Happy weekend everyone! Sorry for the delay, between allergies that have been kicking my butt and traveling for a beach vacation, had a bit of a few days. Today’s set of questions has an Oscar theme since Sunday is Oscar Night, with most of the questions below coming from bar trivias I’ve hosted (some are still LQ classic difficulty too). Hope all’s well with you, and have a good rest of the weekend!
1. What surname is shared by Herman, who co-wrote the screenplay to “Citizen Kane” with Orson Welles, and by his grandson Ben, who has served as a host on Turner Classic Movies since 2003?
2. The winningest woman in Oscar history, Edith Head was nominated for an Oscar 35 times and won 8 times, including for the films “All About Eve”, “Roman Holiday”, and “The Sting”. Which category did Edith Head receive these nominations?
3. Laurence Olivier ties the record for most nominations for Best Actor, which include four films based on Shakespeare plays where Olivier played the title character. Name those four films, which have the same names as the plays.
4. If Ke Huy Quan wins the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor (which he might!), he will become the second Asian-American actor to win the award. Cambodian-American actor Haing S. Ngor won the award for what 1984 film, despite having no previous acting experience? Tragically, he was murdered in 1996 in Los Angeles during a robbery, possibly by the orders of the Khmer Rouge.
5. Name the three films that received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song for a song whose title contains the word “Rainbow”.
6. Name the actress from Wilmington, North Carolina who got her television start in 2009 as a contestant on “So You Think You Can Dance”, and would become the first queer woman of color to win an acting Oscar, winning for her role of Anita in the 2021 film “West Side Story”.
7. Because of the heavy use of Tchaikovsky in the film’s score, what 2010 film was deemed ineligible to be entered into that year’s Academy Awards for Best Original Score?
8. Theodore Bikel plays a Soviet submarine captain in what 1966 comedy film nominated for Best Picture, and also stars Alan Arkin and Carl Reiner?
9. Krishna Banji is the birthname of what actor whose second through fourth Oscar noms were for "Bugsy", "Sexy Beast", and "House of Sand and Fog"?
10. What director was nominated for a Best Director Oscar for the 1991 film "Boyz n the Hood", the first African-American director to be nominated, and was just 24 at the time?
11. In 1974, English composer Angela Morley became the first transgender woman to be nominated for an Academy Award, nominated for arranging and orchestrating what 1974 musical film, with screenplay and lyrics by Lerner and music by Loewe? This film is adapted from a children’s book by Antoine de Saint-Exupery.
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1. What surname is shared by Herman, who co-wrote the screenplay to “Citizen Kane” with Orson Welles, and by his grandson Ben, who has served as a host on Turner Classic Movies since 2003?
Mankiewicz
2. The winningest woman in Oscar history, Edith Head was nominated for an Oscar 35 times and won 8 times, including for the films “All About Eve”, “Roman Holiday”, and “The Sting”. Which category did Edith Head receive these nominations?
Best Costume Design
3. Laurence Olivier ties the record for most nominations for Best Actor, which include four films based on Shakespeare plays where Olivier played the title character. Name those four films, which have the same names as the plays.
Henry V (1944), Hamlet (1948), Richard III (1955), Othello (1965, despite, you know…)
4. If Ke Huy Quan wins the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor (which he might!), he will become the second Asian-American actor to win the award. Cambodian-American actor Haing S. Ngor won the award for what 1984 film, despite having no previous acting experience? Tragically, he was murdered in 1996 in Los Angeles during a robbery, possibly by the orders of the Khmer Rouge.
The Killing Fields
5. Name the three films that received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song for a song whose title contains the word “Rainbow”.
The Wizard of Oz, The Muppet Movie, A Mighty Wind
6. Name the actress from Wilmington, North Carolina who got her television start in 2009 as a contestant on “So You Think You Can Dance”, and would become the first queer woman of color to win an acting Oscar, winning for her role of Anita in the 2021 film “West Side Story”.
Ariana DeBose
7. Because of the heavy use of Tchaikovsky in the film’s score, what 2010 film was deemed ineligible to be entered into that year’s Academy Awards for Best Original Score?
Black Swan
8. Theodore Bikel plays a Soviet submarine captain in what 1966 comedy film nominated for Best Picture, and also stars Alan Arkin and Carl Reiner?
The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming
9. Krishna Banji is the birthname of what actor whose second through fourth Oscar noms were for "Bugsy", "Sexy Beast", and "House of Sand and Fog"?
Ben Kingsley
10. What director was nominated for a Best Director Oscar for the 1991 film "Boyz n the Hood", the first African-American director to be nominated, and was just 24 at the time?
John Singleton
11. In 1974, English composer Angela Morley became the first transgender woman to be nominated for an Academy Award, nominated for arranging and orchestrating what 1974 musical film, with screenplay and lyrics by Lerner and music by Loewe? This film is adapted from a children’s book by Antoine de Saint-Exupery.
The Little Prince
Question 2 has answer fixed.