Take The Stage And See If You Deserve The Award For Best Answers With This Oscars Quiz!
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Every year, Hollywood gathers to present awards to the best and brightest from the previous year in the motion picture industry. These humble little statues represent the ultimate in cinematic achievement. Take this quiz and see what you know about these Oscar winners!
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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?
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ABraveheart
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BTitanic
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CGladiator
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DShakespeare in Love
Titanic
If you take the beginning and end credits as well as the modern-day scenes out, 'Titanic' has a running time of two hours and 40 minutes — the same amount of time it took the real ship to sink. Well played, James Cameron. Well played.
Question 2
Sylvester Stallone wrote and starred in this 1976 Best Picture winner about a Philadelphia boxer. Name it.
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ABound for Glory
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BDog Day Afternoon
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CRaging Bull
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DRocky
Rocky
In addition to knocking out the Best Picture competition, the film, which co-starred Burgess Meredith and Talia Shire, also won the awards for Best Director and Best Film Editing. Sadly, it did not win any awards for the loudest and most dramatic yelling of the name Adrian.
Question 3
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 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.
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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 5
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 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?
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APatton
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BGone with the Wind
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CYou Can't Take It With You
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DTitanic
Gone with the Wind
This massive 1939 hit set against the backdrop of the American Civil War stars Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh. It also gave birth to the famous line, "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn," which nabbed the top spot on the American Film Institute's list of "100 Years...100 Movie Quotes."
Question 7
Which Best Picture winner is a profile of a controversy-stirring World War II general?
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AAmadeus
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BGandhi
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CPatton
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DThe Last Emperor
Patton
Star George C. Scott won Best Actor for his portrayal of American General George S. Patton but refused to accept. In his words, the Academy Awards are a "meat parade," and it's ludicrous to try to compare acting performances.
Question 8
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 9
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 10
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 11
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 12
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 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.
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AThe Silence of the Lambs
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BThe Blair Witch Project
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CJacob's Ladder
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DMisery
The Silence of the Lambs
This unsettling Best Picture winner stars Sir Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster, who only have four scenes together in the entire film. He plays a cannibal serial killer, and she plays the FBI agent who's probably pretty happy that she only has four scenes with him.
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"?
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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 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?
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ABobby Darin
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BFrank Sinatra
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CBing Crosby
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DJoe Williams
Bing Crosby
Crosby was known for his velvety baritone voice, and his signature tune was "White Christmas." He was also a sports fan; in addition to being an avid golfer, he owned a 15 percent stake in the Pittsburgh Pirates from the '40s to the '60s.
Question 16
Which of these Best Actor Oscar winners is Angelina Jolie's dad?
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AJon Voight
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BJeremy Irons
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CMarlon Brando
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DCliff Robertson
Jon Voight
Voight and his famous daughter were estranged for many years, but they reconciled after the 2007 death of Jolie's mom and Voight's ex-wife, Marcheline Bertrand. Voight won Best Actor at the 1978 ceremony for his role as a paraplegic Vietnam War vet opposite Jane Fonda in "Coming Home."
Question 17
Which Best Picture winner stars Marlon Brando as mob boss Vito Corleone?
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AGoodfellas
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BThe Godfather, Part II
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CThe Godfather
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DOnce Upon a Time in America
The Godfather
'The Godfather' made the academy an offer they couldn't refuse and took home the Oscar for Best Picture.
Question 18
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 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?
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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 20
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 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?
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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 22
Which Best Picture winner made Diane Keaton a fashion icon for her unique twist on menswear?
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AThe Godfather II
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BKramer vs. Kramer
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CThe Sting
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DAnnie Hall
Annie Hall
Written and directed by Woody Allen, the 1977 film, in which Allen co-stars with Keaton, tells the story of their tumultuous and often hilarious relationship. Keaton wore her own clothes in the film and her eccentric style ignited a menswear craze — for a while, at least.
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?
