Impromptu #0: Academy Awards

Quiz
Subject: Academy Awards
Scoreboard:
- Precarious: 7
- hamuka (cheatroach): 5½
- Liordi: 3½
Winner: Precarious

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[10:32:13 PM] Bluji: We are playing a quiz starting from now. Please keep all offtopic discussion in brackets.

[10:32:18 PM] Bluji: First question.

[10:32:19 PM] Bluji: Q1. In the most recent Oscars gala, Ellen DeGeneres took a selfie with 12 celebrities in it. It quickly rose to be the most retweeted selfie. Name three celebrities from the image.

[10:32:32 PM] Liordi: jared leto jennifer lawrence bradly cooper

[10:32:51 PM] hamuka: jared leto, jennifer lawrence, bradley cooper

[10:33:01 PM] Bluji: Liordi gets the point.

[10:33:09 PM] hamuka: Oh well

[10:33:09 PM] Behemoth542: [Jesus was in the photo]

[10:33:21 PM] ChatGames: More interestingly, it was taken with a Samsung phone, and it's been pointed out that Samsung paid for that opportunity.

[10:33:31 PM] ChatGames: Alright Behe. I have 1 Tier 2, all others are Tier 4 and 5.

[10:33:31 PM] Sorcerer_: #selfie?

[10:33:42 PM] ChatGames: Aww, no new PC. :(

[10:33:44 PM] Liordi: #rt #samsung

[10:34:12 PM] hamuka: Oscar ad: "Did we tell you already that you're not a human if you don't have a Samsung phone? Yeah? No problem, a reminder won't hurt!"

[10:34:20 PM] Bluji: Q2. In which year were the awards first presented?

[10:34:28 PM] Liordi: 1940

[10:34:28 PM] hamuka: 1929

[10:34:34 PM] Bluji: hamuka is correct.

[10:34:38 PM] hamuka: :D

[10:34:52 PM] Liordi: I thought it was the 74th one. *shrug*

[10:35:01 PM] hamuka: Speed calculations FTW

[10:35:03 PM] LethalMutiny: [683 in escape]

[10:35:04 PM] hamuka: 85th

[10:35:27 PM] hamuka: Oh wait that was last year's

[10:35:28 PM] hamuka: W/e

[10:35:38 PM] Bluji: Q3. In 2010, who won the award for Best Actor in a Leading Role from The King's Speech?

[10:35:48 PM] Sorcerer_: me?

[10:36:00 PM] Liordi: colin summat

[10:36:17 PM] Bluji: Colin is correct (½p), just get the surname now

[10:36:26 PM] Sorcerer_: surmat?

[10:36:31 PM] Liordi: summat = something

[10:36:32 PM] Bluji: Nope

[10:36:33 PM] hamuka: Colin Firth

[10:36:42 PM] Liordi: That's the one. ^

[10:36:50 PM] hamuka: W00t

[10:37:02 PM] Bluji: Liordi gets ½p, hamuka gets ½p

[10:37:12 PM] Liordi: I knew it wasn't Farrell, but couldn't think of another name.

[10:37:47 PM] hamuka: Only actor named Colin I know of

[10:37:54 PM] hamuka: xD

[10:38:10 PM] Bluji: Q4. How many Oscar nominations has Leonardo DiCaprio received? One point for that, another one if you can name one of those movies.

[10:38:28 PM] Liordi: wolf of wall street anyway

[10:38:31 PM] hamuka: 4

[10:38:33 PM] Liordi: and.. lets go with unlucky 13

[10:38:52 PM] hamuka: And Wolf of Wall Street then

[10:38:54 PM] Bluji: Wolf of Wall Street is correct, but neither number is correct

[10:39:06 PM] Bluji: Liordi gained a point for that, another one still up for grabs

[10:39:18 PM] LethalMutiny: 8

[10:39:20 PM] Liordi: 1

[10:39:20 PM] Liordi: 2

[10:39:20 PM] Liordi: 3

[10:39:21 PM] Liordi: 5

[10:39:21 PM] Liordi: 6

[10:39:22 PM] Liordi: 7

[10:39:22 PM] Liordi: 0

[10:39:24 PM] Liordi: 9

[10:39:24 PM] Liordi: 10

[10:39:25 PM] Liordi: 11

[10:39:25 PM] Liordi: 12

[10:39:27 PM] Bluji: kthx

[10:39:29 PM] Bluji: 5 is correct.

