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I'm Not a Grouch!
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Riddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.Riddle
I was born in 1928.
I weighed 8.5 pounds.
I was 13.5 inches long.
Rumor has it that I was named after someone's Uncle.
I've been popular all my life.
A lot of people would love to take me home.
My "appearance" has changed a little over the years.
Who or what am I?
I weighed 8.5 pounds.
I was 13.5 inches long.
Rumor has it that I was named after someone's Uncle.
I've been popular all my life.
A lot of people would love to take me home.
My "appearance" has changed a little over the years.
Who or what am I?
Hint
Yes, I have changed over the years, but my "overall" appearance has NOT changed.Answer
The Academy Award of Merit - the "Oscar"The Academy Award of Merit, which we know as "the Oscar" was "born" in 1928. Weighing 8.5 pounds and standing 13.5 inches tall, the statuette was designed by MGM's chief art director Cedric Gibbons.
A popular but unsubstantiated story has been that "Oscar" got his name when academy librarian and executive director Margaret Herrick said that the statuette resembled her Uncle Oscar.
In support of the World War II effort between 1942 and 1944, Oscars were made of plaster, to be traded in for golden statuettes after the war.
The base of the Oscar was raised and changed from marble to metal in 1945.
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