Can you name the people who lived to see someone win an Oscar for playing them? by MrWhiplash

Year	Person	Actor/Actress
1938		Spencer Tracy
1941		Gary Cooper
1962		Patty Duke
1967		Estelle Parsons
1976		Jason Robards
1980		Robert De Niro
1980		Sissy Spacek
1984		Dr. Haing S. Ngor
1990		Jeremy Irons

Year	Person	Actor/Actress
1995		Susan Sarandon
1996		Geoffrey Rush
2000		Julia Roberts
2001		Jim Broadbent
2006		Helen Mirren
2009		Sandra Bullock
2010		Christian Bale
2010		Melissa Leo

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non-fictitious Oscar-winning characters Quiz

by MrWhiplash

Created Oct 4, 2009 in Movies
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	MrWhiplash:	Oct 4th, 2009 at 07:28 GMT		0 points
	Two question: Is this version of the quiz too hard or would guessing only the films (rather than the characters) be too easy? And: Should I add the film in the clue rather than in the answer?

	MrWhiplash:	Oct 4th, 2009 at 07:30 GMT		2 points
	By the way, I only included people who were alive on the evening of the awards ceremony, even if that ruled out people who were involved in the making of the film (as Ray Charles) or people who were alive when the film was released, but died before the Oscars were handed out (as George M. Cohan).

	RandallPinkston:	Oct 4th, 2009 at 07:54 GMT		1 point
	I don't think it's too hard, but guessing the films would be too easy. And I don't think you should add the film in the clue. I got all except Broadbent and Rush, and for both of those I knew what movie was under consideration, I just couldn't remember the names of the people they portrayed.

	bbf2:	Oct 4th, 2009 at 09:19 GMT		1 point
	If Homer Simpson can't remember the name of the guy from Shine, I shouldn't be expected to either. . Guy: Name please! Homer: Certainly. I'm.. the piano genius from the.. movie Shine! Guy: Uh huh, and your name is? Homer: Uuh, Shiny McShine?

	awesomark:	Oct 4th, 2009 at 18:01 GMT		6 points
	If this is a list people that saw someone win an oscar for playing them, then why is Hellen Keller on this list?

	MrWhiplash:	Oct 4th, 2009 at 18:19 GMT		1 point
	@ awesomark: I have so been waiting for somebody to make that point...

	Limelight05:	Oct 5th, 2009 at 05:01 GMT		0 points
	i agree with awesomark, it says 'see' in the title, therefore helen keller should not be on here

	CharlieBrown:	Oct 5th, 2009 at 05:06 GMT		0 points
	I know you said that you ruled out people who were not alive during the presentation of the award, but why?

	MrWhiplash:	Oct 5th, 2009 at 17:22 GMT		2 points
	@Limelight05: Excuse the non-native English speaker, but isn't 'live to see' an expression of speech and you're awfully nitpicking by complaining about Keller's inclusion? @CharlieBrown: Because that list would be rather long, and I made enough over-long Sporcle quizzes already. (And people who actually were alive when someone else won an Oscar for playing them seem a rather special group, so it seemed reasonable to me to make a quiz especially about them.)

	leviper:	Feb 14th, 2010 at 15:43 GMT		-1 points
	You forgot Ben Kingsley for Gandhi and Anne Bancroft's character in The Miracle Worker.

	willythelum:	Feb 15th, 2010 at 21:39 GMT		5 points
	I don't understand why you would think Gandhi would have lived to see Ben Kingsley win when he is shot and killed in the first 5 minutes of the movie...

	Foghorn:	Mar 25th, 2010 at 03:04 GMT		1 point
	Gotta add the Bullock chick from this year. Good quiz.

	DanTravers1:	Sep 30th, 2010 at 20:24 GMT		1 point
	Tuohy doesn't work when you type it in. I think you spelled it Touhy.

	MrWhiplash:	Oct 7th, 2010 at 23:16 GMT		1 point
	@ Thanks for pointing that one out. I also added Estelle Parsons and Jeremy Irons, who I somehow had missed...

	leviper:	Nov 7th, 2010 at 05:47 GMT		1 point
	Technically, Helen Keller didn't see The Miracle Worker...