Trivia



The longest Oscar acceptance speech was made by Greer Garson for 1942`s `Mrs. Miniver`, It took 5 minutes, 30 seconds.

Between 1931 and 1969 Walt Disney collected 35 Oscars.

There is only one Q in a Scrabble game.

The only one of his sculptures that Michelangelo signed was the `The Pieta,` completed in 1500.

The Beatles held the Top Five spots on the April 4th, 1964 Billboard singles chart. To date, they're the only band that has ever accomplished that.

Elvis Presley made only one television commercial - an ad for "Southern Maid Doughnuts" that ran in 1954.

Guitar was the first instrument on which Christmas carol "Silent Night" was played.

Levi's 501 jeans got its number from its original stock number in the first Levi's store.

Harvard University's original name was Cambridge. It only changed when John Harvard donated 400 books to it.

Oscar was designed by MGM's chief art director, Cedric Gibbons.