Pop (Machine) quiz

January 21, 2007|By Mark Caro, Tribune entertainment reporter

1. Martin Scorsese won his second best-director Golden Globe for "The Departed." For what movie did he win his first one?

a. "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore"

b. "Taxi Driver"

c. "Raging Bull"

d. "Gangs of New York"

2. Tuesday night's "American Idol" premiere was the most-watched entertainment telecast since what?

a. Last season's "American Idol" finale

b. The 2005 season finale of "Desperate Housewives"

c. The final episode of "Friends"

d. The Ruben Studdard-Clay Aiken "Idol" Season 2 finale

3. Who topped the Harris Poll as America's favorite movie star in 2006?

a. Clint Eastwood

b. Tom Hanks

c. Will Smith

d. Denzel Washington

4. Donald Trump received the 2,327th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Which one of the following also has a Walk of Fame star?

a. Robert De Niro

b. Dustin Hoffman

c. Julia Roberts

d. Hilary Swank

5. Which of the following is not the title of a movie playing at the current Sundance Film Festival?

a. "Year of the Dog"

b. "Year of the Fish"

c. "For a Swim With the Fish"

d. "How Is Your Fish Today?"


1. d.

2. c. The Studdard-Aiken finale was the all-time highest-rated "Idol" episode, but the "Friends" finale came a year later (2004).

3. d. The top five, in order, were Washington, Hanks, John Wayne (!), Eastwood, and Smith and Julia Roberts in a fifth-place tie.

4. d. Swank received the 2,325th star.

5. Trick question -- they're all current Sundance titles.


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