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Originally from Dublin, Ireland. Moved to London and then Leeds, England, I now live in Toronto, Canada. Oh and now back again. Anyway, you can take the woman out of Ireland but, you know the rest. Basically the stuff on here will be the same no matter where I am. Ramblings and rantings about stuff, some from Canada.Some of them really do say 'eh' ~~~~~ "ascertaining the comprehension, continued interest, agreement, etc., of the person or persons addressed"

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Oscar Wilde said, "I love to talk about nothing. It's the only thing I know anything about."

As predictable as winners thanking their mothers and jokes about over-running is me doing the Monday Movie Quiz about the Oscars.
Update:
1. Who is the only actor to be nominated (as Best Actor) for playing three roles in the same film?
Taffy got -Peter Sellers for "Dr. Strangelove or How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb"
2. Only two sequels to win Best Picture? (Both were part of trilogies with all three films nominated for Best Picture.)
Taffy got- The Godfather Part 2 and Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
3. Who was nominated as producer, director, actor and screenwriter in a single year for a single movie? Warren Beatty is not the name I was looking for, he wasn't nominated for production. It was Orson Welles.

4. The individual who was awarded the most total Oscars was none other than ---- ------, who walked away with 26 Academy Awards over his lifetime.
He had 64 total Oscar nominations.
E got - Walt Disney
5. Which comedy legend has hosted the Oscars the most? No, not Billy Crystal, someone else has hosted more. Will got -Bob Hope

6. Name the Biblical epic starring Charlton Heston that won 11 Academy Awards. Taffy got- Ben Hur

7. Who was the only actor to receive two posthumous acting nominations? He lost both times, so he still is a rebel without an Oscar. Taffy got - James Dean

8. One of the all-time best directors, master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock, never won an Oscar for Best Director, but he was nominated five times. Name any one(or more!) of the pictures.
Tafty got - Vertigo. What are the others? Will got Rebecca, Lifeboat, Spellbound, Rear Window, and Psycho, he wasn't nominated for Vertigo. and you are right, Sorry about that!
9. What is the only martial arts movie to win an Academy Award? Taffy got - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

10. Which of these nominated films did NOT win Best Picture?: E got- c.Saving Private Ryan.
a. Terms of Endearment
b. The Godfather, Part II
c. Saving Private Ryan
d. Unforgiven

11. Morgan Freeman won an Oscar for his performance in which film?: Will got - d. Million Dollar Baby
a. Driving Miss Daisy no, not a.
b. Shawshank Redemption
c. Street Smart
d. Million Dollar Baby

12. I remember it like it was last year....
a. Name the winner who started his acceptance speech "Wow. Alright, so I'm not winning director" Taffy got - George Clooney
b. Who thanked two imaginary people, Ennis and Jack, in his acceptance speech?
c. Name the song by Three 6 Mafia that won Best Original Song. Taffy got - It's Hard Out Here for A Pimp

13. What Oscar winner has the real name Ilyena Vasilievna Mironov? Taffy got - Helen Mirren

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8 Comments:

At Tue Feb 27, 01:17:00 p.m., Blogger Kathy said...

1. Peter Sellers for "Dr. Strangelove or How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb"

2. Godfather Part 2 and Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

5. Billy Crystal

6. Ben-Hur (or as my day used to say "Loved Ben, hated Hur.")

7. James Dean

8. Vertigo

9. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

11. A

12. a. George Clooney
c. "It's Hard Out Here To be a Pimp."


Taffy

 
At Tue Feb 27, 02:53:00 p.m., Anonymous Anonymous said...

4. walt disney.
10. Saving Private Ryan

E

 
At Wed Feb 28, 06:02:00 a.m., Blogger Steve said...

Geeez... I've got to start getting here sooner.

 
At Thu Mar 01, 03:47:00 a.m., Blogger Kathy said...

3. Kevin Costner "Dances with Wolves"

13. Helen Mirren

Taffy

 
At Fri Mar 02, 02:28:00 p.m., Blogger Will said...

3. Warren Beatty, and he did it twice for Reds and Heaven Can Wait

4. Rebecca, Lifeboat, Spellbound, Rear Window, and Psycho, he wasn't nominated for Vertigo.

5. Bob Hope hosted for a long time

11. Freeman won for Million Dollar Baby

 
At Fri Mar 02, 02:30:00 p.m., Blogger Will said...

oops sorry, my answers for $ are actually for the Hitchcock question.

 
At Fri Mar 02, 02:30:00 p.m., Blogger Will said...

That would be 4 not $, man I need to wake up.

 
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