[10:39:32 PM] Liordi: Yay.

[10:39:37 PM] hamuka: Sheit

[10:39:50 PM] Bluji: Current leaderboard: Liordi 3½, hammy ½

[10:39:55 PM] Bluji: *1½

[10:40:08 PM] hamuka: Well this is

[10:40:15 PM] hamuka: Liordi's gonna win

[10:40:48 PM] hamuka: I'm willing to host one on Razzies after this if you guys want

[10:40:59 PM] Liordi: Razzies?

[10:41:05 PM] Bluji: Q5. In 2002, which theatre became the permanent home for the ceremonies?

[10:41:18 PM] Liordi: golden globe

[10:41:33 PM] Bluji: I'm looking for the name of the theatre back then.

[10:41:54 PM] Liordi: I've no idea.

[10:41:56 PM] hamuka: Dolby Theatre

[10:42:02 PM] hamuka: :3

[10:42:20 PM] Bluji: Meh, I'll give you the point for that although a) that's the new name and b) your smiley gave away that you cheated

[10:42:26 PM] Precarious: what are we looking for?

[10:42:33 PM] Bluji: Oscars.

[10:42:34 PM] Liordi: 5. In 2002, which theatre became the permanent home for the ceremonies?

[10:42:42 PM] Liordi: > it's name at this time

[10:42:49 PM] Precarious: What ceremonies?

[10:42:50 PM] hamuka: Oh dammit.

[10:42:55 PM] Bluji: Oscars.

[10:43:01 PM] Precarious: Dolby

[10:43:03 PM] Precarious: Grauman's Chinese

[10:43:10 PM] hamuka: Lol said that already

[10:43:11 PM] Bluji: Okay, Prec actually gets the point

[10:43:18 PM] Liordi: haha.

[10:43:19 PM] Bluji: nvm nvm

[10:43:25 PM] hamuka: ...

[10:43:33 PM] Bluji: Lemme reask the question.

[10:43:38 PM] hamuka: KODAK

[10:43:42 PM] Bluji: Q5. In 2002, which theatre becam-

[10:43:43 PM] hamuka: IT WAS KODAK

[10:43:46 PM] Bluji: gg hammy

[10:43:48 PM] Liordi: inb4google.

[10:43:54 PM] hamuka: lolnop

[10:43:54 PM] Precarious: The Oscars were at Dolby this year iirc

[10:44:03 PM] hamuka: Yeah but

[10:44:04 PM] Bluji: Yeah, but I was looking for the old name

[10:44:10 PM] Liordi: They've been in the same place for quite the same time, afaik.

[10:44:10 PM] hamuka: Back then it was named Kodak

[10:44:17 PM] Liordi: some*

[10:44:28 PM] Liordi: the same = my brain = fcked.

[10:44:28 PM] Precarious: let me switch to Just Trolling quick

[10:44:46 PM] Precarious: okay

[10:44:55 PM] hamuka: Omg

[10:44:59 PM] hamuka: Prec is in here

[10:45:08 PM] Bluji: Q6. Which movie won the award for Best Picture in 2012?

[10:45:09 PM] hamuka: We're all screwed.

[10:45:09 PM] Liordi: begin to slow clap?

[10:45:12 PM] Precarious: Argo

[10:45:12 PM] Liordi: avatar

[10:45:13 PM] Liordi: oh woops

[10:45:18 PM] Bluji: Argo is correct.

[10:45:29 PM] hamuka: 2012?

[10:45:36 PM] Precarious: year before the most recent

[10:45:38 PM] Precarious: This year was 12YaS

[10:45:45 PM] Liordi: yeah

[10:45:45 PM] Liordi: I knew that

[10:45:45 PM] hamuka: Oh damn

[10:45:47 PM] Liordi: Avatar is 2009

[10:45:54 PM] Precarious: Avatar didn't win, either

[10:45:54 PM] Liordi: wow, it doesn't feel like that long ago since i've seen it

[10:45:56 PM] hamuka: Me too, I saw a video about that

[10:45:56 PM] Liordi: oh, ok

[10:45:59 PM] Bluji: Q7. In 2011, The Artist won the award for Best Picture. What was the strange gimmick about this movie?

