# Clever trivia questions **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 22, 2008, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-trivia-questions/453747 "2008-06-22T02:54:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-trivia-questions/453747/41 "2008-06-24T15:07:02Z")
[QUOTE=Peter Pangloss] Scarlett is correct! (But is “Katie” short for “Katherine?” Might it not be the Irish “Kathleen?” Does the book say for sure? I don’t remember.) Two different long-running newspaper comics with the same title, one British and one American, debuted in their respective papers by absolute coincidence on the very same day. What is the title shared by these two comics? [/QUOTE] Actually, I think you’re right - and I read the book not 3 months ago! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-trivia-questions/453747/42 "2008-06-24T15:14:01Z")
[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy] Janet Gaynor’s character won an Oscar in _A Star is Born_ several years after Gaynor herself won an Oscar. In the remake, Judy Garland’s character won an Oscar, and Judy won a Special (Juvenile) Oscar. [/QUOTE] Not quite who I was looking for. I’m thinking of an actress who portrayed a real life Oscar winning actress. She also won an Oscar of her own, but not for that role. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-trivia-questions/453747/43 "2008-06-24T16:37:26Z")
[QUOTE=pravnik] Not quite who I was looking for. I’m thinking of an actress who portrayed a real life Oscar winning actress. She also won an Oscar of her own, but not for that role. [/QUOTE] Well, Faye Dunaway played Joan Crawford and won an Oscar for _Network_. Glenda Jackson played Patricia Neal in a TV biopic and won 2 Oscars herself. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-trivia-questions/453747/44 "2008-06-24T16:46:34Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] Name two families that each had three generations of Oscar winners. Who were the only three women nominated for best director? [/QUOTE] The Coppolas (Carmine/Francis/Sofia) and the Hustons (Walter/John/Anjelica) ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-trivia-questions/453747/45 "2008-06-24T16:47:55Z")
[QUOTE=Robot Arm] _A Streetcar Named Desire_ and _Network_ are the two I’m sure of. _Titanic_ was probably another one. And there’s some schlocky action picture made in the twilights of their careers that had three Oscar winners from the same year, but was not the movie that any of them won for. I’ll post this, and then go look it up. [/QUOTE] Yes on _Streetcar_ and _Network_. _Titanic_ is wrong, but think another Best Picture winner. And yes, the shlocky action movie is the fourth. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-trivia-questions/453747/46 "2008-06-24T16:49:53Z")
[QUOTE=want2know] Billie Burke–played by Myrna Loy in _The Great Ziegfeld_ in 1933 (34?)–nominated herself in 1939 for _Merrily We Roll_ . [/QUOTE] Well done. 😃 (_Ziegfeld_ was 1936) ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-trivia-questions/453747/47 "2008-06-24T16:49:56Z")
[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy] The Coppolas (Carmine/Francis/Sofia) and the Hustons (Walter/John/Anjelica) [/QUOTE] Correct, although one could mention Nicholas Cage as another member of the Coppola dynasty. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-trivia-questions/453747/48 "2008-06-24T16:54:58Z")
[QUOTE=RealityChuck] The four major actors of this classic Broadway play all eventually won Oscars, two for the film version, and two for other films. Interestingly, the one member of the cast who won a Tony Award for the role took the longest to win an Oscar. [/quote] Karl Malden and Kim Hunter won Oscars for _A Streetcar Named Desire_ in 1951 while Brando won 3 years later for _On the Waterfront_. Jessica Tandy wouldn’t win hers until 1989 for _Driving Miss Daisy_ > [@](#): > > Who was the first director to win an Oscar for the very first film he directed? While _Marty_ was his first theatrical feature, Delbert Mann had directed plenty of television, including the original TV production of _Marty_, also. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-trivia-questions/453747/49 "2008-06-24T17:01:09Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] Who were the only three women nominated for best director? [/QUOTE] Sofia Coppola, Jane Campion, and Lina Wertmuller. All 3 were also nominated for the screenplays of the films they directed, and the first two won those years in that category. Name the 3 films directed by women that won nominations for Best Picture but not Best Director. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-trivia-questions/453747/50 "2008-06-24T17:03:13Z")
[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy] Name the 3 films directed by women that won nominations for Best Picture but not Best Director. [/QUOTE] The Piano? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-trivia-questions/453747/51 "2008-06-24T17:43:05Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] The Piano? [/QUOTE] That was nominated for Best Director (sorry if the word _won_ confused things). Revised: Name the 3 films directed by women that received nominations for Best Picture but not Best Director. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-trivia-questions/453747/52 "2008-06-24T19:13:09Z")
[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy] Well, Faye Dunaway played Joan Crawford and won an Oscar for _Network_. Glenda Jackson played Patricia Neal in a TV biopic and won 2 Oscars herself. [/QUOTE] Faye Dunaway was the one I was thinking of. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-trivia-questions/453747/53 "2008-06-24T19:17:43Z")
[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy] Name the 3 films directed by women that received nominations for Best Picture but not Best Director. [/QUOTE] _Awakenings_, Penny Marshall. Not sure about the other two ---
**Author:** ![Airblairxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Airblairxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airblairxxx)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-trivia-questions/453747/54 "2008-06-24T19:45:51Z")
Name the movie that featured (a) a star, and (b) footage of that star’s actual funeral. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-trivia-questions/453747/55 "2008-06-24T21:30:32Z")
[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy] Yes on _Streetcar_ and _Network_. _Titanic_ is wrong, but think another Best Picture winner. And yes, the shlocky action movie is the fourth. 🙂 [/QUOTE] Gone with the Wind (not the schlocky action movie, I presume) featured 1939 Oscar winners Vivien Leigh and Hattie McDaniel (who won for GWTW) and Thomas Mitchell (who won for Stagecoach) ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-trivia-questions/453747/56 "2008-06-24T21:40:23Z")
[QUOTE=42fish] Gone with the Wind (not the schlocky action movie, I presume) featured 1939 Oscar winners Vivien Leigh and Hattie McDaniel (who won for GWTW) and Thomas Mitchell (who won for Stagecoach) [/QUOTE] Yup. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Pangloss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a698b9/32.png) [@Peter\_Pangloss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Pangloss)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-trivia-questions/453747/57 "2008-06-25T05:02:56Z")
[QUOTE=RealityChuck] Dennis the Menace. And they debuted one week apart, not the same day; the British verson first. [/QUOTE] Dennis the Menace is correct; and, after reexamining my source material, I see you’re also right about the British Dennis appearing first. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-trivia-questions/453747/58 "2008-06-25T05:32:40Z")
Who started this thread? (No peeking!!) ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-trivia-questions/453747/59 "2008-06-25T08:35:02Z")
[QUOTE=Peter Pangloss] Dennis the Menace is correct; and, after reexamining my source material, I see you’re also right about the British Dennis appearing first. :smack: [/QUOTE] The British Dennis isn’t a newspaper comic strip, either. He appears in the _Beano_ comic book. So there. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-trivia-questions/453747/60 "2008-06-25T11:56:27Z")
[QUOTE=bbs2k] Who started this thread? (No peeking!!) [/QUOTE] I’m gonna go with **FoieGrasIsEvil**. ETA: Damn. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-trivia-questions/453747.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-trivia-questions/453747.md?page=4)