The Lord of the Rings
Gimme That Oscar!
The Horrible Mr. Harding
When I'm 64.
Easy Trivia
100

Ironically, of the actors who portrayed the nine members of the Fellowship of the Ring, John-Rhys Davis, who played this character, was the tallest.

Who is Gimli the Dwarf?

100

It won the Oscar for Best Picture last year.

What is Everything Everywhere All At Once?

100

Warren Harding was a member of this political party.       

What is the Republican Party?

100

Although officially credited to two people, this person wrote the melody and most of the lyrics when he was 16.

Who was Paul McCartney?

100

It is the Eagles song that mentions Winslow, Arizona.

What is Take it Easy?

200

Three movies are tied for the record for most Oscars won, and Bernard Hill, who played this King of Rohan in The Lord of The Rings was in two of them.

Who is Theoden? (He also played the captain of the Titanic)

200

When she did not the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Hillbilly Elegy, this actress joined Peter O'Toole for the most acting nominations with no wins, with 8.

Who is Glenn Close?

200

Harding died of a heart attack while visiting this West Coast City, where Tony Bennett left his heart.

What is San Francisco?

200

"Every summer we could rent" one of these "on the Isle of Wight".

What is a cottage?

200

This City's nickname, "The Big Easy," was popularized in the 1970's, to contrast it with New York.

What is New Orleans?

300

The actors who have portrayed, or at least voiced, this character include Alan Howard, Bumberlips Cumbersnatch* and Charlie Vickers.

* Or Benedict Cumberbatch. One of the two.

Who is Sauron?

300

This 2003 Best Picture winner holds the record for most Oscar wins without receiving any acting nominations, with 11.

What is Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

300

Before he became President, Warren Harding served as senator from this Great Lakes state.

What is Ohio?

300

Because of its release on this album, many critics scoured the verses, looking for drug references.

What is Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band?

300

This 2010 film, loosely based on The Scarlet Letter, was "Scottsdale's own Emma Stone's" first lead role.

What is Easy A?

400

The most noteworthy character left out of The Lord of the Rings movie was this being, who in the books, along with his wife Goldberry, sheltered the Hobbits when they were lost in the Old Forrest.

What is Tom Bombadil?

400

This 2013 film, based on the ABSCAM scandal, is the most recent movie to be nominated in all four acting categories. It didn't win any.

What American Hustle?

400

A 2015 DNA test verified that Elizabeth Britton (1919 - 2005) bore this relationship to Harding.

What is his out of wedlock daughter?

400

In the song, it is the relationship between Vera, Chuck and Dave have to the singer.

What is (future) Grandchildren?

400

"Easy Does It" is one of the slogans for this organization, founded in Akron Ohio by Bill W. and Bob S.

What is Alcoholics Anonymous?

500

Sauron was but a servant or emissary of this fallen Valar, the true big baddie in Tolkien's work

Who is Melkor/Morgoth?

500

It is what is unusual about Pierre Boulle winning an Oscar for best adapted screenplay for Bridge on the River Kwai.

What is he could not speak or write English, and did not write the screenplay? Carl Forman and Michael Wilson, two blacklisted writers, did.

500

Since asking who or what "Jerry" and "Mrs. Pouterson" were is NSFW, I'll try this: Harding lost the official White House China while doing this.

What is playing poker?

500

It was on the soundtrack to this classic animated movie.

What is Yellow Submarine?

500

Denzell Washington starred in the 1995 movie Devil in a Blue Dress, based on the first of 15 novels Walter Mosely has written featuring this African American detective.

Who is Easy Rollins?