h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

In this quiz, I post some words or phrases. The surname of a well-known actor or actress is hidden in the letters of each one.

I’ve chosen only those actors/actresses who have won more than one Academy Award. I’ve also indicated a decade in which they won the best actor/actress award (some will have won awards in other decades too).


So, if I posted the following clue:

1. Reptiles; Operettas; Torpedoes (1980s)

The solution would be Streep. The letters STREEP appear in each word/phrase in the list. Meryl Streep won, among other things, the best actress award for Sophie’s Choice in 1982


So, here are fifteen more acting surnames for you to find.

1. Boneshaker; Mackintosh; Oklahomans (1990s)

2. Bridleways; Daisywheel; Wembley Stadium (1980s)

3. Category; Crystals; Archetype (1930s)

4. Employment; Commendable; Nom de plume (1970s)

5. Forbidden; Uniformed; Boyfriend (1980s)

6. Matchmaking; Snake charmer; Merchant bank (1970s)

7. Orange blossom; Embarrassing; Bank manager (1940s)

8. Phlegmatic; Haltering; Ghost-like (1930s)

9. Projector; Job description; Woodpecker (1950s)

10. Roast beef; Aftershock; Software (1980s)

11. Royalist; Normality; Holy Father (1960s)

12. Typecasting; Apocalypse; Despicably (1990s)

13. Unapproachable; Paintbrushes; Unperishable  (1960s)

14. Unheard of; Moon-faced; Dragonfly (1970s)

15. Wonderbra; Snowboard; Outward bound (1950s)


Good luck!

I forgot to say that,as in the previous quizzes, it's fairly easy to work these out systematically, so the challenge is to solve them visually - without paper, pencil or other tools.

1. Hanks?

3. Tracy

4. Lemmon

6. Hackman

9. Cooper

11. Taylor

12. Spacey

14. Fonda

15. Brando

5. Ford

14. Dean

Oops, I missed that little "of"

2. Lewis

Gambon7.

I mean

7. Garbo

(embarrassing! )

Technically, I think 2. should be Day Lewis, as in Daniel Day Lewis.

13 is Hepburn. I'm not going to check to see whether she's Audrey or Katherine

8 - Leigh
10 - Foster