Acting Actions

Jeanne Eagels! Ida Kaminska! Chester Morris! Bessie Love! Stephen Rea! Janet Suzman! Tom Wilkinson! Topol! Dexter Gordon! Tom Hulce! Carrie Snodgress! Julie Walters! Stuart Whitman! Tom Courtenay! Sarah Miles! Genevieve Bujold! Ron Moody!

Yes, an Oscar nomination for Best Actor or Best Actress assures one of film immortality.... sort of.

Luckily, many of the other nominees made a little more of a lasting impression. At least you'd better hope they did.

Each question in this bonus follows the identical format. For each, your team needs to name the actor and the appropriate film. (In other words, don't just go writing down "Meryl Streep" whenever you draw a blank.)

As an example, if the question were "Found a butterfly inside a corpse's throat?" the required answer would be "Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs."

We're asking about the lead acting categories only, so you can skip over the Supporting nominees. (Screw them!) And to help you out, you can find lists of every nominated performance on these two sites:

http://www.movie-page.net/oscars/best_actress.html
http://www.movie-page.net/oscars/best_actor.html

(It's okay for your team to look at these two sites and still take the 15-point "no electronic aids" option.)

And now, the only question of this bonus:

In the role for which they were Oscar-nominated, which actor or actress....

Shot a rabid dog with a rifle?
Gregory Peck, To Kill a Mockingbird
Lost their virginity in a car in a boat?
Kate Winslet, Titanic
Faked their death on the Verrazano Bridge?
John Travolta, Saturday Night Fever
Bounced an inflatable globe off their butt?
Charlie Chaplin, The Great Dictator
Had their pants pulled down by monkeys?
Charlie Chaplin, The Circus
Following a domestic dispute, was fitted for a metal index finger?
Holly Hunter, The Piano
Dumped their fiancee for someone with a metal hand?
Cher, Moonstruck
Couldn't control the political sympathies of their own metal arm?
Peter Sellers, Dr. Strangelove (or, etc.)
Orgasmed while discussing the contractual details of a television deal?
Faye Dunaway, Network
Survived an elimination race, while partnered with a dead man?
Jane Fonda, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Separated healthy pigs from pigs with fever, with great difficulty?
Clint Eastwood, Unforgiven
Acquired a 6-inch rock-hammer for a buyer?
Morgan Freeman, The Shawshank Redemption
Rented an ice skating rink for 10 minutes?
Sylvester Stallone, Rocky
During sex, left their own body in an incorporeal form?
Diane Keaton, Annie Hall
Fished a neighbor's car keys out of an aquarium?
Dustin Hoffman, The Graduate
Instantaneously counted toothpicks?
Dustin Hoffman, Rain Man
Befriended sporting equipment?
Tom Hanks, Cast Away
Taught the others how to turn their socks into sticky bombs?
Tom Hanks, Saving Private Ryan
Filled a towel with oranges?
Anjelica Huston, The Grifters
Stung like a bee?
Will Smith, Ali
Was chased, and grabbed, by a naked horticulturalist?
Nicolas Cage, Adaptation
Saved a 292-year-old from drowning... allegedly?
Jimmy Stewart, It's a Wonderful Life
Repeatedly bounced a basketball off the back of their son's head?
Robert Duvall, The Great Santini
Had their dead body squirted by a 3-year-old?
Marlon Brando, The Godfather
Hid important paperwork inside a piano?
Humphrey Bogart, Casablanca
Lost a game of Go?
Russell Crowe, A Beautiful Mind
Poured ice water on their groin?
Robert DeNiro, Raging Bull
Threw a dog into a garbage chute?
Jack Nicholson, As Good As It Gets
Continued driving the car while their spouse was being strangled in it?
Barbara Stanwyck, Double Indemnity
Effortlessly slid up a bannister?
Julie Andrews, Mary Poppins