That’s one.
The easy one.
What was the other?
For anyone who would like a clue about the second Czech-born writer:
The second writer is not Karel Čapek, but he IS primarily known as a playwright. The language that he wrote in is English.
A science fiction movie made at a British studio, with a British director and a largely British cast, about a discovered alien artifact which had profoundly affected humanity’s ancestors and changed the course of our evolution, and which is still active today and sending out signals. Released in 1968. Based on a story from the 1950s.
One is obviously 2001 A Space Odyssey. I guess the other is Quatermass and the Pit (aka Five Million Years to Earth).
Barbie was played by Margot Robbie in the recent movie and she’s Australian.
(That said, I saw her in a couple of movies before I realized she wasn’t an American. She’s really good at the accent.)
Good answer! ^^^^^ 
Well, all right. I don’t think it’s Arthur Miller, about whom I know not a lot. How about Tom Stoppard or Harold Pinter, about whom I know practically nothing?
Tom Stoppard it is! (Born Tomas Straussler, adopted by his British stepfather as a young child.)
Bingo!
Cool! I had no idea (just approached it from the viewpoint of “playwright of a certain era”)
Thanks. That’s an interesting one.
What Houston Astros pitcher threw an immaculate inning against the Rangers on June 15, 2022, striking out Nathaniel Lowe, Ezequiel Duran, and Brad Miller?
This album, released on September 24, 1991, was a blockbuster landmark in rock history, setting the template for so much music in the 1990s and beyond. It received widespread critical acclaim and propelled the band into worldwide popularity.
Which role was originated on Broadway by Dorothy Loudon and subsequently performed on film by Carol Burnett?
Burnett was just returning the favor. Loudon replaced her on The Garry Moore Show when Burnett left in 1962
This album, released on September 24, 1991, was a blockbuster landmark in rock history, setting the template for so much music in the 1990s and beyond. It received widespread critical acclaim and propelled the band into worldwide popularity.
I cheated and looked these up. One was truly more groundbreaking, but I retain a lot more affection for the other.
Which musical’s first act ends with the characters holding a pose, which they’re still holding - while complaining about the heat - at the start of the second act?
They are the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ magnum opus, Blood Sugar Sex Magic. The other is Nirvana’s seminal Nevermind.
I assume you see the Nirvana one as more groundbreaking, and the Peppers’ one as more fun to listen to — but it’s not impossible to imagine it the other way around.
Saw one of them last summer. Not sure about the other.
Hmm…
In the late 1970s Lynn Redgrave played the part of Saint Joan of Arc on Broadway in this play.
In what movie did Judy Dench play a widowed queen who’s friends with an unexpected man?