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1.	Many, many films were nominated for Best Picture this year. This one was not:





2.	This year's notebook full of women which comprises the Lead Actress category is newsworthy, in that it contains:
		The youngest ever nominee
		The oldest ever nominee
		Both the youngest and oldest ever nominees
		None of the above, so forget we said anything
		*By way of explanation.....* Amour's 85 year-old Emmanuelle Riva is now the oldest ever nominee, unseating Jessica Tandy, who was 80 at her nomination; Beasts of the Southern Wild's Quvenzhané Wallis (9) is younger than Whale Rider's Keisha Castle-Hughes (13)

3.	Quvenzhané Wallis, who is now your youngest-ever Best Actress nominee, plays a young girl in Beasts of the Southern Wild who shares a name with this food popular in the south:
		Okra
		Hushpuppy
		Jambalaya
		Beignet

4.	The list of Best Director candidates includes the man who helmed three of the following. Which is the notable exception?





5.	So Ben Affleck is without an Oscar nomination for directing. This year, though, he did win directing honors from:
		The Golden Globes
		Directors Guild
		Critics Choice Awards
		All of the above

6.	There were two Snow White-themed movies released in 2012, Mirror Mirror and Snow White and the Huntsman. Were either nominated for the Costume Design Oscar?
		Mirror Mirror was, Snow White and the Huntsman wasn't
		Snow White and the Huntsman, Mirror Mirror wasn't
		Both were nominated
		Neither was, so forget that we said anything.

7.	Here's a cool tidbit: Each nominee in which of the four acting categories has already won an acting Oscar?
		Lead actor (Bradley Cooper, Daniel Day-Lewis, Hugh Jackman, Joaquin Phoenix, Denzel Washington)
		Supporting actor (Alan Arkin, Robert DeNiro, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tommy Lee Jones, Christoph Waltz)
		Lead actress (Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Lawrence, Emmanuelle Riva, Quvenzhané Wallis, Naomi Watts)
		Supporting actress (Amy Adams, Sally Field, Anne Hathaway, Helen Hunt, Jacki Weaver)

8.	Both male and female leads of which of the following Best Picture nominees were nominated for acting Oscars?
		Amour
		Life of Pi
		Silver Linings Playbook
		Zero Dark Thirty

9.	The slate of Foreign Language Film nominees represents each of the following, except for:
		Iceland
		Canada
		Norway
		Denmark

10.	If 2013 Oscar host Seth McFarlane ends up winning an award on February 24, it will be in this category, for which he is nominated:
		Original Screenplay
		Original Song
		Animated Short
		Adapted Screenplay
		*By way of explanation.....* Seth co-wrote "Everybody Needs a Best Friend" from Ted

11.	The crop of Best Animated Features come from the following studios, except for:




		*By way of explanation.....* Brave came from Pixar; Frankenweenie was Tim Burton Productions/Disney; ParaNorman was Focus/Universal; The Pirates came from Aardman; and Wreck-It Ralph was Disney

12.	Our personal favorite for Animated Short, Paperman, ran before which of the Best Animated Feature nominees?
		Wreck-It Ralph
		Brave
		ParaNorman
		The Pirates! Band of Misfits

13.	Which member of TV's The Simpsons family is mentioned in the title of an animated short up for an Oscar this year?
		Bart
		Lisa
		Homer
		Maggie

14.	This dude is up for Lead Actor, lead acting in a movie that didn't get a Best Picture nomination:
		Hugh Jackman
		Bradley Cooper
		Daniel Day-Lewis
		Denzel Washington

15.	(We'll just go ahead and apologize ahead of time for asking this one....) You were supposed to read the book in high school, but you didn't make it past Chapter 2. You told friends you were going to see the movie, but had no intention to. It's up for Cinematography, Costumes, Score and Art Direction. So, um, how the heck do you spell it correctly?




		*By way of explanation.....* Again: very, very sorry.

16.	This lady, who you might possibly have heard of, is up for a Best Original Song Oscar, having sung and co-written the tune:
		Katy Perry
		Madonna
		Adele
		Ke$ha

17.	The undisputed world-wide box office champion of all time, Marvel's The Avengers, is up for a single Oscar. No, it's not Best Picture. Which category is its nomination in?
		Film Editing
		Costume Design
		Visual Effects
		~~Best Picture, dammit~~ dude, what did we just say?

18.	Each of the following movies got screenplay awards, see? But only one of them is correctly identified as being either an original work or adapted. Which is it?
		Argo - Original
		Django Unchained - Adapted
		Lincoln - Original
		Life of Pi - Adapted

19.	Pick the following food stuff commonly found on a dinner table, and you'll complete the name of the Documentary Feature nominee, "Searching for ______ Man"
		Mustard
		Sugar
		Salt
		Pepper

20.	This lady has received an acting nomination for the second year in a row:
		Meryl Streep
		Jessica Chastain
		Naomi Watts
		Jennifer Lawrence
		*By way of explanation.....* Up for Lead Actress this year, Chasatin was nominated for her supporting role in The Help last year

21.	This is the only Best Picture nomination without any nominations among the four acting categories:
		Django Unchained
		Beasts of the Southern Wild
		Les Miserables
		Life of Pi

22.	Of the following Best Picture entries, the one that contains the most screen time, by far, set in the United States, is:
		Django Unchained
		Life of Pi
		Les Miserables
		Argo

23.	That Richard Parker, he's quite a guy. And by "guy," we mean:
		Rat
		Peacock
		Tiger
		Girl
		*By way of explanation.....* Richard Parker is the Bengal tiger in Life of Pi. Don't try to argue with him on this point

24.	Pixar's latest release, Brave, is nominated for Animated Feature.. Was the animated short that ran before it also nominated this year?
		Yes, Head Over Heels was nominated this year
		No, Head Over Heels was not nominated this year
		Yes, La Luna was nominated this year
		No, La Luna was not nominated this year.
		*By way of explanation.....* La Luna was nominated for (but did not win) Animated Short last year

25.	Pick the pair of Best Director nominees that have previously won in the category:
		Steven Spielberg and David O. Russell
		Steven Spielberg and Ang Lee
		Ang Lee and Michael Haneke
		David O. Russell and Michael Haneke
		*By way of explanation.....* Spielberg previously got directing honors for Saving Private Ryan and Schindler's List, Lee won for Brokeback Mountain; Russell was previously nominated for The Fighter