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1.	This Academy Award-nominated director of movies such as "Network" and "12 Angry Men" (he never won) died in April from lymphoma at the age of 86.
		Martin Scorcese
		Sidney Lumet
		Clint Eastwood
		Robert Altman

2.	This actor, who died of pneumonia in June, was a stage and Academy Award-nominated film actor, yet was best known for his Emmy Award-winning TV role as a smart-aleck detective.
		Peter Falk
		Telly Savalas
		James Garner
		Tom Selleck

3.	This accomplished character actor, who was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2004, was once called "the best actor in the world" by Steven Spielberg. He died in January of pancreatic cancer.
		Pete Postlethwaite
		Paul Giamatti
		Ben Kingsley
		Peter Coyote

4.	This television personality, a contributor of a popular news show for over 30 years, died in November at the ripe old age of 92, less than a month after he left the airwaves for good.
		Larry King
		Ed Bradley
		Walter Kronkite
		Andy Rooney

5.	This screen legend, who died of congestive heart failure in March at the age of 79, was known for her tumultuous personal life (and numerous marriages) as much as she was known for her long career in Hollywood.
		Sophia Loren
		Joan Collins
		Elizabeth Taylor
		Debbie Reynolds

6.	This film composer and conductor, who passed away in January, composed the scores for popular movies such as Dances With Wolves and Out of Africa, as well as the scores to 12 James Bond films.
		John Williams
		John Barry
		Hans Zimmer
		Henry Mancini

7.	This actor, best known for his work in the Police Academy movies, had a career as a professional football player before turning to acting. He passed away in August.
		OJ Simpson
		George Gaynes
		Bubba Smith
		Steve Guttenberg

8.	RIP James Arness, dead at the age of 88. Arness's primary claim to fame is for his portrayal of this fictional western lawman:
		Wyatt Earp
		Shane
		Rooster Cogburn
		Matt Dillon

9.	Actor Jackie Cooper passed away in May at the age of 88. He had a long career, successfully making the transition from child star to adult actor. All of the following are true about Cooper except for one - which one?
		He was cast as editor Perry White in Superman: The Movie because he had a passport, and was able to get to the set quickly after the actor originally cast fell ill
		He quit acting for 3 decades after fighting in WWII
		He was the youngest actor to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor
		He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery

10.	Character actor Kenneth Mars died in February of pancreatic cancer. In addition to being a stage and screen actor, he was also an accomplished voice actor. He voiced this Disney father:





11.	Harry Morgan, who passed away in December at the age of 96, had been in over 100 films in the span of his long career - yet he may have been more well-known for his TV roles. In addition to starring as Officer Bill Gannon in "Dragnet", he had a starring role in which popular TV show?
		All in the Family
		MAS*H
		Charlie's Angels
		Three's Company

12.	2011 saw the loss of many musical artists. Which of the following did not pass away this year?
		Heavy D
		Amy Winehouse
		Jani Lane (lead singer of Warrant)
		Whitney Houston

13.	Another musical artist we lost this year was Clarence Clemons. Although more widely known as a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, he also appeared in TV and movies. He had a role as one of the "Three Most Important People in the World" in which movie?
		School of Rock
		Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
		Wayne's World
		The Blues Brothers

14.	Which member of the "Jackass" crew did we say goodbye to in 2011?
		Bam Margera
		Steve-O
		Ryan Dunn
		Chris Pontius

15.	Welsh actor Andy Whitfield sadly lost his battle with non-Hodgkins lymphoma in September at the age of 39. He had just found mainstream success with his TV role as which historical figure?
		King Henry VIII
		Julius Caesar
		Mark Antony
		Spartacus

16.	This Hollywood actress, who died in February, was a sex symbol back in the day. Many of her movie roles included provocative outfits, causing censorship issues with the studios over the display over her cleavage, and she was a popular Pin Up Girl with servicemen in WWII. Who was she?
		Jane Russell
		Ava Gardner
		Joan Fontaine
		Jane Wyman

17.	This accomplished actor had quite a varied career, playing a young future president, winning an Academy Award for his portrayal of a mentally challenged man, and finding a new career resurgence after co-starring in a movie series based on a popular comic book hero. Who was he?
		Michael Caine
		Ned Beatty
		Cliff Robertson
		Ian McKellen
		*By way of explanation.....* Cliff Robertson played a young JFK in PT109, won the Oscar for his role in Charly, and found a new generation of fans as Uncle Ben in the Spider-Man film series.

18.	We have this late screenwriter, director and playwright to thank for penning such classics as West Side Story, Gypsy and The Way We Were. He died in May at the age of 93.
		Arthur Laurents
		Mel Brooks
		Norman Lear
		David Mamet

19.	This year we bid a final farewell to Sherwood Schwartz, a man who we have to thank for creating TV shows that many of us grew up with and look back on fondly. He was the creator of Gilligan's Island and...which other show?
		The Beverly Hillbillies
		The Brady Bunch
		Bewitched
		Hawaii Five-O

20.	Actor Farley Granger died in March at the age of 85. Although he appeared in dozens of films, he may be best known for his collaborations with which director?
		Alfred Hitchcock
		Stanley Kubrick
		Billy Wilder
		Roman Polanski