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March 5, 2010

Oscar for Best Picture: a literary quiz

The Oscar for Best Picture will be awarded Sunday, and to get in the mood, here's a quiz on the nominees' literary heritage. Many of the top movies were adapted from books -- reaffirming the enormous creativity and storytelling power found on the printed page. For our quiz, match each movie title to the author of the book from which it was adapted. (No Googling!) Leave your answers as a comment; we'll send one lucky winner a paperback of "Crazy Heart" -- another great adaptation that got three nominations.

MOVIES

1. The Blind Side (Best picture)

2. An Education (Best picture)

3. Up in the Air (Best picture)

4. Precious (Best picture)

5. Julie and Julia (Best Actress)

6. Crazy Heart (Best Actor)

AUTHORS

a. Walter Kim

b. Michael Lewis

c. Thomas Cobb

d. Sapphire

e. Julie Powell

f. Lynn Barber

Posted by Dave Rosenthal at 12:30 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Comments

I know all but 2 and 6, so I took a guess at them. Here are my answers:
1. b
2. f
3. a
4. d
5. e
6. c

Posted by: bermudaonion (Kathy) | March 5, 2010 8:46 AM

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Dave Rosenthal came to The Baltimore Sun as a business reporter in 1987 and now is the Maryland Editor. He reads a wide range of books (but never as many as he'd like), usually alternating between non-fiction and fiction. Some all-time favorites: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole; Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery; and anything by Calvin Trillin or John McPhee. He belongs to a book club with a Jewish theme.

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