Show Us You Have What It Takes To Be The Best With This Academy Awards Quiz!
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Once a year, the best of the film industry get together to award those who have gone above and beyond in their chosen field. The Academy Award is something only a select few ever manage to achieve. Take this quiz and see what you know about these Oscar winners!
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Question 1
Who won Best Actor for playing Forrest Gump?
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APeter Scolari
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BNicolas Cage
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CTom Hanks
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DJeff Bridges
Tom Hanks
Hanks' Oscar wasn't just his second Best Actor statuette; it was his second Best Actor statuette in a row.
Question 2
She is estranged from her father, Oscar-winning actor Jon Voight, but she debuted in film with him in 1982. Can you name her?
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ACheryl Tiegs
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BBarbara Kellerman
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CAngelina Jolie
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DMichelle Pfeiffer
Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie has had numerous highly publicized relationships and marriages, but her family is famous, too. Her brother is actor James Haven, her mother is actress Marcheline Bertrand, and her uncles are songwriter and singer Chip Taylor and geologist Barry Voight.
Question 3
What pictured respected Golden Globe and Oscar-winning actress, revered for both her acting and directing abilities, is now part of the Hollywood elite crowd?
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AVanessa Redgrave
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BJulie Andrews
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CJodie Foster
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DMeryl Streep
Jodie Foster
Born Alicia Christian Foster, her older siblings nicknamed her "Jodie", and she uses this name for her profession. This multiple-award-winner, both of Oscars and Golden Globes, began acting when she was just two. Her string of television appearances and film roles is lengthy. She works hard and has the ability to focus on projects she values.
Question 4
Who won Best Actor for playing cannibal serial killer Hannibal Lecter?
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AAnthony Hopkins
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BJon Voight
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CHugh Dancy
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DJack Palance
Anthony Hopkins
Hopkins won his Best Actor Oscar opposite Jodie Foster in 1991's adaptation of Thomas Harris' "Silence of the Lambs." Hopkins reprised his role as Dr. Lecter in two sequels: "Hannibal" (2001) and "Red Dragon" (2002).
Question 5
Which of these Best Actor winners is part of an acting family that includes his father Lloyd and his brother Beau?
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ARobert Duvall
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BMatthew McConaughey
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CJeff Bridges
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DWilliam Holden
Jeff Bridges
Bridges won Best Actor for his role as Otis "Bad" Blake in "Crazy Heart" (2009). He'd been nominated four times before. His brother and father have a combined zero nominations and zero wins between them. Sick burn, Jeff!
Question 6
Actor Tom Hanks won an Academy Award for Best Actor in this 1994 comedy-drama that follows the life of a southern American boy through many important moments during the twentieth century.
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APulp Fiction
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BSleepless in Seattle
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CForrest Gump
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DThe Sandlot
Forrest Gump
Forrest Gump was based on a novel of the same name. It won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1995.
Question 7
Which Best Picture winner stars Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise as brothers driving cross-country?
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AWitness
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BRain Man
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CThe Accidental Tourist
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DHope and Glory
Rain Man
During filming, Hoffman and Cruise thought they were making a bomb and referred to the 1988 film as "Two Schmucks in a Car". Hoffman would go on to win the Best Actor Oscar for his performance of savant Raymond Babbitt.
Question 8
This Best Picture winner focused on an Austrian family of singers, some of whom occasionally wore curtains as clothing, who fled the Nazis. Name it.
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AThe Greatest Show on Earth
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BThe Sound of Music
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CBedknobs and Broomsticks
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DMary Poppins
The Sound of Music
'The Sound of Music', starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, won Best Picture at the 1965 Oscars. Although the two remained friends for the rest of their lives, Plummer referred to working with Andrews as "being hit over the head with a big Valentine's Day card, every day."
Question 9
This "sweet" Southern actress has been "legally blonde," and she "walked the line" straight to an Oscar award, but her greatest treasures are her three children, Ava, Deacon and Tennessee.
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AJessica Biel
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BKylie Jenner
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CBritney Spears
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DReese Witherspoon
Reese Witherspoon
Reese Witherspoon became a household name when she starred as Elle Woods in "Legally Blonde." Her career took off with starring roles in "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Walk the Line," for which she won an Oscar for her portrayal as music legend June Carter Cash. Reese has Ava and Deacon with her ex-husband, Ryan Phillippe, and Tennessee with her current husband, Jim Toth.
