![]() I know it," groans Stefan Goodreau, as quizmistress Rebecca Ward asks, "Of this year's nominees for best director, whose last three feature films all began. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Waldowski and his team - including Cliff Galiher, Josh Haroutunian, Turner Hay and Hans von Walter - are destroying everyone else at O'Brien's. We'll give you anagrams of the actresses' names. HANDOUT 2: Identify which best actress winner wore each of the dresses when she won. So why bother to hang out in this green-ceilinged Irish bar a few blocks from the beach? ![]() These people have won hundreds of thousands of dollars - if not millions - in televised trivia contests. Regulars such as Brad Rutter ( Jeopardy!'s leading all-time money winner) and Daniel Avila (a game show staple since 1984) compete over a $75 bar tab. ![]() That's why they flock to O'Brien's Pub in Santa Monica, Calif. Trivia champions live for questions like this. ![]() Was that not hard enough? Try naming the four worst-performing best picture winners from the past 10 years. Here's a tough Oscar trivia question: Who is the only person to twice achieve the feat of receiving nominations for acting, writing and directing on the same film? At O'Brien's Pub in Santa Monica, Calif., pub trivia regulars - including many former game show champs - had their own competition, answering harder-than-average questions about Academy Awards past and present. This year's Oscars will be given out at the 87th Academy Awards on Sunday night. ![]()
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