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Guy Haydon

Before  the 82nd Annual Academy Awards ceremony, being hosted by actors Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin tomorrow morning Hong Kong time, we present 82 questions to test your Oscars knowledge - one for each year of its history. Some easy and others more taxing. With a total of 123 points at stake, will you  win a gong or end up empty-handed? 
Sure-fire Oscar winner: 110 or more 
Nail-bitingly close to a win: 95-109 
Strong hopes of nomination: 80-94 
Solid performer: 70-79 
Bit parts only: 60-69 
Mostly 'resting' for you: 36-59 
Failed your screen test: 21-35 
Not even a screen test: below 20 
FILMS
1. Filmmaking brothers Joel and Ethan Coen - nominated for their black comedy, A Serious Man - won the award in  2007 for which film starring Tommy Lee Jones?  
2. Ivan Reitman,  producer of the best film-nominated Up in the Air, directed  Arnold Schwarzenegger as an unlikely schoolteacher in which film?  
3. Science-fiction thriller District 9, nominated for best film, was produced by Peter Jackson, who, before he found fame with the Lord of the Rings trilogy, directed  Michael J. Fox in which under-rated 1996 comedy horror film?  
4. Kathy Bates, star of nominated The Blind Side, won her best actress Oscar for playing a psychopathic fan of an author (James Caan) in which film?  
5. Sigourney Weaver,  star of the best film-nominated Avatar, played a science-fiction television star fighting aliens for real, alongside Alan Rickman and Tim Allen, in which comedy?  
6. Ralph Fiennes,  who appears in the nominated The Hurt Locker, received a best supporting actor nomination as a sadistic German soldier in which film? 
7. John Ratzenberger,  who provides the voice of one of the cartoon characters in Up and was in the cast of long-running comedy Cheers, voices  Hamm the Piggy Bank in which cartoon film series?  
8. Emma Thompson, star of An Education, won an Oscar for best adapted screenplay for which 1995 film featuring  Kate Winslet?  
9. Diane Kruger  - star of best film-nominated Inglourious Basterds - stars as the love interest of which Oscar-winning actor playing a historian in the film National Treasure? 
10. Mariah Carey, who plays a supporting role in nominated film Precious, starred in which widely panned 2001 drama about a struggling singer? 
 DIRECTORS 
11. James Cameron (above), winner of  best director and  best film for Titanic and nominated for Avatar, directed Arnold Schwarzenegger in which two films?  
12. Cameron's former wife, Kathryn Bigelow, nominated against him for The Hurt Locker, directed the action film Point Break, starring which two actors?  
13. Lee Daniels, nominated for Precious, was also at the helm of Shadowboxer, starring two Oscar-winning actors,  Helen Mirren and Cuba Gooding Jnr. Name the films for which they won their Oscars. 
14. Jason Reitman,  who is nominated for Up in the Air, directed which  2007 Oscar-winning comedy drama about a teenage girl confronting an unplanned pregnancy? 
15. Quentin Tarantino,  nominated for Inglourious Basterds, shared a best original screenplay Oscar for which film starring  Bruce Willis? 
 ACTORS 
16. George Clooney  teamed up with which actress in the hit 1998 film Out of Sight?  
17. Morgan Freeman was the best supporting actor for which Clint Eastwood-directed film? 
18. Colin Firth played the cuckolded husband of Kristin Scott Thomas in which 1996 multi-Oscar winning film?  
19. Jeremy Renner had a supporting role in the  2007 film The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, starring which actor as Jesse James?  
20. Michelle Pfeiffer sang Makin' Whoopee in a stunning red dress when celebrating New Year's Day on top of the piano played by nominee  Jeff Bridges in which film? 
 ACTRESSES
 21. Meryl Streep (above) - nominated for a record 16 Academy Awards, more than any other actress - has won twice: the first for best supporting actress for Kramer vs Kramer in 1979, and best actress in 1982 for Sophie's Choice opposite which two actors?  
22. Sandra Bullock got her big break as an actress driving a bus in which film, starring which leading man?  
23. Helen Mirren plays Russell Crowe's newspaper editor in which 2009 political thriller?  
24. Carey Mulligan co-starred in the film of Jane Austen's novel, Pride and Prejudice, starring which actress as heroine  Elizabeth Bennet?  
25. Gabourey Sidibe has been nominated for her debut role in Precious, produced by television host Oprah Winfrey, who starred in which 1985 Steven Spielberg film?  
SUPPORTING ACTORS
 26. Christopher Plummer has received only one Oscar nomination, for The Last Station,  in his long and acclaimed acting career. But in which musical did he make his name, and alongside which actress?  
27. Woody Harrelson played a basketball hustler opposite  Wesley Snipes in which 1992 film?  
28. Matt Damon  won a  best screenplay Oscar after teaming up with another actor as co-writer. Name his fellow winner and the film they wrote together. 
29. Stanley Tucci,  who has received his first Oscar nomination, played a would-be dancer with a terrible wig alongside Richard Gere in which 2004 romantic drama?  
