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One performer with this surname played Rose, one of two twins tutored by JoAnna Garcia’s character on Privileged. Another played murdered Buy More manager Emmett Milbarge on Chuck and appeared in a 1999 Volkswagen ad dancing to “Mr Roboto.” One of that pair depicted a student who had an affair with her English teacher, Ezra Fitz, while the other portrayed a man whose hand was bitten off by a loose seal, and currently appears as the “bag man” for Selina Meyer. FTP, give the shared surname of the actress who plays Aria Montgomery on Pretty Little Liars and the actor behind Veep’s Gary Walsh and Arrested Development’s Buster Bluth. ANSWER: Hale

California Labor Code Section 2855 is informally named for this actress due to her lawsuit against Warner Brothers. She enlisted FDR’s dog Fala to communicate with her lover as Princess O’Rourke and played good and evil twins in The Dark Mirror, but she is better known as Custer’s wife opposite frequent co­star Errol Flynn in They Died With Their Boots On, a lovelorn Henry James heroine in The Heiress, and a sanitarium patient in The Snake Pit. Her most famous character gives a touching deathbed speech to Scarlett O’Hara. FTP, name this portrayer of Maid Marian in The Adventures of Robin Hood and Melanie Wilkes in Gone With the Wind. ANSWER:

This show is based on a short film starring Ashley Williams and Anna Camp titled Sequin Raze. One key event in it occurs when Shia’s tampering with psychiatric medication results in Mary Newhouse’s suicide; another is when Faith comes out as a . A major subplot is the affair between Quinn and Chet, the executive producer and creator of Everlasting, a show on which British playboy Adam chooses among several single women. FTP, Shiri Appleby stars as a conflicted producer of a Bachelor­esque reality show on what Lifetime original series? ANSWER: UnREAL

This woman received $25,000 for re­naming New Coke as “Coke II,” enabling her to write the short story collection No One Belongs Here More Than You. She authored a 2015 novel about an employee of the Open Palm Foundation forced to care for Clee, The First Bad Man, and made a film in which a boy chatting on the Internet describes an emoticon as “pooping back and forth, forever.” She starred alongside Hamish Linklater in a more recent film she directed as one half of a couple who adopts a talking cat named Paw Paw. FTP, name this auteur, often accused of twee­ness, behind The Future and Me and You and Everyone We Know. ANSWER: Miranda July

An episode of this TV series sees the arrival of a rare bee­eater bird just as one character begins to keep bees. One of its protagonists changed his name from Bedrich Polouvicka to sound more English. Supporting characters include the caretaker Old Ned and the butler Brabinger, and Angela Thorne played frequent third wheel Marjory Frobisher. Sparks fly after the owner of Cavendish Foods moves into Grantleigh and displaces the former lady of the house in, FTP, what classic BBC sitcom starring Peter Bowles and as Richard De Vere and Audrey fforbes­Hamilton? ANSWER:

5 One of this director’s most influential sequences shows Charlie’s finger ringing Lars Schmeel’s doorbell. He made multiple films about a character who loves Colette Tazzi but marries Christine Darbon, and Kramer vs Kramer’s use of Vivaldi music was probably inspired by a film in which he played Jean Itard, who mentors “wild child” Victor. His most famous work ends with a freeze­frame on the face of a boy who has reached the ocean after running away from a facility where he was sent for stealing a typewriter. FTP, name this French New Wave director of Shoot the Piano Player whose Antoine Doinel series began with The 400 Blows. ANSWER: Francois Truffaut

The most famous character played by this actor had a daughter named Cathy who was murdered by drug dealer Danny Jones. His first Emmy nomination came for replacing Alex Rocco on as the man Dorothy once had an affair with, Glen O’Brien. He spun a recurring role on Murder, She Wrote into the spin­off The Law and Harry McGraw and reprised on House of Mouse his film role as the voice of a candlestick. played the last partner of his most famous character, who was also paired with , , and . FTP, what Broadway legend is fondly remembered as Law and Order’s ? ANSWER:

One character in this film sings, “If everybody in the world today had a flower instead of a gun, there would be no wars!” Another declares himself to be “in pain,” “wet,” and “still hysterical,” wants “everything [he’s] ever seen in the movies,” and is asked, “Have you ever eaten with one?” after stating, “Actors are not animals!” At the end, a jury finds the main characters “incredibly guilty” of blowing up a theater. Lorenzo St. DuBois and Roger De Bris turn Franz Liebkind’s play into the world’s worst musical at the urging of Leo Bloom and Max Bialystock in, FTP, what Mel Brooks comedy whose centerpiece is the glorious production number “Springtime for Hitler”? ANSWER: The Producers

After accidentally turning on a strobe light, this character narrowly escapes being killed by the E­String Strangler. He ends his relationship with Harmony Chase because she is married, and dates guidance counselor Rebecca James and family friend Alicia Fennel after being left by his alcoholic and adulterous wife Lianne. His failure to issue a DUI to Ed Doyle results in him losing an election to Don Lamb. The author of Big Murder, Small Town, a book about the killing of Lily Kane, is, FTP, what disgraced sheriff turned private investigator played by Enrico Colantoni, who is a major influence on his sleuthing daughter Veronica? ANSWER: Keith Mars (accept either underlined name)

One group of characters in this movie are described as “sci­fi … nerdy … indoor kids.” One woman in this film calls herself “not Ruth Buzzi” and another is rejected with, “You taste like a burger.” Neil and Beth tear a room apart while shouting, “Where’s the fucking phone?” and the cook Gene fondles sweaters and confesses a desire to hump refrigerators. At the climax, Steve’s telekinesis saves Alan Shemper’s audience from being crushed by Skylab. Many future stars play counselors on the last day of a Jewish children’s camp in, FTP, what 2001 cult comedy from Michael Showalter, David Wain, and other members of The State? ANSWER: Wet Hot American Summer

10 As a child, this character watched Trent Russell abduct her friend Hanna but was helpless to stop it. Rachel Miner played her in a storyline in which she orchestrates the assassination of Congressman Delancey. She sets up a Washington Square Park meeting with Grace Hendricks to gain leverage and, as “Miss May,” infiltrates the office of Special Counsel. First seen posing as Caroline Turing before murdering Alicia Corwin, she is committed to psychiatric care and informs Dr. Carmichael that she hears The Machine. Recently in mourning for Sameen Shaw, this is, FTP, what hacker extraordinaire and ally of Finch and Reese portrayed by Amy Acker on Person of Interest? ANSWER: Root (or Samantha Groves; accept any underlined name)

This actress played Fernanda, a boarding school girl who has an affair with the older, married Gio, in Tanner Hall. She dismissed as “awful” and “stupid” her early guest role on SVU as a formerly fat girl who attacks fat people. More recently, she was a woman who stabs her husband due to the medication Ablixa and a BU student who says, “Dating you is like dating a StairMaster” and leaves her ex­boyfriend with, “Good luck on your video game.” In another role, she tattoos “I am rapist pig” onto a man and investigates Harriet Vanger’s disappearance with Mikael Blomkvist. FTP, name this star of Side Effects, , and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. ANSWER: Rooney Mara

This character says, “Maybe it was Wednesday” while reminiscing about why his father broke his nose. He walks out of an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting after accompanying his brother Frank and harms his career by punching Douglas Greathouse. His neglect of his wife leads her to have an affair with a man named Robert and join the civil rights movement. Betty Dimello helps him recruit prostitutes, and he uses the information gleaned from one of them to Barton Scully for being gay. FTP, name this husband of Libby and behavioral scientist who co­wrote Human Sexual Response with Virginia Johnson, as depicted by Michael Sheen on an eponymous Showtime series. ANSWER: William “Bill” Masters (accept any underlined name)