[10:46:05 PM] Precarious: Silent

[10:46:09 PM] hamuka: It was silent and B&W

[10:46:12 PM] Precarious: it was a silent film

[10:46:15 PM] Liordi: what film was it

[10:46:16 PM] Liordi: ?

[10:46:17 PM] ChatGames: urmum

[10:46:23 PM] Bluji: Correct, it was a silent film. Prec gains the point.

[10:46:23 PM] CalmWaters: .....The Artist

[10:46:33 PM] Liordi: oh

[10:46:40 PM] Liordi: I thought the artist as in the person who designed it

[10:47:15 PM] Bluji: Q8. Which person has hosted the most Oscar ceremonies?

[10:47:22 PM] Liordi: ellen

[10:47:22 PM] Precarious: Crystal

[10:47:37 PM] Bluji: Nope

[10:47:44 PM] Precarious: huh

[10:47:53 PM] Precarious: Carson?

[10:47:58 PM] hamuka: Hope

[10:48:04 PM] Bluji: Bob Hope is correct.

[10:48:28 PM] Bluji: Leaderboard: Liordi 3½, hammy 3½, Prec 2

[10:48:37 PM] Bluji: But we're playing to 15Q, so anything can happen

[10:48:37 PM] hamuka: Hey not bad

[10:48:46 PM] hamuka: Good enough

[10:48:46 PM] Precarious: Too bad I started late :P

[10:48:52 PM] Liordi: I know right.

[10:49:14 PM] Bluji: Q9. In the most recent award ceremony, which movie earned the most nominations without winning any awards?

[10:49:20 PM] Precarious: American Hustle

[10:49:24 PM] hamuka: DAMN.

[10:49:26 PM] Bluji: Correct.

[10:50:00 PM] Precarious: Incidentally, I watched Gravity last night. That was something else

[10:50:00 PM] Bluji: Q10. How long was the very first Academy Award ceremony?

[10:50:04 PM] Precarious: 1 hour

[10:50:07 PM] CalmWaters: o:

[10:50:07 PM] Precarious: 2 hours

[10:50:07 PM] hamuka: 15 minutes?

[10:50:08 PM] Precarious: 3 hours

[10:50:11 PM] CalmWaters: Nice prec

[10:50:11 PM] Precarious: 30 minutes

[10:50:14 PM] Bluji: 15 minutes is correct.

[10:50:20 PM] hamuka: Yay

[10:50:23 PM] hamuka: Wild guess

[10:50:29 PM] hamuka: xD

[10:50:51 PM] hamuka: I didn't actually think it was that short but said screw it

[10:51:43 PM] Bluji: Q11. Which of the following James Bond films has won an Oscar: Thunderball, Moonraker, You Only Live Twice?

[10:51:48 PM] Precarious: Thunderball

[10:51:49 PM] Liordi: moonraker

[10:51:50 PM] Precarious: YOLO

[10:51:51 PM] Precarious: none

[10:51:58 PM] Liordi: you only live twice

[10:52:11 PM] Bluji: (Gosh, I just checked this)

[10:52:20 PM] hamuka: All of 'em

[10:52:23 PM] Bluji: Thunderball is correct.

[10:52:32 PM] hamuka: Ehhh

[10:53:09 PM] Bluji: Q12. There were six performers performing in the most recent ceremonies. Name two of them.

[10:53:18 PM] Liordi: shit

[10:53:18 PM] Precarious: Pharell, Karen O

[10:53:22 PM] Precarious: Pink

[10:53:29 PM] CalmWaters: "Idele Dazene"

[10:53:31 PM] Precarious: lol

[10:53:36 PM] Bluji: Correct @Prec

[10:53:45 PM] CalmWaters: srsly John wtf were you on

[10:53:47 PM] hamuka: U2, Pin-

[10:53:48 PM] Bluji: (And it was "Adele Dazeem")

[10:53:50 PM] hamuka: Fu.

