tv/ movies: What film won the Oscar for best Picture in 1927/1928 1st Academy Awards?

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how does the mermaid buy the gift for tom hanks in 'splash'?

what rock music term was coined by william burroughs in his book 'the soft machine'?

what's short for 'light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation'?

who recorded the album 'wings over america' in 1976?

what was the name of the old fireman on 'leave it to beaver'?