Isaac Asimov's Super Quiz

Subject: "BIG 5" ACADEMY AWARDS

Each answer is the name of a film that was nominated in all of the five big categories: Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress and Screenplay. The year and a quote from the film are provided. (e.g., 1975: "I must be crazy to be in a loony bin like this." Answer: "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.")

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. 1967: "Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me."

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2. 1939: "A cat's a better mother than you."

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3. 1977: "Honey, there's a spider in your bathroom the size of a Buick."

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4. 1981: "You seem like a nice man. A bit verbose, but nice ..."

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5. 1954: "Hello, everybody. This is Mrs. Norman Maine."

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GRADUATE LEVEL

6. 1951: "Hey, toots! Canary bird, will you get out of the bathroom!"

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7. 1950: "We didn't need dialogue. We had faces!"

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8. 1976: "I ain't no bum, Mick. I ain't no bum."

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9. 1967: "Next time, I'll aim a little lower!"

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10. 1960: "But this is the key to the executive washroom."

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PH.D. LEVEL

11. 1940: "I say, marriage with Max is not exactly a bed of roses, is it?"

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12. 1997: "I fear Madox knows about us; he keeps mentioning Anna Karenina."

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13. 1976: "We'll tell you anything you want to hear; we lie like hell."

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14. 2004: "I don't train girls."

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15. 1999: "You don't get to tell me what to do ever again."

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ANSWERS: 1. "The Graduate." 2. "Gone With the Wind." 3. "Annie Hall." 4. "On Golden Pond." 5. "A Star Is Born." 6. "A Streetcar Named Desire." 7. "Sunset Boulevard." 8. "Rocky." 9. "Bonnie and Clyde." 10. "The Apartment." 11. "Rebecca." 12. "The English Patient." 13. "Network." 14. "Million Dollar Baby." 15. "American Beauty."

SCORING:

24 to 30 points — congratulations, doctor; 18 to 23 points — honors graduate; 13 to 17 points — you're plenty smart, but no grind; 5 to 12 points — you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 4 points — enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points — who reads the questions to you?