Clever trivia questions

[JohnT]

@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?

Actually, I think you’re right - and I read the book not 3 months ago! :smack:

[pravnik]

@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.

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.

[MovieMogul]

@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.

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.

[MovieMogul]

@tdn

Name two families that each had three generations of Oscar winners.

Who were the only three women nominated for best director?

The Coppolas (Carmine/Francis/Sofia) and the Hustons (Walter/John/Anjelica)

[MovieMogul]

@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.

Yes on Streetcar and Network. Titanic is wrong, but think another Best Picture winner.

And yes, the shlocky action movie is the fourth.

[MovieMogul]

@want2know

Billie Burke–played by Myrna Loy in The Great Ziegfeld in 1933 (34?)–nominated herself in 1939 for Merrily We Roll .

Well done. (Ziegfeld was 1936)

[tdn]

@ArchiveGuy

The Coppolas (Carmine/Francis/Sofia) and the Hustons (Walter/John/Anjelica)

Correct, although one could mention Nicholas Cage as another member of the Coppola dynasty.

[MovieMogul]

@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.

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.

[MovieMogul]

@tdn

Who were the only three women nominated for best director?

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.

[tdn]

@ArchiveGuy

Name the 3 films directed by women that won nominations for Best Picture but not Best Director.

The Piano?

[MovieMogul]

@tdn

The Piano?

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.

[pravnik]

@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.

Faye Dunaway was the one I was thinking of.

[pravnik]

@ArchiveGuy

Name the 3 films directed by women that received nominations for Best Picture but not Best Director.

Awakenings, Penny Marshall. Not sure about the other two

[Airblairxxx]

Name the movie that featured (a) a star, and (b) footage of that star’s actual funeral.

[42fish]

@ArchiveGuy

Yes on Streetcar and Network. Titanic is wrong, but think another Best Picture winner.

And yes, the shlocky action movie is the fourth.

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)

[MovieMogul]

@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)

Yup.

[Peter_Pangloss]

@RealityChuck

Dennis the Menace. And they debuted one week apart, not the same day; the British verson first.

Dennis the Menace is correct; and, after reexamining my source material, I see you’re also right about the British Dennis appearing first. :smack:

[bbs2k]

Who started this thread?

(No peeking!!)

[WotNot]

@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:

The British Dennis isn’t a newspaper comic strip, either. He appears in the Beano comic book.

So there.

[Dead_Cat]

@bbs2k

Who started this thread?

(No peeking!!)

I’m gonna go with FoieGrasIsEvil.

ETA: Damn.