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OSCAR’S FANCY PRIZEPACK
YOU DOWN WITH OFP? OSCAR’S FANCY PRIZEPACK, yo!
We like you… and we like the Oscar’s… So we are giving away a prizepack worthy of a golden statue.
Winner will receive:
- INCEPTION on DVD
- THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT on DVD
- THE SOCIAL NETWORK on DVD
- OFFICIAL ACADEMY AWARDS POSTER
OFFICIAL RULES:
1. YOU MUST BE A US RESIDENT. *PRIZE WILL NOT BE SHIPPED OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
2. FILL OUT YOUR REAL NAME AND EMAIL ADDRESS BELOW.
3. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
- What was the year of the first televised Oscar ceremony? -
- Where did the first Academy Awards ceremony take place?
- What film won Best Picture last year?
- The First Recipient of the Oscar, Emil Jannings, named Best Actor for his performances in “The Last Command” and “The Way of All Flesh” was in 1929. How tall is the Oscar statuette and how much does it weigh?
WINNERS WILL BE CHOSEN THROUGH A RANDOM DRAWING OF QUALIFYING CONTESTANTS. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. PRIZE WILL NOT BE SUBSTITUTED OR EXCHANGED.
HAVING AN OSCAR PARTY?
Go to http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/partykit/index.html for the Academy’s Oscar Party Kit. Everything you need to host a winning-Oscar party is available here: recipes, Oscar ballots, party play-along games and much more.
GOOD LUCK… And make sure to tune in to the OSCAR’S LIVE on FEBRUARY 27th on ABC.







1. 1953
2. Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
3. The Hurt Locker
4. 13½ inches tall and 8½ lbs
* What was the year of the first televised Oscar ceremony?
–1953
* Where did the first Academy Awards ceremony take place?
–Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
* What film won Best Picture last year?
–The Hurt Locker
* The First Recipient of the Oscar, Emil Jannings, named Best Actor for his performances in “The Last Command” and “The Way of All Flesh” was in 1929. How tall is the Oscar statuette and how much does it weigh?
–8.5 pounds and stands 13.5 inches tall.
-1953
–Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
–The Hurt Locker (though it should have been Inglorious Basterds)
–8.5 pounds, standing at 13.5 inches
1. What was the year of the first televised Oscar ceremony?
1953
2. Where did the first Academy Awards ceremony take place?
Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in the Blossom Room
3. What film won Best Picture last year?
THE HURT LOCKER won for Best Picture last year (2010 Award for the Year 2009).
4. How tall is the Oscar statuette and how much does it weigh?
The Oscar is 13 1/2 inches tall and weights 8.5 pounds.
A. 1953
B. Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
C. The Hurt Locker
D. 13½ inches tall and 8½ lbs
1953
Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
The Hurt Locker
13.5 inches tall and 8.5 lbs
1. 1953
2. Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
3. The Hurt Locker
4. 13½ inches tall and 8½ lbs
1. 1953
2. Hotel Roosevelt in Hollywood
3. The Hurt Locker
4. 13.5 in (34 cm) tall, weighs 8.5 lb (3.85 kg)
With the bases loaded you struck us out with that ansewr!
- 1953
- Hotel Roosevelt in Hollywood
- The Hurt Locker
- 13.5 in tall and weighs 8.5 lb
1953
Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
The Hurt Locker
13.5 inches tall and 8.5 lbs
1. 1953
2. Hotel Roosevelt in Hollywood
3. The Hurt Locker
4. 13-1/2″ tall & weighs 8-1/2 lbs
1953
Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
The Hurt Locker
13.5inches tall and 8.5lbs
•What was the year of the first televised Oscar ceremony?
1953
•Where did the first Academy Awards ceremony take place? Hotel Roosevelt in Hollywood
•What film won Best Picture last year?
The Hurt Locker
• How tall is the Oscar statuette and how much does it weigh? 13.5 inches tall and 8.5 lbs
1953– before I was born
Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel — sounds posh and elegant, but probably isn’t the gem it once was.
The Hurt Locker -haven’t seen it
13.5inches tall and 8.5lbs — I am taller and much heavier. I would make a terrible looking statue.
1953
Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
The Hurt Locker
13-1/2 inches tall weighing 8-1/2 pounds
1. 1953
2. Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
3. The Hurt Locker
4. 13½ inches tall and 8½ lbs
1) 1953
2) the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood
3) The Hurt Locker- (whose director, Kathryn Bigelow, became the first woman in Oscar history to win the directing award)
4) 13½ inches high and weighs a robust 8½ pounds
1) 1953
2) The Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood
3) The Hurt Locker
4) 13½ inches high, weighing in at 8½ pounds
1953
Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
The Hurt Locker
13½ inches tall and 8½ lbs
1953
Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
The Hurt Locker
13.5 inches tall and 8.5 lbs