Question 10
Which actor took home the Best Actor award for playing the titular role in 1959's "Ben-Hur"?
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ACharlton Heston
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BAnthony Quinn
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CPeter Ustinov
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DYul Brynner
Charlton Heston
The story of Judah Ben-Hur has been told in five different movies, the first of which was a 1907 one-reel silent film, and the most recent of which (as of 2018) was a 2016 adaptation starring Jack Huston.
Question 11
Which Best Picture winner is a musical, gang-filled retelling of 'Romeo and Juliet'?
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AGangs of New York
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B10 Things I Hate About You
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CChicago
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DWest Side Story
West Side Story
Instead of Montagues and Capulets, the film pits the Sharks against the Jets and adds dancing. Lots and lots of dancing. The film, featuring music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and choreographed by Jerome Robbins, took home a whopping 10 awards on Oscar night.
Question 12
Who won Best Actor for playing General George S. Patton?
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AGeorge C. Scott
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BRod Steiger
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CRobert Duvall
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DTommy Lee Jones
George C. Scott
General Patton led the U.S. Army in World War II and played a key role in liberating Germany from the Nazis His nickname was Old Blood and Guts, which I think we can all agree is a way better nickname than "Skippy" or "Mr. Wonderbuns."
Question 13
Who won his first Best Actor Oscar for playing McMurphy, the lead character in the film adaptation of Ken Kesey's novel "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"?
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ADennis Hopper
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BPeter Fonda
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CJack Nicholson
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DDenzel Washington
Jack Nicholson
After being committed to an asylum instead of going to prison, McMurphy leads the other inmates in a rebellion against their oppressive nurses and other staff, including the infamous Nurse Ratched.
Question 14
Who was the first black actor to win Best Actor at the Academy Awards?
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ASammy Davis Jr.
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BOssie Davis
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CLou Gossett Jr.
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DSidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier
Poitier took home top acting honors in 1963 for "Lilies in the Field." He'd been nominated for Best Actor once before, for 1958's "The Defiant Ones." The Bahamas-born actor was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1974.
Question 15
Which actor won the first of his two Best Actor awards for playing one half of the feuding parents in 1979's "Kramer vs. Kramer"?
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ABruce Dern
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BDustin Hoffman
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CHarvey Keitel
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DAl Pacino
Dustin Hoffman
"Kramer vs. Kramer" is one of very few movies to sweep all five "big" Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Actress, and Best Screenplay. It's also one of very few films to win Best Picture and be the most commercially successful film of the year; that wouldn't happen again until 1997's "Titanic." In other words, yeah, it's a pretty good movie.
Question 16
Although she is best known for her role in The Graduate opposite Dustin Hoffman, what classic Hollywood actress won a Tony and an Oscar for playing Anne Sullivan in The Miracle Worker?
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AElizabeth Taylor
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BMaggie Smith
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CAnne Bancroft
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DKatharine Hepburn
Anne Bancroft
Before becoming famous as Mrs. Robinson in <i>The Graduate</i>, Bancroft starred in <i>The Miracle Worker</i> on Broadway earning a Tony, and later reprised her role in the film version, earning an Oscar.
Question 17
Which Best Picture winner stars Marlon Brando as a longshoreman who protests his union boss's crooked behavior?
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ATom Jones
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BOn the Waterfront
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CFrom Here to Eternity
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DMarty
On the Waterfront
Although Brando won the Best Actor Oscar for his performance in the film, Brando thought he stunk. "On the day (Elia Kazan) showed me the completed picture," Brando wrote in his autobiography, "I was so depressed by my performance I got up and left the screening room. I thought I was a huge failure, and walked out without a word to him. I was simply embarrassed for myself."
Question 18
The 1944 film noir Gaslight is about a man protecting a secret at all costs, even if he has to drive his wife mad. This film was nominated for seven Oscars and won two, including a Best Actress win for what Hollywood legend?
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AClaudette Colbert
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BIngrid Bergman
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CJulie Andrews
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DElizabeth Taylor
Ingrid Bergman
Over her career, Ingrid Bergman won three Academy Awards, Four Golden Globes, a BAFTA, two Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award. Born in Stockholm, Sweden, she would later be ranked high on the list of great actresses in classic American films.