This man’s first major role was as a sculptor in Turkish Delight; his Hollywood debut came as terrorist Wulfgar in Nighthawks. He said, “Didn’t you get the memo?” while firing Lucius Fox as Wayne Enterprises’ CEO in Begins. He played a knight who must be a wolf after sunset, as well as the titular Hobo with a Shotgun. His most famous character is called “prodigal son” by Tyrell and speaks of “attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion” and “c­beams … near the Tannhauser Gate” being “lost in time, like tears in rain” before lamenting, “Time to die.” FTP, name this Dutch star of Ladyhawke who played Nexus­6 replicant leader Roy Batty in Blade Runner. ANSWER: Rutger Hauer

Probably named for Kiss Me Deadly’s screenwriter, this character disappeared for four days as a child at the “Good People” commune. She visits the Panticapaeum Institute, run by her father Elliott, while investigating the whereabouts of a maid alongside her partner Elvis. She eventually finds Vera by impersonating her own sister Athena at an orgy, right before escaping from a mansion by stomping a man’s groin and knifing a security guard. Ben Caspere’s murder leads her to join forces with Paul Woodrugh and Ray Velcoro to investigate corruption in Vinci, . FTP, name this Season 2 True Detective protagonist played by Rachel McAdams. ANSWER: Antigone “Ani” Bezzerides (accept any underlined name)

15 One character in this movie refers to Pippi Longstocking as “someone Mel Gibson never played.” A “jumping off point to start negotiations” is how another describes her grades after receiving a C for claiming that we could “party with the Haitians” if the government would “rearrange some things” in the kitchen. A father in this movie states, “I got a .45 and a shovel, [and] I doubt anybody would miss you,” while the protagonist is dissed as “a virgin who can’t drive” by the Brittany Murphy­portrayed Tai. The interjection “As if!” was popularized by, FTP, what teen­ centric modernization of Jane Austen’s Emma starring Alicia Silverstone? ANSWER: Clueless

He’s not Kyle Chandler, but this actor’s recent TV roles include Katie’s snobby boyfriend from Camp Tiger Claw, a perfume magnate who uses military connections to help Virginia Johnson, and a football coach who tells his charges, “Clear eyes, full hearts, don’t rape!” He played a character who works alongside Casey McCall as co­ anchor of a CSC sports show, while Jeffrey Grant killed his most famous character in a courtroom shooting. That character and Diane Lockhart were name partners at the law firm that hired Alicia Florrick. FTP, name this portrayer of Sports Night’s Dan Rydell and The Good Wife’s Will Gardner. ANSWER: Josh Charles

One film from this country details a road trip by would­be nun Anna and her aunt Wanda, who reveals that Anna was born Jewish. In another film from this country, a hitchhiker loses his pocketknife after going sailing with a couple. A director from this country cast Gerard Depardieu as a French Revolutionary hero in Danton and made a trilogy of war films that includes Ashes and Diamonds. Another director from this country featured Irène Jacob in a dual role in The Double Life of Veronique and again as a model who has an intense friendship with a judge in Red, the third film in the Three Colors Trilogy. FTP, name this setting of Ida and Knife in the Water and homeland of Andrzej Wajda and Krzysztof Kieslowski. ANSWER: Poland

J. Alan Thomas began this series as an extra, but his character, Jeff, was later featured in an embezzlement storyline. One Emmy­winning episode involves the revelation that Kirk is bisexual, leading to a hilarious dance sequence in a gay bar. A character on this show received from his dead father a tape of “You Are the Sunshine of my Life” and asks, “What does a yellow light mean?” while taking a test at the DMV. Another character has the alter ego Vic Ferrari and marries Simka, played by Carol Kane. FTP, name this sitcom about the lives and loves of Alex Rieger, Jim Ignatowski, Latka Gravas, and other employees of Sunshine Cab. ANSWER: Taxi

