I often mix up Emma Watson and Emily Watson

Your targets this week:

1+ out of 13: Well done, you beat us!
5+ out of 13: We'd have won with you on our team!

The attendees
1) The statistician
2) The doctor

The ones that got away
1) In Norse mythology, half of those who die in battle go to Valhalla, ruled by Odin, whilte the other half go to Fólkvangr, ruled by who?
2) Emma Watson recently(ish) took to Twitter to quash rumours she was dating which famous redhead?
3) Who declared Defender of the Fatherland Day a state holiday in Russia in 2002?
4) The film Never on Sunday features one of three foreign language (i.e. non-English) songs have won the Oscar for Best Original Song. What language was the song sung in?
5) Canadian Chris Williams won an Oscar this year for co-directing what movie?
6) The last movie to win the Academy Award for Best Musical did so in 1984. Featuring a song called Sex Shooter, name the movie.
7) Name the movie in which Julie Andrews made her feature film debut in 1964 (winning the Academy Award for Best Actress in the process).
8) For one point each, name the first and (to date) last movies for which Jack Nicholson has been nominated for an Oscar.
9) 2 point question: Which multi-platinum recording artist was born Marvin Lee Aday?
10) 2 point question: Which martial art staple does Stephen Seagal promote?

The answers

1) Freya
2) Prince Harry
3) Vladimir Putin
4) Greek (the other two are Slumdog Millionaire, in Hindi, and The Motorcycle Diaries, in Spanish)
5) Big Hero 6 (which won Best Animated Feature)
6) Purple Rain
7) Mary Poppins
8) Easy Rider and About Schmidt
9) Meat Loaf
10) Aikido

Our excuses

1) Norse mythology is the doctor's domain, and his excuse is "Marvel comics are misogynistic and she doesn't feature much". So there you have it.
2) The only famous redheads we could think of were Chris Evans and Rupert Grint, and despite the former's prior proclivities for younger ladies, we decided Ms Watson's erstwhile colleague was the less bad guess.
3) While I presumed this question amounted to "who was President of Russia in 2002?", and I knew Putin was currently in his second stint at the job after his mid-term break as Prime Minister, I didn't think he went all the way back to 2002. On the other hand, I was also pretty sure our guess of Yeltsin had stepped down by then, so I was at least half right. Sort of.
4) With very little to go on (and having ruled out Spanish thanks to The Motorcycle Diaries) we thought Portugese seemed a reasonable stab.
5) We mistakenly thought that winning an Oscar for co-directing must mean the movie also won Best Picture. Relatedly, watched Big Hero 6 this week - The Lego Movie really was much better.
6) It's fair to say we'd have never got this, and instead were in a toss-up between Rent and Hair, going for the former as being 'more 80s' (despite it seeming rather early for a movie about HIV/AIDS).
7) I think for most this was a question of "do you know whether Mary Poppins came out before The Sound of Music?". Obviously, we didn't. (And there's just 1 year in it.)
8) Yeesh. No doubt a super fun question for the more movie-savvy crowd (i.e. almost everyone), but a very tough ask for us. We guessed One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and The Departed, which are at least both movies Nicholson is in.
9) Nothing like a 'celebrity real name' question to remind you of a quizzing blind spot. We went with Bono, who was born Paul Hewson.
10) This seemed like a really weird question, but it turns out Stephen Seagal is a pretty serious Aikido-dude, and was (if the first paragraph of his Wikipedia page is to be believed), the first foreigner to operate an Aikido dojo in Japan. Fun!

How did you do? Would you have beaten us (1 or more points)? Would you have helped us win (5 or more points)? Let the world know with the poll below, then read on for my alternative questions (loosely) inspired by this week's Ones That Got Away!


My alternative questions

Question 3

1) Friday, of course, is named after Freya, but what is the only English day of the week still associated with a Roman god?
2) When invited to a handprint ceremony at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Emma Watson, Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint left impressions of their hands, feet, and what other objects?
3) Doing the social media rounds this week, this photo shows a weasel 'riding' what type of bird?
4) What word/name links a Greek author, a cartoon character, and a play in baseball?
5) Big Hero 6 is the first Disney animated movie to feature characters from which comic book publisher?
6) The song 'Seasons of Love' from Rent contains the repeated line "five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred..." whats?
7) Which tune won Mary Poppins the Oscar for Best Original Song?
8) More boring (but essential) trivia you've probably heard before. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is one of just three films to win the 'Big Five Academy Awards': Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, and Screenplay (either Adapted or Original). Released in 1934 and 1991, and for 1 point each, name the other two.
9) Resisting the urge to scroll up: for two points, what was Meat Loaf's full birth name?
10) As is often the case, the Japanese term 'dojo' translates to "_____ of the _____". For 1 point each, fill in the blanks.

The answers

1) Saturday (Saturn)
2) Their wands
3) A woodpecker (and in case you're wondering, this is why this relates to Putin)
4) Homer
5) Marvel
6) Minutes (the number in a standard calendar year)
7) Chim Chim Cher-ee (and yes, I did ask this on my Disney quiz a few months ago - I hope some of you remembered!)
8) It Happened One Night and The Silence of the Lambs
9) Marvin Lee Aday
10) Place (of the) way

How did you do on my alternative questions? Have another poll!

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