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1.	Which supermodel appeared somewhat life-like in her role as an interviewer for the ABC red carpet special?
		Carol Alt
		Paulina Porizkova
		Kathy Ireland
		Elle Macpherson

2.	When the lights first went up on the telecast, how many people were standing on stage?
		2
		1
		5
		10

3.	Who performed the Horrible opening musical number?
		Nathan Lane
		Neil Patrick Harris
		Hugh Jackman
		Samuel L. Jackson

4.	Hosts Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin first arrived on the stage:
		From above
		From below
		In a car
		By running up from the audience

5.	In accepting his Golden Globe for Supporting Actor, Christoph Waltz used celestial-based figurative language. Equally eloquent in his Oscar win, Waltz used a metaphor of:
		Traveling
		Gardening
		Raising a child
		Soccer

6.	"Never did I dream that making a flip book out of my third grade math book would lead to this." The winner of the award in which category said this?
		Cinematography
		Animated feature
		Animated short subject
		Visual effects

7.	Best Original Song was presented by a pair of people associated with which hit musical films?
		Nine and Chicago
		Dreamgirls and Enchanted
		Moulin Roge! and The Sound of Music
		Mamma Mia! and Hannah Montana: The Movie

8.	A roughly 45-minute long tribute to John Hughes was introduced by actors who had played which two characters from classic Hughes films?
		Kevin McCallister and Watts
		Del Griffith and John Bender
		Brian Johnson and Wyatt Donnelly
		Ferris Bueller and Andie Walsh

9.	In his acceptance speech, the director of the Best Animated Short stated, "No ________ were harmed during the making of the project."
		Talent agents
		Ugly children
		Logos
		Rubber chickens

10.	Always a master of subtlety, who appeared decked out in his Na'vi finest to present Best Makeup?
		John Travolta
		Seth Green
		Ben Stiller
		Joaquin Phoenix

11.	The Best Adapted Screenplay was adapted from:
		A novel
		A play
		A magazine article
		An earlier screenplay

12.	As recounted by presenter Queen Latifah, each of the following was a of the recipient of the Governor's Award event held prior to the Oscars....except for:
		Lauren Bacall
		Gordon Willis
		Elia Kazan
		Roger Corman

13.	"I already have two of these," the winner from this category stated, as she greedily clutched her third statuette to her cold, heartless chest:
		Documentary feature
		Live action short
		Costume design
		Makeup

14.	In their bit leading up to the tribute to horror movies, Martin and Baldwin lampooned which 2009 fright fest?
		Paranormal Activity
		My Bloody Valentine 3-D
		Drag Me to Hell
		The Final Destination

15.	Which film was used as an example to demonstrate the difference between between Sound Editing and Sound Mixing?
		Jurassic Park
		The Dark Knight
		Saving Private Ryan
		Transformers

16.	Who presented a category won by a film in which she appeared?
		Carey Mulligan
		Sigourney Weaver
		Sandra Bullock
		Meryl Streep

17.	The first face on the screen during the In Memoriam segment was:
		Karl Malden
		John Hughes
		Brittany Murphy
		Patrick Swayze

18.	Why did Steve Martin say he loved Precious?
		It’s the one film that lived up to its video game?
		He found the lavish song-and-dance number at the end of the credits to be very enjoyable
		He, writing under the pen name Sapphire, wrote the novel it was based on
		It gave him a chance to review Mariah Carey's entire film repertoire

19.	Who presented the award for Best Supporting Actress?
		Robin Williams
		Morgan Freeman
		Christoph Waltz
		Jake Gyllenhaal

20.	Which of these was not an animated character featured in the Best Animated Picture montage?
		Coraline
		Mr. Fox
		Russell (from Up)
		Prince Naveen (from The Princess and the Frog)

21.	Who introduced a horror montage (that was, frankly, inexplicable)?
		Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart
		Johnny Depp and Jennifer Aniston
		James Caan and Kathy Bates
		Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo

22.	The Oscar winning documentary feature concerned:
		The military-industrial complex
		Dolphin slaughter
		Food production
		Child immigrants

23.	A very fast-talking husband and wife team accepted the award for:
		Sound editing
		Makeup
		Documentary short
		Film editing

24.	Which of the following does not correctly match the Best Actor nominee to the former co-star who introduced him?
		George Clooney - Vera Farmiga
		Jeff Bridges - Maggie Gyllenhaal
		Morgan Freeman - Tim Robbins
		Jeremy Renner - Colin Farrell

25.	The woman who won Best Actress portrayed:
		Julia
		Jenny
		Claireece
		Leigh Anne

26.	The film that received the most Oscar nominations that did not win a single category was:
		Inglourious Basterds
		District 9
		Up in the Air
		Nine

27.	The big winner of the night, The Hurt Locker, won ____ of the 9 Oscars it was nominated for:
		4
		8
		6
		9

28.	One of the winners of which category held up a banner with a number to text to before the camera cut away?
		Cinematography
		Live action short
		Adapted screenplay
		Documentary feature

29.	Cameras caught several shots of which big name decidedly not smiling during Martin and Baldwin's opening monologue?
		Oprah
		George Clooney
		James Cameron
		Keanu Reeves

30.	Due to a dispute between ABC and a cable company, most of this city was unable to see roughly the first 15 minutes of the telecast:
		New York
		Chicago
		Los Angeles
		Dallas

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