# Help me with this movie quiz **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 20, 2003, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-movie-quiz/162691 "2003-03-20T01:33:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Scorpio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Scorpio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scorpio)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-movie-quiz/162691/1 "2003-03-20T01:33:34Z")
Done the other questions but these last two are a bit ambivalent and I can’t work out/search out the answer: What did Debra Winger do to get John Travoltas attention in Urban Cowboy? What did Anna Paquin go down in history as? Any help would be appreciated ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-movie-quiz/162691/2 "2003-03-20T01:36:04Z")
Wasn’t Anna the youngest to win an Oscar for _The Piano_? ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-movie-quiz/162691/3 "2003-03-20T01:42:12Z")
Well, Anna was certainly the youngest person to to win an Oscar for _The Piano_, and she is also the youngest person in history to win a regular Oscar. Shirley Temple had been given an Oscar, but it was a “special” Oscar (and child sized to boot). I’ve only seen _Urban Cowboy_ for a long time, but didn’t she ride the bull, and stay on for a long time? ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-movie-quiz/162691/4 "2003-03-20T01:44:32Z")
I meant to say I’d only seen _Urban Cowboy_ once and not for a long time, it only seemed like it took a long time to watch it. ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-movie-quiz/162691/5 "2003-03-20T01:45:15Z")
:smack: After I hit submit I realized how it sounded. ---
**Author:** ![Scorpio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Scorpio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scorpio)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-movie-quiz/162691/6 "2003-03-20T01:45:20Z")
Ohh fast, thanks. I think that’s it for Anna, and I think bull-riding must have something to do with the answer for Urban Cowboy since all the reviews mention bull-riding (without specifying that Debra Winger does it, unfortunately). Thanks for the help. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-movie-quiz/162691/7 "2003-03-20T01:52:16Z")
I don’t know about the _Urban Cowboy_ reference, unless the question means “how did she get him to notice her after they were already married and having problems.” They were already an item when she first started bull riding. It did more than get his attention - he hated that she did it, and eventually that’s why they broke up, but that was all much later in the movie. IIRC, at first he noticed her from across the bar and eventually walked up and stood next to her, and after some small talk he asked her to dance. That wouldn’t be much of an answer, though. ---
**Author:** ![bleach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bleach/32/3106_2.png) [@bleach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bleach)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-movie-quiz/162691/8 "2003-03-20T01:58:28Z")
I haven’t seen Urban Cowboy, but according to [this site](http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/urbancowboy.shtml) and [this site](http://dwaynesworld.tripod.com/videos/10395.htm), it looks like she “sidled up beside him and asked him to dance.” ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-movie-quiz/162691/9 "2003-03-20T02:23:00Z")
Error: Anna Paquin isn’t the youngest Oscar winner of all time. Tatum O’Neal is, for her role in “Paper Moon”. (BTW, who is the youngest male actor to win an Oscar?) ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-movie-quiz/162691/10 "2003-03-20T02:26:52Z")
John F Kennedy? No wait… ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-movie-quiz/162691/11 "2003-03-20T02:28:14Z")
Forgot about Tatum O’Neal. Anna Paquin was the first Oscar winner from New Zealand. Youngest male actor to win an Oscar: Timothy Hutton for _Ordinary People_ ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-movie-quiz/162691/12 "2003-03-20T06:59:53Z")
Dang, I never get movie trivia anymore and I was so proud I got this one. And I’m wrong on both counts! That’s it, I’m sticking to books. And **Why A Duck** , no hard feelings on the little jab, I hope–I was just in a schoolmarm-ish mood. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-movie-quiz/162691/13 "2003-03-20T07:06:06Z")
Who is the shortest (adult) person to win an Oscar? I would guess Linda Hunt (4’ 9") for _The Year of Living Dangerously_ ---
**Author:** ![Ender\_Will](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Ender\_Will](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ender_Will)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-movie-quiz/162691/14 "2003-03-20T07:34:48Z")
According to her bio on [www.imdb.com](http://www.imdb.com), Anna Paquin has never seen all of _The Piano_. I wish I had never seen all of Harvey Keitel in _The Piano_