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  The Slap (Not) Heard Around the World   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
All About the 2022 Academy Awards
The 2022 Academy Awards featured many amazing films, songs, and one incident that may have drowned the rest of it all out. See what you know about this glitzy event in this quiz.
Average, 10 Qns, LeoDaVinci, Dec 07 22
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LeoDaVinci editor
Dec 07 22
258 plays
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  Oscar 2013: Still Not Carin' 'Bout Awards    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Time for the annual trivia-based review of the Oscar show itself. It's best if you have seen the telecast, as these questions are not about the awards themselves.
Average, 15 Qns, Spaudrey, Apr 01 17
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Spaudrey
601 plays
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  2011 Oscars: Yeah, Still Not Feeling the Awards    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
OK, here's number three in the Oscar show quizzes. These questions all deal with actual happenings during the show, so just knowing who won what won't help you much, you need to have watched the show. Hope you enjoyed the 83rd Oscars, and enjoy the quiz.
Average, 15 Qns, Spaudrey, Apr 01 17
Average
Spaudrey
632 plays
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  2017 Oscars: La-La-Lacking in Awards Questions    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
So continues my annual quiz-based recap of the Oscars presentation. None of the questions will involve who WON the awards, they will be based on happenings out of the ordinary during the broadcast.
Average, 15 Qns, Spaudrey, Apr 01 17
Average
Spaudrey
398 plays
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  Academy Awards 2017   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
How well do you remember the 2017 ceremony for movies of 2016?
Average, 10 Qns, Sinatrafan, Apr 06 17
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Sinatrafan
270 plays
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  2016 Oscars: No Racial Bias On This Quiz    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Here is my annual quiz on the actual broadcast of the Oscars. No questions on who WON the awards, just what happened all around the presenting of them. Watching the show will help. Good luck.
Average, 15 Qns, Spaudrey, Apr 01 17
Average
Spaudrey
465 plays
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  2012 Oscars: Nope, Still Not Carin' About Awards    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
This brings the number of Oscar presentation quizzes I have done to four. Hopefully the tradition will continue. But hey, let's just enjoy this Oscar night now. Hopefully you saw the broadcast, that'll help. Good luck.
Average, 15 Qns, Spaudrey, Apr 01 17
Average
Spaudrey
638 plays
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  Oscar 2015- Missed a Year But We're Back    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
In 2014 I was unable to get a quiz out for the awards show known as the Oscars, after a four-year tradition. But we are back now, and ready to quiz you on what you saw. All questions deal only with the show itself, not with the awards.
Average, 15 Qns, Spaudrey, Apr 01 17
Average
Spaudrey
408 plays
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  You're Invited: The 83rd Annual Academy Awards    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is based on the live broadcast of the 83rd Annual Academy Awards, which aired on February 27th, 2011. Questions will involve results as well as what happened during the broadcast. Enjoy!
Average, 10 Qns, hausc018, Apr 01 17
Average
hausc018
601 plays
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  Memorable Oscar Acceptance Speeches   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Whether their speeches were rehearsed or off the cuff, here are 10 memorable quotes from Oscar winners past and present. Enjoy.
Average, 10 Qns, aurorerio, Jan 03 19
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aurorerio
Jan 03 19
585 plays
trivia question Quick Question
What former host (now deceased) made a special appearance at the show through the help of digital projection and voice dubbing?

From Quiz "You're Invited: The 83rd Annual Academy Awards"




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  2010 Oscars: Still Don't Care About the Awards    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Last year I had fun putting together a quiz based on events that happened in the Oscar telecast that weren't directly related to the awards results. Let's try it again. Hopefully you watched the telecast.
Average, 15 Qns, Spaudrey, Apr 01 17
Average
Spaudrey
627 plays
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  History of the Oscars    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
The first statuette was presented in 1929 for the 'Academy Award of Merit'. How much do you know about the Oscars Ceremony and the more 'quirky' details of its long and colourful history? Mostly multiple choice.
Tough, 20 Qns, Engadine, Apr 01 17
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Engadine
765 plays
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  Oscars 2009: Who cares about the AWARDS...    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Many trivia questions about the Oscars deal with who won. But how about the show itself? If you watched the Oscars in 2009, it will definitely improve your chances in doing well. It deals entirely with unique happenings during the ceremony.
Average, 15 Qns, spaudrey, Apr 01 17
Average
spaudrey
757 plays
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  More History of the Oscars    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The first statuette was presented in 1929 for the 'Academy Award of Merit'. How much do you know about the Oscars Ceremony and the more 'quirky' details of its long and colourful history? Mostly multiple choice.
Tough, 10 Qns, Engadine, Apr 01 17
Tough
Engadine
480 plays
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  The 76th Annual Academy Awards    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is about The 76th Annual Academy Awards, which aired on ABC on February 29, 2004. The quiz isn't focused on the winners, losers or nominees, but is more about the actual awards ceremony.
Difficult, 10 Qns, lanz45, Feb 25 23
Difficult
lanz45
Feb 25 23
443 plays

