Playing the Villain
Hannibal Lecter, the psychiatrist and cannibal who helps catch another serial killer in The Silence of the Lambs is played by which actor?
Sir Anthony Hopkins
Which Southeast Asian country changed its name from Siam in 1948?
Thailand
Who was the first person to be buried at Poets Corner in Westminster Cathedral?
Geoffrey Chaucer
What are the two languages which appear on the Rosetta stone?
Egyptian and Greek
Made famous by Sinead O’Connor, "Nothing Compares 2 U" is a song written and composed by whom?
Prince
Annie Wilkes, an unhinged fan who imprisons her favorite novelist in the film Misery is played by which actor?
Kathy Bates
The Islamic Republic of Iran was referred to by what name by Westerners until 1935?
Persia
What woman poet who wrote around 1800 poems, only had 10 published in her life and only left her home state of Massachusetts once?
Emily Dickinson
Which group of people, Germanic immigrants to America, speak a language called Mudderschproch?
Amish / Pennsylvania Dutch
What appropriately named song was the first music video shown on MTV in the US, airing at 12:01 a.m. on 1 August 1981?
Video Killed the Radio Star
Travis Bickle, the alienated veteran whose vigilantism turns violent in Taxi Driver is played by which actor?
Robert De Niro
Which country in North America changed its name from New Spain in 1821?
Mexico
Which U.S. born poet, known for 'The Waste Land', among other work, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1984?
T.S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot
The words Assassin, Magazine, and Sofa, come from which language?
Arabic
A disco song by Jamaican vocalist Carl Douglas, released in 1974, is about what kind of fighting?
Kung Fu Fighting
Harry Lime, a charming racketeer profiting from diluted penicillin in The Third Man is played by which actor?
Orson Welles
Which landlocked country located in central South America was renamed from Upper Peru in 1825?
Bolivia
When the students in the film 'Dead Poets' Society' stood on their desks and said 'O captain! my captain!', who were they quoting?
Walt Whitman
Nadsat was a made up language in what controversial book and film?
A Clockwork Orange
What famous Hip Hop song was based on the bass line of "Under Pressure" by Queen and David Bowie?
Ice Ice Baby
Verbal Kint, a deceptive storyteller hiding a criminal mastermind in The Usual Suspects is played by which actor?
Kevin Spacey
The amalgamation of the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd led to the creation of which country in 1932?
The amalgamation of the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd led to the creation of which country in 1932?
Rodin's The Thinker is really a portrait of what ostracized Italian poet?
Dante Alighieri
What is the only word in the English language that ends in the letters “mt”?
Dreamt
What song was the only hit for the Baha Men in the U.S. and UK?
Who Let The Dogs Out