What is the Macarena?
- American singer Chubby Checker had two top-10 hits with songs which popularized this dance.
What is The Twist?
- It’s a side dish, served up as a dance.
What is the mashed potato?
- “Nobody can do the boogaloo like” this band that reached the top 10 in 1968
Who are The Human Beinz?
New category:
Julie Andrews
- “How do you solve a problem like” this Andrews character in The Sound of Music? Apparently, you marry her off.
Who is Maria Von Trapp? (And at her wedding you sing “How do you solve a problem like Maria” with a triumphant tone!)
- Andrews tried to change her wholesome image by playing a German spy in this film, panned by critics and audiences.
What is “Darling Lili”?
- In this film, Andrews portrays a starving opera singer, who gains fame and fortune by posing as a man, who performs on-stage as a female impersonator.
What is Victor/Victoria?
- “Julie Andrews” is the magic word used to grant wishes in this 1967 British comedy film.
What is Bedazzled?
- “Wouldn’t it be marvelous if we were homosexuals?”, said this actor who starred opposite Andrews in a stage musical about classism and the battle of the sexes
Who is Robert Preston?
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Science Fiction Films
Robert Preston starred as an interstellar con man in this 1984 space opera, opposite Lance Guest.
Bzzt! Incorrect. We were looking for “Who is Rex Harrison?”, who starred opposite Andrews in the stage version of My Fair Lady.
I thought it might have been from Victor/Victoria. Carry on.
Science Fiction Films
Robert Preston starred as an interstellar con man in this 1984 space opera, opposite Lance Guest.
What is “The Last Starfighter”?
- A space probe returning to Earth brings back a lethal something extra, and a crack team of experts is assembled to identify and contain the threat.
-“BB”-
What is The Andromeda Strain?
- George Clooney stars in this 2002 film about astronauts attempting to communicate with a sentient planet
What is Solaris?
- This 1956 Sci-Fi classic is considered to be a loose adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest.
What is Forbidden Planet?
- The top-billed star of this 1975 film played a smaller role in its 2016 made-for-TV remake
What is Westworld?
Next: Science Fiction Authors
- His 1953 novel described a peaceful alien invasion of Earth.
Who is Arthur C. Clarke?
- This author devised the “Three Laws of Robotics.”
Who is Isaac Asimov.
- A crater on the Moon is named Dandelion to honor this prolific author.
Bzzt!
We were looking for “What is The Rocky Horror Picture Show?” Tim Curry was top-billed as Frank N. Furter in the original and played the Criminologist in the remake.
(Also, the original Westworld came out in '73.)