Answers to "The Oscars" Quiz

Here are the answers to the Oscars Quiz I posted a week ago. Congrats to Sandhya for getting all the answers right !

As most of you pointed out, the questions were a bit tough ( But then with googling nothing is tough actually !).Point taken. Will try to repost my earlier easier Quizzes in the future.

Here are the answers:

1. This actress has claimed to have given the Academy award the nickname "Oscar" ( after her first Husband ). She was nominated for the " Best Actress Oscar" during four consecutive years and has also won it twice . Who ?

Bette Davis ( She was nominated for Best Actress in four consecutive years 1940-43 (in fact even in 1939 in which she won) and has also won it twice in 1936 & 1939) .

2. Born Allen Konigsberg , he holds the record for the most Oscar nominations for " Best Screenplay" . He never attended the Oscar ceremony ( until recently in 2002 ) , instead playing Clarinet at a Club in NYC during Oscars night. Who ?

Woody Allen ( Guess this was a sitter ! )(One of my favorite directors.His serious comedies like Annie Hall,Manhattan won him fame but try to watch his less cerebral comedies like Take the Money & Run,Sleeper,Bananas --- They are absolutely Fabulous )

3. She holds the record for the actress to win an Oscar ( For Best Supporting Actress) with the shortest screen time ( Her Character appears for less than 8 minutes in the movie ) . Her Costume designers for the Oscar Night (when she won) were Abu Jani & Sandeep Khosla . Who ?

Judi Dench

4. He was nominated five times for the " Best Director" award , but never won. Perhaps the shortest Oscar Speech was by him. When he was awarded the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial award , his speech was " Thank you" . (Understandable considering the way the Academy had treated him ) . Who is this Legend ?

Alfred Hitchcock ( Its a shame that he never won an Oscar for Best Director )

5. After having been nominated a record Seven times for the Best Actor Oscar , he never won it .Finally when he was awarded an Honorary Oscar in 2003 , he quipped " Always a bridesmaid, never a bride my foot" . Who ?

Peter O'Toole ( The "Lawerence" of Arabia)

6. Which two time Oscar Winner (for best Supporting Actor both times) said this ," I wanted to win an Oscar so that I'd get more scripts without other actors coffee stains on them" ?

Micheal Caine

7. He has directed the most actors to Academy Award success . The Actors directed by him have notched a record 34 nominations and 14 wins at the Oscars . Who ?

William Wyler ( Director of wonderful films like Ben-hur,Roman Holiday )

8. Which is the only Alfred Hitchcock movie to win a best film oscar ?

Rebecca ( One of the Haunting Hitchcockian thriller)

9. Who is the only American Woman director to be nominated for the " Best Director" Oscar ?

Sofia Coppola ( Lost in Translation)

10. This "Best actress" Oscar Winner was born in Darjeeling,India . Her mother, while awaiting the birth of her child in Darjeeling, spent 15 minutes every morning gazing at the Himalayas in the belief that their astonishing beauty would be passed to her unborn child. Her Husband was the first to direct himself to a Best Actor Oscar . Name the Couple ?

Laurence Olivier & Vivien Leigh (He won it for "Hamlet" & she for " The streetcar named Desire)