Cameos in this movie include Lee Grant as a hooded figure who says, “Someone is in trouble,” Ann Miller as a landlady who talks about a “prize­fighting kangaroo,” Chad Everett as an audition partner, composer Angelo Badalamenti as a gangster who spits out coffee, and Billy Ray Cyrus as a pool cleaner who sleeps with one character’s wife. Key scenes involve a homeless man behind Winkie’s Diner, a cowboy who appears twice or more, and a performance of a Spanish­language version of “Crying” at Club Silencio, after which a blue key opens a blue box and Betty and Diane switch places, or something. FTP, name this surreal Hollywood melodrama starring Laura Harring and Naomi Watts, from the mind of David Lynch. ANSWER: Mulholland Dr.

20 The screen story for classic spaghetti Western Once Upon a Time in the West is credited to three men. FTPE: [10] One is this man who directed the film, as well as Once Upon a Time in America and the “Dollars” trilogy. ANSWER: Sergio Leone [10] Another is this director of The Conformist and Last Tango in Paris who won two Oscars for a film about Chinese ruler Pu Yi, The Last Emperor. ANSWER: Bernardo Bertolucci [10] The third is this Italian horror maestro, associated with the giallo genre, who collaborated with Goblin on the groundbreaking soundtracks for his films Suspiria and Phenomena. ANSWER: Dario Argento

She came to Hollywood from her native New Zealand after playing the main character’s younger sister in The Lovely Bones. FTPE: [10] Name this actress whose other roles include naïve Vivian Scully on Masters of Sex and Tinker Bell on Once Upon a Time. ANSWER: Rose McIver [10] McIver currently stars as spice­loving, brain­consuming medical examiner Liv Moore on this CW series. ANSWER: iZombie [10] McIver starred in Petals on the Wind, a Lifetime movie based on the second novel about the incestuous Dollanganger family by this author. ANSWER: V. C. Andrews

Crossing paths with Jack Lemmon is a rite of passage for up­and­coming actors, it seems. FTPE: [10] When this man was 13, Lemmon called him a “born actor” and urged him to move to ; they later appeared together on Broadway and in Glengarry Glen Ross. On Saturday Night Live, this man did an impression of Lemmon auditioning for Star Wars. ANSWER: Kevin Spacey [10] Long before facing Apollo Creed and Clubber Lang in the ring onscreen, this actor played a would­be mugger clocked by Lemmon in of Second Avenue. ANSWER: Sylvester Stallone [10] This actor got to punch Lemmon in the face in the 1967 romantic comedy Luv, years before small but showy roles as menacing creeps in The Conversation and Apocalypse Now and drag racer Bob Falfa in American Graffiti. ANSWER: Harrison Ford

FTPE, name these TV shows related to Latino culture. [10] This recently­cancelled ABC sitcom about a Latina law school graduate working for Trent Culpepper did an April 2015 crossover with its time­slot partner Last Man Standing. ANSWER: Cristela [10] In the first season of this sitcom, Alex Russo attempts to learn Spanish from a “pocket elf” played by Al Madrigal, and in a later episode switches bodies to allow her mother to enjoy a quinceañera party. ANSWER: Wizards of Waverly Place [10] Called “America's first bilingual situation comedy” by Wikipedia, this PBS series about a Cuban American family in Miami ran from 1977 to 1980. ANSWER: ¿Qué Pasa, USA? The cast of Sidney Lumet’s 12 Angry Men were not so angry that they could not take other roles. FTPE: [10] Though remembered for voicing , John Fiedler played Mr Lindner, the only non­Black character in this play, in the 1959 Broadway production, the 1962 Hollywood film, and even a 1989 American Playhouse telefilm. ANSWER: [10] Lee J. Cobb played Derek Flint’s boss and, more notably, this corrupt union leader in On the Waterfront. ANSWER: Johnny Friendly (accept either underlined name) [10] In addition to winning an Oscar for A Thousand Clowns, Martin Balsam was of course doomed detective Milton Arbogast, who meets his death thanks to an old woman on a staircase in this classic thriller. ANSWER: Psycho

