The Almaniac On-line Challenge
Here's an On-line Challenge for you. It will give you the flavor of searching for unusual nuggets of our Almaniac trivia.
It comprises 2 questions, both regarding The Birthday Babies: Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening.
They're Birthday Babies because each was born on the birthday of a motion picture legend.
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And now, here are the questions:
The Oscar for Best Picture of 1999 was awarded to American Beauty, starring Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening.
Question 1:
Kevin Spacey was born on the birthday of a famous director who made a movie that is recognized by the American Film Institute as one of the 25 best films of all time.
But that movie was not even nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award when it was made, in the 1960s. And that director, who spent part of his life in England, never in his career won an Oscar for Directing.
What is the name of that director, and how old was he when Kevin Spacey was born?
Question 2: Annette Bening was born on the birthday of a famous actor born in England who either:
• never won an Oscar as Best Actor, although his partner in "Road" films did so; OR
• played the role of William Shakespeare in an Oscar-winning film directed by a man whose name is the same as that of the coach of the winner of Super Bowl XI.
What is the name of that actor, and how old was he when Annette Bening was born?
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