Entertainment and the arts quiz

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Back in the 1970s who played the TV detective “Shoestring”?
Who recorded the 1977 album "New Boots and Panties"?
In which country was Pablo Picasso born?
In which book did George Orwell tell of his experiences in the Spanish Civil War?
Who provides the voice of Princess Fiona in the Shrek movies?
What was the only hit for The Crazy World of Arthur Brown?
In the Sherlock Holmes stories, what is Dr. Watson’s first name?
Which poet gave us 1917’s "Anthem for Doomed Youth"?
Aaron is an evil Moorish character in which Shakespeare play?
Gregory and Sampson open the main action in which of Shakespeare’s plays?
What sport is central to the film "The Flying Scot"?
What sport is central to the film "When We Were Kings"?
In which field was Louis Daguerre a pioneer?
Who plays the dance tutor in the film Billy Elliot?
She writes as Victoria Holt, Philippa Carr and probably most famously ... who?
Eric Coates' "By the Sleepy Lagoon" is famous as the theme tune to what?
In Harry Potter, what sort of creature is Dumbledore’s pet Fawkes?
Who wrote the play "The Playboy of the Western World"?
Which group recorded the album "Songs of Faith and Devotion" in the 1990s?
Where did Fats Domino “find his thrill”?
A sousaphone is a type of which brass instrument?
What is the other name for Bluebeat, a precursor or reggae?
"Quoth the Raven nevermore" – is whose epitaph?
The musical Cats is based on a work by which poet?
Who was Mozart’s great rival in "Amadeus"?
One of the versions of which famous Pre-Raphaelite painting hangs in St. Paul’s?
Which playwright gave us Doctor Faustus?
28 Which lady is generally credited with founding the Old Vic and Sadler’s Wells companies?
Which famous film has a lead character with the name Rick Blaine?
In which stage musical would you find Rusty, Bobo and Turnov?
Which Gilbert & Sullivan operetta has the alternative title "The Merryman and his Maid"?
Which Disney cartoon character started life as Dippy Dawg’
Whose full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts?
What sort of creature is Benjamin in Animal Farm?
Who is reputed to have been the first author to use a typewriter for a manuscript?