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This city, home of one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, became one of the most powerful cities of its time under the rule of Hammurabi.
What is Babylon?
Famous author, most commonly known for writing the story of Dracula.
Who is Bram Stoker?
This Oscar winning Mexican director received his sixth career nomination, this time for Best Animated Feature Film.
Who is Guillermo del Toro?
This film became the fourth sequel to be nominated for Best Picture after its predecessor also received a nomination for Best Picture.
What is Avatar: The Way of Water?
It's supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
What is Mary Poppins?
Most famously known as Marilyn Monroe, this was not her birth name.
Who is Norma Jean Baker?
The basis for this October holiday traces back to the Celtic festival Samhain over 2,000 years ago.
What is Halloween?
This frequent Spielberg collaborator became the oldest competitive nominee after receiving his 53rd nomination. All of them in the music categories.
Who is John Williams?
Widely considered the first blockbuster, this Steven Spielberg classic chomped off record ticket sales and receive a Best Picture nomination.
What is Jaws?
To enter the mind of a killer she must challenge the mind of a madman.
What is The Silence of the Lambs?
This Nobel prize winner is known for his acclaimed novels The Remains of the Day, The Unconsoled and Never Let Me Go.
Who is Kazuo Ishiguro?
Ireland is the perfect destination for people with ophidiophobia since the island does not have any of these.
What are snakes?
West Side Story in 2021 became the first remake of a previous Best Picture winner to be nominated for Best Picture. This nominee this year is the second.
What is All Quiet on the Western Front?
Up until it was surpassed by It almost twenty years later, this horror with a twist ending was the biggest horror movie of all time.
What is The Sixth Sense?
A comedy about growing up... and the bumps along the way.
What is Juno?
Hugh Lofting's stories about this well-known character was born out of his desire to tell his children stories to protect them against hearing about the horrors of war?
Who is Dr. Doolittle?
Even though Ireland is the all-time champion of this competition, having won a record seven times, their last win was in 1996.
What is Eurovision?
Unusual for the Academy, only 2 of the 20 roles nominated this year for acting are based on real life people. Both also among the biggest cultural icons of America in the twentieth century. Who are they?
Who is Elvis?
Who is Marilyn Monroe?
Though a frequent recurrence through the years, this 2000s film was the last instance the Oscars gave Best Picture to the highest grossing movie of the year.
What is The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King?
Just because you're invited, doesn't mean you're welcome.
What is Get Out?
Based on its Greek derivative, this word originally means "a place for dancing."
What is orchestra?
Known as a cláirseach in Irish, this instrument can also be seen in the Irish coat of arms and it is Ireland's national symbol.
What is celtic harp?
With a box office of $27,322, it is the (likely) lowest grossing film released in theatres nominated for an acting Oscar.
What is To Leslie?
This erotic thriller is the only in its genre to have been the most financially successful movie of its year worldwide.
What is Fatal Attraction?
If you can't be famous, be infamous.
What is Chicago?