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What better medium for a show about radio than television? FTPE: [10] Phil Hartman was murdered while playing Bill McNeal on this sitcom set at WNYX. ANSWER: Newsradio [10] Howard Hesseman’s Dr Johnny Fever was the breakout character on this 1978­82 sitcom that made “Bailey or Jennifer?” the new “Mary Ann or Ginger?” ANSWER: WKRP in Cincinnati [10] The first original series on AMC was this ‘40s­set sitcom created by . It starred Amanda Naughton as wholesome Betty Roberts, a scriptwriter torn between Victor Comstock and Scott Sherwood. ANSWER: Remember WENN

FTPE, answer these questions about the Marx brothers who aren’t Karl. [10] A much­imitated stateroom scene, an argument about the existence of “sanity clause,” and a disrupted performance of Il Trovatore all figure in this riotous 1935 classic. ANSWER: A Night at the Opera [10] This Groucho­portrayed dictator tells a woman, “I can see you right now in the kitchen, bending over a hot stove. But I can't see the stove!” ANSWER: Rufus T. Firefly (accept either underlined name) [10] Professor Wagstaff announces his policies in this film by singing, “Whatever it is, I’m against it!” It features the speakeasy password “swordfish” and climaxes with a football match between Darwin and Huxley Colleges. ANSWER: Horse Feathers

They are neither David Mitchell nor . FTPE: [10] Neither either member of the pair who met at the University of Manchester and went on to create or co­create Fresh Meat, Babylon, Bad Sugar, and Peep Show and co­write ’s terrorism satire . ANSWER: or [10] In addition to working with Armando Iannucci on and In the Loop, Armstrong co­wrote the first­season finale of this American political satire series that Iannucci developed for HBO. ANSWER: Veep [10] Again working without Bain, Armstrong wrote “The Entire History of You,” the first­season finale of this technology­focused Charlie Brooker anthology. Robert Downey Jr. has optioned that episode for a movie. ANSWER: Black Mirror A 1995 paper by psychologists James Gross and Robert Levenson recommended using one of this director’s films in the laboratory to reliably elicit sadness. FTPE: [10] Name this Italian filmmaker who remade The Champ, pitted Richard Burton against Elizabeth Taylor in The Taming of the Shrew, and controversially cast Mel Gibson as Hamlet. ANSWER: Franco Zeffirelli [10] Zeffirelli’s most successful Shakespeare adaptation was this 1968 Best Picture Oscar nominee featuring the song “What Is a Youth?” and other music by Nino Rota. ANSWER: [10] Two stars of the Bolshoi were lent out for a flamenco interlude in this surprisingly non­boring 1982 Zeffirelli film starring Placido Domingo as Alfredo. ANSWER: La Traviata

Many familiar TV faces lurk in the cast of . FTPE: [10] Mary Lynn Rajskub’s character takes orders through a headset at LMS’s climactic pageant, but the person on the other end is (probably) not Jack Bauer yelling “Dammit!” – unlike when she plays this 24 techie. ANSWER: Chloe O’Brian (accept either underlined name) [10] Wallace Langham plays the pageant’s tech guy; you might know him as this endearingly snarky CSI lab rat. ANSWER: David Hodges (accept either underlined name) [10] Dean Norris, better known as mineral expert Hank Schrader, appears in LMS as a state trooper, while this co­star of his plays slippery agent Stan Grossman. ANSWER: Bryan Cranston

