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2017 Prognostication Quiz: Question 4, Film

4. Film

Which picture will win American filmdom's highest prize this year? These are the five nominees for the Golden Globe for Best Dramatic Picture, which usually contains the best picture for the Academy, as well.

What will win the Academy Award for Best Picture?
a. Lion
b. Hell or High Water
c. Moonlight
d. Hacksaw Ridge
e. Manchester by the Sea
f. none of the above: some other film will win

I wrote last time that the Super Bowl this year featured the largest ever come-from-behind victory for a Super Bowl. Now again at the Academy Awards, we had the largest ever come-from-behind victory for a film. F. La La Land had been declared the winner, the La La Land producers were on-stage delivering their acceptance speeches, when seemingly out of nowhere, C. Moonlight came rushing back from oblivion to win the Best Picture Academy Award in overtime. What a thrilling end to the Oscars.

This means Question 4 of the 2017 Prognostication Quiz is C. Moonlight. Most people picked F (21) or E (10). I had picked F and was feeling pretty smug when it won top honors from the Directors Guild and the Producers Guild. But the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has been undergoing a bit of liberalization (e.g. kicking out old white folk who haven't been active in making movies for years). Perhaps there will be less concordance between the award shows now. A hearty congratulations to the five who sniffed out this trend and avoided selecting the fake winner.

Moonlighters

Chris M.
Chris C.
Rachel F.
Janet C.
Paul K.

13-15. Death (December 31)
Who will not survive 2017?
f. Joseph Wapner, The People's Court Judge

We also had our first sad demise of 2017. Joseph Wapner, star of the early reality television show The People's Court, passed away last month. Wapner's run on the show ran from 1980 to 1993. The show continues today, alongside several copycat programs.

Three contestants guessed that the Judge would hang up his gavel this year. Stuart P,, Zachary S., and Jenny A.

Leader Board

After the greatest come-from-behind win at the Oscars and Wapner's death, three contestants join Matthew D. and myself at the top of the leader board, Kudos to Stuart P. (Wapner), Chris M. (Oscars), and Chris C. (Oscars).

Next up is the Pulitzer Prizes on April 10. Stuart P. and Michael A. picked B. The New York Times. Matthew D. and Chris C. picked A. The Washington Post. Chris M. picked C. The Wall Street Journal.


RankScoreName
13Stuart P.
23Matthew D.
33Michael A.
43Chris M.
53Chris C.
62Jeff C.
72Stacey C.
82Megan J.
92Stephanie A.
102Marcus S.
112Ron D.
122John E.
132Rachel F.
142Janet C.
152Zachary S.
162Sarah T.
172Rachel H.
182Jan M.
192Ben S.
202Todd C.
211Peter M.
221Nadir Y.
231Cameron M.
241Jenny A.
251Grant M.
261Ellen Y.
271Eric M.
281Larry A.
291Bill C.
301Ryan M.
311Jason C.
321Valerie M.
331Keila B.
341Collette T.
351Ekrem S.
361Paul K.
371Pamela C.
381Leanne S.
390Katie M.
400Miriam S.
410Liz K.
420Missy A.

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