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Test your knowledge of Pop Culture with this quiz...
1) Which legendary 70's era film was inspired by Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness?
Raging Bull

Klute

Apocalypse Now

The Deer Hunter

2) The title of Victoria Beckham's autobiography, Learning to Fly, was taken from the theme of which 80's American TV show?
Different Strokes

Facts of Life

The Dukes of Hazzard

Fame

3) Who played the lead role in the film version of Nick Hornby's High Fidelity?
John Cusack

Ben Affleck

Rhys Ifans

Hugh Grant

4) Which book by William Boyd was made into a BBC film starring Stephen Rea?
Brazzaville Beach

Stars and Bars

Armadillo

The New Confessions

5) Which recent film was a loose adaptation of Homer's Odyssey?
Bridget Jones's Diary

A.I.

Band of Brothers

Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?

6) In Blackadder, which of these men is NOT a member of the Black Seal?
Sean, The Irish Bastard

Three-Fingered Pete

Jack Large

Gloucester Grimsby

7) Which of these actors connects Eastenders, Alec Guinness, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?
Gene Wilder

Sir Laurence Olivier

Anthony Newley

Patrick Stewart

8) Which of these actresses starred in the original Charlie's Angels tv series as well as providing the singing voice of Melody Valentine in the 1970 animated film of 'Josie and the Pussycats'?
Cheryl Ladd

Farah Fawcett

Jacqueline Susann

Kate Jackson

9) Which 'Harry Potter' film star was first seen as an Ewok in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi?
Verne Troyer

Warwick Davis

Alan Rickman

John Hurt

10) Which beloved children's author wrote the screenplay for You Only Live Twice?
A.A. Milne

Judy Blume

Roald Dahl

Scott O'Dell
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