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1.	For which of these awards was Best Picture winner The King's Speech nominated, but did not win?
		Director
		Supporting Actor
		Original Screenplay
		Lead Actor

2.	ABC put together a cracker-jack team to fill its red carpet program with high-octane entertainment. Which of the following was not part of the hosting triumvirate?
		Maria Menounos
		Robin Roberts
		Tim Gunn
		Billy Bush

3.	As the show proper opened, hosts Hathaway and Franco were inserted into a series of scenes from Best Picture contenders. A segment from which film appeared first?
		Inception
		The Fighter
		The Social Network
		127 Hours

4.	James Franco's grandmother: "I just saw ________!"
		Borat
		Marky Mark
		Wolverine
		A hobbit

5.	The woman who won Lead Actress did so for her portrayal of:
		Ree Dolly
		Becca Corbett
		Nic the lesbian obstetrician
		Nina Sayers

6.	"The moral of the story is: listen to your mother." Good advice, indeed, which closed out the acceptance speech by the winner for:
		Original Score
		Foreign Language Film
		Best Director
		Sound Editing

7.	This film went down as winning the first Oscar of the evening, as it took home the award for Art Direction:
		Inception
		Alice in Wonderland
		True Grit
		The King's Speech

8.	The audience was trying not to yell out "they're on your head!" as this winner took the stage with his glasses on his forehead, and probably wondered why his view of the audience was so blurry:
		Wally Pfister (Cinematography)
		Aaron Sorkin (Adapted Screenplay)
		Rick Baker (Makeup)
		Lee Unkrich (Animated Feature)
		*By way of explanation.....* (Thanks to Reagen Sulewski for this question)

9.	Non-nominated supporting actors who appeared in which two Best Picture nominees presented the awards for the animated films?
		Inception and The Fighter
		True Grit and The King's Speech
		Winter's Bone and The Kids Are All Right
		The Social Network and Black Swan

10.	The pair that presented the screenplay awards sported this eye-catching fashion choice:
		Matching fezzes
		Tweed sports coats
		White tuxedo jackets
		Matching "I'm With Stupid" T-shirts

11.	David Seidler, in accepting the Original Screenplay Oscar, stated: "I would like to thank Her Majesty the Queen for not putting me in the Tower of London for using the _______ f-word."
		Melissa Leo
		Christian Bale
		Russell Brand
		Tom Hanks

12.	The Foreign Language Film Oscar went to an offering from:
		Denmark
		Greece
		Mexico
		Algeria

13.	The first film to win an acting award for the night was:
		The Kids Are All Right
		Black Swan
		The King's Speech
		The Fighter

14.	Christian Bale was mildly booed when he plugged a __________ during his acceptance speech:
		Web site
		Computer manufacturer
		Comic book title
		Political cause

15.	The memorable score from this film was the first to be played in an audio montage that served as a prelude to the Original Score award:
		Lawrence of Arabia
		Raiders of the Lost Ark
		Star Wars
		The Bridge Over the River Kwai

16.	The odds of Marilyn Manson one day winning an Academy Award inched closer to reality this year, as the guru behind this extreme musical act took home an Oscar:
		Rage Against the Machine
		Insane Clown Posse
		Nine Inch Nails
		Pussycat Dolls

17.	This was the first film to win an Oscar in three categories during the awards presentation:
		Inception
		The Social Network
		The Fighter
		The King's Speech

18.	This hottie appeared briefly to recall presenting the Academy's Sci-Tech ("Congratulations, nerds!") Awards:
		Diane Lane
		Jessica Alba
		Scarlett Johansson
		Marisa Tomei

19.	Original Song nominees were performed by each of the following, except for:
		Randy Newman
		Gwyneth Paltrow
		Jennifer Hudson
		Mandy Moore

20.	Launching into a refreshing acceptance speech, Luke Matheny (Live Action Short, God of Love) bemoaned the fact that he hadn't gotten a/n:
		Date
		Haircut
		Prescription for anti-anxiety medicine
		Invitation to any post-show parties

21.	What was the name of the Twilight segment included in the odd mid-show auto-tune feature?
		Abs but No Heart
		He Doesn't Own a Shirt
		We All Sparkle
		Oddly Pale Male

22.	Some dude called attention to the fact that certain individuals hadn't been jailed, and then wanted it on the record that he wasn't wearing jeans (?). Said dude was accepting the Oscar in which category?
		Adapted Screenplay
		Art Direction
		Film Editing
		Documentary Feature

23.	According to Billy Crystal, as soon as the camera was off him, Bob Hope:
		Flipped him off
		Flashed him
		Mooned him
		Flicked a lit cigar at his forehead

24.	The recipient of this award noted that he/she won for only the second time after 20 nominations...and then the speech went to some rather odd places:
		Film Editing
		Original Song
		Costume Design
		Art Direction

25.	Whose face appeared last in the In Memoriam segment?
		Lynn Redgrave
		Leslie Nielsen
		Pete Postlethwaite
		Lena Horne

26.	Anne Hathaway introduced this person who introduced the person who introduced the Best Director Oscar:
		Hilary Swank
		Halle Berry
		Reese Witherspoon
		Cate Blanchett

27.	Three of these Governors Awards recipients appeared to take a bow on stage. Who was stated to be the fourth honoree who declined to attend?
		Eli Wallach
		Kevin Brownlow
		Jean-Luc Godard
		Francis Ford Coppola

28.	As noted by a previous honoree, the recipient of the Lead Actor Oscar was one third of a triangle of:
		BFFs
		Man-love
		Saucy blokes
		The Wolfpack

29.	A soliloquy from this film played over the presentation of the ten Best Picture nominees prior to Steven Spielberg announcing the award:
		The King's Speech
		The Social Network
		True Grit
		Inception

30.	"It's not the load that breaks you down, It's the way you carry it." This quotation appeared:
		On the shirts of the children singing Over the Rainbow at the end of the program
		During the presentation of the Original Screenplay nominees
		At the beginning of the In Memoriam segment
		At the end of the Lena Horne tribute

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