[10:54:08 PM] CalmWaters: such funny

[10:54:22 PM] Liordi: I didn't know rachel's mother from glee's name :'(

[10:54:47 PM] Precarious: after this is over, can someone tell me the questions that were asked before I got here

[10:54:50 PM] Precarious: I'm curious

[10:54:50 PM] Liordi: Yeah.

[10:54:55 PM] hamuka: Sure

[10:54:56 PM] CalmWaters: I wanna see them too

[10:55:32 PM] Liordi: Q2. In which year were the awards first presented? / Q3. In 2010, who won the award for Best Actor in a Leading Role from The King's Speech?

[10:55:33 PM] Liordi: Q1. Q1. In the most recent Oscars gala, Ellen DeGeneres took a selfie with 12 celebrities in it. It quickly rose to be the most retweeted selfie. Name three celebrities from the image.

[10:55:46 PM] Precarious: (not now, Bluji's busy)

[10:55:46 PM] Liordi: Q1. In the most recent Oscars gala, Ellen DeGeneres took a selfie with 12 celebrities in it. It quickly rose to be the most retweeted selfie. Name three celebrities from the image.

[10:55:50 PM] Liordi: Oops.

[10:55:56 PM] hamuka: ...

[10:55:56 PM] Liordi: Q4. How many Oscar nominations has Leonardo DiCaprio received? One point for that, another one if you can name one of those movies.

[10:55:59 PM] hamuka: Pls

[10:56:11 PM] CalmWaters: RIP Leo Dicaprio

[10:56:11 PM] Bluji: Q13. Let's jump to the other side for a moment. The Razzies are the awards for the WORST movies and actors and so on. Who was the worst actor / actress (1 point for each)?

[10:56:23 PM] CalmWaters: Kristen Stewart

[10:56:23 PM] CalmWaters: pls

[10:56:23 PM] Precarious: I didn't follow this year's Razzies :(

[10:56:34 PM] LethalMutiny: (I didn't know that was a thing)

[10:56:34 PM] CalmWaters: Oh this year

[10:56:59 PM] Precarious: They're such a joke; I could have BOUGHT a vote, literally

[10:57:21 PM] Precarious: Oh wait, Will/Jaden Smith I bet

[10:57:22 PM] hamuka: Jaden Smith was one

[10:57:25 PM] Precarious: lol

[10:57:28 PM] hamuka: DAM

[10:57:30 PM] Bluji: Jaden Smith was one @Prec

[10:57:35 PM] hamuka: TYLER PERRY

[10:57:38 PM] hamuka: OR W/E

[10:57:46 PM] CalmWaters: Yea I figured that Jaden Smith might be.

[10:57:47 PM] Bluji: And Tyler Perry was the worst actress.

[10:57:55 PM] Precarious: lol

[10:57:59 PM] CalmWaters: GG

[10:57:59 PM] Liordi: ham googel pro

[10:58:00 PM] Precarious: I was trying to think of what was panned this year

[10:58:04 PM] LethalMutiny: Rob Schnieder

[10:58:17 PM] Bluji: Leaderboard: Prec 6, hamu 5½, Liordi 3½

[10:58:24 PM] Bluji: Two questions remain.

[10:58:27 PM] hamuka: Nonono

[10:58:33 PM] hamuka: I'M ****ed

[10:58:33 PM] Liordi: prec already won :'(

[10:58:41 PM] CalmWaters: Prec wasn't even here for some of the questions and he's winning

[10:58:41 PM] Precarious: not necessarily

[10:58:42 PM] hamuka: Dundundun

[10:58:51 PM] Precarious: although I'd have clinched if I had been here :P

[10:59:07 PM] Liordi: the first questions were ez

[10:59:17 PM] hamuka: Prec comes in and just casually wins a quiz

[10:59:23 PM] Bluji: Q14. Previously, I asked about the first Awards, which were only 15 minutes long. How long was the LONGEST ceremony (to the nearest 10mins)?

