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In honor of the Oscars, we hereby award this quiz the title of This Week's Quiz. Many thanks to the staff of the Free Library of Philadelphia for helping us ensure accuracy.

In honor of the Oscars, we hereby award this quiz the title of This Week's Quiz. Many thanks to the staff of the Free Library of Philadelphia for helping us ensure accuracy.
1.
Match the world ruler with his or her age as of today (March 2, 2008).
a. George W. Bush (United States).
b. Raúl Castro (Cuba).
c. Thabo Mbeki (South Africa).
d. Nicolas Sarkozy (France).
1. 53.
2. 61.
3. 65.
4. 76.
2.
Match the Oscar winner/nominee with the place of his or her birth. Note: One of the numbered items is the correct answer for two of the lettered items.
a. Javier Bardem.
b. Cate Blanchett.
c. Ethan and Joel Coen.
d. Marion Cotillard.
e. Daniel Day-Lewis.
f. Ellen Page.
g. Tilda Swinton.
1. Canary Islands, Spain.
2. Halifax, Nova Scotia.
3. London, England.
4. Melbourne, Australia.
5. Minneapolis, Minn.
6. Paris, France.
3.
Disney's
Ratatouille
won the Oscar for best animated feature. In its honor: most of the hundreds of thousands of rats in New York City are thought to be which species: black or brown?
4.
This Oscar-winner's birth name was Brook Busey, and her name is now Brook Busey-Hunt. What is her real name, and what film did she win for?
5.
We're stuck on rodents. True or False: Rats and mice have been known to mate in the wild.
6.
Many movies come from books. Connect the hit flick with the author of the book that spawned it. AND which of these movies was not based on a previously published book?
a.
Atonement.
b.
The Bourne Ultimatum.
c.
The Golden Compass.
d.
Michael Clayton.
e.
No Country for Old Men.
1. Robert Ludlum.
2. Cormac McCarthy.
3. Ian McEwan.
4. Philip Pullman.
7.
Some believe that movies are
so
old-timey, as media go. Which grossed more last year: the No. 1 movie
box-office hit, or the No. 1 video game?
8.
Speaking of aging media,
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
was the best-selling book of 2007, according to USA Today. How many of the
Harry Potter
books would you guess were in the top 100?
9.
In a recent New Yorker article, famed critic Joan Acocella says that William Shakespeare, Lao-tzu and Khalil Gibran are said to hold this distinction. What distinction would that be?
10.
What did or do the following
famous Oscars do to earn their fame?
a. de la Hoya.
b. Hammerstein.
c. Mayer.
d. Peterson.
e. Wilde.
1. Boxer.
2. Jazz pianist.
3. Lyricist.
4. Poet and playwright.
5. Wiener king.
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