trivia 5/11
DID YOU KNOW...
The very first American film to have its Premier in the Soviet Union ... “On
The Beach”,
a 1959 anti-nuke movie, based on a novel by Neville Shute.
1. Only one country starts with the letter "O"... name it ...
2. Re- DC Comics... What does the DC stand for ?
3. Sheet Bend, Spanish Bowline and Monkey's Fist are all types of what?
4. The British call it a drawing pin : what do the Americans call it ?
5. What lake straddles the California-Nevada border west of Carson City, NV?
6. What celebrity would portray the classic characters from "Saturday Night
Live" such as The Church Lady, and Garth Algar along with an impersonation
of George Bush Sr.?
7. The fictional Rikki Tikki Tavi was what sort of critter ?
8. Taiwan used to be known as... what ?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
Jack Nicholson has won two “Best Actor” awards, for “The Shining” and “As
Good as it Gets”.
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1. Oman
2. "Detective Comics"
3. Knots
4. Thumb Tack
5. Lake Tahoe
6. Dana Carvey
7. Mongoose
8. Formosa
CRAP !!
With 12 Academy Award nominations (eight for Best Actor and four for Best
Supporting Actor), Nicholson is the most nominated male actor in Academy
Awards history. Only Nicholson (1960s–2000’s), Michael Caine (1960s–2000’s),
Meryl Streep (1970s–2010's), Paul Newman (1950s–1960s, 1980s–2000's) and
Laurence Olivier (1930s–1970s) have been nominated for an acting (lead or
supporting) Academy Award in five different decades.
With three Oscar wins , he also ties with Walter Brennan, Daniel Day-Lewis,
Ingrid Bergman and Meryl Streep for the second-most Oscar wins in acting
categories. Only Katharine Hepburn, with four Oscars, won more.
Oscars -
Best Actor
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - 1976
As Good as it Gets --1998
Best Supporting Actor
Terms of Endearment - 1984
DID YOU KNOW...
The very first American film to have its Premier in the Soviet Union ... “On
The Beach”,
a 1959 anti-nuke movie, based on a novel by Neville Shute.
1. Only one country starts with the letter "O"... name it ...
2. Re- DC Comics... What does the DC stand for ?
3. Sheet Bend, Spanish Bowline and Monkey's Fist are all types of what?
4. The British call it a drawing pin : what do the Americans call it ?
5. What lake straddles the California-Nevada border west of Carson City, NV?
6. What celebrity would portray the classic characters from "Saturday Night
Live" such as The Church Lady, and Garth Algar along with an impersonation
of George Bush Sr.?
7. The fictional Rikki Tikki Tavi was what sort of critter ?
8. Taiwan used to be known as... what ?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
Jack Nicholson has won two “Best Actor” awards, for “The Shining” and “As
Good as it Gets”.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
1. Oman
2. "Detective Comics"
3. Knots
4. Thumb Tack
5. Lake Tahoe
6. Dana Carvey
7. Mongoose
8. Formosa
CRAP !!
With 12 Academy Award nominations (eight for Best Actor and four for Best
Supporting Actor), Nicholson is the most nominated male actor in Academy
Awards history. Only Nicholson (1960s–2000’s), Michael Caine (1960s–2000’s),
Meryl Streep (1970s–2010's), Paul Newman (1950s–1960s, 1980s–2000's) and
Laurence Olivier (1930s–1970s) have been nominated for an acting (lead or
supporting) Academy Award in five different decades.
With three Oscar wins , he also ties with Walter Brennan, Daniel Day-Lewis,
Ingrid Bergman and Meryl Streep for the second-most Oscar wins in acting
categories. Only Katharine Hepburn, with four Oscars, won more.
Oscars -
Best Actor
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - 1976
As Good as it Gets --1998
Best Supporting Actor
Terms of Endearment - 1984
