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Which of the following did not win Best Picture during the decade?
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The Departed
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There Will Be Blood
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Chicago
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A Beautiful Mind
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Which of the following did not win Best Actress in a Leading Role during the decade?
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Hilary Swank
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Marion Cotillard
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Kate Winslet
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Gwyneth Paltrow
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Which of the following did not win Best Director during the decade?
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Steven Spielberg
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Ang Lee
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Roman Polanski
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Danny Boyle
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4.
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Considerable booing could be heard during the acceptance speech of which Oscar winner?
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Jennifer Hudson
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Michael Moore
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Philip Seymour Hoffman
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Clint Eastwood
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Pixar cemented it reputation as a critical and popular darling during the 2000s. The studio claimed 4 of the 8 Animated Feature Oscars awarded. Which pair of Pixar films were nominated but did not win?
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Finding Nemo and The Incredibles
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The Incredibles and Cars
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Cars and Monsters, Inc
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Ratatouille and WALL-E
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The only woman to win 3 competitive awards in one night was:
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Sofia Coppola (Lost In translation)
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Diana Ossana (Brokeback Mountain)
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Phillipa Boyens (Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)
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Fran Walsh (Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)
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This Best Director winner was the only American director nominated the year he won. He was:
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Ron Howard
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Steven Soderbergh
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Clint Eastwood
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Martin Scorsese
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We came close to living in a world where "the Oscar-winning Norbit" was a cromulent phrase. In which category was the reviled Eddie Murphy vehicle nominated?
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Visual Effects
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Makeup
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Sound mixing
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Score
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Soon after winning his/her Oscar, who retracted comments made a year earlier espousing conspiracy theories regarding 9/11?
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Cate Blanchett
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Daniel Day-Lewis
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Marion Cotillard
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Forest Whitaker
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This person is the host of the highest rated telecast from 2001 - 2009.
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Steve Martin
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Billy Crystal
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Jon Stewart
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Ellen Degeneres
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Sean Penn was nominated for 3 acting Oscars in this decade. And so was this gentleman:
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Leonardo DiCaprio
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Will Smith
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Johnny Depp
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Tom Hanks
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Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King won both Best Score and Best Original Song Oscars. Which other film during the decade achieved the same feat?
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Slumdog Millionaire
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Gangs of New York
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Once
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Frida
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These 2 films received 3 nominations a piece for Best Original Song but came away empty-handed in the category. They are:
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Cold Mountain and Hustle and Flow
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Chicago and Cold Mountain
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WALL-E and Dreamgirls
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Dreamgirls and Enchanted
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Crash was perhaps the most controversial Best Picture winner of the decade. Which of the following was not one of the films that was a runner-up to Crash?
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Brokeback Mountain
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Capote
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Good Night, and Good Luck
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Gangs of New York
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52 Oscars, having previously stolen, were discovered by one Willie Fullgear in a Los Angeles dumpster. In what year were the statuettes stolen?
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2000
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2002
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2005
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This did not occur during this decade
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Which actor won an Oscar for Lead Actor twice in the decade?
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Sean Penn
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Daniel Day-Lewis
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Philip Seymour Hoffman
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Denzel Washington
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Taking home the Oscar for The Pianist, Adrien Brody was the decade's youngest Lead Actor winner. The youngest Lead Actress winner, then, was:
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Marion Cotillard
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Reese Witherspoon
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Hilary Swank
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Charlize Theron
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The film Iris brought acting nominations for two actresses both playing Iris Murdoch. Kate Winslet received a Supporting Actress nomination for playing young Iris. Who was nominated for Lead Actress for playing the older Iris?
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Helen Mirren
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Maggie Smith
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Judi Dench
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Joan Plowright
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Which of the following did not win an Oscar for portraying a real-life person?
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Charlize Theron
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Halle Berry
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Nicole Kidman
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Helen Mirren
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A Foreign Language Film winner came from this African nation during the decade:
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Ethiopia
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South Africa
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Egypt
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Algeria
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While most Oscar contenders are released in the last quarter of the calendar year, the 2000s saw two eventual Best Picture winners released in the US during the month of May. Crash was one of them. What was the other?
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Chicago
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Million Dollar Baby
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The Departed
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Gladiator
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A Lead Actress Oscar winner portrayed a woman named after which month?
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April
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May
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June
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October
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The inaugural Animated Feature Oscar was awarded to which film?
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Shrek
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Ice Age
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Spirited Away
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Finding Nemo
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During the decade, did Clint Eastwood pull off the rare feet of receiving acting and directing nominations for the same film?
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Yes, for Grand Torino only
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Yes, for Million Dollar Baby only
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Yes, for both Grand Torino and Million Dollar Baby
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No
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All of the films below received a bevy of Oscar nominations but none were nominated for Best Picture. This particular non-Best Picture nominee received more nominations than any other film released during its Oscar year/season:
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The Dark Knight
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Cold Mountain
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WALL-E
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Dreamgirls
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During this decade both Clint Eastwood and Martin Scorsese were nominated for Best Director three times apiece. And so was this gentleman:
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Steven Soderbergh
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Peter Jackson
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Steven Daldry
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Ang Lee
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27.
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Perennial Oscar bridesmaids. Julianne Moore and Laura Linney have both been nominated for Oscars numerous times during the 2000s. If you were to add up their nominations for films released in this decade, what number would you get?
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6
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5
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7
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4
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28.
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Number of acting nominations that went to once and future rappers in the 2000s. For giggles we'll include Joaquin Phoenix:
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3
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4
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5
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6
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The only cinematographer in this decade who was nominated for 2 awards in one evening:
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Dion Beebe
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Roger Deakins
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Caleb Deschanel
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Emmanuel Lubezki
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Julia Roberts. Ellen Page. Cate Blanchett. What do all of these Best Actress nominees have in common?
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Beat out Meryl Streep.
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Nominated for films in which they played a real person.
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Nominated for films in which they were the title character.
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Beat out Kate Winslet.
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