Trivia questions (5 of 15)
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1. Who was the first person to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award, commonly known as the EGOT?
FUN FACT
With his Pulitzer Prize for the 1949 musical "South Pacific," Richard Rodgers also became the first to complete a PEGOT, though there is some debate as to whether the "P" in PEGOT stands for "Pulitzer" or "Peabody."
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2. What actor, who has never even been nominated for any of the four awards in an EGOT, coined the acronym in 1984?
When he achieved instant stardom on "Miami Vice" in 1984, actor Philip Michael Thomas said that he hoped to win an EGOT within five years.
- Multiple Choice
3. By picking up a Tony Award on June 12, 2022, who became the newest member of the EGOT club?
Jennifer Hudson won an Academy Award in 2008 for her work in the film "Dreamgirls." The following year, she picked up a Grammy for her debut album. In 2021, she earned a Daytime Emmy Award for producing the interactive media of "Baba Yaga." Finally, in 2022, she was one of the producers for the year's Best Musical, "A Strange Loop."
- Multiple Choice
4. Which of these artists is NOT a member of the even more exclusive REGOT club: EGOT winners who have also won a Razzie Award?
In 1990, Liza Minnelli became the first REGOT winner upon receiving the Grammy Legend Award (she earned her Razzie a year earlier). In 2020, composers Alan Menken and Andrew Lloyd Webber both completed their REGOT (Menken when he won a Daytime Emmy, Webber when he was credited on the Razzie-winning screenplay for "Cats").
Multi-hyphenate Mel Brooks has one Oscar, four Emmys, three Grammys, and three Tony Awards, but has yet to "win" a Golden Raspberry.
- Multiple Choice
5. Including those who've won honorary awards, who was the oldest person to complete an EGOT?
In 1991, John Gielgud, at 87 years and 4 months, became the oldest person to complete the EGOT, until he was surpassed in 2015 by Harry Belafonte, who received his honorary Oscar when the singer and activist was 87 years, 11 months old.
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