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[anon1]

So, that's what he looks like!

The actor who played Julian, writer Frank Alexander's bodybuilding manservant in A Clockwork Orange, later had a major nonspeaking role in three of the highest grossing films of films of all time. Name the actor, and the role.

Darth Vader?

 

[bobistheowl]

In 1998/99, she sang the vocals on two top 40, (US), hit singles, including a 1998 hit that was in the Billboard top ten for 24 weeks, despite peaking at #2, (it was a #1 hit on the Canadian and Australian charts, and made the top ten in many European countries).

Name the singer, or the band she fronted.

 

[bobistheowl]

Name the actor, and the role.

Darth Vader?

Sorry, I can't give you this one.

 

[anon1]

Sorry, I can't give you this one.

OK, David Prowse and he played the role of Vader only as body double.

 

[bobistheowl]

OK, David Prowse and he played the role of Vader only as body double.

Correct! James Earl Jones provided Darth Vader's voice in the first Star Wars trilogy.

 

[anon1]

Correct! James Earl Jones provided Darth Vader's voice in the first Star Wars trilogy.

I thought any self-respecting geek knew the details of this.

 

[bobistheowl]

I thought any self-respecting geek knew the details of this.

Some self respecting geeks would not have recognized David Prowse when he's not in the Darth Vader costume. I explained why Prowse' role was deemed non speaking in the trivia question, for non geeks who read this thread, or for geeks who lack self respect.

 

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To cover up pox marks?

Lipstick was to let people know that oral sex was available.

 

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[Art Mann]

That's easy. John was his middle name. Captain Trapper John McIntyre.

(Much better than Xavier, the middle name his fictional parents gave him at his fictional birth.)

 

[nondescriptive]

Other than being athletes, what do Tiger Woods, Greg Louganis, Ben Johnson, Bo Jackson and Johnny Damon have in common?

 

[Ceiling Cat]

That's easy. John was his middle name. Captain Trapper John McIntyre.

(Much better than Xavier, the middle name his fictional parents gave him at his fictional birth.)

Captain John Francis Xavier McIntyre, M.D.

 

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France and Mexico in 1838. It was triggered by Mexico's refusal to pay for damage done by Mexican army officers to a restaurant run by a French pastry chef in Tacubaya, now a section of Mexico.

 

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Hong Kong

During Chinese New Year, a Beef Prosperity Burger, consisting of two beef patties covered in black pepper sauce and topped with diced onions, is sold.

 

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The Dragula mobile.

117-2798

 

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