Issue Date: February 25, 2007
How well do you know the nominees?
Oscars quiz
You've seen all the movies, watched the stars play musical chairs on late-night TV and heard the predictions. But just how well do you know this year's nominees?
By Craigh Barboza and Jamie Malanowski
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True or false
| 1) Characters from "Flags of Our Fathers" also appear in "Letters from Iwo Jima." |
T |
F |
| 2) In "The Pursuit of Happyness," actual homeless people were hired to play homeless people. |
T |
F |
| 3) One trailer for the animated feature "Cars" was titled "Route 66." |
T |
F |
| 4) Penelope Cruz's mother in "Volver" died in a fire.
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T |
F |
| 5) The dysfunctional family in "Little Miss Sunshine" leaves on a road trip to California for a beauty pageant for young girls but turns back before getting there. |
T |
F |
| 6) Sacha Baron Cohen's clueless journalist in "Borat" wears a blue-gray suit throughout the entire film. |
T |
F |
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Match the tag line to the movie
| 1. Our Leaders. Ourselves. |
A. "The Last King of Scotland" |
| 2. Charming. Magnetic. Murderous. |
B. "An Inconvenient Truth" |
| 3. Hope is universal. |
C. "The Queen" |
| 4. By far the most terrifying film you will ever see. |
D. "Babel" |
| 5. There goes the neighborhood. |
E. "Monster House" |
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Multiple choice
1) What is the drink Leonardo DiCaprio orders at a bar in "The Departed" that leads to a bloody fight?
a) Cristal
b) Cranberry juice
c) Club soda
d) Shirley Temple |
2) Three places connected by a chain of random events in "Babel" are:
a) Morocco, Mexico and Japan
b) Venezuela, Cape Verde and Korea
c) Indonesia, Colombia and Washington, D.C.
d) Afghanistan, Iraq and Texas |
3) Eddie Murphy's character in "Dreamgirls" is partially based on which performer?
a) Jimi Hendrix
b) Otis Redding
c) James Brown
d) Lillian Gish |
4) Which headline criticizing Elizabeth II is not in "The Queen?"
a) "The palace remains silent as the world mourns Princess Diana"
b) "Show us there's a heart in the House of Windsor"
c) "It's proof the royals are not like us"
d) "Time to change the old guard at Buckingham Palace" |
5) What is the name of Judi Dench's cat in "Notes on a Scandal?"
a) Sheba
b) Felix
c) Simon
d) Portia
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6) An African rebel in "Blood Diamond" wears what with his gun?
a) a Tigers hat
b) Snoop Dogg T-shirt
c) gold bandanna
d) 8-ball jacket
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7) What does the demanding fashion editor (Meryl Streep) in "The Devil Wears Prada" utter to dismiss underlings?
a) "Talk to the hand because the face don't understand."
b) "Quick-quick-quick. Now."
c) "Do you want me to spell it out for you?"
d) "That's all." |
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Unscramble these nominees' names
1. Seminar escorts (directing)
2. John u on sodium (supporting actor)
3. Pass pig hill (original score)
4. I urged mole to roll (original screenplay)
5. Learn ani come on (costume design)
6. Man like zebu mule (cinematography)
 Answers
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Answers: True or false: 1. False, 2. True, 3. True, 4. False, 5. False, 6. False
Match the tag line: 1. c, 2. a, 3. d, 4. b, 5. e
Multiple choice: 1. b, 2. a, 3. c, 4. a, 5. d, 6. b, 7. d
Nominees' names: 1. Martin Scorsese, 2. Djimon Hounsou, 3. Philip Glass, 4. Guillermo del Toro, 5. Milena Canonero, 6. Emmanuel Lubezki
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