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  • #1202
    Wacker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,057 ✭✭✭Wacker


    gufcfan wrote: »
    Haha, no.

    I'd never have known this, only i think it was on some TV quiz show a few years ago...

    It is the translation of "Curriculum Vitae"
    Correct! Sorry the delay in confirming.


  • #1203
    MB74
    Closed Accounts Posts: 390 ✭✭MB74


    MB74 wrote: »
    Course I think is tractis or tractus and life is vita, but not sure what the latin is for that little word 'of', can anyone complete.

    Thanks for breaking the silence!

    What actor was the first to be nominated in both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor role in the same year at the Oscars, bonus for films and year. Not sure if it has been repeated since that's why I say first.

    They silence is deafening. Any takers, will be answered tomorrow. Any new questions?


  • #1204
    Hagar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,786 ✭✭✭✭Hagar


    MB74 wrote: »
    Course I think is tractis or tractus and life is vita, but not sure what the latin is for that little word 'of', can anyone complete.
    AFAIR Vitae is the possessive cave of vita therefore the single word vitae in Latin translates to English as two words "of life", God it's a long time since my Leaving Cert. :D


  • #1205
    MB74
    Closed Accounts Posts: 390 ✭✭MB74


    I'm learning everyday.

    Clue: --
    (short first name)


  • #1206
    Skellington
    Closed Accounts Posts: 781 ✭✭✭Skellington


    Al Pacino for Scent of a Woman and Glengarry Glen Ross in 1992

    And it was repeated by Jamie Foxx


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  • #1207
    Skellington
    Closed Accounts Posts: 781 ✭✭✭Skellington


    What were Smarties originally called?


  • #1208
    Y2J IS GOD
    Closed Accounts Posts: 56 ✭✭Y2J IS GOD


    Skellington wrote: »
    What were Smarties originally called?

    Chocolate Beans

    Which legendary singer's real name is Anna Mae Bullock?


  • #1209
    Hagar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,786 ✭✭✭✭Hagar


    Tina Turner.


  • #1210
    Skellington
    Closed Accounts Posts: 781 ✭✭✭Skellington


    Y2J IS GOD wrote: »
    Chocolate Beans

    Close..."Chocolate Niblet Beans"


  • #1211
    lizann
    Closed Accounts Posts: 235 ✭✭lizann


    How many actresses have played Queen Elizabeth I?


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  • #1212
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    lizann wrote: »
    How many actresses have played Queen Elizabeth I?

    TV? Cinema? Stage? Or combinations of same?


  • #1213
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 94,813 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    50


  • #1214
    MB74
    Closed Accounts Posts: 390 ✭✭MB74


    Has to be way more if you include stage.


  • #1215
    Y2J IS GOD
    Closed Accounts Posts: 56 ✭✭Y2J IS GOD


    13 actresses on TV and Film have played Queen Elizabeth II


    Q: Who was the first soccer player to win PFA player of the year?


  • #1216
    lizann
    Closed Accounts Posts: 235 ✭✭lizann


    Castiel Blue Arsonist wrote: »
    TV? Cinema? Stage? Or combinations of same?

    Apologises

    How many actresses have played her in films only?


  • #1217
    ROCKMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,246 ✭✭✭ROCKMAN


    a. Norman Hunter (leeds)



    Q What the connection between the film " Quadrophenia " , The TV show " The Bill " and the programme " American Chopper "


  • #1218
    Mellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,377 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    A.Mark Wingett was in Quadrophenia, he was in the bill (as DC Carver), and then did the voice for american chopper.



    Q. Who played the title role in the 95 film that won the oscar for best picture. (won the oscar in 95 also)


  • #1219
    Skellington
    Closed Accounts Posts: 781 ✭✭✭Skellington


    A: Mel Gibson in Braveheart.

    Q: Who says...

    "Somebody once wrote: "Hell is the impossibility of reason." That's what this place feels like. Hell."

    and in what film?


