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Question 1

Which Best Picture winner stayed in movie theaters for so long that its studio had to send out replacement copies because theaters literally wore out theirs?

  • A
    Braveheart
  • B
    Titanic
  • C
    Gladiator
  • D
    Shakespeare in Love

Question 2

Sylvester Stallone wrote and starred in this 1976 Best Picture winner about a Philadelphia boxer. Name it.

  • A
    Bound for Glory
  • B
    Dog Day Afternoon
  • C
    Raging Bull
  • D
    Rocky

Question 3

Which of these Best Actor winners is part of an acting family that includes his father Lloyd and his brother Beau?

  • A
    Robert Duvall
  • B
    Matthew McConaughey
  • C
    Jeff Bridges
  • D
    William Holden

Question 4

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.

  • A
    The Greatest Show on Earth
  • B
    The Sound of Music
  • C
    Bedknobs and Broomsticks
  • D
    Mary Poppins

Question 5

The Academy Awards weren't always a reason to party hard on a Sunday night. In what year were the Oscars first televised?

  • A
    1933
  • B
    1939
  • C
    1953
  • D
    1943

Question 6

Stock up on the Junior Mints and Raspberry Coke Zero. At a whopping 234 minutes, this is the longest Best Picture winner by far. What is it?

  • A
    Patton
  • B
    Gone with the Wind
  • C
    You Can't Take It With You
  • D
    Titanic

Question 7

Which Best Picture winner is a profile of a controversy-stirring World War II general?

  • A
    Amadeus
  • B
    Gandhi
  • C
    Patton
  • D
    The Last Emperor

Question 8

Which Best Picture winner stars Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise as brothers driving cross-country?

  • A
    Witness
  • B
    Rain Man
  • C
    The Accidental Tourist
  • D
    Hope and Glory

Question 9

Which Best Picture winner is a musical, gang-filled retelling of 'Romeo and Juliet'?

  • A
    Gangs of New York
  • B
    10 Things I Hate About You
  • C
    Chicago
  • D
    West Side Story

Question 10

Which of the following Tom Hanks movies won Best Picture?

  • A
    Saving Private Ryan
  • B
    Forrest Gump
  • C
    The Post
  • D
    Philadelphia

Question 11

Who was the first black actor to win Best Actor at the Academy Awards?

  • A
    Sammy Davis Jr.
  • B
    Ossie Davis
  • C
    Lou Gossett Jr.
  • D
    Sidney Poitier

Question 12

Which Best Picture winner stars Marlon Brando as a longshoreman who protests his union boss's crooked behavior?

  • A
    Tom Jones
  • B
    On the Waterfront
  • C
    From Here to Eternity
  • D
    Marty

Question 13

This 1991 Best Picture winner is one of only a handful of horror movies to win an Oscar, although the super-scary film is often classified as a crime drama or thriller.

  • A
    The Silence of the Lambs
  • B
    The Blair Witch Project
  • C
    Jacob's Ladder
  • D
    Misery

Question 14

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"?

  • A
    Bruce Dern
  • B
    Dustin Hoffman
  • C
    Harvey Keitel
  • D
    Al Pacino

Question 15

He won the Best Actor Oscar in 1944 for "Going My Way," but he's probably best known as a singer. Who is he?

  • A
    Bobby Darin
  • B
    Frank Sinatra
  • C
    Bing Crosby
  • D
    Joe Williams

Question 16

Which of these Best Actor Oscar winners is Angelina Jolie's dad?

  • A
    Jon Voight
  • B
    Jeremy Irons
  • C
    Marlon Brando
  • D
    Cliff Robertson

Question 17

Which Best Picture winner stars Marlon Brando as mob boss Vito Corleone?

  • A
    Goodfellas
  • B
    The Godfather, Part II
  • C
    The Godfather
  • D
    Once Upon a Time in America

Question 18

This mother-daughter dramedy won the Best Picture Oscar in 1983 and stars Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger. What is it?

  • A
    Ordinary People
  • B
    Coal Miner's Daughter
  • C
    The Big Chill
  • D
    Terms of Endearment

Question 19

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?

  • A
    Jack Nicholson
  • B
    Dustin Hoffman
  • C
    James Caan
  • D
    Robert Redford

Question 20

Here's a straightforward one for you: Which of these movies won Best Picture in 1989?

  • A
    Born on the Fourth of July
  • B
    Field of Dreams
  • C
    Driving Miss Daisy
  • D
    Dead Poets Society

Question 21

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?

  • A
    Richard Dreyfuss
  • B
    Harrison Ford
  • C
    Jack Nicholson
  • D
    Dennis Hopper

Question 22

Which Best Picture winner made Diane Keaton a fashion icon for her unique twist on menswear?

  • A
    The Godfather II
  • B
    Kramer vs. Kramer
  • C
    The Sting
  • D
    Annie Hall

Question 23

Which Oscar-winning actor wisely ignored his agent's advice to change his name to the more American-sounding "Lenny Williams" when he was 10?