Question 19
Who won Best Actor for playing noble lawyer Atticus Finch in the big screen adaptation of "To Kill a Mockingbird"?
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AWalter Brennan
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BBing Crosby
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CGregory Peck
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DJames Stewart
Gregory Peck
Atticus Finch is an Alabama lawyer who's father to Jem and Scout in Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1960 novel "To Kill a Mockingbird." The honorable attorney is a hero not just to law students but also to virtually everybody who's ever read the book or seen the film.
Question 20
What classic Hollywood actress was the first to win a Best Actress Oscar for a performance in a foreign language film?
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AGreta Garbo
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BMarlene Dietrich
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CBrigitte Bardot
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DSophia Loren
Sophia Loren
In 1961, Loren won an Academy Award for her performance in <i>Two Women</i>, an Italian film, making her the first actor to win a performing Oscar for a foreign language film.
Question 21
Actor Marlon Brando won the Oscar for Best Actor in 1973 for what movie, based on a novel written by Mario Puzo?
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AGoodfellas
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BCasino
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CScarface
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DThe Godfather
The Godfather
'The Godfather' was the highest grossing film in 1972 and won the Oscar for Best Picture that year. It's an American crime classic.
Question 22
Who won Best Actor for playing ruthless corporate raider Gordon Gekko in 1987's "Wall Street"?
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AMartin Sheen
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BBill Murray
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CMichael Douglas
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DChristoph Waltz
Michael Douglas
The slimy character is famous for his catchphrase/life motto "Greed, for lack of a better word, is good." Douglas reprised his role as Gordon Gekko opposite Shia LaBeouf in 2010's less successful "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps."
Question 23
This mother-daughter dramedy won the Best Picture Oscar in 1983 and stars Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger. What is it?
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AOrdinary People
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BCoal Miner's Daughter
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CThe Big Chill
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DTerms of Endearment
Terms of Endearment
Winger and MacLaine did not get along on the set, owing in part to Winger's cocaine habit. Both were nominated for Best Actress; MacLaine won. And that's why you shouldn't do drugs.
Question 24
Who knocked out the competition and won Best Actor for playing real-life boxer Jake La Motta in "Raging Bull"?
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AJames Cagney
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BAlan Arkin
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CJames Coburn
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DRobert De Niro
Robert De Niro
La Motta's life was explosive both in and out of the ring, and De Niro's portrayal brought him his first Best Actor Oscar and second Oscar overall. He previously won Best Supporting Actor for his role in "The Godfather, Part II."
Question 25
Before Tom Hanks snagged two Best Actor Oscars back-to-back, this guy did it for his lead roles 1937's "Captains Courageous" and 1938's "Boys Town." Who is he?
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ASpencer Tracy
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BFrederic March
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CBing Crosby
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DJames Whitmore
Spencer Tracy
Tracy was known for his craggy yet warm everyman persona. Allegedly, he was offered the role of The Penguin in the '60s TV show "Batman" but said he would only accept if he could whack Batman. (He could not.)
Question 26
In 2011, this expectant mom walked the red carpet at the Oscars and then home with the trophy for best actress for her role in "Black Swan." Currently, she has two children, Amalia and Aleph.
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ANatalie Portman
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BSandra Bullock
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CJessica Biel
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DMila Kunis
Natalie Portman
Natalie Portman took home the Oscar for her portrayal of a ballerina in "Black Swan." She was pregnant with her first child, Amalia, at the time of the awards show. She has since added Aleph to the family.
Question 27
Who won Best Actor for his portrayal of singer-songwriter Ray Charles?
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AJamie Foxx
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BChris Tucker
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CDenzel Washington
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DEddie Murphy
Jamie Foxx
Blind since the age of 7, Charles was a pioneer of the soul music genre. Frank Sinatra once called him "the only true genius in show business." However, it was Jamie Foxx who won the Oscar for Best Actor for playing the singer in the movie "Ray".
Question 28
This Oscar nominated film follows thirty years in the extraordinarily tough life of Celie, an African-American woman in the South.
