Trivia Quiz on Academy Awards

1. How may Oscars did Richard Burton win

A) One Oscar

B) Two Oscars

C) None – Seven Nomination

D) Three Oscars

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2. Margaret Herrick named it in 1931 what

A) An Academy Award

B) The Oscar – looked like her uncle

C) The Golden Statuette

D) Uncle Oscar Award

E) Best Picture trophy

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3. Which film won the best screenplay Oscar in 1970

A) MASH

B) Patton

C) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

D) Love Story

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4. What Movie Earned Composer "John Williams" His First Oscar For Best Muiscal Score

A) Star Wars

B) Fiddler On The Roof

C) Jaws

D) Schindler's List

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5. Ben Hur won most Oscars 11 what film comes second with 10

A) West Side Story

B) Gone with the Wind

C) The English Patient

D) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

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6. Who won the Best Actor Oscar in 1984 for his role in Amadeus

A) Dustin Hoffman

B) F murray abraham

C) Robert De Niro

D) Peter O'Toole

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7. What Film Won The Oscar For Best Visual Effects Back In 1984

A) Ghostbusters

B) The Last Starfighter

C) Indiana Jones (Temple Of Doom)

D) Return of the Jedi

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8. Which film won the best makeup Oscar in 1992

A) Terminator 2: Judgment Day

B) Hook

C) Bram Stokers Dracula

D) The Rocketeer

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9. Who won an academy award for best supporting actress in the film 'the english patient'

A) Kristin Scott Thomas

B) Juliet binoche

C) Lauren Bacall

D) Mira Sorvino

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10. Who directed the film 'ordinary people'

A) Francis Ford Coppola

B) Stanley Kubrick

C) Sydney Pollack

D) Robert Redford

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11. Who Is The Only Carry On Star To Have Won As Oscar

A) Sid James

B) Kenneth Williams

C) Charles Hawtrey

D) Jim Dale

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12. Who won an Academy Award in 1968 as Director of Midnight Cowboy

A) Stanley Kubrick

B) Francis Ford Coppola

C) John schlesinger

D) Roman Polanski

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13. What was the only horror film nominated best film Oscar

A) The Exorcist in 1973

B) Jaws (1975)

C) Psycho (1960)

D) Get Out (2017)

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14. What was the only dummy awarded an academy award

A) Kukla

B) Charlie mccarthy

C) Lamb Chop

D) Ollie

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15. For which film did Sophia Loren become the first to win a Best Actor/Best Actress Oscar in a foreign language film

A) Two Women

B) Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

C) Marriage Italian Style

D) Arabesque

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16. Because metal was scarce, the oscars given out during WW II were made out of what

A) Plastic

B) Ceramic

C) Wood

D) Plaster

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17. Who won Best Supporting Actress for her role in Melvin and Howard

A) Sally Field

B) Mary

C) Diane Keaton

D) Goldie Hawn

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18. Who won an Oscar as Best Supporting actor in the 1993 film 'The Fugitive'

A) Harrison Ford

B) Tommy Lee Jones

C) Ralph Fiennes

D) Gary Sinise

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19. What is the only silent film to win best picture Oscar

A) Wings

B) The Broadway Melody

C) Cimarron

D) The Godfather

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20. Which Oliver Stone film won the Oscar for the best film in 1986

A) Platoon

B) Wall Street

C) JFK

D) Natural Born Killers

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21. What film won the best sound effects Oscar in 1985

A) The Terminator

B) Gremlins

C) Ghostbusters

D) Back to the Future

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22. Darwin She starred in Broadcast News and The Piano.

A) Diane Keaton

B) Holly Hunter

C) Meryl Streep

D) Anna Paquin

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23. Who was the first woman to win an Academy Award

A) Marlene Dietrich

B) Greta Garbo

C) Janet Gaynor 1929

D) Lillian Gish

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24. What was the last sequel to win best picture award

A) The Godfather Part II

B) The Return of the King

C) Silence of the Lambs to Manhunter

D) Titanic

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25. What 1945 film won best picture, actor, director Oscars

A) The Lost Weekend

B) Casablanca

C) The Best Years of Our Lives

D) Mrs. Miniver

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26. At The Oscars Ceremony In March 2002 Which Film Won The Award For Best Picture

A) A Beautiful Mind

B) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

C) Moulin Rouge!

D) Gosford Park

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27. What film won the best visual effects Oscar in 1985

A) Cocoon

B) Ghostbusters

C) The NeverEnding Story

D) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

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28. Which 1977 film won seven Oscars but none for acting

A) Star Wars

B) Close Encounters of the Third Kind

C) Annie Hall

D) The Goodbye Girl

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29. For Which Film Was Director Bob Fosse Awarded An Oscar In 1972

A) Sweet Charity

B) Lenny

C) Cabaret

D) All That Jazz

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30. What was the second colour film to win best picture Oscar 1951

A) Gone with the Wind

B) The Greatest Show on Earth

C) From Here to Eternity

D) An American in Paris

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31. Who Is The Most Nominated Actor For An Oscar ?

A) Meryl Streep

B) Peter O'Toole

C) Daniel Day-Lewis

D) Jack Nicholson

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32. Which 1972 musical won eight Oscars ? 'divine decadence darling'

A) The Sound of Music

B) Oliver!

C) Cabaret

D) My Fair Lady

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33. In 1975 Jack Nicholson won the best actor Oscar for his role in this film.

A) Chinatown

B) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

C) The Shining

D) As Good as It Gets

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34. What actress has received the most Oscar nominations?

A) Meryl Streep

B) Ingrid Bergman

C) Katherine Hepburn

D) Bette Davis

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35. Which actor won Oscars twice for 'best male performance' in the '90s?

A) Tom Hanks

B) Daniel Day-Lewis

C) Al Pacino

D) Denzel Washington

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36. Which actress won the 2002 Academy Award for best actress in a leading role, for her part in the movie, 'Monster's Ball'?

A) Nicole Kidman

B) Halle Berry

C) Renée Zellweger

D) Charlize Theron

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37. For which film did Art Carney win best actor Oscar in 1974?

A) The Late Show

B) Harry and Tonto

C) The Fortune Cookie

D) The Last Angry Man

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38. Juliette Binoche won an academy award for best supporting role in which film?

A) The Unbearable Lightness of Being

B) English Patient

C) Chocolat

D) Three Colors: Blue

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39. How many Oscars did Ben Hur win?

A) Ten

B) Eleven

C) Twelve

D) Thirteen

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40. What does the statue of Oscar stand on?

A) A pedestal

B) A globe

C) A film strip arch

D) A Reel of Film

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41. Orson Wells was nominated for four oscars for which legendary movie?

A) The Magnificent Ambersons

B) Touch of Evil

C) Citizen Kane

D) The Lady from Shanghai

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