publication date: Monday, February 6, 2012 (part of Winter 2012)

category: Government

clue: Meryl Streep demonstrated an iron will as this British prime minister.

explanation: Streep was nominated for an Oscar in 2012 for playing Thatcher in The Iron Lady. more…

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Matthew Preston, Denise Sawicki, Joanna Woods, Erik Bates, Mike Rothstein, Steve Dunn, Mike Eberhart, Aaron Shurtleff, and Ryan Dunn

My Trophy has a First Name, It's O-S-C-A-R: These five goos are some of the intriguing real people behind this year's crop of Oscar-nominated films, coinciding with Funeratic's annual Predict the Oscars contest.

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