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ATender Mercies
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BHope and Glory
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CMississippi Burning
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DThe Color Purple
The Color Purple
'The Color Purple', directed by Steven Spielberg, marks the film debuts of both Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey. Goldberg would go on to win a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for 1990's 'Ghost'. Winfrey would go on to be Oprah.
Question 29
Some theorists question the legitimacy of Maria Tomei's Oscar win in 1993. For what movie was she nominated as Best Supporting Actress?
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AMy Cousin Vinny
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BA Few Good Men
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CBasic Instinct
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DThe Bodyguard
My Cousin Vinny
The rumor states that this award was given to Tomei in error, but everyone just played along to avoid an embarrassing situation. However, the Academy has stated that if a presenter does misspeak, someone will step in and correct the error.
Question 30
Who took home Best Actor for his portrayal of Mahatma Gandhi?
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AAlec Guinness
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BHaing S. Ngor
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CDustin Hoffman
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DBen Kingsley
Ben Kingsley
Gandhi led the Indian movement for independence from the British empire. He's famous for his commitment to non-violence and simple yet iconic look.
Question 31
Two of this Oscar-winning actor's most successful and high-profile films both hit theaters in November 1977: "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and "The Goodbye Girl." Who had a really, really good November?
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ARichard Dreyfuss
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BHarrison Ford
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CJack Nicholson
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DDennis Hopper
Richard Dreyfuss
Dreyfuss won Best Actor for "The Goodbye Girl," a Neil Simon comedy co-starring Marsha Mason. At 30, he was the youngest Best Actor winner ever until he was supplanted by the subject of our next question in 2003.
Question 32
Which Oscar-winning actor is a near-constant courtside presence at Los Angeles Lakers home games, and has been a season ticket holder since 1970?
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AJack Nicholson
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BDustin Hoffman
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CJames Caan
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DRobert Redford
Jack Nicholson
Nicholson has been a mainstay near the opponent's bench for decades. He was also a reliable presence at the Oscars for many years, always sitting in the front and wearing his trademark sunglasses. He's won three Oscars — two lead and one supporting — and been nominated for another nine Oscars as of 2018.
Question 33
Who won his only Oscar for playing Rooster Cogburn in "True Grit"?
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AJeff Bridges
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BClint Eastwood
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CJohn Wayne
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DJames Coburn
John Wayne
Wayne reprised his Oscar-winning role in 1975's "Rooster Cogburn." Jeff Bridges would later play the tough, booze-drenched U. S. Marshal in a 2010 remake of "True Grit."
Question 34
What classic Hollywood actress is one of only a few people to be part of the elusive EGOT club (winner of an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award)?
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APatricia Neal
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BKatharine Hepburn
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CJulie Andrews
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DAudrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn
Hepburn won an Oscar in 1954 for 'Roman Holiday', an Emmy in 1993 for 'Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn', a Grammy in 1994 for 'Audrey Hepburn's Enchanted Tales', and a Tony in 1954 for 'Ondine'.
Question 35
This 1956 adventure epic and Best Picture winner stars David Niven and Cantinflas but is remembered more for the dozens of cameos it features, including appearances by Frank Sinatra, Marlene Dietrich, and Buster Keaton. What is it?
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AAround the World in 80 Days
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BGiant
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CThe Bridge on the River Kwai
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DThe King and I
Around the World in 80 Days
The sprawling travel comedy was nominated for eight Oscars and won five, including one for director Mike Todd, who you might know better as Liz Taylor's third husband — and the only one she didn't divorce. Tragically, Todd died in a plane crash a year into their marriage.
Question 36
Who won Best Actor for playing pool shark "Fast" Eddie Felson in "The Color of Money"?
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ATom Cruise
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BPaul Newman
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CJack Nicholson
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DJoe Pesci
Paul Newman
Martin Scorsese's "The Color of Money" is a sequel to "The Hustler." In it, Felson is motivated to return to his pool career after teaching an arrogant young player (Tom Cruise) the ins and outs of the hustle.
Question 37
Which actor won Best Actor for playing the titular role in 1955's "Marty"?
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AGene Kelly
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BErnest Borgnine
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CGeorge C. Scott
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DRod Steiger
Ernest Borgnine
You wouldn't know it from the title, but "Marty" tells the story of an over-the-hill butcher who falls for a school teacher. You wouldn't know it from looking at him, but Borgnine voiced Mermaid Man on "SpongeBob SquarePants" from 1999 to his death in 2012 at the age of 95.