Academy Awards Trivia Questions
1. The 94th Academy Awards were held on March 27, 2022. The hosts were three amazingly talented and humorous ladies. Who was *not* one of the hosts for the show?

From Quiz The Slap (Not) Heard Around the World

Answer: Ellen DeGeneres

Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes, and Regina Hall were chosen as the first hosts for the Academy Awards in four years. The previous two ceremonies had had no host due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 91st Academy Awards was deliberately without a host after Kevin Hart resigned from the position. The three ladies had their gloves off from the beginning, poking fun at many different things. They started by saying that the Academy had chosen three female hosts because it was cheaper than hiring one male host, and the digs kept coming constantly after that. The ladies kept the show tastefully amusing, a theme that was constant, well, up until 'the incident'...

2. Who hosted the ceremony that aired February 26, 2017?

From Quiz Academy Awards 2017

Answer: Jimmy Kimmel

This was Kimmel's first time hosting the Oscars, but he also hosted the Emmy Awards in 2012 and 2016.

3. Starting at 8:30PM Eastern Standard Time, the broadcast opened with a musical performance, a song and dance routine by which entertainment superstar?

From Quiz 2017 Oscars: La-La-Lacking in Awards Questions

Answer: Justin Timberlake

Justin Timberlake did a mash-up of his Oscar-nominated song from "Trolls", "Can't Stop the Feeling", and a 1977 Bill Withers song, "Lovely Day". Jimmy Kimmel joked in his monologue that Justin's performance should get the rest of the band N*SYNC to let him back in the reunion tour.

4. Chris Rock wasted no time skewering the lack of diversity in the nominations this year. He suggested that if "Host" was picked via nomination, he wouldn't be the host. Who did he say would have been standing in his place?

From Quiz 2016 Oscars: No Racial Bias On This Quiz

Answer: Neil Patrick Harris

Neil Patrick Harris hosted the Oscars the previous year. Chris Rock's entire monologue dealt with the issue of diversity, and set himself right in the middle, looking at the issue from both points of view. He had the house laughing uncomfortably, which is generally his goal in any of his stand-up routines, so mission accomplished. But he wouldn't cease on the subject at the end of the monologue.

5. Neil Patrick Harris was chosen to host the 87th Oscars in 2015. He started out with the jokes quickly. Within the second sentence his first joke dealt with what topic?

From Quiz Oscar 2015- Missed a Year But We're Back

Answer: Lack of racial diversity

"The best and the whitest are here tonight" was a jab at the fact all twenty acting nominations were white people. His opening number featured Anna Kendrick and Jack Black.

6. Seth MacFarlane, host of the evening's festivities, started out with a joke directed at seeing if one of tonight's nominees would laugh. Who was the subject of the first barb of the night?

From Quiz Oscar 2013: Still Not Carin' 'Bout Awards

Answer: Tommy Lee Jones

The joke succeeded. Tommy Lee Jones chuckled on camera immediately following the joke. And so the night had begun.

7. When this actress accepted her Best Supporting Actress Award in 1939, she said, "I sincerely hope I shall always be a credit to my race and to the motion picture industry." Who was she?

From Quiz Memorable Oscar Acceptance Speeches

Answer: Hattie McDaniel

Ms. McDaniel was the first African American to win an Oscar, for her role of Mammy in "Gone With The Wind".

8. Who hosted the show?

From Quiz You're Invited: The 83rd Annual Academy Awards

Answer: James Franco and Anne Hathaway

The producers of the show chose younger hosts this year in an attempt to attract a younger audience. James Franco was also one of the Best Actor nominees for his portrayal of Aron Ralston in "127 Hours".

9. The 2010 Oscars didn't open with the introduction of the hosts, but a different group of people. How many people were introduced in the group in question?

From Quiz 2010 Oscars: Still Don't Care About the Awards

Answer: 10

The show opened by introducing the 5 nominees for Best Actor, and the 5 nominees for Best Actress.

10. What name did Hugh Jackman give the collective dancers in the opening 2009 Oscars song and dance sequence?

From Quiz Oscars 2009: Who cares about the AWARDS...

