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100

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 

100

Which Southeast Asian country changed its name from Siam in 1948?

Thailand 

100

Who was the first person to be buried at Poets Corner in Westminster Cathedral?

Geoffrey Chaucer

100

What are the two languages which appear on the Rosetta stone? 

Egyptian and Greek 

100

Made famous by Sinead O’Connor, "Nothing Compares 2 U" is a song written and composed by whom?

Prince 

200

Annie Wilkes, an unhinged fan who imprisons her favorite novelist in the film Misery is played by which actor? 

Kathy Bates 

200

The Islamic Republic of Iran was referred to by what name by Westerners until 1935?

Persia 

200

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 

200

Which group of people, Germanic immigrants to America, speak a language called Mudderschproch?

Amish / Pennsylvania Dutch 

200

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 

300

Travis Bickle, the alienated veteran whose vigilantism turns violent in Taxi Driver is played by which actor?

Robert De Niro 

300

Which country in North America changed its name from New Spain in 1821? 

Mexico 

300

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 

300

The words Assassin, Magazine, and Sofa, come from which language?

Arabic

300

A disco song by Jamaican vocalist Carl Douglas, released in 1974, is about what kind of fighting?

Kung Fu Fighting 

400

Harry Lime, a charming racketeer profiting from diluted penicillin in The Third Man is played by which actor?

Orson Welles 

400

Which landlocked country located in central South America was renamed from Upper Peru in 1825?

Bolivia 

400

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 

400

Nadsat was a made up language in what controversial book and film?

A Clockwork Orange 

400

What famous Hip Hop song was based on the bass line of "Under Pressure" by Queen and David Bowie?

Ice Ice Baby 

500

Verbal Kint, a deceptive storyteller hiding a criminal mastermind in The Usual Suspects is played by which actor?

Kevin Spacey 

500

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?

500

Rodin's The Thinker is really a portrait of what ostracized Italian poet?

Dante Alighieri 

500

What is the only word in the English language that ends in the letters “mt”? 

Dreamt 

500

What song was the only hit for the Baha Men in the U.S. and UK? 

Who Let The Dogs Out