Question 38
Who won Best Actor for playing Abraham Lincoln in 2012's cleverly titled "Lincoln"?
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ADaniel Day-Lewis
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BRalph Fiennes
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CDonald Sutherland
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DLiam Neeson
Daniel Day-Lewis
Prior to donning a top hat and rad chin beard to play America's 16th president, Day-Lewis snagged two other Best Actor awards, winning for 2007's "There Will Be Blood" and 1989's "My Left Foot."
Question 39
Which Best Actor winner is one of only five performers who have won Oscars in back-to-back years (as of 2018)?
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ADaniel Day-Lewis
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BTom Hanks
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CEddie Redmayne
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DGary Oldman
Tom Hanks
Hanks, who won back-to-back Best Actor awards for "Philadelphia" and "Forrest Gump," is part of an elite club that also includes Jason Robards, Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, and Luise Rainer.
Question 40
Who picked up his only Best Actor award for playing composer George M. Cohan in 1942's biopic "Yankee Doodle Dandy"?
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AGene Kelly
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BJames Stewart
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CWalter Brennan
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DJames Cagney
James Cagney
As an actor, composer, songwriter, and playwright, Cohan was the de facto mayor of Broadway in the early 20th century. He published more than 300 songs during his lengthy career, including staples like "You're a Grand Old Flag" and, fittingly, "Give My Regards to Broadway."
Question 41
Which Best Actor winner was first nominated for the award in 1941, and then won the award with his second nomination 41 years later?
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AHenry Fonda
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BErnest Borgnine
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CMaximilian Schell
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DArt Carney
Henry Fonda
Soft-spoken Fonda finally won Best Actor for his role in 1981's "On Golden Pond," which co-starred Katharine Hepburn and Fonda's daughter Jane, with whom he had an often contentious relationship. They were the first father-daughter pair to be nominated for Oscars in the same year and are one of two Oscar-awarded father-daughter duos where the daughter won first. The other? Hayley and John Mills.
Question 42
For which film did Yul Brynner win the Best Actor Oscar?
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AThe Magnificent Seven
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BThe Ten Commandments
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CThe King and I
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DWestworld
The King and I
Brynner also played King Mongkut of Siam on Broadway. He snagged the Tony Award for Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Musical) for the role in 1952, as well as a special Tony Award in 1985 honoring his 4,525 appearances as the King.
Question 43
He won Best Actor for "The Bridge on the River Kwai," but to most people, he'll always be Obi-Wan Kenobi. Who is he?
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AIan McKellen
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BAlec Guinness
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CAlbert Finney
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DRichard Harris
Alec Guinness
Guinness was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Luke Skywalker's mentor in "Star Wars," but it was "The Bridge on the River Kwai" that actually won him the trophy. The knighted British actor also costarred in many other notable films, including "Lawrence of Arabia," "Doctor Zhivago," and "Kind Hearts and Coronets."
Question 44
Who won Best Actor for his portrayal of "In Cold Blood" author Truman Capote?
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AJason Robards
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BPhilip Seymour Hoffman
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CMartin Landau
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DToby Jones
Philip Seymour Hoffman
More than 20 films and TV shows have been produced from Capote's work, including the 1958 film "Breakfast at Tiffany's." As a child, he became friends with novelist Harper Lee, and they remained pals for the rest of their lives. The character Dill in Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" is based on Capote.
Question 45
What actress became famous for her pairing with Clark Gable in the comedy 'It Happened One Night', which earned her an Oscar?
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AHedy Lamarr
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BClaudette Colbert
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CLana Turner
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DJoan Crawford
Claudette Colbert
Although she starred in several films in the 1920s and 1930s, including Cecil B. DeMille's 'Cleopatra', it was not until 'It Happened One Night' that she became an immortal star.
Question 46
This 1934 comedy was the first movie to sweep all five of the "big" categories on Oscar night: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay. What is it?
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AHis Girl Friday
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BBringing Up Baby
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CThe Awful Truth
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DIt Happened One Night
It Happened One Night
Clark Gable gave his Oscar to a kid who admired it, explaining that the trophy itself wasn't important, winning was. The fan's family returned the statuette to Gable's family after the actor's death in 1960.
