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Tuesday, April 23

In 1928, the first time the Oscars were ever awarded, Joseph Farnum took home an Oscar for Best Title Writing, for his work on "The Fair Co-ed" and "Laugh, Clown, Laugh." Titles, by the way, aren't opening credits. They are the "subtitles" you used to get in silent movies. The category only appeared that one time because, first, it's really lame, and second, with the spread of talkies, nobody needed titles anymore.

In Captain Nemo's first adventure, where did the Jules Verne character take readers?

A) "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea"

B) "Around the World in Eighty Days"

C) "From the Earth to the Moon"

D) "Journey to the Centre of the Earth"

Previous answer: "The White Sausage" was pretty great at the luge.

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