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Pop Culture Classics

Films, music and books that have stood the test of time

Pop Culture Classics is a Bertopia flashcard pack of 59 cards: films, music and books that have stood the test of time. It covers film; music; books; comics, cartoons and TV.

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Which film won the top award, then called Outstanding Picture, at the first Academy Awards?
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Wings
Wings won Outstanding Picture at the first Academy Awards. Sunrise won the separate Unique and Artistic Picture award, and The Jazz Singer received a special award instead of competing.
Who wrote the novel The Godfather (1969)?
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Mario Puzo
Mario Puzo wrote the novel, then won the Oscar for the screenplay with Francis Ford Coppola, who directed the film.
The Beatles formed in which English city?
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Liverpool
The Beatles came from Liverpool, and John, Paul, George and Ringo led the British Invasion of the 1960s.
What is Superman's home planet?
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Krypton
Superman is the last survivor of the doomed planet Krypton.
Which 1927 film is credited as the first feature length film with synchronized dialogue sequences?
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The Jazz Singer
The Jazz Singer, starring Al Jolson, used Warner Bros.' Vitaphone sound on disc system and premiered in October 1927. It was mostly silent, with about two minutes of real dialogue, but it ended the silent era within two years. Steamboat Willie (1928) was a short cartoon, not a feature.
In L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, what color are Dorothy's magic shoes?
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Silver
Baum wrote that Dorothy wore silver shoes. The ruby slippers most people remember come from the 1939 MGM film.

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