  • A
    Benicio del Toro
  • B
    Leonardo DiCaprio
  • C
    Javier Bardem
  • D
    Jean Dujardin

Question 24

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?

  • A
    Around the World in 80 Days
  • B
    Giant
  • C
    The Bridge on the River Kwai
  • D
    The King and I

Question 25

Liza Minnelli is the daughter of Vincente Minnelli and Judy Garland. Which one of them is the only one who doesn't have an Oscar?

  • A
    Liza Minnelli
  • B
    Nice try; they've all won an Oscar
  • C
    Vincente Minnelli
  • D
    Judy Garland

Question 26

Which Best Picture winner stars Gene Hackman as a cop named Popeye Doyle?

  • A
    Mississippi Burning
  • B
    The French Connection
  • C
    Unforgiven
  • D
    Get Shorty

Question 27

For which film did Yul Brynner win the Best Actor Oscar?

  • A
    The Magnificent Seven
  • B
    The Ten Commandments
  • C
    The King and I
  • D
    Westworld

Question 28

Which Best Actor winner was first nominated for the award in 1941, and then won the award with his second nomination 41 years later?

  • A
    Henry Fonda
  • B
    Ernest Borgnine
  • C
    Maximilian Schell
  • D
    Art Carney

Question 29

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?

  • A
    Ian McKellen
  • B
    Alec Guinness
  • C
    Albert Finney
  • D
    Richard Harris

Question 30

Which Best Picture winner was banned in Vietnam for its depiction of Vietnamese people?

  • A
    Platoon
  • B
    The Accidental Tourist
  • C
    Children of a Lesser God
  • D
    The Killing Fields

Question 31

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?

  • A
    His Girl Friday
  • B
    Bringing Up Baby
  • C
    The Awful Truth
  • D
    It Happened One Night

Question 32

This Best Picture winner about an Irish gang in South Boston and the undercover cop who tries to infiltrate it is actually a remake of a Hong Kong film. Name it.

  • A
    The Town
  • B
    The Departed
  • C
    Manchester by the Sea
  • D
    Gone Baby Gone

Question 33

Which Best Picture winner is the only one to receive an X rating?

  • A
    The Lost Weekend
  • B
    Gentleman's Agreement
  • C
    Midnight Cowboy
  • D
    The Hurt Locker

Question 34

Which Best Picture winner tells the story of a romance between a mute janitor and an amphibious creature being held prisoner by the United States government?

  • A
    Get Out
  • B
    The Shape of Water
  • C
    Phantom Thread
  • D
    Hell or High Water

Question 35

Which Best Actor winner was found playing bongos in the nude by police when they arrived at his Texas home to investigate a noise complaint in a famous 1999 incident that, unsurprisingly, also involved narcotics?

  • A
    Philip Seymour Hoffman
  • B
    Marlon Brando
  • C
    Adrien Brody
  • D
    Matthew McConaughey

Question 36

Which individual has won the most Oscars?

  • A
    Walt Disney
  • B
    John Williams
  • C
    Gene Kelly
  • D
    Betty White

Question 37

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?

  • A
    James Caan
  • B
    John Wayne
  • C
    Marlon Brando
  • D
    George C. Scott

Question 38

Which performer has been nominated for the most Oscars?

  • A
    Jack Nicholson
  • B
    Katharine Hepburn
  • C
    Meryl Streep
  • D
    Laurence Olivier

Question 39

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?

  • A
    Cary Grant
  • B
    Robert Mitchum
  • C
    Frederic March
  • D
    James Stewart

Question 40

Which Best Actor winner was also the best man at Ronald and Nancy Reagan's wedding?

  • A
    Colin Firth
  • B
    James Stewart
  • C
    Jack Nicholson
  • D
    William Holden

Question 41

Which Best Picture winner stars Peter O'Toole as a British military officer, diplomat, archaeologist, and writer?

  • A
    Mutiny on the Bounty
  • B
    The Longest Day
  • C
    To Kill a Mockingbird
  • D
    Lawrence of Arabia

Question 42

This tough-talking actor worked as a circus acrobat until an injury steered him away from the big top and toward the big screen. Who is he?

  • A
    Glenn Ford
  • B
    Robert Mitchum
  • C
    Charles Bronson
  • D
    Burt Lancaster

Question 43

This 2007 Best Picture winner was written and directed by the Coen brothers. What is it?

  • A
    Little Miss Sunshine
  • B
    There Will Be Blood
  • C
    No Country for Old Men
  • D
    Burn After Reading

Question 44

Which of the following movies is commonly considered the second-ever silent film to win Best Picture, even though it actually has two scenes that contain sound?

  • A
    The King's Speech
  • B
    Midnight in Paris
  • C
    The Artist
  • D
    Hugo

Question 45

Which rugged Best Actor winner was born in Montana and worked as a Yellowstone Park guide before becoming an actor?

  • A
    Rober Donat
  • B
    Gary Cooper
  • C
    James Cagney
  • D
    John Wayne

Question 46

According to Oscar lore, the Academy Award was given its nickname by Margaret Herrick, the Academy librarian. Who did she name it after?

