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ToniGirl508 · Feb 27, 2007, 05:49 PM

For anyone who is participating in the Star-Ledger Trivia Quiz... I know deadline is tomorrow and I already sent mine in today, but I was wondering if anyone else had trouble with #s 45 & 48?

anasta · Feb 27, 2007, 08:15 PM

My guess is Liza Minelli, not sure about the other and also not sure of 14, about the black swan and no.63 (Tony Award winner). Two years ago the winner had two wrong answers.

ToniGirl508 · Feb 28, 2007, 03:46 PM

I guessed Barbra Streisand (but it's probably not right). I just thought the wording was confusing. I did come up with answers for 14 & 63 but I'm not sure if they're right either. #14 Laird Cregar and #63 Geoffrey Holder

billnutt · Feb 28, 2007, 04:16 PM

Originally Posted by ToniGirl508

For anyone who is participating in the Star-Ledger Trivia Quiz...I know deadline is tomorrow and I already sent mine in today, but I was wondering if anyone else had trouble with #s 45 & 48?

I think #45 is based on a mistake. Paul and John Williams have eight nominations between them, but they are NOT brothers. There were two other sets of brothers - Robert and Richard Sherman, and Mack and Hal David - but they had 10 and 12 nominations between them.

#48, however, wasn't that tough: Barbra Streisand. She had something in the 1960s (forget which one), a couple in the 1970s (notably "The Way We Were" and "Everygreen"), "Papa Can You Hear Me?" from YENTL in the 1980s, and whatever was the nominated song from THE FACE IN THE MIRROR from the 1990s.

No, the one that drove me to distraction was #56! However, I do think I answered it correctly.

Good luck to you!

anasta · Feb 28, 2007, 06:37 PM

Originally Posted by billnutt

I think #45 is based on a mistake. Paul and John Williams have eight nominations between them, but they are NOT brothers. There were two other sets of brothers - Robert and Richard Sherman, and Mack and Hal David - but they had 10 and 12 nominations between them.

#48, however, wasn't that tough: Barbra Streisand. She had something in the 1960s (forget which one), a couple in the 1970s (notably "The Way We Were" and "Everygreen"), "Papa Can You Hear Me?" from YENTL in the 1980s, and whatever was the nominated song from THE FACE IN THE MIRROR from the 1990s.

No, the one that drove me to distraction was #56! However, I do think I answered it correctly.

Good luck to you!

For 45 I chose GERSHWIN BROTHERS AND NEWMAN BROTHERS.
For 48 my son send Liza Minelli based on his finding from an Oscar expert, but on the last minute I found out DEBBIE REYNOLDS.
My answer for 56 is SUSAN SARANDON. IS IT THE SAME?

billnutt · Feb 28, 2007, 09:14 PM

Originally Posted by anasta

For 45 I chose GERSHWIN BROTHERS AND NEWMAN BROTHERS.
For 48 my son send Liza Minelli based on his finding from an Oscar expert, but on the last minute I found out DEBBIE REYNOLDS.
My answer for 56 is SUSAN SARANDON. iS IT THE SAME?

Yes, I noticed that the Gershwins and the Newmans add up to eight. HOWEVER - since there are two sets of brothers, the clue should have read "among them" rather than "between them." (Can you tell I'm a teacher? <g>)

I tried to cover my @$$ by listing all of them - the Gershwins AND the Newmans, plus the Shermans and the Davids. I even mentioned the Williams as NOT being brothers.

Debbie Reynolds introduced Oscar-nominated songs in four decades? I know about "Tammy"in the 1950s, but what about the other decades?

The answer to 56 (Jersey-raised, bonded with Bond, etc.) is, I'm almost certain, is Gloria Hendry. See my response in the question labelled "Name of actress" for a full explanation.

Good luck!

ToniGirl508 · Feb 28, 2007, 09:59 PM

Thanks for the insight guys. Good luck to all of us! May the best man/woman win, lol.

billnutt · Mar 1, 2007, 02:53 AM

Originally Posted by ToniGirl508

I guessed Barbra Streisand (but it's probably not right). I just thought the wording was confusing. I did come up with answers for 14 & 63 but I'm not sure if they're right either. #14 Laird Cregar and #63 Geoffrey Holder

Yes to Geoffrey Holder, no to Laird Cregar. (Rondo Hatton was the answer to #14, I believe.

anasta · Mar 1, 2007, 03:33 AM

[QUOTE=billnutt]Yes, I noticed that the Gershwins and the Newmans add up to eight. HOWEVER - since there are two sets of brothers, the clue should have read "among them" rather than "between them." (Can you tell I'm a teacher? <g>)

I tried to cover my @$$ by listing all of them - the Gershwins AND the Newmans, plus the Shermans and the Davids. I even mentioned the Williams as NOT being brothers.

Debbie Reynolds introduced Oscar-nominated songs in four decades? I know about "Tammy"in the 1950s, but what about the other decades?

The answer to 56 (Jersey-raised, bonded with Bond, etc.) is, I'm almost certain, is Gloria Hendry. See my response in the question labelled "Name of actress" for a full explanation.

Debbie in 30th (1958), 34th (1962), 44th (1972) and 58th (1986)

According to Random House Webster's College Dictionary, between also means among like : sharing responsibilities between the five of us.
A simple one: between team A and team B. Team A made 4 goals and team B made 4 goals, total is 8 goals. I'm still learning English (9 years in USA from an unspoken English country) and I asked this opinion to my friend, majoring in English. This is why I chose Gershwin Br. And Newman Br. Well, this is just a guess, I hope it's right.

