1. Submit your entry by end of day Monday, March 11 via Google survey
2. Use your brain, not your smartphone
3. DROP one question for zero points
4. SHEEP one question and take points for the most common answer in that round
5. Wrong answers = SHEEP (most common answer) + 5 points
6. 5 bonus questions worth 2 points each. No penalty for wrong answers
7. Number of possible answers shown in ( ) after each question
8. REPLY or PM with any questions or corrections
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Finding someone to replace the host who resigned in scandal was just one of the many setbacks that plagued this year’s awards. Leading up to the ceremony, the Academy suffered major blowback for trying to tweak the format of the program in an attempt to pull in more viewers. Ultimately, the Academy reversed course and the show came off just fine without a host.
Name any one of the following
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- Host who resigned (but refused to apologize) for a series of homophobic tweets, including one gem about breaking a dollhouse over his son’s head
- Exciting new category announced for 2020 (that was later scrapped)
- 4 categories the Academy wanted to cut from the telecast to save time (just kidding!)
- 4 acting winners from 2018, one of whom lamented on social media that she was “heartbroken” the Academy didn’t invite her to present at this year’s ceremony (the Academy relented and reverted to the tradition of having past winners present the acting categories)
- 2019 winner of Best Picture (this one didn't go over that well either)
Name any one of the people pictured in this selfie taken during the 2014 awards (Note: First and last name required if you pick one of the 2 people who share a last name)
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Name any Best Picture Oscar winner whose title includes part or all of a person's name
Acceptable: Erin Brockovich, Mrs. Brown, The Truth about Kevin. Not acceptable: The Godfather, Birdman
BONUS #1: Name the most recent winner in this group (i.e., films whose title includes part of a person's given name)
4. DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR! (21)
Name someone who has won best director more than once. (Hint: It’s not John Bardeen)
5. GOLD RUSH (29)
Name any film that earned a total of 12 or more nominations
BONUS #2: Name the film that holds the record for largest sweep (winning awards in every nominated category): Best Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Original Score, Original Song, Sound Mixing, Art Direction, Makeup, Costume Design, Film Editing, and Visual Effects
6. BE BEST (13)
These films have the distinction of earning Oscars for BOTH Best Actor and Actress. Name any one of these acting winners
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- 1934 It Happened One Night
- 1975 One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
- 1976 Network
- 1978 Coming Home
- 1981 On Golden Pond
- 1991 The Silence of the Lambs
- 1997 As Good As It Gets
7. “OLIVIA COLMAN!” (13)
With their losses this year, Glenn Close and Amy Adams are now the most nominated living actresses who have never won, with 7 and 6 nominations each. Name any one of the 13 films for which they were nominated.
8. FASHION, BABY (9)
Edith Head has the distinction of most awards won by a woman - 8 wins for Costume Design and 35 nominations! Name any one of Edith Head's winning films based on these sketches, OR name the 2019 winner of the award for Costume Design
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9. OH, THE DRAMA! (14)
My favorite episode of the FX series, Feud: Bette and Joan, recreated one of the most outrageous moments in Oscar history. Joan Crawford raged when rival Bette Davis got a Best Actress nod for the psychological horror/thriller in which they co-starred. Slighted yet hell bent on sabotage, Crawford openly campaigned against Davis and lobbied one of the other nominees (on Broadway at the time) to let her accept the award on her behalf if she won. Well, that actress did win, and Crawford pulled off one helluva petty stunt. Name any one of the following:
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- 4 other Best Actress nominees, besides Davis
- 5 films nominated for Best Actress
- 2 stars of Feud: Bette and Joan
- 3 films for which either star of Feud won an Oscar
10. GOLDEN DEBUTS (16)
Given the film, name a performer who won an acting Oscar for their screen debut
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- Come Back, Little Sheba, 1952
- Mary Poppins, 1964
- Funny Girl, 1968
- Children of a Lesser God, 1986
- The Best Years of Our Lives, 1946
- Ordinary People, 1980
- The Killing Fields, 1984
- Anthony Adverse, 1936
- For Whom the Bell Tolls, 1943
- All the King's Men, 1949
- On the Waterfront, 1954
- East of Eden, 1955
- Paper Moon, 1973
- The Piano, 1993
- Dreamgirls, 2006
- 12 Years a Slave, 2013