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FTPE, give these linked answers relating to films. [10] This 2014 neo­noir marked the directorial debut of . It stars a very creepy Jake Gyllenhaal as aspiring news cameraman Louis Bloom. ANSWER: Nightcrawler [10] This song by French electro house artist features a chorus sung by that begins, “There’s something inside you/It’s hard to explain.” It soundtracked the opening titles of the 2011 film Drive. ANSWER: “Nightcall” [10] This adventurous one­character film directed by Elliott Lester stars David Oyelowo as a veteran undergoing a mental breakdown. It premiered on HBO in May 2015. ANSWER: Nightingale

Many Mission: Impossible cast members weren’t the only people in their family to be on a good show. FTPE: [10] On , Juliet Landau played this victim of Angelus and villainous lover of Spike. ANSWER: Drusilla [J. L. is the daughter of and ] [10] ’s son, , played this ­esque lawyer on . ANSWER: (accept either underlined name) [10] ’s brother, James Arness, spent 20 years and 635 episodes as Marshal Matt Dillon on this Western. ANSWER: Captain America: The Winter Soldier showcased some talented actresses not named Scarlett Johansson. FTPE: [10] This Canadian was a long way from Robin Sparkles as Nick Fury’s deputy Maria Hill. ANSWER: Cobie Smulders [10] Under old­age CGI, this actress briefly reprised her Captain America role as Peggy Carter. We got to see a lot more of her in ABC’s Marvel’s Agent Carter spin­off. ANSWER: Hayley Atwell [10] Although she was never stationed inside a washing machine, this other Canadian actress acquitted herself well as Agent 13, who is apparently related to Peggy Carter. ANSWER: Emily VanCamp

She was plucked from obscurity for the title role in the 2006 BBC miniseries Jane Eyre. FTPE: [10] Name this redheaded Brit who made her mark as psychopath Alice Morgan on Luther. ANSWER: Ruth Wilson [10] To non­fans of Luther, Wilson appeared to come out of nowhere to win a 2015 Golden Globe for playing adulterous waitress Alison Bailey on this Showtime series co­starring Dominic West. ANSWER: The Affair [10] AMC gave Wilson a number – specifically, 313 – and took away her name when they cast her in this 2009 miniseries based on an enigmatic 1960s spy show that starred Patrick McGoohan. ANSWER: The Prisoner

Chris Eigeman’s character in this movie states, “The most important thing to realize about parents is that there is absolutely nothing you can do about them.” FTPE: [10] Name this 1990 film in which Tom Townsend first joins and then becomes disillusioned with the idle rich. ANSWER: Metropolitan [10] This writer­director of Metropolitan, Barcelona, and went silent for over a decade until casting Greta Gerwig in Damsels in Distress and helming the Amazon pilot The Cosmopolitans. ANSWER: [10] In addition to making a cameo in The Cosmopolitans, Chloë Sevigny starred in The Last Days of Disco alongside this British actress better known for a less erudite role as Lycan­slaying vampire Selene. ANSWER: Kate Beckinsale

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FTPE, name these characters who quickened your pulse if you were lucky enough to be a teenage boy in the 1960s. [10] Succeeded by Tara King and preceded by Cathy Gale as partner of John Steed, this catsuit­wearing spy was portrayed memorably by Diana Rigg. ANSWER: Emma Peel (accept either underlined name) [10] Just as Emma Peel had her Lotus Elan, this private eye drove a trademark AC Cobra convertible. She also had a pet ocelot and a black belt in judo, and was played by Anne Francis on Burke’s Law and on her namesake series. ANSWER: Honey West (accept either underlined name) [10] Unlike Mrs. Peel and Ms. West, this supermodel­turned­IMF­agent relied on brains rather than martial arts, despite a frequent need to escape from men she seduced and betrayed. Barbara Bain won 3 Emmys for playing her. ANSWER: Cinnamon Carter (accept either underlined name) He was already an in­demand romantic and action lead during the silent era, but 1929’s Bulldog Drummond demonstrated that his talents also included an awesome voice. FTPE: [10] Name this man whose roles in James Hilton adaptations include an amnesiac in Random Harvest and a visitor to Shangri­La in Lost Horizon. He played both an English gentleman and the ruler of Ruritania in The Prisoner of Zenda and won an Oscar as a murderous Shakespearean actor in A Double Life. ANSWER: Ronald Colman [10] Perhaps Colman’s best role was as dissolute lawyer Sydney Carton, who does “a far, far better thing … than [he has] ever done” in this 1935 Dickens adaptation. ANSWER: A Tale of Two Cities [10] Colman starred in The Talk of the Town opposite this actress, who was also paired onscreen with Joel McCrea in The More the Merrier and James Stewart in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. ANSWER: Jean Arthur

