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Can you name the first names of these Academy Award winners for best actor?
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First Name
Surnames
Harrison
Borgnine
Penn
Laughton
Niven
Lemmon, Nicholson
Crowe
Finch
Beery
Poitier
Douglas
Whitaker
Marvin
Cagney, Stewart
Voight
Peck
Brynner
Hoffman
Fonda
Tracy
Day-Lewis
Bridges
First Name
Surnames
Jannings
Wayne
Ferrer
Lukas, Muni, Newman, Scofield
Carney
Holden, Hurt
Pacino
Guinness
Robertson
Colman
Foxx
Milland
Steiger
Cage
Arliss, C. Scott
Murray Abraham
De Niro, Donat, Duvall
Hackman
Rush
Irons
Hopkins
Heston
First Name
Surnames
Barrymore
Seymour Hoffman
Dreyfuss
Benigni
Firth
Cooper
Brody
Hanks
Brando
Bogart
March
Olivier
Gable
Kingsley
McLaglen
Washington
Crosby
Schell
Lancaster
Spacey
Baxter
Crawford
Crawford
Crawford
Crawford
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Best Actor Winners - First Names Quiz
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Created Apr 13, 2011 in
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paultoes
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Apr 13th, 2011 at 08:26 GMT
16 points
oh, come on. you have to accept just F for Abraham's first name.
jdfulp
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Apr 13th, 2011 at 14:04 GMT
13 points
Yeah I was really on the fence there, his name is not F. but that is what he is known by, I wonder what his friends call him. Anyway, vote this comment up if you want it changed to just accept 'F', vote it down to keep things the way they are.
jdfulp
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Apr 13th, 2011 at 19:13 GMT
3 points
OK, the people have spoken! I changed the Abraham answer, enjoy!
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muse
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Apr 13th, 2011 at 19:19 GMT
-14 points
accept joan for crawford also?
rsplenda477
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Apr 13th, 2011 at 22:23 GMT
2 points
This was really fun...I missed Peter Finch though...ugh.
TimeAndTide
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Apr 16th, 2011 at 23:06 GMT
4 points
Fun quiz. But I would separate Voight and Wayne into two different entries. Different spellings, different names -- the 'Jon' in Jon Voight is short for 'Jonathan'. Surprising how many distinct first names there are!
beaujarkko
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Apr 17th, 2011 at 17:14 GMT
6 points
@Muse: Male actors only in this quiz...
muse
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Apr 22nd, 2011 at 00:02 GMT
3 points
Lol i got to make a note to read the rules - sorry had a blonde moment...
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Colmar
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Apr 30th, 2011 at 04:22 GMT
19 points
Well I got the bonuses for Drew and Jane as a consolation.
rockgolf
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Apr 30th, 2011 at 04:33 GMT
16 points
To the guy in the archived comments who missed Peter Finch: Did that make you mad as hell?
betraisefold
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Apr 30th, 2011 at 04:51 GMT
11 points
I hope I'm not the only one who types in Atticus and stares at the screen confusedly before the obligatory forehead slap.
Djibouti
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Apr 30th, 2011 at 05:13 GMT
28 points
I think it might be time to go to bed...when I got to Spacey, I instinctively typed in 'Trencer'. Then the thinking part of my brain came back online.
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demonopie
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Apr 30th, 2011 at 05:54 GMT
-10 points
An extra "l", an "e" instead of an "a", and a blank on Cooper, kept me from 100%
Bobman1
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Apr 30th, 2011 at 06:30 GMT
1 point
I would love some leeway on March's spelling. But the Joan Crawford bonus was almost worth it. Love the fact that we could get Abraham with just one letter; wasn't even sure there was a real name there or just a simple letter for style....
