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Today's question:  name a person who has won both an Oscar award and a Nobel prize.Pictured: The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931), which brought Helen Hayes the Best Actress Oscar. …

Today's question, courtesy of friend and co-blogger Jacqui Lipton:  Name the youngest and the oldest winners in the Best Actress and Best Actor categories.Pictured:  Paper Moon (1973), which brought Tatum…

Today's question:  This director, and this actor (gender neutral), have collaborated on over a dozen films.  Each has won at least one Oscar.  Name these two individuals.Pictured:  Out of Africa…

I'm deep, deep in things antebellum and literary, getting my Hutchins lecture ready for March 16.  I'm dealing with thirty-some addresses given to the joint meetings of the Philanthropic and…

Today's question (a variation of yesterday's query):  name the three films that won every Oscar for which they were nominated (minimum six nominations).Pictured:  Ben-Hur (1959), which won eleven of the…

That's the question I'm asking as I'm sitting here reading John Adam's 1835 Oration on LaFayette, which I checked out from the library earlier this week.  Over at biblio.com, a…

Today's question:  name any of the four films that share the record for the largest numerical difference between Oscar nominations and Oscar wins.Pictured:  Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), which…

Today's question comes courtesy of Colin Miller (pictured), an assistant professor at Chicago's John Marshall Law School.  Readers following our "Oscar Countdown" may have noticed that Colin knows a thing…

Today's question:  Several films have received four or more "acting" nominations, but only two films have won more than two acting Oscars.  Name the two films.Pictured:  Mrs. Miniver (1942), which…

Today's question comes courtesy of Lance McMillian (pictured), an associate professor at Atlanta's John Marshall Law School.  Readers following our "Oscar Countdown" may have noticed that Lance knows a thing…