TRIVIA TODAY - Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Greetings Infomaniacs,

The 67th annual Emmy Awards are coming up on Sunday, September 20. To prep you for the big night, here are some fun numerical facts about the awards, courtesy of Hidden Remote.

Enjoy!
Melissa

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "Awards are wonderful. I've been nominated many times and I've won many awards. But my journey is not towards that. If it happens it will be a blast. If it doesn't, it's still been a blast."

HINT: (1962-), American actor and filmmaker, known for such films as Top Gun and Mission Impossible.

RANDOM TIDBITS
Since the Emmys' inception, nine husband and wife duos have walked away with Emmys. Included in these elite group of Emmy winners: Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman and Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft.

Back in 1977, Roots set the record for the most Emmy nominations earned by a single season in a single year
when it picked up 37 nominations.

The Outstanding Drama Series category has been a category with a diverse group of winners over the years, but there have been four dramas that have been able to take home the prize multiple times. So which dramas hold this honor? As it turns out, the four dramas to have won four Outstanding Drama Series Emmys are Hill Street Blues, L.A, Law, Mad Men and The West Wing.

In 1971, Actor George C. Scott rejected his Oscar win (for the film Patton) due to his feelings that the Oscars were nothing more than a "petty popularity contest." The funny thing is, the same year Scott took home an Emmy Award for his work in Hallmark's The Price - and he had no problem accepting that honor.

Over the course of the Emmys' history, Candice Bergen and Don Knotts managed to rack up five Emmys for their respective work on Murphy Brown and The Andy Griffith Show. With those five wins, the duo hold the record for the most Emmys won by an actor for the same role.

Actress Cloris Leachman currently holds the title as the all-time Primetime Emmy winner with eight wins for her work on hit series such as The Mary Typer Moore Show and A Brand New Life.

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "Awards are wonderful. I've been nominated many times and I've won many awards. But my journey is not towards that. If it happens it will be a blast. If it doesn't, it's still been a blast."

ANSWER: Tom Cruise.

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