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Quiz about Oscar and the Oldest Profession II
Quiz about Oscar and the Oldest Profession II

Oscar and the Oldest Profession II Quiz


Oscar is at it again! Here is another collection of ten questions about movies the Academy liked, which happen to feature the ever-busy ladies of the evening. Good Luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by robmeister. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
robmeister
Time
5 mins
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Multiple Choice
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172,719
Updated
Dec 03 21
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10
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Question 1 of 10
1. An escort-turned-singer named Susie Diamond (Michelle Pfeiffer) makes a successful audition in "The Fabulous Baker Boys" (1990), and becomes the third person in a lounge act. When Frank Baker (Beau Bridges) tells her to brush up on a certain song, she declines by comparing it to parsley. Which of these songs is "parsley" to Suzie? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Name the Oscar-winning Woody Allen film which features a very busy working girl named Linda Ash. Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. "Dirty Pretty Things" (2002) deals with the lives of immigrants (some legal, some not) in London, and their struggles for survival. Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Okwe, a Nigerian pathologist who resorts to working the graveyard shift as a hotel desk clerk. Of Juliette or Senay, which woman in the movie is a prostitute who plies her trade at the hotel in which Okwe works?

Answer: (One Word - Juliette or Senay)
Question 4 of 10
4. "Cimarron" (1931) is the story of a newspaper editor/lawyer named Yancey Cravat (Richard Dix), his family, and the settlement of Osage, Oklahoma. One of the major subplots of this movie deals with a madam who is put on a show trial, simply because of her reputation. What is her name? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Name the actress who played Dallas in "Stagecoach" (1939). Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Believe it or not, there was a musical about prostitutes, and it became an Oscar-nominated motion picture. Starring Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton, "The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas" (1982) tells the story of a televangelist bent on shutting down an historic cathouse. Which of these actors received the film's only nomination? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. In "Klute" (1971), a man's disappearance baffles investigators, until he is linked to a New York City callgirl named Bree Daniel (Jane Fonda). What is Mr. Klute's first name? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Based on the play by Eugene O'Neill, "Anna Christie" (1930) is the story of a young girl who was sent to live with friends, but when she grows up, she leads a life of prostitution. Is this movie Greta Garbo's first speaking role?


Question 9 of 10
9. "I Want to Live!" (1958) is based on the the true story of Barbara Graham (Susan Hayward), a former prostitute who, along with two of her accomplaces, was executed for the murder of a middle-aged Los Angeles-area widow. In what city did the crime occur? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. In "Casino" (1995), directed by Martin Scorsese, Sam "Ace" Rothstein (Robert De Niro) meets and marries a former escort named Ginger (Sharon Stone), and they marry. But their marriage and his career at the Tangiers Hotel and Casino fall apart. This movie is based on actual events associated with what famous Las Vegas hotel/casino? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. An escort-turned-singer named Susie Diamond (Michelle Pfeiffer) makes a successful audition in "The Fabulous Baker Boys" (1990), and becomes the third person in a lounge act. When Frank Baker (Beau Bridges) tells her to brush up on a certain song, she declines by comparing it to parsley. Which of these songs is "parsley" to Suzie?

Answer: Feelings

Frank: "What's our beef with 'Feelings'?"
Susie: "Nothing. Except, who cares? I mean, does anybody need to hear 'Feelings' again in a lifetime? It's like parsley, okay? Take it away; nobody's gonna know the difference."

Though it did not win any Oscars, "The Fabulous Baker Boys" did have four nominations: Best Actress (Michelle Pfeiffer), Best Cinematography, Best Editing, and Best Original Score. Michelle Pfeiffer was also nominated Best Supporting Actress, for "Dangerous Liaisons" (1989), and Best Actress, for "Love Field" (1993).
2. Name the Oscar-winning Woody Allen film which features a very busy working girl named Linda Ash.

Answer: Mighty Aphrodite

Linda Ash (Mira Sorvino) also dabbles into adult videos, and she has a propensity to take almost anything and twist it around into something to do with sex (even gift-giving!).
Nominated for two Oscars, "Mighty Aphrodite" (1995) won one: Best Supporting Actress (Mira Sorvino). It was also nominated for Best Original Screenplay. Of the films listed for this question, only "Radio Days" failed to win any Oscars.
3. "Dirty Pretty Things" (2002) deals with the lives of immigrants (some legal, some not) in London, and their struggles for survival. Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Okwe, a Nigerian pathologist who resorts to working the graveyard shift as a hotel desk clerk. Of Juliette or Senay, which woman in the movie is a prostitute who plies her trade at the hotel in which Okwe works?

Answer: Juliette

Juliette (Sophie Okonedo) is the working girl trying to make a living; Senay (Audrey Tautou) is one of Okwe's hotel co-workers. Audrey Tautou had been previously seen in the acclaimed "Amelie" (2001).
This film, though nominated only for Best Original Screenplay of 2003 (it came to the States in August 2003), it has won several other awards, inluding four British Independent Film Awards.
4. "Cimarron" (1931) is the story of a newspaper editor/lawyer named Yancey Cravat (Richard Dix), his family, and the settlement of Osage, Oklahoma. One of the major subplots of this movie deals with a madam who is put on a show trial, simply because of her reputation. What is her name?

Answer: Dixie Lee

We first meet Dixie Lee (Estelle Taylor) at the starting point of the Oklahoma land rush, at the beginning of the film. Later, when she and her ladies enter the gaming tent for a Sunday sermon (led by Yancey himself), the society women begin to whisper about having "that kind of woman" in town.

