Will Smith's birthday.

0:03 Calarugus, Shark Media. Hi, I'm Mark Ellison and today's theme is Will Smith's birthday, Fresh Prince, Blockbuster, Action Stars and the career highs of Hollywood Icons. Question one. Before he moved to bel Air on TV, Will Smith made music history. He and DJ Jazzy Jeff won the inaugural Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance in nineteen eighty nine. What was the title of the nineteen eighty eight hit single that earned them that first ever Rap Grammy? Question two, cementing his mister July reputation, which nineteen ninety six Alien Invasion Blockbuster turned Will Smith into a Fourth of July box office king and helped popularize the phrase Big Willie Weekend.

0:53 Question three. On The Fresh Prince of bel Air, Carlton Banks's signature dance became an instant sitcom classic, to which Tom Jones song does Carlton famously groove? In multiple episodes? Question four. Will Smith earned his first Academy Award for Best Actor for portraying a determined real life tennis coach in King Richard. Which coach and father did he play? Question five? At the height of his bankable run, Will Smith set a box office record by starring in eight consecutive films that each grossed over one hundred million dollars domestically.

1:37 Which two thousand and eight Superhero Film marked the eighth straight hit that capped this streak. We'll be right back with these answers after this break, Welcome back. Question one, which nineteen eighty eight DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince song won the first Rap Grammy answer parents Just Don't Understand, awarded at the nineteen eighty nine Grammys. Parents Just Don't Understand made Will Smith as the Fresh Prince, one of rap's first mainstream award winners. The win signaled hip hop's growing acceptance in the music industry. Question two, which nineteen ninety six film launched Big Willie Weekend answer Independence Day, released around the July fourth holiday. Independence Day, dominated summer nineteen ninety six and established Smith as a go to summer tent pole star. Its worldwide success led to a string of July hits for him. Question three, Carlton's dance on Fresh Prince is set to which Tom Jones hit answer, It's not unusual Alfonso Roberro's exuberant moves to Tom Jones's nineteen sixty five hit It's Not Unusual, became synonymous with Carlton's character. The gag affectionately contrasted Carlton's square persona with Will's cool swagger. Question four, Who did Will Smith portray in King Richard to win Best Actor? Answer?

2:57 Richard Williams. Smith's performance as Richard Williams, the father and coach of Venus and Serena, won him the twenty twenty two Oscar for Best Actor. The film highlights Williams's unconventional plan to guide his daughter's to tennis greatness. Question five, which two thousand and eight film capped Will Smith's eight straight one hundred million dollars US hits, answer Hancock. Hancock's success followed a remarkable run including Men in Black, Two Bad Boys, Two, I Robot, Shark Tale, Hitch, The Pursuit of Happiness, and I Am Legend. The streak underscored Smith's status as one of the two thousand's most reliable blockbuster leads that concludes Today's five daily Trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison, and today's questions were crafted with the help of AI technology.

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