Children" in 1970. She is the only original cast member appearing in the soon-to-be-released "The Railway Children Return".
Sorry, but I think the Billy Dee Williams record is incorrect.

Frank Williams played the Reverend Timothy Farthing in both the 1971 and 2016 Dad's Army films - a 45 year gap. As "The Rise of Skywalker" came out in 2019, Frank's record was already longer.

Re: Dastardly difficult trivia quiz

Posted: 05 Aug 2022, 12:05
by michael_churchill
What three words from the national anthem are printed inside the back collar of the home shirts worn by England's women's football team?

Re: Dastardly difficult trivia quiz

Posted: 05 Aug 2022, 22:39
by Lunaticonthegrass
I don't know, but I'm going to have a guess (intelligent or otherwise) of "Send Her Victorious".

Re: Dastardly difficult trivia quiz

Posted: 07 Aug 2022, 16:28
by michael_churchill
Lunaticonthegrass wrote: 05 Aug 2022, 22:39 I don't know, but I'm going to have a guess (intelligent or otherwise) of "Send Her Victorious".
Correct