RoyCronin Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 See if you can come up with this off the top of your head without looking it up....challenge yourself for a few minutes....... I was jumping around Wikipedia for some facts on performers and a few films and went to pages for the Academy Awards....this tidbit was presented: The most recent year for which all 20 acting nominees are deceased. I went to the Academy Award database and quickly scrolled through all nominees since this year and yes, I think it's correct.... Experts on trivia out there may already know it, but I think it would make a great Jeopardy! answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Kimble Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Well my first guess was very wrong, so I started going back back back, as Chris Berman would say, trying to find a year where all nominees had passed on. Inevitably I would find one holdout who was still with us. I began to get mad at them for staying around. Finally, I found a year where everyone is no longer with us, bereft of life they rest in peace. They... are EX-ACTORS. I'm sure it's wrong though. There must be one more recent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LornaHansonForbes Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 1959? edit- no, nevermind- doris day is still with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LornaHansonForbes Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 1955. it's 1955 isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyCronin Posted February 9, 2017 Author Share Posted February 9, 2017 She's still alive...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelenBaby2 Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 1947 I'll admit I did look at the Ampas website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelenBaby2 Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 1955. it's 1955 isn't it? Marisa Pavan is still alive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 (edited) 1947 I'll admit I did look at the Ampas website. The fact that Olivia de Havilland is still with us, pushes this all the way back to 1938. Her first nomination being for Best Supporting Actress in 1939's GWTW. Edited February 9, 2017 by Dargo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyCronin Posted February 9, 2017 Author Share Posted February 9, 2017 Helen, that's one of the names I had to check as I wasn't sure, but WINNER, WINNER!!! Also Nancy Olson and Terry Moore, I couldn't recall what their current status is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Kimble Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 1947 That's what I came up with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LornaHansonForbes Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Marisa Pavan is still alive dang.** thanks. ** "dang" as in "dang, i did not know that" as opposed to "dang, was hoping she was dead." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Kimble Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Helen, that's one of the names I had to check as I wasn't sure, but WINNER, WINNER!!! Also Nancy Olson and Terry Moore, I couldn't recall what their current status is! Your saying you "quickly scrolled through all nominees since this year" confused me. I figured it had to be a fairly recent year if you didn't do much scrolling. My first guess was 1962 But a whole buncha people killed that: Shirley Knight, Terence Stamp, Mary Badham, not to mention Angela Lansbury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyCronin Posted February 9, 2017 Author Share Posted February 9, 2017 You're right Richard, I worded it poorly. I started at 1947 and went forward and then had to check on a few names. ..usually in the supporting categories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 You're right Richard, I worded it poorly. I started at 1947 and went forward and then had to check on a few names. ..usually in the supporting categories I must've misunderstood this then, Roy. Guess I was thinking the earliest year and not the latest year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LornaHansonForbes Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 does it count if someone's career is dead? 'cause that opens up some recent years.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakeem Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Experts on trivia out there may already know it, but I think it would make a great Jeopardy! answer. Speaking of "Jeopardy!" answers, here's one that floored me recently, The category was ACTRESSES. The final "Jeopardy" answer was: From 1959 to 1968, she made only four films but received Oscar nominations for Best Actress for all four. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Speaking of "Jeopardy!" answers, here's one that floored me recently, The category was ACTRESSES. The final "Jeopardy" answer was: From 1959 to 1968, she made only four films but received Oscar nominations for Best Actress for all four. I knew that one: Kate Hepburn - Suddenly Last Summer, Long Day's Journey Into Night, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Lion In Winter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakeem Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 I knew that one: Kate Hepburn - Suddenly Last Summer, Long Day's Journey Into Night, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Lion In Winter Correct! But that one messed with my mind because the other Hepburn popped into my thinking. Audrey didn't make a lot of movies, but had several Best Actress nominations during the time period mentioned. Then I thought about Elizabeth Taylor, who had a nice run of Oscar nominations -- totally forgetting that she did more than four movies during the period. Katharine Hepburn might have occurred to me if I'd had more time to think about it. But once that 30-second jingle ends, you're dead! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewhite2000 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Okay, so the dumb game I have to play with myself after reading the initial post is to carefully scroll around so I don't see what anybody else wrote. So, my guess is none of the 20 acting nominees for 1955 are still living, and that's the most recent year that this is the case. 62 years ago! We've had some long-lived nominees since then. Okay, I'm posting this so I can now read the rest of the posts and see if my guess was correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewhite2000 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Wow, okay, not 1955 - Marisa Pavan still alive. Did we ever confirm the actual year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewhite2000 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 (edited) Oh, okay, scrolling through more carefully, I guess it was 1938, as guessed by Dargo. Wow, that **** is cray, as Kanye might say. Edited February 10, 2017 by TCMModerator1 Edited for Language Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakeem Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Today's "Jeopardy!" final was easier. The category was THE OSCARS. The answer was: Since “The Godfather Part II,” this film has been the only sequel to win Best Picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelenBaby2 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Oh, okay, scrolling through more carefully, I guess it was 1938, as guessed by Dargo. Wow, that **** is cray, as Kanye might say. No it's 1947. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LornaHansonForbes Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Today's "Jeopardy!" final was easier. The category was THE OSCARS. The answer was: Since “The Godfather Part II,” this film has been the only sequel to win Best Picture. SO EASY. Breakin 2: Electric Boogaloo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LornaHansonForbes Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 i know a pretty good one: in the whole history of the awards I can think of only one instance where all the nominees in an acting category were previous winners. what year/category was it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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