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1 trivia quiz  What? I Didn't Win? coolicon
In the recent history of the Academy Awards there have been a number of snubs, deserved and otherwise, for marvelous acting performances. This quiz will explore some of these notable performances that did not garner Oscar gold.
Average 10Q
2616 plays
Oct 26 05
thejazzkickazz gold
2 trivia quiz  The Oscars - The 'Losers' icon
A follow-up to the 'Oscar' quizzes, this is a tribute to memorable roles, and memorable actors, who did not win an Academy Award. Match the character with the actor who made it famous.
Average 20Q
3429 plays
Oct 04 00
Oddball
3 trivia quiz  Hey, Where's MY Oscar? icon
Some very talented celebrities have been nominated numerous times for an Oscar, but they have not received their golden statue.
Tough 10Q
747 plays
Feb 23 07
GoodVibe
4 trivia quiz  The "Losers" of 2002 icon
Certainly one is not a "loser" when even nominated for an Oscar, but these folks failed to win in their categories at the 2002 ceremonies. Not a failure among them, though, in the "big picture".
Difficult 10Q
642 plays
Dec 01 06
Gatsby722 gold
5 trivia quiz  Movies Snubbed by Oscar icon
Here are my choices for some of the worst Oscar picks for Best Picture over the years. Ratings referred to in the interesting information sections are based on user opinions from the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com), as of February 9, 2002.
Average 10Q
2787 plays
Feb 09 02
chessart gold
6 trivia quiz  Lose Now Win Later icon
I have listed films that future Oscar Winners lost on their first try for a win. You have to guess the Actor or Actress
Tough 10Q
2796 plays
Mar 09 01
oscar820

Some sample questions from this category:

* Best Supporting Actress: the elder of two actresses who portrayed Rose DeWitt Bukater Calvert in the same film:
* Best Supporting Actor: Johnny Friendly, the corrupt boss of a dockers union:
* Best Actress: Ripley, a space traveller forced to return to a planet populated by creatures that murdered her former crew:
* Best Supporting Actor: Tybalt, a hot-headed member of an Italian family at odds with a relative's romance with a rival.
* Best Supporting Actress: Marion Crane, a woman on the run with ill-gotten money, who blunders into the life of a deranged killer:
* Best Supporting Actor: Lt. Daniel Taylor, a handicapped Vietman veteran, who owes his life to a not-too-bright subordinate who has a habit of being in the right place at the right time:
* Best Actor: Nick Charles, a retired detective hired to find a missing inventor, assisted by his ditsy wife and their wirehaired terrier:
* Best Actor: The title character, an enigmatic multi-millionaire publisher whos life is chronicled after his death to find meaning to his mysterious last word:
* Best Supporting Actor: Dil, paramour to a captured British soldier, with an more-than-unusual secret:
* Best Actress: She was known only as the second Mrs. deWinter, a frail woman having to contend with her new husband's deceased wife:
* Best Supporting Actor: Mr. Miyagi, a gardener-turned-karate instructor who trains a teen in self defense, along with some valuable moral and spiritual lessons:
* Best Actor: Tevye, a poor Russian dairy farmer trying to marry off his daughters:
* Best Actor: 'Pepe' LeMoko, a small time crook who seeks refuge in an Algerian cafe, the Casbah:
* Best Actress: Phyllis Dietrichson, a 'femme fatale' who conspires with an insurance agent to murder her husband for the right price:
* Best Supporting Actor: Mickey, an world-weary former boxer turned trainer with one last chance to manage a long shot to the heavyweight title:
* Best Supporting Actress: Regan McNeil, a precocious child posessed by an other-worldly spirit:
* Best Supporting Actor: Real-life pool shark 'Minnesota Fats', challenged to an all-night tournament by an up-and-comer:
* Best Actor: This actor was nominated for three roles in the same {film;} a British group captain caught up with an ultra-whacko American general, a mysterious handicapped political advisor and the President of the United States:
* Best Supporting Actor: Captain Louis Renault, chief of police in Vichy territory in W.W.II, in an uneasy allience with a local nightclub owner:
* Best Supporting Actor: Max Von Mayerling, former Hollywood director, now man-servant to an aging star of the Silent Screen:

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