Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, March 25, 1991 TAG: 9103230272
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: E-1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: LOS ANGELES LENGTH: Long
\ 1. Sacheen Littlefeather refused Marlon Brando's best actor Oscar in 1973 for "The Godfather." What 1991 ACADEMY AWARDS SHOW: 9 tonight on WSET Channel 13 in the Roanoke viewing area. was her real name and claim to fame?
a. Actress Maria Cruz, once crowned Miss American Vampire of 1970.
b. Michelle Silverman, a former Mouseketeer.
c. Lorna Valdez, a model for cosmetics ads.
d. Lydia Littlehorse, who once walked across the Grand Canyon on a tightrope.
\ 2. Name the actor who stumbled through an embarrassing rendition of "Proud Mary" during the infamous 1989 Oscar production number that included Snow White.
a. Kevin Costner
b. Denzel Washington
c. Michael J. Fox
d. Rob Lowe
\ 3. In 1932, two actors tied for the best actor Oscar. Who were they?
a. Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel
b. Wallace Beery and Fredric March
c. Alfred Lunt and Neil Hamilton
d. Siegfried and Roy
\ 4. Who said in a gushy 1985 acceptance speech, "The first time I didn't feel it but this time I feel it and I can't deny the fact you like me. Right now, you like me!"
a. Geraldine Page
b. Meryl Streep
c. Sally Field
d. Prince
\ 5. Confronted by a streaker in 1974's awards, David Niven said, "To think that probably the only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by . . .
a. ". . . stripping off his clothes and showing his shortcomings."
b. ". . . turning the other cheek to the likes of Elizabeth Taylor."
c. ". . . pulling down his pants and sticking to the bare facts."
d. ". . . giving us a full moon on such a moonless night."
\ 6. Who was the first person to refuse an Oscar?
a. George C. Scott
b. Marlon Brando
c. Dudley Nichols
d. Vanessa Redgrave
\ 7. In 1962, a startled Bob Hope remarked, "Who needs Price Waterhouse? What we need is a doorman." Why?
a. Robert Goulet couldn't get into the auditorium.
b. A gate-crasher presented Hope with a homemade Oscar.
c. Cher's dress was inappropriate for family viewing.
d. A Gregory Peck impostor accepted a trophy.
\ 8. Who fumbled the list of nominees for best actor in 1987?
a. Elizabeth Taylor
b. Bette Midler
c. Bette Davis
d. Kathleen Turner
\ 9. Under old Academy rules, a performer was nominated in 1944 for best actor and best supporting actor (which he won) for playing the same part. Who was it and in what movie?
a. Barry Fitzgerald, "Going My Way"
b. Bing Crosby, "Going My Way"
c. Charles Boyer, "Gaslight"
d. Hume Cronyn, "The Seventh Cross"
\ 10. Host Billy Crystal said of what film whose director was not nominated that the movie apparently "directed itself?"
a. "The Fabulous Baker Boys"
b. "My Left Foot"
c. "The Music Box"
d. "Driving Miss Daisy"
\ 11. Who was the first person to win an Oscar for playing a member of the opposite sex?
a. Dustin Hoffman
b. Linda Hunt
c. Arnold Schwarzenegger
d. Charlie Chaplin
\ 12. The joke was that this actress' 1943 best actress acceptance speech was "longer than her part." It ran 5 1/2 minutes. Who made it?
a. Greer Garson
b. Katharine Hepburn
c. Rosalind Russell
d. Ingrid Bergman
\ 13. Who did Joan Crawford once blast for "setting the cause of Hollywood glamour back 20 years" for making her own Oscar dress?
a. Whoopi Goldberg
b. Joanne Woodward
c. Jessica Tandy
d. Glenn Close
\ 14. Only one woman has been nominated for best director. Name her.
a. Penny Marshall
b. Randa Haines
c. Diane Keaton
d. Lina Wertmuller
\ 15. In 1970, a film starring Burt Lancaster collected 10 nominations. Lancaster said, "I don't know why it was nominated. It's the biggest piece of junk ever made." What was it?
a. "The Professionals"
b. "Twilight's Last Gleaming"
c. "Lawrence of Arabia"
d. "Airport"
Answers:
1. a. She came prepared to read a 15-page statement Brando had written. But the show's producer Howard W. Koch told her if she went over 45 seconds, she would be removed bodily.
2. d. Snow White provoked a complaint by the Walt Disney Co.
3. b. Beery starred in "The Champ" and March in "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde."
4. c. Her speech is still a joke in movie circles.
5. a. The streaker was Robert Opal, 33.
6. c. Screenwriter Nichols ("The Informer") declined the award citing disputes between the writer's union and the Academy.
7. b. The gatecrasher identified himself as Stan Berman.
8. c. Miss Davis was 78 at the time.
9. a. Bing Crosby won for best actor in "Going My Way."
10. d. "Driving Miss Daisy" won the best picture Oscar, but director Bruce Beresford wasn't nominated.
11. b. She won it for "The Year of Living Dangerously."
12. a. She won for "Mrs. Miniver."
13. b. Woodward (a winner for best actress in "The Three Faces of Eve") spent two weeks and $100 on her green evening gown.
14. d. She was nominated (but lost) for 1975's "Seven Beauties." The winner was John Avildsen for "Rocky."
15. d. Helen Hayes won for best supporting actress in the film.
by CNB