[Reposting to correct the subject line.]
Mark Brader:
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-03-16,
and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
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.
The entertainment round was mine, and question #7 in the sports round.
* 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.
This was the easiest round of the season.
1. 1937, Fredric March, Janet Gaynor, William Wellman.
"A Star is Born". 4 for Joshua and Stephen.
(The winners: "The Life of Emile Zola"; Spencer Tracy for "Captains Courageous"; Luise Rainer for "The Good Earth"; director Leo McCarey
for "The Awful Truth".)
2. 1945, Bing Crosby, Ingrid Bergman, Leo McCarey.
"The Bells of St. Mary's" -- the sequel to the previous year's
Best Picture winner "Going My Way". 4 for Stephen. 3 for Joshua.
2 for Pete.
(The winners: "The Lost Weekend", Ray Milland, and director Billy
Wilder; Joan Crawford for "Mildred Pierce".)
3. 1950, William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Billy Wilder.
"Sunset Blvd." 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Stephen.
(The winners: "All About Eve" and director Joseph L. Mankiewicz; Jose
Ferrer for "Cyrano de Bergerac"; Judy Holliday for "Born Yesterday".)
4. 1958, Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Brooks.
"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof". 4 for Joshua and Stephen.
(The winners: "Gigi" and director Vincenti Minelli; David Niven for
"Separate Tables"; Susan Hayward for "I Want to Live".)
5. 1961, Paul Newman, Piper Laurie, Robert Rossen.
"The Hustler". 4 for Joshua and Stephen.
(The winners: "West Side Story" and directors Robert Wise and Jerome
Robbins; Maximilian Schell for "Judgement at Nuremberg"; Sophia Loren
for "Two Women".)
6. 1967, Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Arthur Penn.
"Bonnie and Clyde". 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Stephen, and Pete.
(The winners: "In the Heat of the Night" and Rod Steiger; Katharine
Hepburn for "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"; director Mike Nichols for
"The Graduate".)
7. 1970, Ryan O'Neal, Ali MacGraw, Arthur Hiller.
"Love Story". 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Stephen, and Pete.
(The winners: "Patton", George C. Scott, and director Franklin
J. Schaffner; Glenda Jackson for "Women in Love".)
8. 1974, Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, Roman Polanski.
"Chinatown". 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Stephen, and Pete.
(The winners: "The Godfather Part II" and director Francis Ford
Coppola; Art Carney for "Harry and Tonto"; Ellen Burstyn for "Alice
Doesn't Live Here Anymore".)
9. 1981, Burt Lancaster, Susan Sarandon, Louis Malle.
"Atlantic City". 4 for Joshua and Stephen.
(The winners: "Chariots of Fire"; Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn
for "On Golden Pond"; director Warren Beatty for "Reds".)
10. 1993, Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, James Ivory.
"The Remains of the Day". 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Stephen.
(The winners: "Schindler's List" and director Steven Spielberg;
Tom Hanks for "Philadelphia"; Holly Hunter for "The Piano".)
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.
"The Yearling". Joshua and Stephen got this.
(The winners: "The Best Years of Our Lives", Fredric March, and
director William Wyler; Olivia de Havilland for "To Each His Own".)
12. 1974, Dustin Hoffman, Valerie Perrine, Bob Fosse.
"Lenny". Joshua and Marc got this. Joshua and Stephen got this.
(The winners for 1974: see above.)
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.
"American Hustle". Joshua and Stephen got this.
(The winners: "12 Years a Slave"; Matthew McConaughey for "Dallas
Buyers Club"; Cate Blanchett for "Blue Jasmine"; Alfonso Cuarón for
"Gravity".)
* 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".
Ted Williams. 4 for Joshua, Stephen, and Pete.
2. "The Art of Pitching".
Tom Seaver. 4 for Stephen.
3. "Tomorrow I'll be Perfect".
Dave Steib, Greg Boland. 4 for Stephen.
4. "Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball".
George F. Will. 4 for Joshua, Stephen, and Pete.
5. "The Boys of Summer".
Roger Kahn. 4 for Joshua and Stephen.
6. "The Iowa Baseball Confederacy".
W.P. (William Patrick) Kinsella. 4 for Joshua and Stephen.
7. "The Natural".
Bernard Malamud. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Stephen.
8. "Catch: A Major League Life".
Ernie Witt, Greg Cable. 4 for Stephen (the hard way).
9. "Season Ticket".
Roger Angell. 4 for Stephen.
10. "The Perfect Yankee: The Incredible Story of the Greatest Miracle
in Baseball History".
Don Larsen, Mark Shaw. 4 for Stephen and Pete.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 8 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> His Geo Sci Lit Ent S+L FOUR
Joshua Kreitzer 8 35 28 24 39 20 126
Erland Sommarskog 28 28 28 8 0 0 92
Dan Blum 4 28 32 8 20 4 88
Stephen Perry -- -- -- -- 40 40 80
Pete Gayde 16 20 14 0 14 12 64
Dan Tilque 0 16 24 0 8 0 48
Bruce Bowler 0 28 -- -- -- -- 28
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