Well, folks, I daresay that the inaugural year of the Oscar Betting Pool was quite a success. We ended up with 19 entries from 17 participants*, and the pot totaled out at $95. So, without further ado, here is a complete list of everyone's scores out of a possible 59:

Tiebreaker Question: How many people will the best director winner thank by name in his acceptance speech?
Rank
 Name Score Tie (19) Prize
1
 Andrew McNaughton (I)
45
$57
2
 Dominic Armato (I)
44
$28.50
3
 Keith Armato
42
$9.50
4
 Amanda Armato
40
5
 Dominic Armato (II)
39
15
6
 Chris Berritta
39
27
7
 Marie Davis
37
10
8
 Mary Armato
37
3
9
 Andrew McNaughton (II)
34
10
 Mike Martinez-Mann
33
11
 Erin
32
12
 Phil Armato
30
25
13
 Beau Grabner
30
6
14
 Chip Streiff
29
15
 Matt Conbeer
26
11
16
 Brian Gallagher
26
7
17
 Valerie Mora
25
12
18
 Griff Baron
25
5
19
 Max Joel
22
The nominee that received the most votes was not "Titanic" for Best Picture, which received 15 votes. Three categories were correctly predicted by more people than Best Picture, and they were Best Original Screenplay (17), Best Director (18) and Best Original Song (18). The biggest surprises of the night were "A Story Of Healing" for Best Documentary Short, guessed correctly only by Marie Davis, and "The Full Monty" for Best Original Music or Comedy Score, which no one guessed correctly. The most popular picks that didn't win were "Four Days in September" for Best Foreign Film (12) and "4 Little Girls" for Best Documentary Feature (12).

Anyway, congratulations to the big winner, Andrew, and thanks to everybody for participating. I hope you all had as much fun as I did. I'll most certainly be doing this again next year, and the goals will be to double the pot, and also to put the entire process online for your electronic viewing pleasure. Thanks again!

     -Dom

* - In the early days of the Academy Awards Pool, entrants were allowed to double their entry fee and submit two forms.