The answer to yesterday's puzzle is that the actors are listed in order of what US Presidents they played (from Adams to Nixon). As a couple of people pointed out, Anthony Hopkins played both John Quincy Adams (in Amistad) and Nixon (in Nixon).
Twist, George, _____, Mohandas, Mozart denote memorial days in January or famous people born in January
Twist (twist day) 1/31, George (England) 1/23, _____, Mohandas (ghandi)1-22, Mozart (1-27). The missing date is Jan 29, Thomas Paine was born on that day
And, by this logic, shouldn't there be a blank entry between Balboa and Ted/Joanna?
The list is the *other* (first or last) name of the person whose last or first name is the movie title.
The Best Picture winners Kevan referred to:
1968: Oliver!
1970: Patton
1976: Rocky
1982: Gandhi
1984: Amadeus
My own interpolations:
1977: Annie Hall [first and last name, hence the blank]
1979: Kramer vs. Kramer
John Beukema has alluded to Ben-Hur (1959). Prior to that... what was Gigi's last name (1958)? Hamlet (1948) also presents a problem...
Twist (twist day) 1/31, George (England) 1/23, _____, Mohandas (ghandi)1-22, Mozart (1-27). The missing date is Jan 29, Thomas Paine was born on that day
Good puzzle otherwise...
Amadeus was Mozart's middle name.
Noah