# Oscars Question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-question/59525>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 26, 2001, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-question/59525 "2001-03-26T11:23:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![McMurphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19adc/32.png) [@McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McMurphy)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2001, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-question/59525/1 "2001-03-26T11:23:25Z")

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You know that little guy with the sword on the Oscars statue? Does he have a name or a title? If so could one of the SDMB movie buffs tell me what itis because it’s absolutely killing me. Cheers.

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**Author:** ![headshok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@headshok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/headshok)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2001, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-question/59525/2 "2001-03-26T12:50:23Z")

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[Oscar](http://www.oscars.org/academyawards/awards.html).

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**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2001, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-question/59525/3 "2001-03-26T12:54:04Z")

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yep

[Oscar](http://www.ara.org/articles/oscar.htm)

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**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2001, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-question/59525/4 "2001-03-26T16:19:50Z")

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Here’s a recent Staff Report on exactly this subject: [http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/moscar.html](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/moscar.html)

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**Author:** ![McMurphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19adc/32.png) [@McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McMurphy)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2001, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-question/59525/5 "2001-03-26T17:01:30Z")

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DOH!!

I think I’ve just scooped the prize for most blindingly obvious question ever asked by anyone anywhere ever :wally