Just took Mark Caro’s 2015 Test Your Oscar Knowledge quiz and bombed it to the tune of 3/20 or 15%. Can you do better? I hope so. On second thought, maybe I should be proud of my pathetic showing. After all, a conflicted film snob isn’t conflicted about the Academy Awards. It is, after all, nothing more than a popularity contest unfairly influenced by studio campaigning (cinema’s version of Citizens United v. FEC) and voted on by white (93%), male (76%) and geezerly (average age: 63) members. Unless, of course, they can’t be bothered to fill out a ballot, thus leaving the picks to their secretary personal assistants.

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