30. Austrian Christoph Waltz, nominated for his breakthrough English-language role in Inglourious Basterds, appeared in the television film Catherine the Great alongside  Catherine Zeta-Jones, who won a  best supporting actress for her performance in which film? 
SUPPORTING ACTRESSES
31. Penelope Cruz starred opposite which two former boyfriends in the films Vanilla Sky and Sahara?  
32. Vera Famiga appeared in the film The Departed, directed by which  Oscar-winning filmmaker? 
33. Maggie Gyllenhaal played the dysfunctional, sadomasochistic worker for which actor in Secretary? 
34. Anna Kendrick  has featured in which hit romantic fantasy film about vampires starring Robert Pattinson?   
35. Mo'Nique  - nominated for Precious - appeared in the hit television series Ugly Betty, starring former Miss America Vanessa Williams, who played a witness turning to government agent  Arnold Schwarzenegger for protection in which thriller?  
AND THEN THE REST...
36. Lauren Bacall, the recipient of an  honorary Oscar this year, starred with Humphrey Bogart in four films. Name their first film together, in which she said: 'You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow.' 
37. Tom Hanks failed to win when nominated as  best actor for his portrayal of a boy-turned-man in Big, but followed this up by winning successive  best actor Oscars for which two films? 
38. Hanks' veteran co-star in Road to Perdition, Paul Newman, was overlooked for his nominated role as an alcoholic lawyer in The Verdict. But, as is Hollywood's wont, he was belatedly rewarded with the  best actor Oscar when reprising the part of a pool player, 25 years after  his original role, in which sequel alongside which actor playing  his protege? 
39. Road to Perdition's director, Sam Mendes, won the  best director Oscar for which film starring Kevin Spacey? 
40. Newman's co-star in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Sting, Robert Redford - the top box office draw between 1974 and 1976 - has never won an Oscar for his acting, but claimed  best director for which film in  1980? 
41. Redford starred in the political thriller Three Days of the Condor alongside Faye Dunaway. She later won  best actress with which male co-star, who posthumously won the best actor award, in which film? 
42. Who played Maid Marion - and was a frequent co-star - alongside  Errol Flynn, who took the role of the  hero in the film The Adventures of Robin Hood?  
43. American actress  Holly Hunter won  the best actress Oscar for which film?  
44. Name the two actors who spoke these lines, in which movie, filmed by which director? 'You're Norma Desmond. You used to be in silent pictures. You used to be big.'  
'I am big. It's the pictures that  got small.'   
45. Madonna has sung  in a number of films in which she has acted, including Desperately Seeking Susan and Dick Tracy - but, in a role coveted by Streep, she sang which  best Oscar-winning song in which film?  
46. Veteran John Mills,  who co-starred with Madonna in Who's That Girl, won the  best supporting actor - bowing but saying nothing after receiving his award - for playing the role of a mute in which 1971 David Lean film?
 47. Cary Grant - one of the most popular film stars of all time but who won only an honorary Oscar - rejected two best actor Oscar-winning roles, one taken by James Stewart in The Philadelphia Story and the other by  Rex Harrison, in which film? 
48. Name Harrison's female co-star in that film who was criticised for taking the lead role - and miming the songs - in a part that  Julie Andrews had played, alongside  Harrison, on the stage? 
49. Andrews got the last laugh though, winning  best actress in the same year for her role in which other musical? 
50. Walt Disney, who helped Andrews become one of the 1960s biggest box office stars, won 26 Oscars during his lifetime, including seven miniature Oscars for what 1937 full-length cartoon?  
51. Disney's The Parent Trap, about twins who help their estranged mother and father get back together, was a big hit both first time round in  1961 and again in 1998. Name the English actress playing the twins in the first, and the American  who took the role in the second. 
52. The Disney cartoon,  The Princess and the Frog (below), nominated as best animated film, features the voice of actor  John Goodman, who played Fred - a character in which live-action remake of a TV television cartoon series?  
53. Clint Eastwood has twice won  best director. For which films?  
54. Wes Anderson was nominated for his animated film  Fantastic Mr Fox, based on the Roald Dahl book. The film features which American actor, who also starred as an oceanographer in Anderson's comedy The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou? 
55. Nick Park, nominated in the animated short category for the Wallace and Gromit film A Matter of Loaf and Death, made the full-length cartoon Chicken Run featuring which Hollywood star  as an American rooster?  
56. Robert Mitchum  starred as a psychopath in the acclaimed 1955 thriller, The Night of the Hunter - the sole film directed by which Oscar-winning actor?  
57. This year's Oscars co-host, Alec Baldwin (below), was nominated for a  best supporting actor Oscar for the  2003 film, The Cooler, but his then wife,  Kim Basinger, won  best supporting actress for her performance in which 1997 film?  
SPEAKING OF WHICH... 
58. Which actor, in which role, said this in which film, 'Think ya used enough dynamite there, Butch?'   
59. 'I remember every detail. The Germans wore grey, you wore blue'?   
60. 'Nine million terrorists in the world and I gotta kill one with feet smaller than my sister'?   
