Winner: Deb
“Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!” (Sir Walter Scott, 1808).
Tonight we had a bit of a brouhaha. Two first time players, Ted and Deb, tied at the end of regulation and Ted then won the short playoff. Deb’s supporters immediately filed a challenge, claiming that on two questions Ted had changed his answer after the answer had been announced. The judges went to the videotape and upheld the challenge. Deb was declared the sole winner and her supporters celebrated with her.
Good Question!: In the 1974 film, the Godfather II, who played the part of Vito Corleone as a young man?
Choices: a. Robert DeNiro b. Al Pacino c. Ray Liotta d. Danny Aiello
Answer: Robert DeNiro
Although De Niro had appeared in films before “The Godfather Part: II,” the project catapulted his career. More hits followed for him, including “Taxi Driver,” “The Deer Hunter” and “Raging Bull.”
The Godfather: Part II was the first sequel to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro are the only two actors to ever win separate Oscars for playing the same character. Brando won Best Actor for The Godfather (1972) and De Niro won Best Actor in a Supporting Role for this movie, both in the role of Vito Corleone.
To prepare for his role, Robert De Niro lived in Sicily for three months and spent four months learning to speak the Sicilian dialect. De Niro is one of only six actors to win an Academy Award for a role primarily in a language other than English, since almost all of his dialogue in this film is in the Sicilian dialect of Italian. Let’s hear it for all us Sicilians!
The “Godfather” music, who can forget it.
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Sometimes when we look in the mirror we are a little disappointed.
Here are two photos of Michael Corleone that should make you feel better.
For you big “Godfather” fans here are a couple of other clips.
The very young Vito Corleone as he arrives at Ellis island:
For a very authentic “Godfather II” watch this clip in Sicilian:
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