# A Couple of Oscar Trivia Questions **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 20, 2003, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-oscar-trivia-questions/156317 "2003-02-20T13:53:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zen\_Postman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/4da419/32.png) [@Zen\_Postman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zen_Postman)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-oscar-trivia-questions/156317/1 "2003-02-20T13:53:14Z")
Which pair of brothers each played the title role in a film that won Best Picture? Robert Redford has directed or starred in six films that won the Oscar for Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted). Name them (without looking them up on [imdb.com](http://imdb.com)). ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-oscar-trivia-questions/156317/2 "2003-02-20T14:11:14Z")
Joseph & Ralph Fiennes _Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President’s Men, Ordinary People, The Sting, The Candidate, Out of Africa_ (didn’t look them up–swear!) Here’s one back at ya: Which of this year’s nominees is Oscar’s biggest loser ever (most nominations with no wins)? ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Propski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5e9695/32.png) [@Guy\_Propski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Propski)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-oscar-trivia-questions/156317/3 "2003-02-20T14:31:04Z")
Meryl Streep. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-oscar-trivia-questions/156317/4 "2003-02-20T14:40:54Z")
Streep has won an Oscar (I’m assuming ArchiveGuy means the most nominations with no wins, ever). Martin Scorsese? ---
**Author:** ![the\_O-man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9f8e36/32.png) [@the\_O-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_O-man)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-oscar-trivia-questions/156317/5 "2003-02-20T14:41:35Z")
Peter O’toole. ---
**Author:** ![Zen\_Postman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/4da419/32.png) [@Zen\_Postman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zen_Postman)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-oscar-trivia-questions/156317/6 "2003-02-20T14:43:47Z")
Susan Lucci…no, no wrong medium. Very impressive on the Redford answer. As far as this year’s nominees, I don’t know, but I bet it’s something like Best Sound or Best Costumes… ---
**Author:** ![Zen\_Postman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/4da419/32.png) [@Zen\_Postman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zen_Postman)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-oscar-trivia-questions/156317/7 "2003-02-20T14:49:31Z")
Peter O’Toole has indeed been nominated and lost seven times, but he’s receiving an honorary award this year. I don’t think this is what **ArchiveGuy** is shooting at. O’Toole got nominated twice for playing the same character, Henry II in **Becket** and **A Lion in Winter**. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-oscar-trivia-questions/156317/8 "2003-02-20T16:16:13Z")
To twist the question (and answer) slightly–the biggest loser of all time would be **The Color Purple** –11 nominations, zero wins. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-oscar-trivia-questions/156317/9 "2003-02-20T17:14:43Z")
Actually, **The Turning Point** ties _Purple_’s distinction of 0-for-11. And yes, I mean most nominations with no wins ever. > [@](#): > > I don’t know, but I bet it’s something like Best Sound or Best Costumes… Very, very warm indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-oscar-trivia-questions/156317/10 "2003-02-20T18:59:55Z")
Paul Newman, nominated 6 times and lost, won on the 7th for “Color of Money”. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-oscar-trivia-questions/156317/11 "2003-02-20T19:06:04Z")
Elmer Bernstein, Musical Score for “Far From Heaven”? ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-oscar-trivia-questions/156317/12 "2003-02-20T19:07:45Z")
Ooops! Elmer won in 1968 for “Thoroughly Modern Millie”. ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-oscar-trivia-questions/156317/13 "2003-02-20T20:56:15Z")
Dante Ferretti? 0-6 right now. ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-oscar-trivia-questions/156317/14 "2003-02-20T21:01:54Z")
A ha. Kevin O’Connell has 16 nominations for various sound categories and has never won. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-oscar-trivia-questions/156317/15 "2003-02-20T22:27:57Z")
Yes. He’s been nominated for: _Terms of Endearment Dune Silverado Top Gun Black Rain Days of Thunder A Few Good Men Crimson Tide Twister The Rock Con Air The Mask of Zorro Armageddon The Patriot Pearl Harbor_ and this year, _Spider-Man_. Lots of Bruckheimer films there, although ironically, one of the few he didn’t do, _Blackhawk Down_, was the one that won last year. ---
**Author:** ![CyberPundit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@CyberPundit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyberPundit)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-oscar-trivia-questions/156317/16 "2003-02-20T22:39:33Z")
“O’Toole got nominated twice for playing the same character, …” Question: Of which other actor and character is this true? ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-oscar-trivia-questions/156317/17 "2003-02-20T22:45:09Z")
Al Pacino–Michael Corelone? ---
**Author:** ![CyberPundit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@CyberPundit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyberPundit)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-oscar-trivia-questions/156317/18 "2003-02-20T22:52:58Z")
“Al Pacino–Michael Corelone?” Not who I had in mind but he did indeed get two nominations. Let me refine the question to Best Actor nominations for the same character (one of Pacino’s nomination was Supporting Actor) ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-oscar-trivia-questions/156317/19 "2003-02-20T23:15:29Z")
Paul Newman as Fast Eddie Felson What character brought nominations to three different actors in three different films? Also, there are two Best Picture winners which have more than one title character winning a performance Oscar as well. What are those 2 films? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-oscar-trivia-questions/156317/20 "2003-02-20T23:17:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CyberPundit \* > \*\*“O’Toole got nominated twice for playing the same character, …” > Question: Of which other actor and character is this true? \*\* Paul Newman was nominated twice, 30 years apart, for playing Fast Eddie Felson (“The Hustler”, “The Color of Money”). Tragically, Tony Ganios repeated his brilliance in the role of Meat in all three PORKY’S films and has yet to receive an Oscar. Here’s a trivia question: the sitcom ROSEANNE had three Oscar winners in its extended cast (one in a regular role, the other two in recurring roles). Two additional members had been nominated for Best Supporting Actor Oscars but weren’t winners. How many can you name? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-oscar-trivia-questions/156317.md?page=2)