A quiz about Oscar ripoffs (er...remakes)

Hollywood's motto seems to be, if you're going to rip something off, rip off the best. Hence, our annual Oscar trivia quiz.

This is different than quizzes past. Just a measly four questions, with a slew of answers after each one.

It may help erase any doubts that Hollywood feeds on itself.

1. Which best-picture Oscar winners are remakes? (Look-alikes don't count; actual remakes only.)

A. "Hamlet" (1948): too many versions to count, from 1910-2001

B. "Marty" (1955): "Marty" (TV, 1953)

C. "Gigi" (1958): "Gigi" (non-musical, 1948)

D. "Ben-Hur" (1959): "Ben-Hur" (silent, 1925)

E. "West Side Story" (1960): "Romeo and Juliet," too many to count, from 1911-2002

F. "My Fair Lady" (1964): "Pygmalion" non-musical, too many to count, from 1938-83 (including TV versions)

G. "Oliver!" (1968): "Oliver Twist," too many to count, from 1918-1999

H. "Titanic" (1997): "Titanic" (1953), "A Night to Remember" (1958)

I. "Chicago" (2002): "Chicago" (1927), "Roxie Hart" (1942)

2. Which best-picture Oscar winners have been remade? (Same rules as above.)

A. "The Broadway Melody" (1928-29): "Two Girls on Broadway" (1940)

B. "Cimarron" (1930-31): "Cimarron" (1960)

C. "Mutiny on the Bounty" (1935): "Mutiny on the Bounty" (1962), "The Bounty" (1984)

D. "You Can't Take it With You" (1938): TV movies (1979, 1984), TV series (1987-88)

E. "Rebecca" (1940): TV movies (1962, 1979, 1997)

F. "Casablanca" (1943): TV series (1955, 1983)

G. "Going My Way" (1944): TV series (1962-63)

H. "Hamlet" (1948): see 1-A

I. "All the King's Men" (1949): TV movie (1958)

J. "Ben-Hur" (1959): animated, straight to video (2003)

K. "From Here to Eternity" (1953): TV miniseries (1979)

L. "Around the World in 80 Days" (1956): TV miniseries (1989), new film (June 2004)

M. "Tom Jones" (1963): "The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling" (1997)

N. "My Fair Lady" (1964): see 1-F

O. "A Man for All Seasons" (1966): TV movie (1988)

P. "In the Heat of the Night" (1967): TV series (1988-94)

Q. "Oliver!" (1968): see 1-G

R. "Titanic" (1997): TV movie (1996)

3. Which best-picture Oscar winners have had sequels? (With character(s) and/or story line continuations.)

A. "The Broadway Melody" (1928-29): "Broadway Melody of 1936," a " . . . 1938," " . . . 1940"

B. "Gone With the Wind" (1939): TV miniseries "Scarlett" (1994)

C. "Mrs. Miniver" (1942): "The Miniver Story" (1950)

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