Can you pick the Oscar winners for Best Actor without identifying any non-winners?

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Oscar 'Best Actor' Search Quiz

by rockgolf

Created Jun 26, 2011 in Movies
Featured Feb 20, 2013
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	Max_Power:	Feb 20th, 2013 at 15:43 GMT		4 points
	I know we all hate comments about the timer, but.....15 minutes?!?! I think 5 would suffice as we are not typing in 75 names.

	alegroid:	Feb 20th, 2013 at 16:10 GMT		7 points
	There were way too many correct answers in such a small pool of choices. Made guessing a lot easier.

	mcsheffrey:	Feb 20th, 2013 at 16:13 GMT		47 points
	This became much easier when I realized that any name I didn't recognize was probably a winner.

	Lexistential:	Feb 20th, 2013 at 16:30 GMT		12 points
	"Well, there's no way Nicolas Cage has an Oscar." ...well played, Mr. Cage. Well played.

	rockgolf:	Feb 20th, 2013 at 16:56 GMT		2 points
	For those wondering about the archived comments, this quiz was written before minefield formats existed, so I created a picture/poster (on Wordle.com) listing all the names. To play you had to enter the names from the picture (hence the extra time). I recently switched it to minefield format, because it makes it more fun to play than having to do a lot of typing.

	ghankstewart:	Feb 20th, 2013 at 17:04 GMT		8 points
	It's not a minefield! I went very slowly trying to get as many as possible before blowing myself up -- I was surprised to discover that I could have guessed quicker, because getting one wrong does not end the game. Extremely misleading description!

	Andrew:	Feb 20th, 2013 at 19:14 GMT		2 points
	Note to self: Colin Firth has an Oscar, and Colin Farrel did not even appear on the list. I don't know why I read it that way.

	doggielover2579:	Feb 20th, 2013 at 19:51 GMT		-1 points
	I think Leo Dicaprio has one of the lowest Win-Nomination Ratios in the history of acting

	rockgolf:	Feb 20th, 2013 at 20:15 GMT		5 points
	@DoggieLover: Hardly. DiCaprio's only had 3 nominations. There are eight actors and actresses with at least 5 nominations and no wins. See yesterday's quiz http://www.sporcle.com/games/MSUKent/most-oscar-losses-acting

	Strummer174:	Feb 20th, 2013 at 22:08 GMT		4 points
	So basically click on the people you've never heard of because there's no other reason they'd be here. Thank you very much, Misters Schell, Donat, Jannings, and Baxter. Did Pacino win Best Actor for Scent of a Woman? I thought he was a supporting actor in that. Oh well.

	Keryl:	Feb 21st, 2013 at 00:28 GMT		1 point
	That was great!

	chriskotx:	Feb 21st, 2013 at 01:40 GMT		1 point
	@Strummer174: Yep, good strategy - or if it was someone from way back like Beery, Crawford or Gable.

	jonski:	Feb 21st, 2013 at 02:31 GMT		2 points
	I couldn't believe that Peter O'Toole, Richard Burton and Albert Finney weren't winners! That completely flummoxed me...especially the first two!

	WiseOwl2012:	Feb 21st, 2013 at 02:43 GMT		5 points
	@jonski: Peter O'Toole is actually the record holder for most nominations without winning. Scandalous.

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	blackhawks2010:	Apr 8th, 2013 at 02:04 GMT		0 points
	Great quiz! nice job

	randomguess:	Apr 14th, 2013 at 12:21 GMT		2 points
	Critical problem: the results don't show correct answers. That's extremely arrogant and rude. Major problem: minefield style, i.e. not allowing us to play the full game. Minor problem: the names are not in alphabetical order, even though that would make a lot of sense.