When her trial begins, Yancey defends her. When she takes the stand, the town learns of her being orphaned at 15, her marriage to a man who turns out to be a bigomist, and her baby son's death. She also testifies that she did try to be a teacher and a nurse, but because she had had an illegitimate child, society "branded" her as disreputable.

She was found not guilty. "Cimarron" was awarded Best Picture of 1930/31, and it is the first western to do this; it also received Oscars for Best Art Direction and Best Writing (Adaptation).

This film was also nominated for Best Actor (Richard Dix), Best Actress (Irene Dunn), Best Director (Wesley Ruggles), and Best Cinematography.
5. Name the actress who played Dallas in "Stagecoach" (1939).

Answer: Claire Trevor

All of these women were in "Stagecoach", but it was Claire Trevor who played Dallas, the love interest of the Ringo Kid (John Wayne). Hints of her profession are quite subtle, like her red hair (though it's a black-and-white movie, it's easy to tell her hair color) and the scene in which she asks whether "a girl like me can fall in love." At the end, as Ringo is walking Dallas home, we discover that her home is the local cathouse. Still, Ringo isn't phased by this (after all, he is a fugitive), and the two of them ride off to his ranch to live happily ever after. "Stagecoach" earned two Oscars, out of seven nominations.

It won Best Supporting Actor (Thomas Mitchell) and Best Music (Scoring). The other nominations were Best Picture, Best Director (John Ford), Best Cinematography (Black and White), Best Film Editing, and Best Art Direction. Of course, 1939 was the year "Gone With the Wind" ruled the Oscars. :)
6. Believe it or not, there was a musical about prostitutes, and it became an Oscar-nominated motion picture. Starring Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton, "The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas" (1982) tells the story of a televangelist bent on shutting down an historic cathouse. Which of these actors received the film's only nomination?

Answer: Charles Durning

Charles Durning received the film's only nomination, as Best Supporting Actor, in his role as the Governor. The award was given that year to Louis Gossett, Jr. for "An Officer and a Gentleman".
On a personal note, I remember seeing this movie years ago, and I still cannot not help but think that "The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas" was rated R, not because of the scantily-clad ladies or the subject matter, but because Burt Reynolds sings in this movie!
7. In "Klute" (1971), a man's disappearance baffles investigators, until he is linked to a New York City callgirl named Bree Daniel (Jane Fonda). What is Mr. Klute's first name?

Answer: John

John Klute (Donald Sutherland) kept in contact with Bree by mail, and his letters were the only clues that gave investigators any indication of his whereabouts. Do they find him? Watch the movie and see...
"Klute" earned Jane Fonda her first Academy Award, for Best Actress; she would receive a second Oscar for "Coming Home" (1978). "Klute" was also nominated for Best Original Screenplay.
8. Based on the play by Eugene O'Neill, "Anna Christie" (1930) is the story of a young girl who was sent to live with friends, but when she grows up, she leads a life of prostitution. Is this movie Greta Garbo's first speaking role?

Answer: Yes

To put it simply, the tagline for this movie was "Garbo Talks!" It must have been the major selling point, because she (and the rest of the cast) spoke German! In the movie, Anna undergoes a life-changing event and falls in love with a man named Matt (Charles Bickford), but Matt struggles with accepting her past and whether she is telling the truth about her love for him.
"Anna Christie" was nominated for Best Actress (Garbo), Best Director and Best Cinematography (The rules of the time allowed for actors' nominations to be for multiple roles; Garbo's nomination was for this film and "Romance"). Garbo would later receive two more nominations: "Camille" (1936), and "Ninotchka" (1939).
FAST FACT -- According to Turner Classic Movies host and film historian Robert Osborne, Greta Garbo was very self-conscious about how her voice, which was naturally high-pitched, would sound in a talking picture. So, she did a series of exerises to lower her pitch to sound more authoritative. That is how Greta Garbo's throaty voice got that way!
9. "I Want to Live!" (1958) is based on the the true story of Barbara Graham (Susan Hayward), a former prostitute who, along with two of her accomplaces, was executed for the murder of a middle-aged Los Angeles-area widow. In what city did the crime occur?

Answer: Burbank

Though fictionalized to portray Barbara Graham as innocent of the murder of Mabel Monohan, "I Want to Live!" did show that she was willing to protest her innocence, to the point that she even attempted to fake an alibi. In truth, Barbara Graham was a cruel victim of circumstance, in that she had resorted to prostitution to earn a living because she was an illegitimate child who had been shunned by her mother.

By the time of the murder, she had been married to a herion-addicted bartender and she was still turning tricks to support her family. Susan Hayward won her Best Actress Oscar for this film, which was also nominated for Best Director (Robert Wise), Best Sound, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography (Black-and-White), and Best Editing.
10. In "Casino" (1995), directed by Martin Scorsese, Sam "Ace" Rothstein (Robert De Niro) meets and marries a former escort named Ginger (Sharon Stone), and they marry. But their marriage and his career at the Tangiers Hotel and Casino fall apart. This movie is based on actual events associated with what famous Las Vegas hotel/casino?

Answer: The Stardust

The fictional Sam and Ginger Rothstein were really Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal and his wife, Geri. Mr. Rosenthal was the manager of the casino at the Stardust in the 1970s and early-1980s, but his Mob connections made him controversial in Vegas and his high profile in Vegas made him wary to the Mob.
"Casino" was nominated only for Best Actress (Sharon Stone). Co-stars Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci had won two and one, respectively, prior to "Casino".
Source: Author robmeister

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