46th Academy Awards 1974 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Tatum O'Neal: Addie Loggins in "Paper Moon"

At ten years, 148 days of age, Tatum O'Neal won Best Supporting Actress for her role in "Paper Moon". "Paper Moon" is a 1973 American comedy-drama set during the Great Depression, starring father and daughter, Ryan and Tatum O'Neal. The movie is about Addie Loggins (Tatum O'Neal) teaming up with her possible father, a con man Moses Pray (Ryan O'Neal), as Moses takes the recently orphaned Addie to her aunt's home. Co-star Madeline Kahn was also nominated in the same category as Tatum O'Neal.

The film was also nominated for Best Sound (Richard Portman, Les Fresholtz) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Alvin Sargent).

Answer: George Segal

"A Touch of Class" is about a couple, Steve Blackburn (George Segal) and Vickie Allessio (Glenda Jackson), who have a brief sexual encounter, which results in a relationship developing as they start to fall in love. The lead role of Steve in "A Touch of Class" was originally offered to Cary Grant but he decided to remain in retirement so the role went to George Segal.

Born in 1934, George Segal was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (1966). For his role of Steve Blackburn in "A Touch of Class", Segal won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, but failed to receive a nomination at the 46th Academy Awards. On television, he is known for his role as Jack Gallo in "Just Shoot Me!" (1997-2003).

Answer: William Peter Blatty

"The Exorcist" is based on the 1971 novel by author William Peter Blatty. Blatty also produced the film which starred Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Max von Sydow, and Jason Miller. The list of Academy Award nominations were as follows:
Best Adapted Screenplay - William Peter Blatty (Winner).
Best Sound Mixing - Robert Knudson, Chris Newman (Winner).
Best Picture - William Peter Blatty (producer).
Best Director - William Friedkin.
Best Actress - Ellen Burstyn.
Best Supporting Actor - Jason Miller.
Best Supporting Actress - Linda Blair.
Best Cinematography - Owen Roizman.
Best Film Editing - Jordan Leondopoulos, Bud S. Smith, Evan Lottman, Norman Gay.
Best Production Design - Bill Malley and Jerry Wunderlich.
Now considered the "Theme from The Exorcist", "Tubular Bells" by Mike Oldfield became very popular after the film's release.

Answer: Live and Let Die

"Live and Let Die", written by Paul and Linda McCartney and performed by Paul McCartney's band "Wings", was the theme song for the movie "Live and Let Die" (1973). "Live and Let Die" was the first Bond film to see Roger Moore portray James Bond. In this movie Bond clashes with a Harlem drug lord known as Mr. Big. Several of the songs produced for the Bond films have been nominated for Academy Awards for Original Song: Paul McCartney's "Live and Let Die", Carly Simon's "Nobody Does It Better" and Sheena Easton's "For Your Eyes Only", but it wasn't until the 85th Awards, 2013, 51 years after the release of "Dr No" (1962), that Adele and Paul Epworth, for the song "Skyfall", won the Best Original Song Academy Award for the James Bond movie franchise.

Answer: Candy Clark

"American Graffiti" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture but lost to "The Sting". Nominations at the 46th Academy Awards included Best Director (George Lucas), Best Original Screenplay (Lucas, Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz), Best Supporting Actress (Candy Clark) and Best Film Editing (Verna Fields and Marcia Lucas). "American Graffiti" (1973) is set over the course of one evening in 1962, following the adventures of a group of teenagers on their last night of summer vacation prior to starting college. With only a budget of under $800,000, "American Graffiti" is regarded as one of the most profitable movies of all time, considering six production companies turned George Lucas down, prior to a successful contract with Universal Pictures.

Answer: Jack Lemmon

John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III was born in 1925 in Newton, Massachusetts, U.S. During Jack Lemmon's career he formed a successful partnership with Walter Matthau, with the pair making eleven movies together. Jack Lemmon won his first Academy as Best Supporting Actor in "Mister Roberts".

His other nominations were for "Some Like It Hot", "The Apartment", "Days of Wine and Roses", "The China Syndrome", "Tribute" and "Missing". Jack Lemmon died in 2001 from bladder cancer. "Save the Tiger" is about a WWII veteran struggling to accept the changes in society, compared to those of his youth, as he tries to prevent his company from declaring bankruptcy.

Answer: Lindsay Wagner

"The Paper Chase" is a 1973 film starring Timothy Bottoms, Lindsay Wagner, and John Houseman. Based on the novel by John Jay Osborn Jn., it tells the story of James Hart (Timothy Bottoms) and his association with Professor Charles Kingsfield (John Houseman) during his first year as a law student at Harvard. During this year, Hart develops a relationship with Susan Fields (Lindsay Wagner, star of the TV show "The Bionic Woman"), only for him to break up with her once he finds out she is Professor Kingsfield's daughter. John Houseman later reprised his role in a TV series of the same name that lasted four seasons.

Answer: Sally Kirkland

Sally Kirkland played Crystal ("Hooker's hooker") in "The Sting" and she played Pony Dunbar in "The Way We Were".
Sally Kirkland was born in 1941 in New York. Sally was named after her mother Sally Kirkland (born Sarah Phinney) who was fashion editor at "Vogue" and "LIFE" magazines. Her roles in both "The Sting" and "The Way We Were" were small parts, but in 1987 Sally Kirkland received critical praise resulting in an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for "Anna" (1987), when she portrayed the title role.

Answer: Best Actor: Robert Redford

"The Sting" was directed by George Roy Hill, who had directed Newman and Redford in the western "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969), winning the Best Director category.
It was a big night for Marvin Hamlisch winning three Academy Awards for his work on "The Sting" and "The Way We Were"; Best Original Dramatic Score - "The Way We Were", Best Original Song Score and/or Adaptation - "The Sting" and Best Original Song - "The Way We Were".
"The Sting" also won awards in the categories:
Best Picture.
Best Writing, Original Screenplay: David S. Ward.
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration.
Best Costume Design.
Best Film Editing.

Answer: Adam's Rib

"Adam's Rib" (1949) was produced by Lawrence Weingarten and starred Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracey. "Adam's Rib" is about lawyers Adam and Amanda Bonner (Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn) who, despite their marriage, take opposing sides in a case of attempted murder. Doris Attinger (Judy Holliday) believes her husband Warren Attinger (Tom Ewell) is having an affair and in a fit of rage shoots him the shoulder. Amanda Bonner uses the double standards that exists in society regarding adultery as a defense and ultimately wins the case.

Unfortunately, the Bonners' marriage suffers as a result with the pair starting the motions for divorce.