Only person to win two Academy Awards for the same performance.
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Harold John Avery Russell (January 14, 1914 – January 29, 2002) was an American World War II veteran. After losing his hands during his military service, Russell was cast in the epic drama film The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), which earned him an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and an honorary Oscar for being an inspiration to returning veterans, the first and only actor ever to win two Oscars for the same role, the first non-profess...
terentii:
One I can’t seem to forget, from maybe ten years ago:
ALEX TREBEK: You had scurvy when you were in college?
YOUNG FEMALE CONTESTANT: Yes. I had :bleeding gums. But I ate an orange and it went away.
When my high school crush went to University in 1975, she was on the meal plan, with the concession held by an institutional food supplier that owned a lot of restaurant chains. And she, along with a LOT of her fellow freshmen, actually GOT scurvy. This was before HIPAA, so the doctor didn’t hesitate to share the fact with her.
Can you lie about your anecdote and just make something up?
jsc1953
November 25, 2021, 3:42am
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I don’t see why not…I doubt they do serious vetting like a Cabinet nominee.
MrAtoz
November 25, 2021, 11:13pm
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I think that Ken Jennings has admitted that after awhile, he ran out of anecdotes and just made things up.
