Test your local Oscar trivia
Come Sunday, stars and filmmakers from across the globe will emotionally claim their Oscars.
Over the years, Academy Award nominations and wins have gone to a number of talented folks — actors, producers, writers — with ties to the suburbs.
Think you know them? Give our trivia test a try.
1. Which Hollywood icon, who lived for awhile in Libertyville, was nominated in the Academy's acting categories eight times and won initially for “On the Waterfront?”
2. That same acclaimed actor won again #8212; but sent a woman in Native American dress to decline the award. Which 1972 film won him this controversial Oscar?
3. Cinematographer Mauro Fiore, a Palatine High School grad, surprised everyone by winning the Oscar last year for which film?
4. What alum of Benet Academy in Lisle wrote her way to a best original screenplay Oscar for #8220;Juno#8221;?
5. Park Ridge's Harrison Ford snagged a best actor nomination for which of his many films?
6. Rolling Meadows native Robert Lorenz was the executive producer on the Oscar-winning #8220;Million Dollar Baby#8221; and a producer on two other best-picture nominees: #8220;Mystic River#8221; and #8220;Letters from Iwo Jima.#8221; What famous director and Lorenz mentor helmed all three of these acclaimed films?
7. Which graduate of Hersey High School in Arlington Heights took home the best actress Oscar for her role in #8220;Children of a Lesser God#8221;?
8. What Robert Redford-directed movie #8212; shot on the North Shore #8212; won the 1980 best picture statue?
9. What comedian and former resident of Morton Grove voiced the captain in the Oscar-winning #8220;WALL-E#8221; and Buttercup in this year's Oscar-nominated #8220;Toy Story 3#8221;?
10. Which 2002 movie, filmed in part in Geneva and West Dundee, went on to secure six nominations, including one for Paul Newman as best supporting actor?
Answers: 1. Marlon Brando 2. #8220;The Godfather#8221; 3. #8220;Avatar#8221; 4. Diablo Cody 5. #8220;Witness#8221; 6. Clint Eastwood 7. Marlee Matlin 8. #8220;Ordinary People#8221; 9. Jeff Garlin 10. #8220;Road to Perdition#8221;