Answer: CraigsList dancers

They weren't actually hired from Craigslist, it was a joke representing the cutbacks forced by the economy.

11. Which "Access Hollywood" correspondent hosted the official Academy Awards Red Carpet Pre-Show on ABC?

From Quiz The 76th Annual Academy Awards

Answer: Billy Bush & Bush

Billy Bush also hosted the pre-show with "Entertainment Tonight"'s Maria Menounos, who was wearing a diamond-laden Randi Rahm dress worth $2.5 million. Together, they interviewed the stars on the red carpet as the entered the Kodak Theater.

12. Which movie, which started with ten nominations, was the big winner of the 2022 Academy Awards, winning six of them?

From Quiz The Slap (Not) Heard Around the World

Answer: Dune

"Dune" ran away from the 2022 Academy Awards with six Oscar wins. Though they didn't win any in any of the 'big' categories, they still were able to take an award for Best Original Score, Best Sound, Best Production Design, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, and Best Visual Effects. "Dune" is the 2021 movie adaptation of the first half of the novel by Frank Herbert. It tells the story of the planet Arrakis and the mining of the spice on it, spice necessary for space travel. It was a great success compared to the 1984 adaptation.

13. What controversial Academy Award winning director was nominated for directing "Hacksaw Ridge"?

From Quiz Academy Awards 2017

Answer: Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson won both directing and producing (Best Picture) at the 1996 Oscar ceremony. In 2006, Gibson was arrested for drunk driving. While being questioned by the arresting officer, he became erratic and spouted anti-semitic comments. This incident did much harm to his career, leading to a virtual inability to get much work in Hollywood. Working sporadically in the years following, including the Jodie Foster-directed "The Beaver" (2011) and "Get the Gringo" (2012), Gibson had a comeback of sorts with his World War II drama "Hacksaw Ridge" receiving 6 Academy Award nominations.

14. Charlize Theron and Emily Blunt came to introduce the first award, and in doing so, unveiled the order of how the awards would be presented during the night. What would the order be determined by?

From Quiz 2016 Oscars: No Racial Bias On This Quiz

Answer: The process of making a movie

Looking at the process of making a movie, you first need a script. And so...Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay were the first two awards given. The respective winners were "Spotlight" and "The Big Short".

15. J.K. Simmons won for Best Supporting Actor, to which Neil Patrick Harris was able to reference J.K.'s work in which of his previous jobs?

From Quiz Oscar 2015- Missed a Year But We're Back

Answer: Farmer's Insurance commercials

Neil Patrick Harris simply went "He won an Oscar! Bum ba-dum bum bum pum bum!" in reference to the Farmers Insurance theme. J.K. Simmons is the spokesperson for the company on television commercials.

16. Tom Hanks was the night's first presenter, but prior to making the announcements of the first two awards, he made a shoutout to Carl Swaybo. Carl had achieved his 59th year at the Oscars employed as what?

From Quiz 2012 Oscars: Nope, Still Not Carin' About Awards

Answer: Seat Filler

Carl Swaybo has been filling the seats of celebrities for 59 years while stars tend to their on camera duties, or go off to talk to the press after accepting an award. To think, the behinds he has shared space with after all that time, it would make quite a list.

17. Tom Hanks presented the first award of the evening. What was it and who/what won?

From Quiz You're Invited: The 83rd Annual Academy Awards

Answer: Best Art Direction and "Alice in Wonderland"

Presenters are typically kept secret until the red carpet interviews, but knowledge of Tom Hanks presenting was leaked by a reporter two days before the show. Other nominees in the Best Art Direction category were "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I", "Inception", "The King's Speech", and "True Grit".

18. Still no hosts yet. Before they came out to host the 2010 Oscars, Neil Patrick Harris did a song and dance number entitled _______________.

From Quiz 2010 Oscars: Still Don't Care About the Awards

Answer: "Nobody Wants to Do It Alone"

The song title referred to the fact that two people were hosting the show, something that hadn't been done in about 20 years.

19. Who did Hugh Jackman rip from the audience to play Nixon in the opening 2009 Oscars song and dance number?

From Quiz Oscars 2009: Who cares about the AWARDS...

Answer: Anne Hathaway

Strangely enough, Anne was sitting three chairs away from Langella, the man who played Nixon in "Frost/Nixon".

