Hallie is in the holiday spirit a bit early, because this week, she has six trivia questions about everyone’s favorite(?) Christmastime rom-com, Love, Actually. We also talk about drinking games, Colin Firth, and a musician who died far too young.
3:53: Q1 (Movies & TV): Colin Firth who plays Jamie in Love Actually, received his first Academy Award nomination for what 2009 film about an unmarried gay British university professor who is depressed and living in Southern California in 1962?
13:05: Q2 (Times & Places): Lucia Moniz, the actress and singer who plays Aurelia, the housekeeper who is Colin Firth’s love interest, is from what country, which got its independence from the Kingdom of Leon with the Treaty of Zamora in 1143 A.D, making Afonso Henriques its first king?
23:27: Q3 (Everything Else): The year after Love Actually premiered in 2003, Laura Linney and Liam Neeson worked together again on a film in which the titular character is what real-life professor who wrote Sexual Behavior in the Human Male?
38:32: Q4 (Arts & Literature): Rowan Atkinson who plays a jewelry salesman in the film, was in the West End revival of the musical Oliver! based on the novel Oliver Twist. In the show, Atkinson played what character, an elderly criminal who teaches young boys to pick pockets?
47:59: Q5 (Sports & Games): In the drinking game for Love Actually, one should drink every time someone is wearing what clothing item, which is appropriate for the season and is also something that Alan Rickman seems to wear in a lot of movies?
58:25: Q6 (Music): In the film, rock legend Billy Mack played by Bill Nighy records a Christmas version of The Troggs song “Love is All Around”. The Troggs’ most famous song, “Wild Thing” was later recorded by several other artists, including what guitarist better known for songs like “Hey Joe” and “The Wind Cries Mary”?
Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY 2.0
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