What's In A Name? (Quiz)

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Questions:

1. In what Broadway show/classic movie were you asked how to "solve a problem like Maria"?

2. Did this movie win a "Best Picture" Oscar?

3. Name the Broadway show/classic movie in which you are told Maria is the "most beautiful sound" one gang hood has ever heard.

4. Did this film win the "Best Picture" Oscar?

5. One last Maria question: In one of these two films, Oscars were taken home for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress. Name the film and, for Bragging Rights, the pair who won those Oscars.

6. The recent passing of famed director Carlo Ponti has left film-land beauty Sophia Loren a widow. Has Loren ever been awarded an Oscar?

7. The first clash between Confederate and Union forces took place on April 12, 1861. Where did this battle occur?

8. Up to 2005, what movie was found to be the top-grossing film of all time according to statistics reported by the 2007 New York Times Almanac?

9. Seven of the 50 United States have only one member in the U.S. House of Representatives. How many of the single-vote states can you name?

10. Which of the 50 states has the highest number of representatives in the U.S. House?


Answers:

1. The problem child was Maria Von Trapp in "The Sound of Music."

2. "The Sound of Music" was awarded the Best Picture Oscar in 1965.

3. Maria was the major lure to Anton in the show/film "West Side Story."

4. "West Side Story" did take home the Best Picture Oscar in 1961.

5. "The Sound of Music" did not win any Oscars for acting. For "West Side Story," Best Supporting Actor was awarded to George Chakiris and Best Supporting Actress went to Rita Moreno.

6. Loren was awarded the Best Actress Oscar in 1962 for her role in "Two Women."

7. The battle, won by the Confederates, was in the Charleston, S.C., harbor at Fort Sumter, which was taken back in 1865.

8. The top-grosser was the film "Gone With the Wind," released in 1939.

9. The seven single-vote states are Alaska, Delaware, Montana, North and South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming.

10. California has 53 votes in the U.S. House of Representatives, where membership is based on the state's population.