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ABenicio del Toro
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BLeonardo DiCaprio
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CJavier Bardem
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DJean Dujardin
Leonardo DiCaprio
DiCaprio received his first Oscar nomination as a teen for his role in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?" A frequent collaborator with Martin Scorsese, he won Best Actor for his role in 2015's "The Revenant" directed by Alejandro Iñárritu. Sadly, his brilliant work on "Growing Pains" was ignored by the Emmys.
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?
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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 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?
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ALiza Minnelli
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BNice try; they've all won an Oscar
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CVincente Minnelli
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DJudy Garland
Nice try; they've all won an Oscar
Liza won Best Actress for 1972's "Cabaret." Her dad, Vincente, won Best Director in 1959 for "Gigi", and her legendary mother was given an honorary mini-Oscar in 1939.
Question 26
Which Best Picture winner stars Gene Hackman as a cop named Popeye Doyle?
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AMississippi Burning
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BThe French Connection
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CUnforgiven
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DGet Shorty
The French Connection
The iconic role of narcotics cop Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle was first offered to Steve McQueen. He turned it down because he'd already played a cop in 1968's 'Bullitt', another film with a memorable car chase.
Question 27
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 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?
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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 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?
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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 30
Which Best Picture winner was banned in Vietnam for its depiction of Vietnamese people?
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APlatoon
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BThe Accidental Tourist
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CChildren of a Lesser God
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DThe Killing Fields
Platoon
'Platoon' tells the story of a young soldier in the Vietnam War who witnesses the horrors of war and is, well, horrified. It stars Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger, Keith David, and a very young Forest Whitaker, Charlie Sheen, and Johnny Depp.
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?
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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 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.
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AThe Town
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BThe Departed
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CManchester by the Sea
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DGone Baby Gone
The Departed
Jack Nicholson was director Martin Scorsese's second choice for the role of Costello in this 2006 crime drama. Scorsese originally wanted Al Pacino, but the actor turned him down. Whoops.
Question 33
Which Best Picture winner is the only one to receive an X rating?
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AThe Lost Weekend
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BGentleman's Agreement
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CMidnight Cowboy
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DThe Hurt Locker
Midnight Cowboy
After the X rating became synonymous with the kind of movies you think of when you hear "X-rated," the film, about a wide-eyed hustler who moves to New York City, was given an R rating in 1971 — without anything actually being changed or removed.
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?
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AGet Out
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BThe Shape of Water
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CPhantom Thread
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DHell or High Water
The Shape of Water
The design for the mysterious creature in this 2017 film (often referred to as "the one where the lady falls in love with a fish") was based on the creature from 'Creature from the Black Lagoon'.
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?
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APhilip Seymour Hoffman
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BMarlon Brando
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CAdrien Brody
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DMatthew McConaughey
Matthew McConaughey
McConaughey and his buddy in bongos resisted arrest when the police arrived, hopefully after throwing on some pants. A decade — and a string of romantic comedies later — McConaughey won gold for his portrayal of Ron Woodrof in "Dallas Buyers Club."
Question 36
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 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?
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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 38
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 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?
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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 40
Which Best Actor winner was also the best man at Ronald and Nancy Reagan's wedding?
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AColin Firth
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BJames Stewart
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CJack Nicholson
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DWilliam Holden
William Holden
Holden won Best Actor for "Stalag 17" in 1953. He also served as Reagan's vice-president — of the Screen Actors Guild, that is.
Question 41
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 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?
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AGlenn Ford
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BRobert Mitchum
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CCharles Bronson
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DBurt Lancaster
Burt Lancaster
Lancaster won Best Actor for playing the titular con man in 1960's "Elmer Gantry," although he's probably best remembered by film fans for rolling around on the beach with Deborah Kerr in "From Here to Eternity" and getting sand in a bunch of uncomfortable places.
Question 43
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 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?
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AThe King's Speech
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BMidnight in Paris
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CThe Artist
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DHugo
The Artist
While 'The Artist' isn't technically a silent film, it comes really, really, really close. The 2011 film, which stars Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo, was also the first black-and-white film to win Best Picture since 1960's 'The Apartment'.
Question 45
Which rugged Best Actor winner was born in Montana and worked as a Yellowstone Park guide before becoming an actor?
