Oscars & Conan - Hollywood's Biggest Night
With Conan O'Brien hosting the Academy Awards, Mark Ellison explores both Oscar history and the career of the flame-haired comedian! From Conan's surprising early writing credits to his prestigious education, and from record-breaking Oscar wins to...
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RSS Feed With Conan O'Brien hosting the Academy Awards, Mark Ellison explores both Oscar history and the career of the flame-haired comedian! From Conan's surprising early writing credits to his prestigious education, and from record-breaking Oscar wins to memorable Academy Award moments, this episode prepares you perfectly for Hollywood's biggest night. Five questions that celebrate cinema's highest honor and the wit of its newest host!
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0:00 Greetings, entertainment fans. I'm Mark Ellison and with the Oscars ceremony tonight, hosted by Conan O'Brien, we've got a special Academy Awards and Conan themed episode. Question one. Before becoming a TV host, Conan O'Brien was a writer for which iconic animated show. Question two? Which film holds the record for most Oscar wins, sweeping all eleven categories? It was nominated four in two thousand and three. Question three? What prestigious university newspaper did Conan serve as president of before his television career? Question four? Which actress holds the record for most Academy Award nominations and acting categories? Question five?
0:52 Which actor controversially slapped presenter Chris Rock during the live broadcast of the twenty twenty two Academy Awards ceremony. We'll be right back with these star studded answers after this break. Welcome back, trivia fans. Let's reveal today's answers. Question one, Which show did Conan write for? Answer? The Simpsons. O'Brien was a writer and producer for the show from nineteen ninety one to nineteen ninety three, writing classic episodes including Marge Versus the Monorail and Homer Goes to College before NBC hired him to replace David Letterman. Question two, Which film won eleven Oscars? Answer? The Lord of the Rings The Return of the King. It tied with Ben hur and Titanic for most Oscar wins, but remains the only film to win every single category it was nominated for.
1:51 Question three, Which university newspaper did conan lead? Answer? The Harvard Lampoon. O'Brien served as president of this prestigious humor publication for two years, the only person to serve as president twice besides the publication's founder. Question four, Which actress has the most Oscar nominations? Answer? Meryl Streep with twenty one nominations and three wins. Her first nomination came for The Deer Hunter in nineteen seventy nine, and her most recent for The Post in twenty eighteen, spanning nearly four decades of excellence. Question five, Who slapped Chris Rock at the Oscar's Answer? Will Smith? Just minutes before winning Best Actor for King, Richard Smith walked on stage and slapped Rock after the comedian made a joke about Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. The incident resulted in Smith being banned from Academy events for ten years. That concludes today's five Daily Trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison, and today's questions were crafted with the help of AI technology. If you'd like to enjoy five daily trivia questions without ads, check the link in our show notes.