20. At which Academy Awards ceremony did Donald Duck first appear as a presenter?

From Quiz More History of the Oscars

Answer: Thirtieth

The thirtieth Academy Awards were held in March 1958 and for the first time since being televised, the show was held only in Los Angeles. The hosts were Bob Hope, David Niven, James Stewart, Jack Lemmon, Rosalind Russell and Donald Duck, who presented a seven minute history of the movies.

21. During the Oscar Pre-Show, the correspondent asked 13-year-old Best Actress nominee Keisha Castle-Hughes which star she'd like to meet. Who did she answer?

From Quiz The 76th Annual Academy Awards

Answer: Johnny Depp & Depp

When asked why she wanted to meet Johnny Depp, she said, "'Cause he's a stud." Castle-Hughes was nominated for the film "Whale Rider."

22. While there were many powerful performances in 2021 by women, one stood out to the Academy. Which actor took home the Best Actress award for her role as Tammy Faye Bakker?

From Quiz The Slap (Not) Heard Around the World

Answer: Jessica Chastain

"The Eyes of Tammy Faye" won two Academy Awards in the 2022 ceremony. The first was for Best Makeup and Hairstyling, while the second was for Best Actress. Jessica Chastain won her very first Oscar for her role as Tammy Faye Bakker, an evangelist preacher. Jessica Chastain had acquired the rights to the story of Tammy Faye Bakker a few years earlier and wanted to bring to light the truth behind her story. The movie is a biopic that tells about the life of Bakker and how she supported the LGBTQ+ community at a time when it wasn't popular to do so.

23. Denzel Washington was nominated this year for his role in "Fences." What other job did he serve on the film?

From Quiz Academy Awards 2017

Answer: Director

While he didn't win in the acting category this time, Washington won Best Supporting Actor for 1989's "Glory" and Best Actor for 2001's "Training Day." In addition to acting and directing, Washington also served as one of the film's producers along with Todd Black and Scott Rudin.

24. Sarah Silverman would introduce the first nominated song of the night. She would use this time to expose her personal relationship "issues" with what movie character?

From Quiz 2016 Oscars: No Racial Bias On This Quiz

Answer: James Bond

Stating that Bond hasn't called or texted her since their night together, she went on a mock tirade on Bond's difficulties with women, having had relations with over fifty women in 24 movies (more than two per movie) and realizing most of the women wanted to kill him afterward.

25. Pawel Pawlikowski accepted the award for Best Foreign Film, "Ida". What was unique about his acceptance speech?

From Quiz Oscar 2015- Missed a Year But We're Back

Answer: The incredible length

After acknowledging the irony that his movie was black and white and filled with silence, and now he was accepting an award in the epicenter of noise, the orchestra played him off. But he ignored it completely and kept speaking beyond all the orchestra had to play.

26. Five excellent Oscar-nominated animated full length movies led to "Brave" winning the award. The director of the film, one of two to accept the award, came to the stage wearing what unusual article of clothing?

From Quiz Oscar 2013: Still Not Carin' 'Bout Awards

Answer: Kilt

With "brave" being based in Scotland, and the director being Scottish, his roots came through as he wore the formal wear from his native land, joining Seth's dad who also wore a kilt to attend the event.

27. Sandra Bullock presented the Best Foreign Language Film. She preceded her announcement by claiming to tell the essence of Foreign Language Film in the language of Mandarin. It obviously was NOT Mandarin. What language did she use?

From Quiz 2012 Oscars: Nope, Still Not Carin' About Awards

Answer: German

She did preface the attempt at "Mandarin" by saying her mother spoke German so her Mandarin may have a slight German accent. The award was presented to the Irani entry, titled "A Separation".

28. "True Grit" was the second-most nominated film. How many Oscars did it win?

From Quiz You're Invited: The 83rd Annual Academy Awards

Answer: 0

Despite having a good chance at winning something with ten nominations, it didn't happen.

29. The second award of the night went to Wally Pfister for Cinematography for "Inception". What unusual accessory did he wear on his head for his acceptance speech?

From Quiz 2011 Oscars: Yeah, Still Not Feeling the Awards

Answer: Eyeglasses on his forehead

Not sure if the glasses were by choice, or if he just forgot they were there, but they certainly stuck out when he got on camera. The first two awards went to "Inception" but the film did not continue to dominate the evening.

30. Jack Black jokingly said to Jennifer Aniston he makes more money doing his animation voiceover work than actual acting. How did he say he does that?

From Quiz Oscars 2009: Who cares about the AWARDS...

Answer: Betting his paycheck on Pixar to win the "Best Animated Film" award

After that joke, the Oscar ended up going to Pixar. So his bet would have won.

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