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ARober Donat
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BGary Cooper
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CJames Cagney
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DJohn Wayne
Gary Cooper
Appropriately enough, Cooper is probably most associated with Westerns. He won Best Actor twice: for 1941's "Sergeant York" and for 1952's "High Noon." He was also given an honorary award in 1961 shortly before his death from cancer.
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?
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AComposer Oscar Hammerstein
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BAuthor Oscar Wilde
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CSwedish industrialist Oscar Dickson
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DHer Uncle Oscar
Her Uncle Oscar
The story goes that when Herrick saw the award, she said, "Why, it looks like my Uncle Oscar!" (We don't know why her uncle walked around naked and carrying a sword, either.) The nickname was officially adopted in 1939.
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.
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ADunkirk
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BHidden Figures
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CMoonlight
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DThe Revenant
Moonlight
The three actors who play the main character, Chiron, never met before or during the making of the 2016 movie. That way, figured director Barry Jenkins, they could each create their own performance and not be informed by their counterparts.
Question 48
Which of these Oscar-winning actors named his son Kal-El after Superman?
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AJamie Foxx
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BNicolas Cage
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CRussell Crowe
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DGary Oldman
Nicolas Cage
Cage took home the trophy in 1995 for his portrayal of suicidal alcoholic Ben Sanderson in "Leaving Las Vegas." He himself is named after a superhero, Luke Cage. He named himself that, BTW; his real last name is Coppola, and he didn't want to get special treatment on account of his famous uncle Francis.
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?
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ADiane Keaton
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BRobert De Niro
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CEllen Barkin
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DWoody Allen
Woody Allen
The controversial director has set the majority of his films in his native New York. He was born in Brooklyn on December 1, 1935, and was a longtime Knicks season ticket holder.
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?
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APlastic
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BPlaster
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CWood
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DClay
Plaster
That year's winners — which included William Wyler, James Cagney and Greer Garson (Mrs. Miniver!) — were given their real-deal Oscars in 1946. A real-deal Oscar, BTW, is plated in 24-karat gold.
Question 51
This film was the first-ever Best Picture winner, taking home the honor in 1927. Name it.
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AThe Front Page
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BAlibi
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CWings
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DThe Broadway Melody
Wings
'Wings' tells the story of two World War I fighter pilots who fall for the same woman. It stars Clara Bow, Buddy Rogers, and Richard Arlen. Technically, it didn't win "Best Picture", though; at the very first Academy Awards, the best film was honored as the "Best Production".
Question 52
Which of the following films starring Clint Eastwood won the Oscar for Best Picture at the 65th Academy Awards?
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AUnforgiven
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BThe Outlaw Josey Wales
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CThe Mule
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DThe Bridges of Madison County
Unforgiven
"Unforgiven" earned Best Picture honors at the 65th Academy Awards. Eastwood also won Best Director for the 1992 western about a gunslinger coming out of retirement.
Question 53
For which of these iconic film roles did Humphrey Bogart win his only Oscar?
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ACasablanca
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BThe African Queen
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CKey Largo
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DThe Maltese Falcon
The African Queen
Bogie's most iconic role may have been Rick Blaine in "Casablanca," but it was his portrayal of booze-drenched riverboat captain Charlie Allnutt opposite Katharine Hepburn in 1951's "The African Queen" that gave him gold.
Question 54
Who was the first performer to say "thanks, but no thanks" to the Academy after winning an Oscar?
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AGrace Kelly
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BMarlon Brando
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CBette Davis
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DGeorge C. Scott
George C. Scott
First, he tried to refuse his nomination. Then, he refused his Best Actor statuette for playing General George S. Patton in the cleverly titled 1970 film "Patton." Scott thought judging artists against each other was a really dumb idea.
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?
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AEddie Redmayne
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BDustin Hoffman
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CRoberto Benigni
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DRobert De Niro
Roberto Benigni
Benigni won big for his leading role in the 1997 Italian film "Life is Beautiful," making him the first actor to win Best Actor for a non-English-speaking role. He and Sir Laurence Olivier are also the only two actors to win Best Actor for a film in which they directed themselves.
Question 56
Who was the first person to win an Oscar for playing another Oscar winner?
