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Academy Award® Prediction Winners

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Congratulations to the following Academy Award® prediction winners!  Winners will take home a $10 Cinemas of Whitewater gift certificate!

Abbie Murphy
Shannon Stone
Adam Bowers
Michelle Drott

Thanks to everyone who participated in the Andersen Library’s Academy Awards® Week celebration!  

We hope you enjoyed listening to Linda Robinson’s Speech, filling out movie quizzes, making predictions, and watching previous award winning best pictures!

Best Picture
The Hurt Locker

Best Directing
Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker

Actor in a Leading Role
Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart

Actress in a Leading Role
Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side

Best Original Screenplay
The Hurt Locker

Make Oscar Predictions & Enter a Drawing

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Predict the winners for five categories of the Academy Awards correctly to be entered in a drawing to win a $10 gift certificate for the Cinemas of Whitewater! Entries will be accepted through 4:30 p.m. on Friday, March 5th. Only one entry per person please.

A drawing will be held next week from among the correct entries, and four lucky people will win! See the categories and nominees below.

Look by the library entrance for the entry box and “Break a leg!”

Here are the categories and nominees:

Best Director – Avatar, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire, Up in the Air

Leading Actor – Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart, George Clooney in Up in the Air, Colin Firth in A Single Man, Morgan Freeman in Invictus, Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker

Leading Actress – Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side, Helen Mirren in The Last Station, Carey Mulligan in An Education, Gabourey Sidibe in Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire, Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia

Original Screenplay - The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, The Messenger, A Serious Man, Up

Best Picture – Avatar, The Blind Side, District 9, An Education, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire, A Serious Man, Up, Up in the Air

Movie Trivia Quiz Results

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Thanks to all who participated in the movie trivia contests this week! Answers from Thursday’s quiz are below.  One winner was chosen from among the correct forms, and the winner for the Thursday quiz is . . . . . M’Lyssa Hoops!

Answers from Thursday’s quiz are as follows:

What film starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman won the Oscar for Best Picture for 1943?
Answer: Casablanca

Which Coen Brothers’ film, which starred Tommy Lee Jones, won Best Picture for 2007?
Answer: No Country for Old Men

Which Oscar-winning film for Best Picture (1972) included a scene with a horse head on a pillow?
Answer: The Godfather

Movie Trivia Quiz #4

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Monday through Thursday of this week, test your movie knowledge by completing a film trivia quiz. Each day, correctly completed quizzes will be entered in a drawing to win a $10 gift certificate from the Cinemas of Whitewater!  That’s four lucky winners this week!

Look for entry forms  near the library entrance and “Break a leg!” Here are the three questions for Thursday, February 25th. (Answers to yesterday’s quiz are below today’s quiz.)

Today’s Quiz

  1. What film starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman won the Oscar for Best Picture for 1943?
  2. Which Coen Brothers’ film, which starred Tommy Lee Jones, won Best Picture for 2007?
  3. Which Oscar-winning film for Best Picture (1972) included a scene with a horse head on a pillow?

Answers from Wednesday’s quiz are below. Thank you for all the entries! One winner was chosen from among the correct forms, and the winner for the Wednesday quiz is . . . . . Sean Moore!

Which movie, which received the Oscar for Best Picture, does the character Elaine on Seinfeld absolutely despise? (Her boyfriend actually breaks up with her because of her hatred of this movie.)
Answer: The English Patient

Who stars in the 2000 Best Picture winner, Gladiator? He won the Oscar for Best Actor for this film.
Answer: Russell Crowe

Which 1971 Oscar winner for Best Picture tells the story of New York Police Department detectives named “Popeye” Doyle and Buddy Russo?
Answer: The French Connection

Movie Trivia Quiz #3

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Monday through Thursday of this week, test your movie knowledge by completing a film trivia quiz. Each day, correctly completed quizzes will be entered in a drawing to win a $10 gift certificate from the Cinemas of Whitewater!  That’s four lucky winners this week!

Look for entry forms  near the library entrance and “Break a leg!” Here are the three questions for Wednesday, February 24th. (Answers to yesterday’s quiz are below today’s quiz.)

Today’s Quiz

  1. Which movie, which received the Oscar for Best Picture, does the character Elaine on Seinfeld absolutely despise? (Her boyfriend actually breaks up with her because of her hatred of this movie.)
  2. Who stars in the 2000 Best Picture winner, Gladiator? He won the Oscar for Best Actor for this film.
  3. Which 1971 Oscar winner for Best Picture tells the story of New York Police Department detectives named “Popeye” Doyle and Buddy Russo?

Answers from Tuesday’s quiz are below. Thank you for all the entries! One winner was chosen from among the correct forms, and the winner is . . . .  Emilie Trimberger!

