Tuesday Trivia Time: Special Oscar Edition

In honor of the Oscar nominations, announced today, each of the following movies won a different number of Academy Awards (from one to seven)

1. Shaving cream on the mirror to disable a spy hole.
Hint: The mirror is in a bathroom on an airplane.

2. A feel-good star, a feel-good director, a small role for the director’s brother, and a portentous lost wedding ring.
Solved by maurinsky.

3. Man: “What watch?”
Woman: “Ten watch.”
Man: “Such much?”
Solved by Ken.

4. The electroshock therapy portrayed in this loose-with-the-facts biopic (made in the current decade) was less horrific than the insulin therapy that was actually used.
Solved by Ken.

5. The director decided a duet would be sung in shadow because one of the singers couldn’t stop giggling during takes.
Solved by maurinsky.

6. Update: The title is the name of both a person and a rose.
Solved by Tom.

7. Update: A post-war graveyard for fighter planes. In retrospect, I’m not sure if this is a graveyard, a maintenance facility, or what (even though I’ve seen the movie many times). It’s a big ol’ field of fighter planes.
Solved by Tom.

23 comments

  1. Ken says:

    3. Man: “What watch?”
    Woman: “Ten watch.”
    Man: “Such much?” – “Such watch?” – Casablanca

  2. Ken says:

    7. A post-war graveyard for fighter planes. – Close Encounters of the Third Kind

  3. Evn says:

    I’m going to guess #4 is “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.” And let’s go with “Moulin Rouge” for #5. I like to think of Nicole Kidman as giggly.

  4. Ken says:

    4. The electroshock therapy portrayed in this loose-with-the-facts biopic (made in the current decade) was less horrific than the insulin therapy that was actually used. – A Beautiful Mind ?

  5. Evn says:

    (made in the current decade)

    Whoops, didn’t see that part. Then #4 is “Cuckoo’s Nest 2: Ratchet’s Revenge.”

  6. Daven says:

    #2 “The Mexican”

  7. deblipp says:

    Wow, it isn’t even 9:30 yet! Let’s see:
    Ken is right on #1 and wrong on #7.
    Evn is wrong on both #4 and #5.
    Ken is right on #4.
    Daven, do you really think that The Mexican won 2 Oscars?

  8. Daven says:

    I have no clue Deborah. I guess. I recognize none of these.

    I’ve seen the ones who are named right now, but don’t remember the scenes.

    Heck, the “Graveyard for fighter planes” reminded me of “Can’t buy me love” and “Con Air”, so I am really off today.

    Maybe it is the two flasks of sake’ I had last night. I don’t know.

    LOL

  9. maurinsky says:

    #6 American Beauty

  10. deblipp says:

    Sorry, maurinsky, but there’s no person named “American Beauty” in that movie. Although, huh, I said “refers to” not “is the name of” so I guess that’s confusing. In any event, American Beauty won 5 Academy Awards, not 6.

  11. Ken says:

    Geez – I missed the whole “Number of Academy Awards” thing….. Eyes Wide Shut, I guess…..

  12. deblipp says:

    Ken, I don’t know what question you’re answering here, but Eyes Wide Shut is wrong for all of them.

    I fixed the two confusing clues.

  13. maurinsky says:

    2. Something directed by Ron Howard? Apollo 13, maybe?

  14. Tom Hilton says:

    Is #6 Mrs Miniver? Is #7 Patton?

  15. deblipp says:

    Halfway there, Tom.

  16. maurinsky says:

    Is 5 The Sound of Music?

  17. Tom Hilton says:

    Is #7 The Best Years of Our Lives?

  18. Roberta says:

    I am pissed I didn’t get #5. I knew that. It’s my favorite scene and song.
    Deb, is there no way you can hyperlink questions to the answers, or at least say, “Solved by Roberta in Comment 18”? This process makes me dizzy.

  19. deblipp says:

    Roberta, I’ve been linking directly to the comments in the “solved by.” I thought that was what you asked for. Doing it your way is actually much easier.

  20. Roberta says:

    Oh, look at that!
    Still confusing, but you are talking to someone dyslexic-ish.

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