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The Oscars

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Introduction:
"It's Oscar time, so, with uncannily good timing, off we go. There is no real structure. Just random, honest-to-goodness trivia."


1. Which is the only dog to get nominated?
    P. H. Vazak
    Joe Collie
    Lassie
    Sparky


2. Which year were the Oscars first telecast?
    1947
    1952
    1950
    1953


3. Which year were the Oscars telecast in color for the first time?
    1960
    1970
    1962
    1966


4. This gentleman has been nominated for at least 13 Writing Oscars. Who is he?
    Walt Disney
    Woody Allen
    Frank Capra
    Bob Hope


5. What is the full name of the Oscar?
    The Academy Award for Outstanding Achievement
    The Academy Award of Merit
    The Academy Award for Distinguished Excellence
    The Academy Award for Excellent Performance in the Field of


6. Which was the first X-Rated movie to win Best Picture?
    Boogie Nights
    Midnight Cowboy
    The Last Temptation of Christ
    Last Tango In Paris


7. Who is the oldest person to win the Best Actor Oscar?
    Alec Guinness
    Ray Milland
    Henry Fonda
    Richard Burton


8. And who is the youngest person to win an Oscar?
    Tatum O'Neal
    Haley Joe Osmont
    Anna Paquin
    Linda Blair


9. He produced an Oscar sweeping movie in the 70's, he won an Oscar for his spot-on personification of the eighties, and now he's in another multiply nominated film in 2001. He used to carry his father's name, maybe now it is the other way around. Who is he?
    Answer: (Two words or just surname -'Greed is good')


10. Three of the following four men have won the Best Actor Oscar (hint -maybe more than once!) as well as a Best Supporting Actor Oscar. One of them, however, has never won the Supporting Actor award, and has to be content with two Best Actor Awards. Who is this?
    Jack Nicholson
    Dustin Hoffman
    Robert DeNiro
    Gene Hackman


11. I was nominated for the role of a quiet bee-keeper who tries to hold onto his family,(in 1997). Surprised a lot of people who had figured I had gone away for a while. Am still waiting to join Dad and Sis on that stage though - as a winner. Who am I?
    Answer: (Two words, full or last name only)


12. 'I don't want to move to a city where the only cultural advantage is being able to make a right turn on a red light.' Which 1977 Oscar Winner is this quote from?
    The French Connection
    Annie Hall
    The Conversation
    Dog Day Afternoon


13. 'You're dumber than you think I think you are'. Which movie is this line from?
    Dumb and Dumber
    Fargo
    The Shining
    Chinatown


14. Which married couple were nominated for Acting Oscars in the same year?
    Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton
    Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger
    Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell
    Woody Allen and Mia Farrow


15. Finally, we cross over into literature and movies. Who is the only person who has won an Oscar and a Nobel Prize?
    George Bernard Shaw
    Ronald Reagan
    Harrison Ford
    Steven Spielberg


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