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ALeonardo DiCaprio
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BChristian Bale
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CKate Winslet
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DCate Blanchett
Cate Blanchett
Blanchett played Katharine Hepburn in the 2004 Howard Hughes biopic "The Aviator." Hepburn, as you'll recall from earlier in this quiz, was a four-time Oscar winner.
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?
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ALa La Land
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BManchester by the Sea
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CHidden Figures
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DMoonlight
Moonlight
An American audience of 33 million film fans watched the "Bonnie and Clyde" stars erroneously call out "La La Land" as the winner. Then they watched in shock as "La La Land" producer Jordan Horowitz corrected them.
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"?
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ATom Selleck
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BAl Pacino
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CTommy Lee Jones
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DGeorge Clooney
Al Pacino
Pacino won Best Actor for 1992's "Scent of a Woman" and, as of 2018, hasn't been nominated for another Oscar since. Maybe he shouldn't turn down so many roles. Just sayin'.
Question 59
Which of director Peter Jackson's 'Lord of the Rings' films is also a Best Picture winner?
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AThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
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BThe Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
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CThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
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DThe Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
'The Return of the King' beat 'Lost in Translation', 'Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World', 'Mystic River', and 'Seabiscuit' to win Best Picture in 2003. Needless to say, fans of both Bill Murray and the ocean were sorely disappointed.
Question 60
Who was the first African American performer to win an Oscar?
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ALena Horne
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BDiahann Carroll
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CHattie McDaniel
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DSidney Poitier
Hattie McDaniel
McDaniel won Best Supporting Actress for 1939's "Gone with the Wind." It would be another 62 years before an African American actress snagged the Best Actress Oscar, when Halle Berry won in 2001 for "Monster's Ball."
Question 61
How much does an Oscar weigh?
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A14 pounds
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B6 pounds
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C2.5 pounds
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D8.5 pounds
8.5 pounds
The statuette comes in at 8.5 pounds, making it the perfect dumbbell for your Aunt Karen. It's also 13.5 inches tall.
Question 62
What was the first animated film to get a Best Picture nomination?
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AToy Story 3
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BBeauty and the Beast
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CThe Lion King
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DUp
Beauty and the Beast
While "Up" and "Toy Story 3" both earned their own Best Picture nods, 1991's "Beauty and the Beast" did it first.
Question 63
With whom did Katharine Hepburn tie for Best Actress at the 1969 Oscars?
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AMaggie Smith
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BSophia Loren
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CBarbra Streisand
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DElizabeth Taylor
Barbra Streisand
Here's the crazy part: At the time, members of the Academy couldn't actually vote on the awards until two years after they'd first been in a movie. Gregory Peck, who was the president of the Academy at the time, bent the rules for Streisand. It's a safe bet she voted for herself, causing the tie that led to her snagging an Oscar for her first film, "Funny Girl."
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?
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AJohn Hurt
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BDenzel Washington
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CWarren Beatty
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DWoody Harrelson
Denzel Washington
Washington won his first Best Actor statuette (and his second Oscar overall, after winning Best Supporting Actor for 1989's "Glory") for playing Alonzo Harris, a dirty LAPD narcotics cop, in "Training Day." Washington has said that Harris is his favorite character that he's played.
Question 65
For which of these movies did Robert Duvall win Best Actor?
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AApocalypse Now
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BA Civil Action
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CTender Mercies
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DThe Godfather
Tender Mercies
While he was nominated for Oscars in all of those films, as well as for "The Great Santini," "The Apostle," and "The Judge," it was his role as an alcoholic country musician trying to turn his life around in 1983's "Tender Mercies" that won Duvall Best Actor. Movie experts predict that by 2030, "Best Actor Portraying a Washed-Up Country Singer Seeking Redemption" will be its own Oscar category.
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?
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AGregory Peck
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BJames Cagney
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CGary Cooper
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DClark Gable
Clark Gable
Gable won the Best Actor Oscar in 1934 for the screwball comedy "It Happened One Night." You know what they say: Genocidal dictators and screwball comedies go together like peanut butter and — No, you're right; absolutely nobody says that.
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