You are absolutely right about Gloria Hendry. Looks like you have the best chance to win this trivia. Congratulations!

billnutt · Mar 1, 2007, 04:58 AM

<<Debbie in 30th (1958), 34th (1962), 44th (1972) and 58th (1986)>>

Are you sure about 1986? The only song I can't identify from the list of nominees is the song from A CHORUS LINE. I _know_ Debbie Reynolds wasn't in that movie; did she sing it at the Academy Award ceremony?

Well, thanks for the good wishes - we'll all find out soon enough!

Oh, and your English is excellent!

Bill

anasta · Mar 1, 2007, 05:26 AM

Originally Posted by billnutt

<<Debbie in 30th (1958), 34th (1962), 44th (1972) and 58th (1986)>>

Are you sure about 1986? The only song I can't identify from the list of nominees is the song from A CHORUS LINE. I _know_ Debbie Reynolds wasn't in that movie; did she sing it at the Academy Award ceremony?

Well, thanks for the good wishes - we'll all find out soon enough!

Oh, and your English is excellent!

Bill

The question is to introduce Oscar-nominated songs, I assume this is performer or presenter, in 1968 she was a presenter of Music Awards together with Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor, in that particular year no presenter of song like previous year, only Music Awards, the performers of nominated songs in 1968 was Tata Vega, Huey Lewis, Lionel Richie, Stephen Bishop and Gregg Burge. Only two singers sang in 3 decades, Frankie Laine and Johnny Mathis, Barbra Streisand fit for two decades, but together as presenter only Debbie Reynolds fit the answer. Liza Minelli presented for other category not for best song. Again, I have made a lot of mistakes, this could be one of my mistake. So far I already found 4 wrong answers.
Thanks for your complimentary on my English, but two years ago I made a mistake in answering the trivia because I misunderstood the meaning of doing time. Ha.. ha...

Canismajor · Mar 1, 2007, 01:07 PM

I had Bing Crosby for #48... he sang Oscar nominated songs in the 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s. But Streisand fits the bill too, so probably both are wrong. The wording of the question was too ambiguous. I think there are dual interpretations: 1) the singer introduced the song by singing it in the movie, or 2) the singer introduced the song at the Oscars ceremony. The first interpretation made more sense to me, but since there are at least 2 correct possible answers, it must be the second. From looking at Debbie Reynolds' oscar credits on IMDB, I think it has to be her.

May I ask what was the correct answer for #58, the Scorsese "autobiography" question? This one gave me fits. I finally settled on the Aviator because of the "hoax" autobiography of Hughes in the 70s, though I could find no evidence that the screenwriter used it as source material.

ToniGirl508 · Mar 1, 2007, 01:37 PM

I agree with you about The Aviator and I settled on that answer for the same reason. All of the evidence I found led me to The Aviator. However, most of the other people in the contest are saying Boxcar Bertha.

billnutt · Mar 1, 2007, 03:39 PM

Originally Posted by Canismajor

I had Bing Crosby for #48...he sang Oscar nominated songs in the 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s. But Streisand fits the bill too, so probably both are wrong. The wording of the question was too ambiguous. I think there are dual interpretations: 1) the singer introduced the song by singing it in the movie, or 2) the singer introduced the song at the Oscars ceremony. The first interpretation made more sense to me, but since there are at least 2 correct possible answers, it must be the second. From looking at Debbie Reynolds' oscar credits on IMDB, I think it has to be her.

May I ask what was the correct answer for #58, the Scorsese "autobiography" question? This one gave me fits. I finally settled on the Aviator because of the "hoax" autobiography of Hughes in the 70s, though I could find no evidence that the screenwriter used it as source material.

To me, "introduced" means "sang in the movie." (or at least "had a hit with.")

What Oscar-nominated song did Bing Crosby have in the 1960s?

If it's Debbie Reynolds, I'll be surprised.

Bill

Originally Posted by Canismajor

I had Bing Crosby for #48...he sang Oscar nominated songs in the 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s. But Streisand fits the bill too, so probably both are wrong. The wording of the question was too ambiguous. I think there are dual interpretations: 1) the singer introduced the song by singing it in the movie, or 2) the singer introduced the song at the Oscars ceremony. The first interpretation made more sense to me, but since there are at least 2 correct possible answers, it must be the second. From looking at Debbie Reynolds' oscar credits on IMDB, I think it has to be her.

May I ask what was the correct answer for #58, the Scorsese "autobiography" question? This one gave me fits. I finally settled on the Aviator because of the "hoax" autobiography of Hughes in the 70s, though I could find no evidence that the screenwriter used it as source material.

Oh, and there was a book called THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BOXCAR BERTHA that turned out to be a work of fiction. I'm pretty sure that's the answer.

Originally Posted by ToniGirl508

I agree with you about The Aviator and I settled on that answer for the same reason. All of the evidence I found led me to The Aviator. However, most of the other people in the contest are saying Boxcar Bertha.

While doing a search, I came across a book called THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BOXCAR BERTHA. It was listed in the fiction section, so I assumed that was the answer.

Bill

Canismajor · Mar 1, 2007, 03:48 PM

Bing Crosby sang "The Second Time Around" in the film High Time in 1960. He's on equal footing with Streisand, so it's unlikely either is right.

billnutt · Mar 1, 2007, 04:01 PM

Originally Posted by Canismajor

Bing Crosby sang "The Second Time Around" in the film High Time in 1960. He's on equal footing with Streisand, so it's unlikely either is right.

OOoh - I had forgotten about that!

BUT

Here's the thing (as Adrian Monk would say): The AWARD was given out in 1960. But that means the movie came out in 1959. (A truly wonderful year, if you don't mind my saying. <g>) Which means the song was "introduced" (there's that vague word again) in the 1950s.

I'm still feeling confident about Barbra. But that was a really good call about Crosby!

Bill