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A black American won 4 Gold medals at the Berlin Olympics in 1936 – who was he?
Jesse Owens

The Spanish Civil War lasted from 1936 to 1939, when the Nationalist Party finally came to power. Who was their leader?
General Franco

Edward VIII abdicated in 1936, so he could marry a divorcee. Who was she?
Wallis Simpson

Name the British Prime Minister who signed the Munich Agreement in 1938.
Neville Chamberlain

Which Disney film was the first feature length cartoon, took 3 years to make at a cost of more than $1 million and won an honorary Oscar in 1939?
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Which film won Best Picture in 1939, and who directed it?
Gone with the Wind, Victor Fleming (2 points)

Which film won Best Original Score in 1939?
The Wizard of Oz

In 1930, which building became the world’s tallest?
The Chrysler Building

In 1936, 200 unemployed shipbuilders marched 300 miles to London in protest against unemployment and extreme poverty – where did they start their march?
Jarrow

Herbert Hoover was voted out of office in the US in 1932. Who was the new President? Franklin D Roosevelt (2 points)

Leader board of quizzers coming up ...

I'm kicking myself for the 'Gone with the wind' (never saw it but almost put it) and 'The wizard of oz' (should have know that!). Never mind, I did better than I thought, hehe
Dee

Wait, Gone with the wind won in 1940 not in 1939. The same for the Wizard of Oz. They didn't win the same year as Snow White


This page, about the 1939 academy awards there is the disney movie and the James Stewart movie You Can't Take It With You
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_Academy_Awards

This page, it's about Gone with the wind and the wizard of Oz in 1940
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_Academy_Awards

I am a bit confused as, in the questions, it only talked about 1939 with the Disney win as a reference.

I know I am a pain in the you know where

Wait, Gone with the wind won in 1940 not in 1939. The same for the Wizard of Oz. They didn't win the same year as Snow White


This page, about the 1939 academy awards there is the disney movie and the James Stewart movie You Can't Take It With You
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_Academy_Awards

This page, it's about Gone with the wind and the wizard of Oz in 1940
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_Academy_Awards

I am a bit confused as, in the questions, it only talked about 1939 with the Disney win as a reference.

I know I am a pain in the you know where

@Manderley eeeeeeeeeek noOooo you are right! I just looked on oscars official site!!
I will make amendments to scorings etc at the weekend, when everybody has got their answers to second round ... And you're definitely not a pain in the butt!

According to what I just read, Gone with the Wind won the best picture Oscar for the year 1939, but the Oscars were handed out in 1940 - so that makes everyone right????

The trouble is, everyone would be right if there was no mention of the Disney win in 1939. It's difficult to have it both ways, either the 1939 Oscars are the one which were handed in 1939 or they were the ones handed in 1940

I am a huge James Stewart, and have a crush on him when I was young, and Franck Capra fan, that's why I noticed it

What I might do then, for the best, is just withdraw the question and adjust scores accordingly. But this will be after next weekend, as I have social events coming up and work has just thown a googly in my direction.

Don' worry for that, waiting a while will build up the suspense