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1. Billy Crystal hosted the Oscars after a long hiatus from the job. He returned to his usual entrance of inserting himself into various movies from the year. He did have one of his fellow actors help him by planting a kiss on him in the spirit of the movie he was parodying. Who was the actor that planted the kiss?
2. Tom Hanks was the night's first presenter, but prior to making the announcements of the first two awards, he made a shoutout to Carl Swaybo. Carl had achieved his 59th year at the Oscars employed as what?
3. Sandra Bullock presented the Best Foreign Language Film. She preceded her announcement by claiming to tell the essence of Foreign Language Film in the language of Mandarin. It obviously was NOT Mandarin. What language did she use?
4. A parody from the mockumentary masters led by Christopher Guest did a bit on focus groups, the clan of people asked to watch movies and give their opinions on it so studios can tweak what they saw to make the film better. What movie did this focus group screen?
5. Gwyneth Paltrow presented the Best Documentary Oscar with someone who claimed he was filming his own documentary called "The Presenter". Completely full of himself for the bit, who was the actor to overact for his personal documentary?
6. Chris Rock presented Best Animated Feature Film, and took the time to point out that doing voice work for animated films is the "easiest work in the world". He also noted that it allows anybody to play any part regardless of race. For instance, black people can play what roles?
7. Christopher Plummer would win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar, and would break the record for oldest actor to win an Academy Award. Announced several times on the show, what was Plummer's age at the time of the win?
8. Ludovic Bource was the victor in the category of Best Musical Score, but he made a point walking down the aisle to shake one of his fellow nominee's hands and put his hand to his heart to show respect. Who was this nominee that got special recognition?
9. There was a montage of actors trying to decipher what makes a good movie. Three of them actually stated one of their favorite movies. Of these three pairings, which was NOT one of the matches of actor to favorite movie?
10. One of the winners of an honorary award, besides Dick Smith and Oprah Winfrey, was James Earl Jones. His presenter described his resume, including "Star Wars", "The Lion King", and Shakespeare, and said whatever he did, it was "so damn GOOD." Who was this presenter?
11. The cast from "Bridesmaids" collectively presented three awards in the night. Rose Byrne and Melissa McCarthy decided to play a drinking game as part of their presentation. They made an agreement that they would take a drink whenever what was uttered on the show?
12. As usual, there was an "In Memoriam" segment, honoring all of those who had passed in the last year. A touching rendition of Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World" was sung over the pictures. Who was the singer who performed the song admirably?
13. Jean Dujardin would take home the gold for Best Actor, and he opened his speech with a unique phrase very apropos for the moment. What did he say?
14. The most instant standing ovation came at the moment Meryl Streep was announced as the winner. The closest thing to royalty in the auditorium, she thanked her husband first, but then made a point to thank whom next?
15. The director for "The Artist" took half of the acceptance speech for the Best Picture Oscar, but spent most of it talking away from the microphone, because whom he was thanking was onstage already. Who was he thanking?
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