Question 47
Which Best Picture winner stars Peter O'Toole as a British military officer, diplomat, archaeologist, and writer?
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AMutiny on the Bounty
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BThe Longest Day
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CTo Kill a Mockingbird
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DLawrence of Arabia
Lawrence of Arabia
The film, which co-stars Omar Sharif, Alec Guinness, and Anthony Quinn, was nominated for ten Oscars and won seven. It was banned in several Middle Eastern countries that assumed its depiction of the region's people would be negative. Sharif convinced the president of Egypt (where Sharif was born and raised) to screen the film and see for himself; "Lawrence" went on to be a monster hit in Egypt.
Question 48
Who won Best Actor for playing assassinated LGBT activist and politician Harvey Milk?
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ASean Penn
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BJared Leto
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CMatthew McConaughey
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DChristian Bale
Sean Penn
Milk, a San Francisco city supervisor, was killed by Dan White, another city supervisor. He became a gay rights icon and was posthumously given the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009.
Question 49
Which individual has won the most Oscars?
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AWalt Disney
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BJohn Williams
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CGene Kelly
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DBetty White
Walt Disney
Disney was nominated for 59 competitive Oscars (also a record) and won 22 of them. He also received four additional Academy Awards, including an honorary award in 1932 for creating Mickey Mouse.
Question 50
Which performer has been nominated for the most Oscars?
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AJack Nicholson
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BKatharine Hepburn
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CMeryl Streep
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DLaurence Olivier
Meryl Streep
Streep has been nominated 17 times as of 2018. Trailing behind her and tied at 12 are Katharine Hepburn and Jack Nicholson.
Question 51
Who won Best Actor for playing real-life (and really awful) Ugandan president Idi Amin?
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ACuba Gooding, Jr.
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BLouis Gossett, Jr.
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CMahershala Ali
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DForest Whitaker
Forest Whitaker
Amin's brutal rule over Uganda was marked by rampant corruption, financial ruin, and political killings. As many as 500,000 people may've been killed as the result of his policies. It's also estimated that he fathered 43 children; it's a wonder he had so much time to commit so many human rights abuses.
Question 52
Which actor sent a Native American actress in his place to accept his Best Actor Oscar and explain that he was refusing the award due to the mistreatment of Native Americans in the film industry?
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AJames Caan
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BJohn Wayne
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CMarlon Brando
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DGeorge C. Scott
Marlon Brando
This was Brando's second Best Actor Oscar. He won first for 1954's "On the Waterfront" (which he had no problem accepting) and his second for his iconic role as Vito Corleone in "The Godfather" (1972).
Question 53
Who won the Best Actor Oscar for playing King George VI, a.k.a. Queen Elizabeth's dad?
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AAlan Rickman
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BHugh Laurie
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CMichael Fassbender
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DColin Firth
Colin Firth
Firth played George VI in 2010's "The King's Speech." George never expected to be king but ascended to the throne when his older brother wanted to marry an American divorcée and was forced to abdicate as a result. The '50s were weird, y'all.
Question 54
This 2007 Best Picture winner was written and directed by the Coen brothers. What is it?
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ALittle Miss Sunshine
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BThere Will Be Blood
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CNo Country for Old Men
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DBurn After Reading
No Country for Old Men
The Coen brothers' violent tale about a 1980 drug deal gone wrong stars Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, and Javier Bardem's creepy pageboy haircut. It snagged four Oscars, three BAFTAs, and two Golden Globes — the film, that is, not the haircut.
Question 55
This actor won the first of his two Best Actor awards for 1941's "Sergeant York." Who is he?
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AFred Astaire
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BRobert Mitchum
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CGary Cooper
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DRobert Preston
Gary Cooper
Sgt. Alvin York was an American war hero who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery in World War I. He led a raid on a German machine gun nest that led to the capture of 132 German troops; in the siege, he also nabbed 35 machine guns and killed 25 enemy soldiers.
Question 56
Who won Best Actor for piling on the prosthetics and make-up to play Winston Churchill?
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AWilford Brimley
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BSean Connery
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CGary Oldman
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DChristoph Waltz
Gary Oldman
In "Darkest Hour," Oldman is virtually unrecognizable as he plays the British Prime Minister who led his nation to victory in the Second World War.
