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1. Diary of Oscar Academy Award I: "People say I'm very vain, but that's nonsense. I really do believe that my birth was the most important thing that happened in the United States in 1929. THEY may have been out of work, but I certainly wasn't". What grim event took place in the US in that year?
2. Diary of Oscar Academy Award I: "At that momentous event in 1929, when I was first presented to the world, I sent my copies home afterwards with fifteen very satisfied winners". The entire evening was supervised by which organisation?
3. Diary of Oscar Academy Award I: "Following the year of my debut into society, the following year, 1930, saw the existence of a new planet confirmed. I was expecting it to be named after my good self, but to my disgust, they apparently named it after that Disney chap's mutt instead". What was the name of this newly discovered planet?
4. Diary of Oscar Academy Award I: "I imagine nobody would know by now the name of that very first winner of my manly form. I've almost forgotten it myself. What I do remember though is the manner in which I was presented to that ham from overseas, Emil Jannings". What was unusual about Oscar's presentation to that winner?
5. Diary of Oscar Academy Award I: "I doubt, all this time later, that few would know my full baptismal name. That thought is somewhat disheartening". What is Oscar's full official name?
6. Diary of Oscar Academy Award I: "There are several people in the running who claim they came up with the name of Oscar as my nickname in the 1930s. One was Margaret Herrick, the secretary of the Academy, and another was Walt Disney. A famous actress of the time was the third". Do you know her name?
7. Diary of Oscar Academy Award I: "When MGM art director Cedric Gibbons was selecting the designs for the form in which I was presented to the world, he chose Mexican actor Emilio "El Indio" Fernandez as the model. That ingrate wasn't at all appreciative of the honour and almost refused". Do you know why?
8. Diary of Oscar Academy Award I: "For one short period of a few years in the 1940s, my form was made of a different material, but this was replaced by the original metals at a later date". When was this change made?
9. Diary of Oscar Academy Award I: "Since 1950 a requirement was put in place that neither my winners nor their heirs could sell me, without first meeting a legal obligation". What is this legal obligation?
10. Diary of Oscar Academy Award I: "They change the date of my big night every so often, much to my annoyance. The only time I did officially sanction a postponement for a short while was on the assassination attempt of a very good friend of mine in 1981. Lovely chap but not a terribly good actor really. But I really must hurry. They're calling for me on the set. The Award ceremony is about to begin". Whose assassination attempt in 1981 saw the postponement of the Oscars for one day in 1981?
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