It took us days to sift through the thousands of entries we received (well, actually, three) to last week's Oscar Trivia Challenge. Again, to avoid giving away the answers to the casual surfer, Ishbadiddle employs ColorMask technology to hide the answers. Just use your mouse to select the text below and it will magically appear! Just like Yes & Know, only without the pen.
In the true spirit of the Olympics, Chris and Debbie will share a Gold medal for their game efforts to answer the questions. The Bronze goes to Cebra for creativity. I've included Cebra's answers along with the right ones; if you can't tell the difference then go directly to jail, do not pass go, do not collect $200.
* Which movie has won more Oscars than any other without winning the Oscar for Best Picture?
Battlefield Earth. Or maybe Cabaret.
* Which movie has been the biggest Oscar-loser in history -- that is, which movie was nominated for 11 Oscars and failed to win a single one?
Two of the following three have earned this dubious distinction: The Color Purple, Titanic, and The Turning Point.
* What two films have received more nominations than Lord of the Ring's 13?
Either: All About Eve and Titanic
Or: The Postman and Under the Cherry Moon
* Four people have been nominated for acting, writing, and directing in the same film. (One of them twice). Who?
Woody Allen (Annie Hall), Warren Beatty (Reds and Heaven Can Wait), Orson Welles (Citizen Kane), Roberto Begnini (Life is Beautiful), and Alan Smithee (Bloodsucking Pharaohs in Pittsburgh).
* Who's the only Oscar to have won an Oscar?
Oscar Wilde, for There's Something About Ernest or Oscar Hammerstein II (Best Song: 1941, 1945)
* One Best Supporting Actress winner was on screen for 8 minutes. One Best Actor winner was on screen for 16 minutes. Who? (For a bonus point: what film did both of them appear in?)
Judi Dench as Elizabeth I in Shakespeare in Love, and Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs. They were both in 84 Charing Cross Road. OR: "Katherine Hepburn & Spencer Tracy, but I can't think of anything they were in together."
* Kate Winslet and Judi Dench were nominated for playing the younger and the older novelist Iris Murdoch in Iris. This was the second time that two actresses have been nominated for playing the same character in the same film. What was the first? And what two actresses were nominated for playing the same character in two different films in the same year?
Gloria Stuart and Kate Winslet played Rose in Titanic. Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett both played Elizabeth I in Shakespeare in Love and Elizabeth. As far as I know, Gloria Stuart and Cate Blanchett have never played the same character, but it's only a matter of time. Also accepted: those two babies who doubled for each other in Look Who's Talking.
* What two actors received Oscars (in two different years) for playing the same character in two different films? (That's two actors, one character, two movies, two Oscars.) And what four actors were each nominated twice for playing the same character in two different films? (That's four actors, four characters, eight nominations, and eight movies.)
Bing Crosby as Father Chuck O'Malley in Going My Way (1944) and The Bells Of St. Mary's (1945).
Paul Newman as "Fast" Eddie Felson in The Hustler (1961) and The Color Of Money (1986).
John Ritter as Ben Healy in Problem Child (1990) and Problem Child 2 (1991).
Peter O'Toole as King Henry II in Beckett (1964) and The Lion In Winter (1968).
Al Pacino as Michael Corleone, for The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather: Part II (1974).
* What's the only sequel to win Best Picture?
Either Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves or Godfather II.
* Four women have been nominated for acting in movies directed by their husbands. (One of them won.) Who?
Frances McDormand (Fargo), directed by Joel Coen.
Gena Rowlands (A Woman Under the Influence), directed by John Cassavetes.
Melina Mercouri (Never on Sunday), directed by Jules Dassin.
Julie Andrews (Victor, Victoria) directed by Blake Edwards.
Mariah Carey (Glitter.) Well, she hasn't won...yet. And I'm not sure if she's married to the director. But she deserves to be in here somewhere.
* There are two families with three generations Of Oscar Winners. Who?
Either: The Kennedys and The Baldwins (if you stretch the definition of "generation")
Or: The Hustons and the Coppolas:
Walter Huston (Best Supporting Actor, The Treasure Of Sierra Madre, 1948); John Huston (Best Director, The Treasure Of Sierra Madre, 1948); Anjelica Huston (Best Supporting Actress, Prizzi's Honor, 1985).
Carmine Coppola (Best Original Dramatic Score, The Godfather: Part II, 1974); Francis Ford Coppola (Best Original Screenplay, Patton, 1970; Best Adapted Screenplay, The Godfather, 1970; Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay, The Godfather: Part II, 1974); Nicholas Coppola A.K.A. Nicholas Cage: Francis Ford Coppola's nephew (Best Actor, Leaving Las Vegas, 1995)
* Why didn't "Waking Life" get a Best Animated Feature nomination? (That's not actually trivia, I was just wondering).
No one can answer this one.
Most of the questions (and heck, the answers too) are from Oscar Trivia; a few from the insane Williams Trivia Contest.