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1. This non-brother tandem won only one Oscar. Who was the winner, Leo or Elmer, and what was the title of this '60s movie?
2. In his 50 year movie career, Elmer wrote over 170 musical scores (including shorts). What were his first and his last movie scores?
3. Leonard was much better than Elmer at winning Grammys. How many did Leonard win in his long career?
4. In his Ivy League college days, Leonard wrote and conducted the musical score for a production of Aristophanes' "The Birds", in the original Greek. Which university's student body might have been subjected to this seemingly hideous theatrical endeavor?
5. Elmer received an amazing 14 Academy Award nominations during his career. We will go to the well one more time with what was his first and what was his last.
6. In 1958, as the principal conductor of the New York Philharmonic, Leonard started a televised concert series that ran on CBS until 1973. What was the title of this highly acclaimed series?
7. Part of one of Elmer's scores is arguably THE most heard score of all time. This is probably totally impossible to substantiate, but this music was used in a widely seen TV ad campaign for a particular brand of cigarettes. Which cigarettes are directly linked to "The Magnificent Seven"?
8. Leonard collaborated with three different people on his Tony Award winning "West Side Story". Who were they?
9. In the '40s, before he embarked on his career in the motion picture industry, Elmer worked as a musical arranger for what big band leader?
10. Leonard wrote a musical score for a movie, and was nominated for an Oscar. This movie garnered 12 total nominations and won eight little gold men. Alas, poor Leonard was not one of the winners. Name that movie.
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