1. | For which of these awards was Best Picture winner The King's Speech nominated, but did not win? | ||
Director | |||
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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 | |||
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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? | ||
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Inception | ||
The Fighter | |||
The Social Network | |||
127 Hours | |||
4. | James Franco's grandmother: "I just saw ________!" | ||
Borat | |||
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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 | |||
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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 | |||
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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 | |||
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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: | ||
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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) |
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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 | |||
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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 | |||
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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." | ||
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Melissa Leo | ||
Christian Bale | |||
Russell Brand | |||
Tom Hanks | |||
12. | The Foreign Language Film Oscar went to an offering from: | ||
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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 | |||
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The Fighter | ||
14. | Christian Bale was mildly booed when he plugged a __________ during his acceptance speech: | ||
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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 | |||
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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 | |||
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Nine Inch Nails | ||
Pussycat Dolls | |||
17. | This was the first film to win an Oscar in three categories during the awards presentation: | ||
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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 | |||
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Marisa Tomei | ||
19. | Original Song nominees were performed by each of the following, except for: | ||
Randy Newman | |||
Gwyneth Paltrow | |||
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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 | |||
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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 | |||
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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 | |||
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Documentary Feature | ||
23. | According to Billy Crystal, as soon as the camera was off him, Bob Hope: | ||
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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 | |||
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Original Song | ||
Costume Design | |||
Art Direction | |||
25. | Whose face appeared last in the In Memoriam segment? | ||
Lynn Redgrave | |||
Leslie Nielsen | |||
Pete Postlethwaite | |||
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Lena Horne | ||
26. | Anne Hathaway introduced this person who introduced the person who introduced the Best Director Oscar: | ||
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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 | |||
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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 | |||
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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: | ||
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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 | |||
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At the end of the Lena Horne tribute | ||