Sunday, February 7, 2016

7 Feb, 2016: Day 54

Question 1:
For what show did the actor, whose star is located at 6667 Hollywood Boulevard, earn an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series? Answer: China Beach.


You have to find the actor first. Once found you could look at her biography and get rundown of awards. Let's begin by looking up the address with some other information 6667 Hollywood Boulevard actress "Hollywood Walk of Fame". After some digging you will find actress Marg Helgenberger. Her biography states that she played the drug addicted prostitute "K.C." Koloski, on the critically acclaimed television show China Beach (you have to see it, it's a wonderful show). For that she got the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 1990.

Question 2:
The 1981 winner of the Man Group PLC’s Contemporary Fiction Prize was born in a city formerly known by what name? Answer: Bombay.


Use the quote along with other information from the question to come up with an answer. Type Man Group PLC contemporary fiction prize to find the Man Booker Prize for Fiction. Looking again, type in the search field Man Booker Prize 1981 to discover Midnight's Children, by the British Indian writer Sir Ahmad Salman Rushdie. Looking at his biography he was born in Mumbai, which changed it's name from Bombay in 1995.

Question 3:
Who is the son of the actress who played the mother-in-law of the “Sex and the City” character who graduated Harvard? Answer: Ben Stiller.


No nonsense search "Sex and the City" Harvard graduate, result being lawyer Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon). Later in the show she gets married to bartender Steve Brady (David Eigenberg), whose mother is named Mary. Mary Brady was played by veteran actress and comic Anne Meara. Digging into her personal life Ms. Meara's son is Ben Stiller. Additional help by looking at the Sex and the City Wiki

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