About this episode
On Today's Special Oscar Trivia Episode It is with extreme pleasure that we announce that Fighting in the War Room will be joining us for a special Oscar trivia episode. Matt Patches is the Senior Entertainment Editor at Polygon , Katey Rich is the deputy editor of VanityFair.com and together they form team Avatar: The Way of Winners. Dave "Da7e" Gonzales will have a book about Marvel coming out in 2022, David Ehrlich is a senior film critic at Indiewire and together they from team Linda Tarr is innocent: David is a false prodigal of a handful of truths. The amount these guys know about film trivia is only matched by their wit and banter. Enjoy this episode and then run (or click) over to Fighting in the War Room and give them a listen, a follow, and all that good stuff! Twitter: follow the show ( @FITWR ), Katey ( @kateyrich ), Da7e ( @da7e ) Patches ( @misterpatches ), and David ( @davidehrlich ) . Please help David Ehrlich with his fundraising for an incredibly good cause: https://www.gofundme.com/f/david-ehrlichs-2023-video-countdown-fundraiser From the fundraising page: "For the 2022 video/2023 fundraiser, AFTERSUN director Charlotte Wells has kindly selected a New York City non-profit called Food with Fam, and I couldn't be happier that she did. A former mutual aid group that began during the early days of the pandemic and incorporated as a nonprofit in 2022, Food with Fam is a small but extraordinary group that hosts biweekly food distributions and other initiatives throughout NYC to help feed families and individuals in need." Do you know the answers to the following questions: Who is the only person to win an academy award whose parents were also both Academy Award Winners? The Mother won an honoarary award and the Father was a Director? There are two movies that have had 11 oscar nominations and left the ceremony empty handed. You will get 5 points for each correct answer. With four wins, which Director has won the most Oscars? What two actresses tied for Best Actress on April 14th 1969, at the 41st annual Academy Awards? Who was the first winner of Best Animated Film in 2001? There are two Actors who have won two consecutive awards for best Actor. Five points for each actor. Winning for Best Original Song, who is the first person born in the 21st century to win an Academy Award? Why was the Oscars postponed in 1981 at less than 24 hours notice? Who is the only Oscar winner named Oscar? Don't forget the UNICEF Fundraiser on May 21st at 8pm EST and to donate at https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/uniceftrivia If you liked this episode, you might enjoy listening to Peter Rijks and Jamie McCarthy in this sibling rivalry trivia showdown episode . Music Hot Swing, Fast Talkin, Bass Walker, Dances and Dames, Ambush by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Don't forget to follow us on social media: Patreon - patreon.com/quizbang - Please consider supporting us on Patreon. Check out our fun extras for patrons and help us keep this podcast going. We appreciate any level of support! Website - quizbangpod.com Check out our website, it will have all the links for social media that you need and while you're there, why not go to the contact us page and submit a question! Facebook - @quizbangpodcast - we post episode links and silly lego pictures to go with our trivia questions. Enjoy the silly picture and give your best guess, we will respond to your answer the next day to give everyone a chance to guess. We will also post old videos of us with Katy Colloton. Instagram - Quiz Quiz Bang Bang (quizquizbangbang), we post silly lego pictures to go with our trivia questions. Enjoy the silly picture and give your best guess, we will respond to your answer the next day to give everyone a chance to guess. Twitter - @quizbangpod We want to start a fun community for our fellow trivia lovers. If you hear/think of a fun or challenging trivia question, post it to our twitter feed and we will repost it so everyone can take a stab it. Come for the trivia - stay for the trivia. Ko-Fi - ko-fi.com/quizbangpod - Keep that sweet caffeine running through our body with a Ko-Fi, power us through a late night of fact checking and editing!