61. Which actor, in which role, said, 'Daddy, I got cider in my ear',  in which  1955 musical?  
62. Which actor, in which role, said, 'You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?', in which film?  
63. Which actor, playing which role, said, 'Hasta la vista, baby'?  
64. Which actor,  as which character, said: 'Ride like the wind, Bullseye', in which film? 
65. Which actor, playing which role, said: 'Live long and prosper.' 
66. Name the actor who said: 'You don't understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it', in which film? 
67. Which actor said, 'Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room', in which film? 
 68. Name the film in which this line is spoken: 'Every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings'.  
69. Which actor said, 'They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. That's the Chicago way! And that's how you get Capone', in which film? 
70. Which actor, playing which  character, said in which Oscar-winning film: 'Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn'? 
71. Which actor said this single-word reply, 'Ditto', in which film?  
72. Which two actors speak the lines below, and in which classic 1959 comedy that co-starred Marilyn Monroe (below)?
'You're not a girl. You're a guy, and, why would a guy wanna marry a guy?' 
'Security'.    
73. Name the actors speaking these lines in which film?
'Those people are trying to  kill us!' 
'I know, Dad!' 
'This is a new experience  for me.' 
'It happens to me all the time.' 
NAME THE FILM... 
74. That features the line: 'You're gonna need a bigger boat.' 
75. 'I'm the king of the world.'  
76. 'Help me,  Obi-Wan Kenobi; you're my only hope.'  
77. 'Show me the money!' 
78. 'I've just been down the gullet of an interstellar cockroach. That's one of a hundred memories I don't want.' 
79. 'Alright, nobody move. I've got a dragon and I'm not afraid to use it. I'm a donkey on the edge.' 
80. 'I see dead people.' 
81. 'If you build it, he will come.'  
82. 'Are you telling me that you built a time machine ... out of a DeLorean?'
And the winners are...
FILMS 
1) No Country for Old Men 
2) Kindergarten Cop 
3) The Frighteners 
4) Misery 
5) Galaxy Quest 
6) Schindler's List 
7) Toy Story 
8) Sense and Sensibility 
9) Nicolas Cage 
10) Glitter    
DIRECTORS 
11) The Terminator,  True Lies 
12) Keanu Reeves,  Patrick Swayze 
13) The Queen,  Jerry Maguire 
14) Juno 
15) Pulp Fiction  
ACTORS 
16) Jennifer Lopez 
17) Million Dollar Baby 
18) The English Patient 
19) Brad Pitt 
20) The Fabulous Baker Boys  
ACTRESSES 
21) Dustin Hoffman,  Kevin Kline 
22) Speed,  Keanu Reeves 
23) State of Play 
24) Keira Knightley 
25) The Color Purple  
SUPPORTING ACTORS 
26) The Sound of Music,  Julie Andrews 
27) White Men Can't Jump 
28) Ben Affleck,  Good Will Hunting  
29) Shall We Dance 
30) Chicago  
SUPPORTING ACTRESSES 
31) Tom Cruise,  Matthew McConaughey
32) Martin Scorsese
33) James Spader 
34) Twilight
35) Eraser
AND THEN THE REST... 
36) To Have and Have Not
37) Philadelphia,  Forrest Gump
38) The Color of Money,  Tom Cruise
39) American Beauty
40) Ordinary People
41) Peter Finch,  Network
42) Olivia de Havilland
43) The Piano
44) William Holden,  Gloria Swanson,  Sunset Boulevard,  Billy Wilder
45) You Must Love Me, Evita 
46) Ryan's Daughter
47) My Fair Lady
48) Audrey Hepburn
49) Mary Poppins
50) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
51) Hayley Mills,  Lindsay Lohan 
52) The Flintstones
53) Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby
54) Bill Murray
55) Mel Gibson
56) Charles Laughton
57) LA Confidential 
 SPEAKING OF WHICH... 
58) Robert Redford, The Sundance Kid,  Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
59) Humphrey Bogart,  Rick, Casablanca
60) Bruce Willis, John McClane, Die Hard
61) Marlon Brando, Sky Masterson, Guys and Dolls
62) Clint Eastwood,  Harry Callaghan, Dirty Harry
63) Arnold Schwarzenegger,  The Terminator 
64) Tom Hanks,  Woody,  Toy Story 2
65) Leonard Nimoy,  Mr Spock 
66) Marlon Brando,  On the Waterfront
67) Peter Sellers,  Dr Strangelove
68) It's a Wonderful Life
69) Sean Connery,  The Untouchables
70) Clark Gable,  Rhett Butler,  Gone with the Wind 
71) Patrick Swayze,  Ghost
72) Tony Curtis,  Jack Lemmon, Some Like it Hot
73) Harrison Ford,  Sean Connery, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade  
NAME THE FILM
74) Jaws 
75) Titanic
76) Star Wars
77) Jerry Maguire
78) Men in Black
79) Shrek
80) The Sixth Sense
81) Field of Dreams
82) Back to the Future



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