Question 57
After first being turned down because he was 5 pounds under the weight minimum, this Oscar-winning actor enlisted in the Air Force and became the first movie star to join the armed forces during World War II. Who is he?
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ACary Grant
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BRobert Mitchum
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CFrederic March
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DJames Stewart
James Stewart
Amongst several other honors, Stewart earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for his service during the Second World War, where he was a brigadier general and once counted Walter Matthau amongst his sergeants. Stewart won Best Actor for 1940's "The Philadelphia Story."
Question 58
Who won Best Actor for entertaining audiences as Maximus Decimus Meridius?
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ALeonardo DiCaprio
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BTony Curtis
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CKirk Douglas
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DRussell Crowe
Russell Crowe
Crowe fought his way to the top of the Academy Awards heap as Maximus in Ridley Scott's "Gladiator" (2000). The film follows Maximus as he seeks revenge on the nefarious emperor who murdered his family and made him a slave. Like you do.
Question 59
Who won Best Actor for playing famous theoretical physicist (and occasional "Big Bang Theory" guest star) Stephen Hawking?
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AJude Law
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BEddie Redmayne
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CAdrien Brody
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DJohnny Depp
Eddie Redmayne
A brilliant scientist, Hawking was diagnosed with ALS in 1963 and given two years to live. He lived another 53 years past that two-year prognosis. He taught at Cambridge for 30 years, held numerous honorary degrees, and authored several books. He was made a Commander of the British empire in 1982.
Question 60
What do Tom Hanks, Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Louise Rainer, and Jason Robards have in common?
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AThey all lost an Oscar to a member of the Fonda family.
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BThey all won back-to-back Oscars.
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CThey've all won exactly three Oscars (as of 2018).
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DThey all won Oscars for playing lawyers.
They all won back-to-back Oscars.
Hanks, the most recent winner, snagged his Oscars for "Philadelphia" and "Forrest Gump." Rainer, the first to do it, won for "The Great Ziegfeld" and "The Good Earth."
Question 61
Who won Best Actor for playing Charly in the film "Charly," an adaptation of the novel "Flowers for Algernon"?
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ACliff Robertson
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BGig Young
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CWalter Matthau
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DGeorge Kennedy
Cliff Robertson
The film, based on a sci-fi short story turned novel by Daniel Keyes, tells the tale of an intellectually disabled man who sees his situation reversed due to an experimental treatment. Predictably, it raises a host of ethical questions.
Question 62
The Academy Awards weren't always a reason to party hard on a Sunday night. In what year were the Oscars first televised?
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A1933
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B1939
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C1953
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D1943
1953
The first Oscar broadcast to be televised hit the airwaves on March 19, 1953. The awards were shown on NBC. "From Here to Eternity" took home the top prize, while William Holden, Frank Sinatra, Audrey Hepburn, and Donna Reed took home Oscars for acting.
Question 63
Here's a straightforward one for you: Which of these movies won Best Picture in 1989?
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ABorn on the Fourth of July
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BField of Dreams
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CDriving Miss Daisy
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DDead Poets Society
Driving Miss Daisy
'Driving Miss Daisy' stars Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman, both of whom were nominated for Academy Awards. Tandy snagged the Best Actress Oscar for her performance and, as of 2018, remains the oldest ever winner of that award. She was 81.
Question 64
Which of the following Tom Hanks movies won Best Picture?
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ASaving Private Ryan
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BForrest Gump
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CThe Post
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DPhiladelphia
Forrest Gump
Tom Hanks won back-to-back Best Actor Oscars for 'Philadelphia' and 'Forrest Gump', but only 1994's "Gump" took home the big prize. Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, and John Travolta all reportedly turned down the role of Forrest.
Question 65
Who won Best Actor for his portrayal of accused wife murderer Claus von Bülow in 1990's "Reversal of Fortune"?
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AMickey Rourke
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BWilliam Hurt
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CJeremy Irons
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DBarry Bostwick
Jeremy Irons
In 1979, Bülow's wife, Sonny, fell into a coma from which she never recovered. Bülow, a British socialite, was convicted of attempted murder, only to see it reversed. In 1980, he was put on trial for trying to kill her a second time and was found not guilty.
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