AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...

The Academy Awards are on Sunday night.  Here’s another Oscar quiz just for fun.  There’s not much else to say, the questions are self explanatory, so...may we have the envelope please.   

                 

QUESTIONS

1.  Phil Collins has had many hits over the years, both as a solo performer and as a member of Genesis.  Some of the songs he’s written for motion pictures have been nominated three times for Academy Awards.  But how many times has Phil Collins  WON an Oscar?  a. once  b. twice  c.  never                            

      

2.  On the record charts, Randy Newman has had mixed success.  His biggest hit was 1978’s “Short People”, which made it to # 2 on Billboards’ Hot 100 chart.  As a composer of songs and musical scores for film, he’s done much better.  The movies that Randy’s songs and/or musical scores have appeared in include” “Toy Story”, “Toy Story 2”, “Toy Story 3”, “Babe: Pig In The City”, “Ragtime”, “Monsters, Inc”, “A Bug’s Life”, “The Princess And The Frog”, “James and The Giant Peach”, “Cars” and “Meet The Parents”.  Randy’s been nominated for various Academy Awards 20 times, but how many Oscars has he actually WON?  a. none  b. one  c. two            

                

3.  Here’s a quick one.  The Beatles have won several Grammy Awards, including the recent 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award, but have they ever won an Academy Award?  Yes or No? 

                 

4.  In March of 1982 at the 54^th annual Academy Awards ceremony (which honoured movies released in 1981), “Chariots of Fire” won for ‘Best Picture’.  That movie also won the Oscar for ‘Original Score’ for its composer.  The title song even went to # 1 on Billboards’ Hot 100 chart for one week in May of ’82.  Who composed the musical score for “Chariots of Fire”?               

    

5.  Stevie Wonder, Prince, Phil Collins, Lionel Richie, Carly Simon, Paul McCartney (as one quarter of The Beatles), Elton John and Bruce Springsteen have all won Academy Awards.  How many times has Bob Dylan WON an Oscar?  a. Never  b. Once  c. Twice    

             

ANSWERS

1.  In 1984, Phil Collins was nominated in the ‘Best Original Song’ category for “Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)”.  It didn’t win.  Then in 1988, Phil’s song, “Two Hearts” from the movie “Buster”, (which Collins also starred in) was nominated in the same category.  It didn’t win.  Finally, at the 72^nd annual Academy Awards in 1999, Phil Collins won the ‘Best Original Song’ Oscar for “You’ll Be In My Heart” from the Disney animated feature, “Tarzan”.  So the correct answer is b. one

2.  Randy Newman has won 2 Academy Awards, so the correct answer is c.  At the 2001 Academy Awards (held on March 24, 2002), Randy won the ‘Original Song’ Oscar for “If I Didn’t Have You” from “Monsters Inc”.  Randy walked to the podium again in 2011 (for movies released in 2010) to accept the ‘Original Song’ Oscar for “We Belong Together” from Pixar’s “Toy Story 3”, which was also nominated in the ‘Best Picture’ category, but lost to “The King’s Speech”.                                         

    

3.  Yes, The Beatles have won…but only once.  John, Paul, George and Ringo won for ‘Original Song Score’ for “Let It Be” at the 43^rd Oscar ceremony held on April 15^th, 1971.  That year, Francis Lai won the Academy Award for ‘Original Score’ for his music for the motion picture “Love Story”.  “For All We Know” from “Lovers and Other Strangers” took the Oscar statue for ‘Original Song’.  The song went to # 3 on Billboards’ Hot 100 chart in March of ’71 for the Carpenters. 

    

4.  This might have been a little tough if you don’t know your movie music.  It was Vangelis who composed the Academy Award winning score for “Chariots Of Fire”.  The ‘Original Song’ Oscar that year went to Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross and Peter Allen for “Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)”.                                    

5.  The correct answer is b. once.  Bob Dylan won the ‘Original Song’ Academy Award at the 73^rd annual ceremony held on March 25^th, 2001 for “Things Have Changed” from the film “Wonder Boys” starring Michael Douglas.  It was Dylan’s first and so far, only nomination and win.  That year, Julia Roberts won ‘Actress In A Leading Role’ category for her portrayal of Erin Brockovich.  The ‘Best Picture” was “Gladiator” starring Russell Crowe, who also won the Oscar for ‘Actor In A Leading Role’.