Of course you are familiar with Kiernan Shipka’s work as Sally Draper on . But did you know, FTPE, that she also played … [10] … the airbender Jinora on this Nickelodeon animated series? ANSWER: The Legend of Korra [10] … herself, starring with James Van Der Beek in a body­swapping movie, on this short­lived surreal sitcom? ANSWER: Don’t Trust the B­­­­ in Apartment 23 [10] … a girl who flees to a three­story Olive Garden before reconciling with this “unbreakable” character, her similarly­named half­sister? ANSWER: Kimmy Schmidt (accept either underlined name)

Leonard Maltin’s Movie Guide states that this film has a “memorably steamy love scene and violent climax” but neglects to mention that those do not occur together. FTPE: [10] Name this 1973 Venice­set Daphne du Maurier adaptation that ends, somewhat absurdly, with John Baxter being randomly stabbed to death by a little person in a red coat. ANSWER: Don’t Look Now [10] John Baxter is played by this actor, who specialized in disturbing ‘70s endings as child­stomper Homer Simpson in The Day of the Locust and point­and­screamer Matthew Bennell in Invasion of the Body Snatchers. He also played the title character in Klute, Hawkeye in M*A*S*H, and “Clumsy Waiter” in Kentucky Fried Movie. ANSWER: Donald Sutherland [10] This man shot Julie Christie several times – as cinematographer of Fahrenheit 451, Far from the Madding Crowd, and Petulia – before directing her and Sutherland in Don’t Look Now. ANSWER: Nicolas Roeg

The current star of this show appeared as a junk dealer in the 2008 episode “The Fires of Pompeii.” FTPE: [10] Name this series on which Freema Agyeman played Cybermen victim Adeola Oshodi just one episode before joining the cast as Martha Jones, companion to the David Tennant­portrayed protagonist. ANSWER: [10] This actress had a tiny role as a cult member in “The Fires of Pompeii” before showing up in 2010 as the Eleventh Doctor’s leggy redheaded companion Amy Pond. She was also Eliza Dooley in Selfie. ANSWER: Karen Gillan [10] Before he was the Tenth Doctor, Tennant finagled a fanboy cameo in a 2003 animated BBC serial with this actor as The Doctor. This Swazi thespian starred in Franz Kafka’s It’s a Wonderful Life for Twelfth Doctor Peter Capaldi and portrays Walter Simeon and the villainous Great Intelligence in the show’s current incarnation. ANSWER: Richard E. Grant

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EXTRA BONUS

He played ’s more than 2,000 times and created the role of Captain Von Trapp in , with “Edelweiss” written specifically to fit his folk­singing talents. FTPE: [10] Name this versatile actor who passed away in July 2015. He was cast wildly against type as a cemetery caretaker in I Bury the Living and a redneck sheriff in , netting an Oscar nod for the latter. ANSWER: Theodore Bikel [10] Bikel made his film debut in this 1951 adventure classic in which missionary Rose Sayer and alcoholic Charlie Allnut plot to blow up a German gunboat. ANSWER: The African Queen [10] Bikel played this rival to Henry Higgins who concludes that Eliza Doolittle is “not only Hungarian, but of royal blood!” in My Fair Lady. ANSWER: Zoltan Karpathy (accept either underlined name)