[10:59:24 PM] hamuka: -.-

[10:59:31 PM] Precarious: 4 hours

[10:59:33 PM] Precarious: 3 hours 50 minutes

[10:59:34 PM] Liordi: 4h10

[10:59:35 PM] LethalMutiny: 5 hours 28 minutes

[10:59:35 PM] Liordi: 4h20

[10:59:36 PM] Precarious: 3 hours 40 minutes

[10:59:36 PM] Liordi: 3h40

[10:59:38 PM] Liordi: 3h30

[10:59:39 PM] Liordi: 3h20

[10:59:39 PM] Precarious: this is stupid

[10:59:40 PM] Liordi: 4h30

[10:59:42 PM] Liordi: 4h40

[10:59:43 PM] Bluji: 4h20 is correct

[10:59:54 PM] Bluji: (They were 4h23)

[11:00:01 PM] hamuka: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[11:00:11 PM] CalmWaters: The last question

[11:00:11 PM] hamuka: Shitshitshit

[11:00:13 PM] CalmWaters: Decides the winner

[11:00:24 PM] hamuka: Liordi dun post pls

[11:00:26 PM] Liordi: sh u

[11:00:28 PM] hamuka: Or Prec'll win

[11:00:43 PM] Bluji: So, it comes down to this.

[11:01:00 PM] LethalMutiny: Don't worry, I'll get it so Prec wins

[11:01:05 PM] Precarious: lol

[11:01:11 PM] hamuka: lol

[11:01:16 PM] CalmWaters: I'll get it!

[11:01:18 PM] Bluji: Q15. Two movies in the history of the awards have received 14 nominations. One was Titanic; can you name the OTHER one?

[11:01:26 PM] LethalMutiny: Godfather

[11:01:29 PM] Precarious: From Here to Eternity

[11:01:36 PM] LethalMutiny: Scarface

[11:01:37 PM] hamuka: All about Eve

[11:01:41 PM] Precarious: shit, I actually read this earlier

[11:01:48 PM] Bluji: All About Eve is correct indeed.

[11:01:52 PM] hamuka: ...

[11:01:52 PM] Precarious: lol google

[11:01:55 PM] LethalMutiny: Google wins

[11:01:57 PM] hamuka: ......................

[11:01:59 PM] Bluji: And yes, Google wins.

[11:02:06 PM] hamuka: Really

[11:02:06 PM] CalmWaters: ......

[11:02:20 PM] Liordi: How much questions did you google, ham? :D

[11:02:28 PM] hamuka: Let's see.

[11:02:34 PM] hamuka: Better question

[11:02:39 PM] Bluji: Let's redo that last question.

[11:02:40 PM] hamuka: How many I didn't Google

[11:02:43 PM] hamuka: and 1

[11:02:46 PM] Liordi: lol.

[11:02:55 PM] RaceBandit: ...

[11:02:56 PM] CalmWaters: Get out.

[11:03:02 PM] hamuka: K

[11:03:02 PM] CalmWaters: Srsly this is a quiz

[11:03:11 PM] Liordi: new quiz

[11:03:11 PM] Liordi: less google

[11:03:11 PM] RaceBandit: [Zero tolerance on cheating.]

[11:03:11 PM] CalmWaters: Prec wins

[11:03:17 PM] hamuka: Lol you know what a joke is

[11:03:28 PM] CalmWaters: Your life

[11:03:43 PM] Bluji: Q15Redo: Who was the first woman to win Best Director?

[11:03:50 PM] hamuka: ...

[11:03:50 PM] Precarious: Bigelow

[11:03:52 PM] Precarious: for Hurt Locker

[11:03:58 PM] Precarious: oh wait, no

[11:03:58 PM] Precarious: that was picture

[11:04:01 PM] Bluji: Katherine Bigelow is correct.

[11:04:01 PM] Precarious: it was whoever did the Sting

[11:04:06 PM] Bluji: *Kathryn

[11:04:07 PM] Precarious: lol

[11:04:11 PM] CalmWaters: gg prec

[11:04:24 PM] Precarious: I don't even think I'm right lol

[11:04:25 PM] Bluji: And it's pretty obvious that one can't google that in seven seconds.

[11:04:26 PM] Bluji: I doubt it.

[11:04:32 PM] hamuka: lol

[11:04:41 PM] Bluji: So, Prec wins with 7 points.