* Game 8, Round 7 - Entertainment - Total Losers
These are movies that were nominated for all four major Academy
Awards -- by which we mean Best Picture, Best Actor and Actress in
a Leading Role, and Best Director -- and lost all four. (They may
or may not have won Oscars in other categories.)
In each case we give you the year (of the film's release in Los
Angeles, not the ceremony) and the actor, actress, and director
nominees in that order; and you give us the title.
1. 1937, Fredric March, Janet Gaynor, William Wellman.
2. 1945, Bing Crosby, Ingrid Bergman, Leo McCarey.
3. 1950, William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Billy Wilder.
4. 1958, Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Brooks.
5. 1961, Paul Newman, Piper Laurie, Robert Rossen.
6. 1967, Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Arthur Penn.
7. 1970, Ryan O'Neal, Ali MacGraw, Arthur Hiller.
8. 1974, Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, Roman Polanski.
9. 1981, Burt Lancaster, Susan Sarandon, Louis Malle.
10. 1993, Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, James Ivory.
There have only been """two""" other movies that were nominated
for all four major Oscars and lost all four. So here are the
other """two""" in case you'd like to try them -- for fun, but
for no points.
11. 1946, Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman, Clarence Brown.
12. 1974, Dustin Hoffman, Valerie Perrine, Bob Fosse.
As of 2021 there have now been three. This last one is now the only
time it's happened in more than 25 years! Again, no points for this.
13. 2013, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, David O. Russell.
* Game 8, Round 8 - Sports Literature - Baseball Books
Some of these books are nonfiction about baseball; some are fiction.
In each case name the author, or *any one* author if there are more
than one.
1. "The Science of Hitting".
2. "The Art of Pitching".
3. "Tomorrow I'll be Perfect".
4. "Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball".
5. "The Boys of Summer".
6. "The Iowa Baseball Confederacy".
7. "The Natural".
8. "Catch: A Major League Life".
9. "Season Ticket".
10. "The Perfect Yankee: The Incredible Story of the Greatest Miracle
in Baseball History".
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-03-16, and
should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written by
members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and may have
been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the correct answers in
about 3 days.
For further information, including an explanation of the """ notation
that may appear in these rounds, see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
I wrote one of these rounds and one question in the other.
* Game 8, Round 7 - Entertainment - Total Losers
These are movies that were nominated for all four major Academy
Awards -- by which we mean Best Picture, Best Actor and Actress in
a Leading Role, and Best Director -- and lost all four. (They may
or may not have won Oscars in other categories.)
In each case we give you the year (of the film's release in Los
Angeles, not the ceremony) and the actor, actress, and director
nominees in that order; and you give us the title.
1. 1937, Fredric March, Janet Gaynor, William Wellman.
2. 1945, Bing Crosby, Ingrid Bergman, Leo McCarey.
3. 1950, William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Billy Wilder.
4. 1958, Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Brooks.
5. 1961, Paul Newman, Piper Laurie, Robert Rossen.
6. 1967, Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Arthur Penn.
7. 1970, Ryan O'Neal, Ali MacGraw, Arthur Hiller.
8. 1974, Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, Roman Polanski.
9. 1981, Burt Lancaster, Susan Sarandon, Louis Malle.
10. 1993, Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, James Ivory.
There have only been """two""" other movies that were nominated
for all four major Oscars and lost all four. So here are the
other """two""" in case you'd like to try them -- for fun, but
for no points.
11. 1946, Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman, Clarence Brown.
12. 1974, Dustin Hoffman, Valerie Perrine, Bob Fosse.
As of 2021 there have now been three. This last one is now the only
time it's happened in more than 25 years! Again, no points for this.
13. 2013, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, David O. Russell.
* Game 8, Round 8 - Sports Literature - Baseball Books
Some of these books are nonfiction about baseball; some are fiction.
In each case name the author, or *any one* author if there are more
than one.
1. "The Science of Hitting".
2. "The Art of Pitching".
3. "Tomorrow I'll be Perfect".
4. "Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball".
5. "The Boys of Summer".
6. "The Iowa Baseball Confederacy".
7. "The Natural".
8. "Catch: A Major League Life".
9. "Season Ticket".
10. "The Perfect Yankee: The Incredible Story of the Greatest Miracle
in Baseball History".
--
Mark Brader "Never re-invent the wheel unnecessarily;
Toronto yours may have corners."
m...@vex.net -- Henry Spencer
My text in this article is in the public domain.
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-03-16, and
should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written by
members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and may have
been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the correct answers in
about 3 days.
For further information, including an explanation of the """ notation
that may appear in these rounds, see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
I wrote one of these rounds and one question in the other.
* Game 8, Round 7 - Entertainment - Total Losers
These are movies that were nominated for all four major Academy
Awards -- by which we mean Best Picture, Best Actor and Actress in
a Leading Role, and Best Director -- and lost all four. (They may
or may not have won Oscars in other categories.)
In each case we give you the year (of the film's release in Los
Angeles, not the ceremony) and the actor, actress, and director
nominees in that order; and you give us the title.
1. 1937, Fredric March, Janet Gaynor, William Wellman.
2. 1945, Bing Crosby, Ingrid Bergman, Leo McCarey.
3. 1950, William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Billy Wilder.
4. 1958, Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Brooks.
5. 1961, Paul Newman, Piper Laurie, Robert Rossen.
6. 1967, Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Arthur Penn.
7. 1970, Ryan O'Neal, Ali MacGraw, Arthur Hiller.
8. 1974, Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, Roman Polanski.
9. 1981, Burt Lancaster, Susan Sarandon, Louis Malle.
10. 1993, Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, James Ivory.
There have only been """two""" other movies that were nominated
for all four major Oscars and lost all four. So here are the
other """two""" in case you'd like to try them -- for fun, but
for no points.
11. 1946, Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman, Clarence Brown.
12. 1974, Dustin Hoffman, Valerie Perrine, Bob Fosse.
As of 2021 there have now been three. This last one is now the only
time it's happened in more than 25 years! Again, no points for this.
13. 2013, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, David O. Russell.
* Game 8, Round 8 - Sports Literature - Baseball Books
Some of these books are nonfiction about baseball; some are fiction.
In each case name the author, or *any one* author if there are more
than one.
1. "The Science of Hitting".
2. "The Art of Pitching".
3. "Tomorrow I'll be Perfect".
4. "Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball".
5. "The Boys of Summer".
6. "The Iowa Baseball Confederacy".
7. "The Natural".
8. "Catch: A Major League Life".
9. "Season Ticket".
10. "The Perfect Yankee: The Incredible Story of the Greatest Miracle
in Baseball History".
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