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Go Oscar Bowling, Bowl the Perfect Oscar Score for the 88th Annual Academy Awards Betting Game

Are you sick of those ordinary Oscar office pools? Tired of only guessing the top 6 or 8 categories for the Academy Awards? Let your inner-movie geek shine with Bowl the Perfect Oscar Score (aka Oscar Bowling). Try to nail 300 points on the 2016 Academy Awards.

This is a confidence list.

There are 24 categories.

How to play

Pick your winners in all 24 categories. Then, give each winner a confidence score. Your most confident pick gets 24 points, second most confident gets 23 points, third most confident gets 22 points, and eventually your least confident pick gets 1 point.

This is perfect for Oscar parties, because the lead keeps changing. The winner is the one with the most points at the end. A perfect score is 300. If there is a tie (there never is a tie), then the winner is the one with the most points in these three categories combined (Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress).

You’ll eventually be able to say things like … “Once, in 2017, I got a 297 Oscar score.” Or, “I know a guy who once hit 300 back in 2015.” Yeah, you’ll be saying these things. Trust me.

Previous Scores 2015 - 208 2014 - 271 2013 - 257 2012 - 256 2011 - 246

If you don’t fully understand the rules, here are my Oscar predictions below.

Oscar Bowling 2016

24 - Actor - Leonardo DiCaprio

23 - Foreign Language Film - Son of Saul

22 - Score - The Hateful Eight

21 - Actress - Brie Larson

20 - Animated Feature - Inside Out

19 - Original Screenplay - Spotlight

18 - Director - Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

17 - Adapted Screenplay - The Big Short

16 - Supporting Actor - Sylvester Stallone

15 - Cinematography - The Revenant

14 - Picture - The Revenant

13 - Costume Design - Mad Max: Fury Road

12 - Film Editing - Mad Max: Fury Road

11- Best Makeup and Hairstyle - Mad Max: Fury Road

10 - Production Design - Mad Max: Fury Road

9 - Sound Editing - Mad Max: Fury Road

8 - Sound Mixing - Mad Max: Fury Road

7 - Visual Effects - Mad Max: Fury Road

6 - Documentary Feature - The Look of Silence

5 - Supporting Actress - Jennifer Jason Leigh

4 - Song - Writings on the Wall

3 - Animated Short - World of Tomorrow

2 - Documentary Short - Body Team 12

1 - Live Action Short - Shok