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O'Brien's Pub Oscar trivia night is not for the casual Academy Awards fan

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A daily chronicle of creativity in film, TV, music, arts, and entertainment, produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from November 2014 – March 2020. Host John Horn leads the conversation, accompanied by the nation's most plugged-in cultural journalists.

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O'Brien's Pub Oscar trivia night is not for the casual Academy Awards fan

Pick any night of the week and you’re bound to find a bar hosting some sort of trivia night. But just one night once a year, O’Brien’s Pub in Santa Monica hosts what’s billed as the toughest Academy Awards quiz in the land.

It’s an 18-year-old tradition, and it attracts entertainment journalists, former Jeopardy champions and Oscar experts in a fierce competition for bragging rights.

We sent Frame contributor Collin Friesen across town to try his luck, and he’s joins the show to give us the lowdown.