  • #1220
    smashey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,676 ✭✭✭✭smashey


    A - Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen) in Platoon.

    Q - Who is the second most mentioned man in the Bible?


  • #1221
    Skellington
    Closed Accounts Posts: 781 ✭✭✭Skellington


    A: David

    Q: The quote "C'mon, he's insane. Look. Right now he's probably dancing around in his grandma's panties, yeah, rubbing himself in peanut butter" is from what film?


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  • #1222
    Y2J IS GOD
    Closed Accounts Posts: 56 ✭✭Y2J IS GOD


    Answer Seven

    In which of his films did Alfred Hitchcock make his customary cameo appearance in a class reunion photo?


  • #1223
    MB74
    Closed Accounts Posts: 390 ✭✭MB74


    Y2J IS GOD wrote: »
    Answer Seven

    In which of his films did Alfred Hitchcock make his customary cameo appearance in a class reunion photo?

    Good question for fans of the master of suspense. Add this to it too for real fans; what film did Warren Beatty's big sister make her screen debut in and how did it come about as she was not the originally intended actress for the role.


  • #1224
    kerash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,688 ✭✭✭kerash


    MB74 wrote: »
    Good question for fans of the master of suspense. Add this to it too for real fans; what film did Warren Beatty's big sister make her screen debut in and how did it come about as she was not the originally intended actress for the role.

    Hitchcock was in the photo in Dial M for Murder
    Shirley MacClaine starred in The Trouble with Harry because Grace Kelly had a contract dispute with MGM

    Q. What was unusual about Clark Gables birth certificate?


  • #1225
    MB74
    Closed Accounts Posts: 390 ✭✭MB74


    kerash wrote: »
    Hitchcock was in the photo in Dial M for Murder
    Shirley MacClaine starred in The Trouble with Harry because Grace Kelly had a contract dispute with MGM

    Q. What was unusual about Clark Gables birth certificate?

    But Hitchcock had originally wanted someone called Carol Haney for the role, she was on broadway at the time. Hitchcock sent his Producer to sign her for the role, but the day his assistant went, her understudy (Shirley) was on stage and got signed instead.

    I think he was noted as a female by mistake.


  • #1226
    kerash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,688 ✭✭✭kerash


    MB74 wrote: »
    But Hitchcock had originally wanted someone called Carol Haney for the role, she was on broadway at the time. Hitchcock sent his Producer to sign her for the role, but the day his assistant went, her understudy (Shirley) was on stage and got signed instead.

    I think he was noted as a female by mistake.

    Fair enough! yes Clarke was noted as female!


  • #1227
    Mellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,377 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    Mellor wrote: »
    Q. Who played the title role in the 95 film that won the oscar for best picture. (won the oscar in 95 also)
    Skellington wrote: »
    A: Mel Gibson in Braveheart.
    Sorry Skellington, thats incorrect.

    So this one is still up fellas.


  • #1228
    RuggieBear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,958 ✭✭✭✭RuggieBear


    forest gump?


  • #1229
    Mrs Roy Keane
    Closed Accounts Posts: 274 ✭✭Mrs Roy Keane


    Mellor wrote: »
    A.Mark Wingett was in Quadrophenia, he was in the bill (as DC Carver), and then did the voice for american chopper.



    Q. Who played the title role in the 95 film that won the oscar for best picture. (won the oscar in 95 also)

    Mel Gibson played the title role in Braveheart that won best picture in Oscars 1995

    Ralph Fiennes played the title role in The English Patient that won best picture in Oscars 1996


  • #1230
    Mellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,377 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    No, sorry still wrong.
    I could say why, but it might give it away.


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  • #1231
    Skellington
    Closed Accounts Posts: 781 ✭✭✭Skellington


    My bad Mellor.

    Braveheart was released in 95 but won the oscar in 96.
    Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump was released in 94 and won best picture in 95.


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