  • A
    Composer Oscar Hammerstein
  • B
    Author Oscar Wilde
  • C
    Swedish industrialist Oscar Dickson
  • D
    Her Uncle Oscar

Question 47

This film's Best Picture win was mistakenly — and momentarily — given to 'La La Land' after presenters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway were handed the wrong card backstage. Name it.

  • A
    Dunkirk
  • B
    Hidden Figures
  • C
    Moonlight
  • D
    The Revenant

Question 48

Which of these Oscar-winning actors named his son Kal-El after Superman?

  • A
    Jamie Foxx
  • B
    Nicolas Cage
  • C
    Russell Crowe
  • D
    Gary Oldman

Question 49

Which multiple-Oscar-winner who famously never attends the ceremony made an exception after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and gave a brief tribute to New York City at the 2002 Oscars?

  • A
    Diane Keaton
  • B
    Robert De Niro
  • C
    Ellen Barkin
  • D
    Woody Allen

Question 50

Even the Academy got patriotic and did its duty for America during World War II. Due to a metal shortage, what were the Oscars made of instead of bronze at the 1943 ceremony?

  • A
    Plastic
  • B
    Plaster
  • C
    Wood
  • D
    Clay

Question 51

This film was the first-ever Best Picture winner, taking home the honor in 1927. Name it.

  • A
    The Front Page
  • B
    Alibi
  • C
    Wings
  • D
    The Broadway Melody

Question 52

Which of the following films starring Clint Eastwood won the Oscar for Best Picture at the 65th Academy Awards?

  • A
    Unforgiven
  • B
    The Outlaw Josey Wales
  • C
    The Mule
  • D
    The Bridges of Madison County

Question 53

For which of these iconic film roles did Humphrey Bogart win his only Oscar?

  • A
    Casablanca
  • B
    The African Queen
  • C
    Key Largo
  • D
    The Maltese Falcon

Question 54

Who was the first performer to say "thanks, but no thanks" to the Academy after winning an Oscar?

  • A
    Grace Kelly
  • B
    Marlon Brando
  • C
    Bette Davis
  • D
    George C. Scott

Question 55

You may not know what film this actor won his Best Actor Oscar for, but you probably do remember him climbing all over the seats at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on his way to the podium to collect his award. Who is he?

  • A
    Eddie Redmayne
  • B
    Dustin Hoffman
  • C
    Roberto Benigni
  • D
    Robert De Niro

Question 56

Who was the first person to win an Oscar for playing another Oscar winner?

  • A
    Leonardo DiCaprio
  • B
    Christian Bale
  • C
    Kate Winslet
  • D
    Cate Blanchett

Question 57

At the 2017 Academy Awards, Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway presented the Best Picture Oscar to the wrong film. What film actually won Best Picture?

  • A
    La La Land
  • B
    Manchester by the Sea
  • C
    Hidden Figures
  • D
    Moonlight

Question 58

Which Oscar-winning actor said "Thanks, but no thanks" to the role of Han Solo, as well as the lead in "Apocalypse Now," "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," "Pretty Woman," "Crimson Tide," and "Kramer vs. Kramer"?

  • A
    Tom Selleck
  • B
    Al Pacino
  • C
    Tommy Lee Jones
  • D
    George Clooney

Question 59

Which of director Peter Jackson's 'Lord of the Rings' films is also a Best Picture winner?

  • A
    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  • B
    The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
  • C
    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  • D
    The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Question 60

Who was the first African American performer to win an Oscar?

  • A
    Lena Horne
  • B
    Diahann Carroll
  • C
    Hattie McDaniel
  • D
    Sidney Poitier

Question 61

How much does an Oscar weigh?

  • A
    14 pounds
  • B
    6 pounds
  • C
    2.5 pounds
  • D
    8.5 pounds

Question 62

What was the first animated film to get a Best Picture nomination?

  • A
    Toy Story 3
  • B
    Beauty and the Beast
  • C
    The Lion King
  • D
    Up

Question 63

With whom did Katharine Hepburn tie for Best Actress at the 1969 Oscars?

  • A
    Maggie Smith
  • B
    Sophia Loren
  • C
    Barbra Streisand
  • D
    Elizabeth Taylor

Question 64

Which of the following Oscar-winning actors has the distinction of being one of only a handful of actors to win Best Actor for playing the villain?

  • A
    John Hurt
  • B
    Denzel Washington
  • C
    Warren Beatty
  • D
    Woody Harrelson

Question 65

For which of these movies did Robert Duvall win Best Actor?

  • A
    Apocalypse Now
  • B
    A Civil Action
  • C
    Tender Mercies
  • D
    The Godfather

Question 66

Which Oscar-winning actor flew combat missions in World War II and had the dubious distinction of being so admired by Hitler that the German dictator offered a generous reward to any of his troops that captured the actor and brought him in?

  • A
    Gregory Peck
  • B
    James Cagney
  • C
    Gary Cooper
  • D
    Clark Gable

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