VIDEO: OWH movie critic Bob Fischbach talks Oscars
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Our daily themed Oscar quizzes, designed to get you in the know in time for the Academy Awards on Sunday, continue today with Oscar hosts of the past.
Here are a few stumpers.
More detail on the quiz answers:
1. b. Bob Hope. He hosted 19 the ceremony 19 times.
2. c. Michael Caine, who hosted and was nominated in 1972 for best actor in “Sleuth”
3. b. David Letterman in 1995. Though he was considered a flop, the one-time host had a viewership of 48.3 million.
4. b. Douglas Fairbanks, William C. deMille co-hosted in 1929.
5. d. Donald Duck
6. b. Anne Hathaway, who was 28 at the time.
7. b. Steve Martin
8. b. a toothbrush. He carries it as a good luck charm that reminds him where he came from. As a kid, Crystal used to practice his Academy Awards speech in front of the mirror every night as he brushed his teeth before going to bed.
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