The movie voted Best Picture in 1977 stars Sylvester Stallone. The character played by Stallone excels at what sport?
Answer: boxing

Who directed the Best Picture in 1940 called Rebecca?
Alfred Hitchcock

Who plays an autistic man in the 1988 Best Picture, Rain Man?
Answer: Dustin Hoffman

 

Movie Trivia Quiz #2

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Monday through Thursday of this week, test your movie knowledge by completing a film trivia quiz. Each day, correctly completed quizzes will be entered in a drawing to win a $10 gift certificate from the Cinemas of Whitewater!  That’s four lucky winners this week!

Look for entry forms  near the library entrance and “Break a leg!” Here are the three questions for Tuesday, February 23rd. (Answers to yesterday’s quiz are below today’s quiz.)

Today’s Quiz

1. The movie voted Best Picture in 1977 stars Sylvester Stallone. The character played by Stallone excels at what sport?

2. Who directed the Best Picture in 1940 called Rebecca?

3.  Who plays an autistic man in the 1988 Best Picture, Rain Man?

Answers from Monday’s quiz are below. Thank you for all the entries! One winner was chosen from among the correct forms, and the winner is. . . . . Hannah Moore!

The movie, It Happened One Night, won five Academy Awards. Who won for best actor and actress?
Answer: Clark Gable / Claudette Colbert

Who directed the movie, Annie Hall, which won best picture in 1977?
Answer: Woody Allen

The film, Slumdog Millionaire won Best Picture for 2008. In which country was the film set?
Answer: India

Movie Trivia Quiz #1

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During the next few weeks, Andersen Library will be celebrating the 82nd Annual Academy Awards® and films in general! Check out the movie display on the 2nd floor near the DVD’s, and clear your calendars for the showing of four Oscar-winning films next week.

Monday through Thursday of this week, test your movie knowledge by completing a film trivia quiz. Each day, correctly completed quizzes will be entered in a drawing to win a $10 gift certificate from the Cinemas of Whitewater!  That’s four lucky winners this week!

Look for entry forms  near the library entrance and “Break a leg!” Here are the three questions for Monday, February 22nd.

  1. The movie, It Happened One Night, won five Academy Awards. Who won for best actor and actress?
  2. Who directed the movie, Annie Hall, which won best picture in 1977?
  3. The film, Slumdog Millionaire won Best Picture for 2008. In which country was the film set?

Withdrawn books go on sale in library

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Andersen Library will be selling children’s math and science textbooks that have been withdrawn from the Curriculum Collection as well as withdrawn reference books. Come check out the sale beginning the afternoon of February 5th. All books are $1, and the sale runs through March 4th. Look for the book sale carts located near the library entrance.

Want to read a “Kindle” book without the Kindle?

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Amazon now has Kindle software for PCs available for free (and a MAC version soon). Learn more about how this software works at NewsFactor Network.

If you don’t want to purchase Kindle books, you can find some available for free. Amazon offers thousands of free books at the Kindle Store.

The iReaderReview Blog has more information on how you can get many more free books in the Kindle format.

Banned Books Week – Final Results!

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Thanks to all of of you who participated in the Banned Books Week quizzes! One prize was awarded each day, a winner drawn at random from the correctly completed forms. A big “thank you” to our generous sponsors!

Congratulations to the following people!

Monday – Kristin Franseen – a Harold Andersen Library t-shirt
Tuesday – Karen Drydyk – a SweetSpot Coffee Shoppe gift certificate for $10
Wednesday – Jeff Long – a large pizza and Topperstix from Toppers Pizza
Thursday – April Nerison – a 25-minute massage from University Health & Counseling Center (UHCS)

Check out the Banned Books display near the Food for Thought Cafe to learn about more books and films that have been challenged or banned.

Here are all the questions and answers for the Banned Books Week quizzes.

Monday’s Quiz Answers:

1. In the novel 1984 by George Orwell, Winston Smith is a resident of Oceania.

2. The novel, As I Lay Dying, by William Faulkner, takes place in Yoknapatawpha County.

3. The main character in the Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is Holden Caulfield.

Tuesday’s Quiz Answers:

1. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nick Carraway moves to Long Island to learn about the bond business.

2. The novel, Ulysses, by James Joyce is about Leopold Bloom as he spends an ordinary day in Dublin.

3. The movie, Apocalypse Now is based on the novella, Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad.

Wednesday’s Quiz Answers:

1. The main character in the novel, The Call of the Wild, by Jack London is a dog named Buck who is stolen to become a sled dog in the Klondike region of Canada.

2. The majority of A Separate Peace by John Knowles takes place at a New Hampshire prep school named Devon.

3. The book, Women in Love, by D.H. Lawrence, is a sequel to The Rainbow.

Thursday’s Quiz Answers:

1. In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, Atticus is a lawyer who defends a black man who is accused of raping a white woman.

2. The setting of the book, Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck is in California in the 1930’s.

3. The book, Lord of the Flies, by William Golding explores good and evil impulses in human beings.

Thanks to our generous sponsors for Banned Books Week prizes!

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