QUESTION OF THE DAY ARCHIVE -- August 1999

Copyright 1999 Ray Hamel

August 2, 1999
Another Scottish band, the Boo Radleys, were named after a character in what book turned film?
A: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD


August 3, 1999
What TV comedy show featured a dance troupe called the Fly Girls?
A: IN LIVING COLOR


August 4, 1999
What comic strip character was a fan of another comic strip character, detective "Fearless Fosdick"?
A: LI'L ABNER


August 5, 1999
The pop singer Melanie had a top ten hit in the UK (and a minor US hit) with a remake of what Rolling Stones song?
A: RUBY TUESDAY


August 6, 1999
On the TV series "James at 15," James lost his virginity to a foreign exchange student visiting his high school from what country?
A: SWEDEN


August 9, 1999
What comedic actor made dramatic guest appearances as a surgeon on "Ben Casey" and as a businessman with mob ties on "Wiseguy"?
A: JERRY LEWIS


August 10, 1999
What singer sang a duet with Kermit the Frog on "Kermit Unpigged" and a duet with Frank Sinatra on "Duets II," both in 1994?
A: LINDA RONSTADT. Jimmy Buffett also appeared on both albums, but he did not sing with Kermit.


August 11, 1999
What actor appeared in drag as a 250-pound asthmatic lesbian in the 1981 production of the Andy Warhol play "Pork"?
A: HARVEY FIERSTEIN in his acting debut.


August 12, 1999
What acerbic Hollywood gossip columnist used "bells" to rate motion pictures on his radio show?
A: JIMMIE FIDLER


August 13, 1999
What unusual item was used to take Wilfrid Hyde-White's temperature at the end of the 1959 movie "Carry On, Nurse"?
A: DAFFODIL


August 16, 1999
What actress wore a $500,000 diamond necklace to the 1994 Academy Awards, loaned to her by jeweler Harry Winston, and then refused to return it?
A: SHARON STONE


August 17, 1999
What actress made her big screen debut as the fantasy woman seen kissing on a passing train in Woody Allen's "Stardust Memories"?
A: SHARON STONE


August 18, 1999
In October 1995, what actress was awarded France's highest award for artistic merit, the Order of the Chevalier of Arts and Letters, for "serving world culture" and was extolled for "your presence, your physique, troubling and captivating, have given you a special place in our cinema fantasyland"?
A: SHARON STONE


August 19, 1999
What doll issued by Mattel in the 1960s could say 11 things including "Will you play with me?", "Let's play house," "Please change my dress," and "Tell me a story"?
A: CHATTY CATHY


August 20, 1999
The character played by Halle Berry in the 1994 movie version of "The Flintstones" shares her name with what popular actress?
A: SHARON STONE


August 23, 1999
What former high school classmate did Ron Howard direct in the movie "Ransom"?
A: RENE RUSSO


August 26, 1999
What TV sitcom centered around the "Lewis and Clarke" radio show?
A: GOOD MORNING, WORLD


August 27, 1999
What did comic strip character "Happy Hooligan" wear on his head in place of a hat?
A: TIN CAN


August 30, 1999
Deidre Hall continued her daytime role on "Days of Our Lives" while she played a widowed mother on what primetime series?
A: OUR HOUSE


August 31, 1999
What actor, who often served as the emcee for the Academy Awards ceremony, won special Oscars in 1940, 1944, 1952 and 1965?
A: BOB HOPE



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