TessSGS
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Apr 30th, 2011 at 07:16 GMT
7 points
Great quiz, don't change a thing! =) Fredric is how he spelled his name, Bobman1, do you also want leeway on Adrien Brody and Forest Whitaker?
beatrixkiddo
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Apr 30th, 2011 at 07:45 GMT
5 points
i get a bonus for trying drew barrymore, but not for "ford, harrison"? great quiz. lady version to follow?
mizark
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Apr 30th, 2011 at 08:01 GMT
15 points
So...you're telling me that Dick Tracy never won an Academy Award for Best Actor? =P
ian2813
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Apr 30th, 2011 at 08:53 GMT
6 points
Are we all confessing our incorrect guesses here? OK, here's mine: I guessed "Redd" for "Foxx" and totally forgot about Jamie. I figured it was wrong, but it was all I could think of. Still, I can only imagine how legendary that acceptance speech would've been.
elcropsziuq
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Apr 30th, 2011 at 09:44 GMT
2 points
I had tried Peter for Fonda and ended up with Finch :) Nice quiz although my brain slipped a gear and I got 3 bonuses lol
zamboni
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Apr 30th, 2011 at 09:57 GMT
10 points
Note to Whittaker, march, brody, schell, rush and others: You made my life difficult today. Consider seriously changing your name to some standardized spelling. I suggest "Bob".
Tomath
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Apr 30th, 2011 at 10:44 GMT
8 points
The moral of the story is: if you want to win an Oscar, be called Paul.
quizmaster1960
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Apr 30th, 2011 at 10:59 GMT
1 point
happy with my 57, missed 2 others i knew when i ran out of time, didn't know the others. good quiz, is there another one for actresses?
Reensie
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Apr 30th, 2011 at 12:01 GMT
1 point
Well done. Good quiz. A bit of forehead slapping, and no I didn't get them all...
pete32782
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Apr 30th, 2011 at 12:38 GMT
10 points
Pretty safe to say "Shia" will never be on this list.
dlutz77539
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Apr 30th, 2011 at 13:24 GMT
-1 points
I wonder how many people knew Fredric March and Maximilian Schell, but couldn't spell their names.
lizzyloo
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Apr 30th, 2011 at 14:09 GMT
3 points
thanks for taking the misspelling on Laurence!
sproutcm
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Apr 30th, 2011 at 15:10 GMT
5 points
@jdfulp What an excellent quiz. Stay true and only accept the correct spellings of people's names. If you cannot spell it the way the person spelled it, you shouldn't get credit. Also, I look forward to the upcoming Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Supporting Actor versions you're going to make!
Grunt2009
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Apr 30th, 2011 at 15:22 GMT
2 points
I'd agree the Fredric March needed to be spelled correctly.. but then why give you Nicolas Cage if you put in Nicholas??
TLordaGama
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Apr 30th, 2011 at 15:41 GMT
1 point
I thought all the Barrymores got awards, but was sure John was part of the mix.
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fraac
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Apr 30th, 2011 at 15:46 GMT
-6 points
please allow max for schell
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MikeN
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Apr 30th, 2011 at 17:06 GMT
-7 points
Where's Kirk Douglas?
Koltrane
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Apr 30th, 2011 at 18:06 GMT
2 points
@Djibouti - :^D You made me laugh on that one!
chikka2
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Apr 30th, 2011 at 19:17 GMT
2 points
With Oscar winning names like Bing, Denzel, Humphrey, it makes me wonder why studios encourage actors to change their names at all. Well, Marion Morrison maybe needed some work...
Pogues
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Apr 30th, 2011 at 19:56 GMT
1 point
Geez Djibouti, it took me 3 minutes to explain to my wife why I was laughing so hard.
roonilwazlib
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Apr 30th, 2011 at 20:03 GMT
1 point
Enjoyed this quiz, but I have to say the best part about was Djibouti's comment.
quackman
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Apr 30th, 2011 at 20:44 GMT
0 points
Was so hoping that answering "Todd" would generate a bonus answer of "Whatchu talking about Willis" for Bridges.
charolastra
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Apr 30th, 2011 at 23:39 GMT
4 points
I'll admit it: I tried "Gary" for Colman.
Grindledorf
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May 1st, 2011 at 00:12 GMT
-1 points
@pete32782 You'd think, and yet Nicolas Cage is on here. Anything is possible.
HectorVortac
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May 1st, 2011 at 00:49 GMT
1 point
My most annoying miss: Cliff Robertson. A favorite actor I haven't seen in a while, so out of sight - out of Sporcle mind.
PublicEnemy
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May 1st, 2011 at 02:42 GMT
-1 points
I admit I tried Booker T for Washington before I realized its Denzel.
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