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Name The Movie From The Cast
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200

This company's CEO said during a union drive that he thinks "unions have had a positive impact on a lot of places" but that he didn't think a union was right for his staff. 

What is Buzzfeed?

200

This Puerto Rican singer sang the official song for the 1998 World Cup in France.

Who is Ricky Martin?

200

This 1996 modern-day take on a classic romantic tragedy featured "Lovefool" by the Cardigans on the soundtrack.

What is 'Romeo + Juliet'?

200

Ian McKellen, Elijah Wood, Sean Astin

What is Lord of the Rings? (I will take any of them or just the series name)

200

Lady Gaga takes her stage name from a song by this legendary rock band.

Who is Queen?

400

This journalist resigned from The New York Times in 2003 after accusations of plagiarism. He is now a life coach.

Who is Jayson Blair?

400

Diego Maradona scored the Hand of God goal against this country in the 1986 World Cup quarter-finals.

What is England?

400

Christopher Columbus cast his American daughter in this movie taking place in the UK, the first in a fantasy franchise that would last from 2001 to 2011.

What is 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone'?

400

Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, Diane Kruger

What is Inglourious Basterds?

400

This UK band pays tribute to "Yellow Submarine" on their debut single, released 28 years after the song by the Beatles.

Who is Oasis?

600

In her landmark 2017 essay later skewered by Deadspin, sponcon enthusiast Caitlin White drove a Buick Cascada to this location in order to "understand [her] own twisted heart."

What is Joshua Tree?

600

The most-attended World Cup of all time took place in this country.

What are the United States?

600

This 1951 coming-of-age novel has never been adapted into a movie due to the author's staunch refusal to sell the rights.

What is 'Catcher in the Rye'?

600

Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, Keira Knightley

What is Love Actually?

600

This Welsh singer topped the Billboard charts for four weeks in 1983 with a song that was originally intended as a "vampire love song."

Who is Bonnie Tyler?

800

This publication published a profile of Alison Roman that got her called out for comments made about Marie Kondo and Chrissy Teigen, among many other things.

What is The New Consumer?

800

The substitute that scored the World Cup-winning goal in 2014 played for this club at the time.

What is Bayern Munich?

800

Timothee Chalamet and this actor played the same character in 'Little Women' adaptations released 25 years apart.

Who is Christian Bale?

800

David Oyelowo, Common, Tim Roth

What is Selma?

800

The record for most covers to go number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart is held by this late female recording artist, who had four covers go to the top of the chart.

Who is Whitney Houston?

1000

In 2016, this TV network's president took shots at Vice and Buzzfeed, saying that "they are native advertising shops, we crush them both. They are not even in our same class." He later weenied out and walked back the insult.

What is CNN?

1000

This country became the first (and still the only) host country to lose a World Cup final when it lost to Brazil in 1958.

What is Sweden?

1000

This song by a world-famous British band is the soundtrack for the final scene in the 2010 movie based on the book 'The Accidental Billionaires.'

What is "Baby, You're a Rich Man"?

1000

Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts

What is Hook?

1000

The 1983 Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton duet "Islands in the Stream" was written by the BeeGees and was originally intended for this artist of a different genre.

Who is Marvin Gaye?