EGOT: Winning All the Big Ones Quiz

Answer: 1945

Rodgers his an Oscar in 1945 for "It Might as Well Be Spring" from "State Fair." He also earned three Tony Awards for "South Pacific" in 1950, and one each for "The King and I" (1950), "The Sound of Music" (1952), and "No Strings" (1962). He also earned Grammys for "The Sound of Music" and "No Strings" and an Emmy in 1962 for "Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years." Rodgers also won a Pulitzer in 1950 for "South Pacific".

Answer: Grammy

Hayes won Oscars in 1932 to "The Sin of Madelon Claudet" and in 1980 for "Airport". Her Emmy came in 1953 in an episode of the "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars," a weekly 1950s series that showed a different set of actors and a different story line each week. Hayes earned her Tony Awards for 1947's "Happy Birthday" and 1958's "A Time Remembered".

Her Grammy came in 1976 for her spoken word album "Great American Documents". Overall, Hayes had a stage, television and screen career that lasted eight decades.

Answer: Oscar

Moreno won an Oscar in 1961 for her role as Anita in "West Side Story". In 1972, Moreno won a Grammy for her performance on the soundtrack to the children's educational program "The Electric Company." She won a Tony in 1975 for her performance in "The Ritz". She earned her Emmys for "The Muppet Show" in 1977 and "The Rockford Files" in 1978.

Answer: Emmy

Gielgud won Tonys in 1948 ("The Importance of Being Earnest") and 1961 ("Big Fish, Little Fish"). He won a Grammy in for his 1979 spoken word album "The Age of Man". His 1981 Oscar came as Hobson in the movie "Arthur". The 87-year-old Gielgud won an Emmy for the 1991 miniseries "Summer's Lease".

Answer: True

Hepburn won an Oscar in 1953 for "Roman Holiday" and a Tony in 1954 for "Ondine". She also won an Emmy in 1993 for her documentary "Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn", which aired the day after Hepburn died. She earned a spoken word Grammy in 1994 for her children's book "Audrey Hepburn's Enchanted Tales".

Answer: 12

Hamlisch earned three Oscars in 1973: Original song for Barbra Streisand's "The Way We Were", dramatic score for the Streisand movie of the same name, and original song score for "The Sting".

His four Grammys came in 1974: Best New Artist (the first EGOT member to win an Oscar in a 'General Field' category), Original Score for "The Way We Were", Song of the Year for "The Way We Were", and Best Pop Instrumental Performance for "The Entertainer".

Hamlisch won a Tony for Best Musical Score for "A Chorus Line". He won two Emmys in 1995 for his work during 1995's "Barbra Streisand: The Concert". His third Emmy came in 1999 for "AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies", a compilation of the American Film Institute's greatest movies of all time. His final Emmy came in 2001 for "Timeless: Live in Concert", a live album starring Streisand.

Hamlisch died in August 2012 at the age of 68.

Answer: Tony

Tunick won an Original Song Score Oscar in 1977 for "A Little Night Music". He won an Emmy in 1982 for Outstanding Achievement in Musical Direction for "Night of 100 Stars". Tunick won a Grammy in 1988 for arrangement of Cleo Laine's "No One Is Alone". His Tony came in 1997 in the Best Orchestrations category for "Titanic", an adaptation of Peter Stone's book.

Answer: False

Brooks won an Emmy in 1967 as a writer for a variety special called "The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special". Brooks also earned consecutive Emmys in 1997, 1998, 1999 as Uncle Phil in "Mad About You". He won a screenwriting Oscar in 1968 for "The Producers".

Brooks won three Grammys: The 1998 Spoken Comedy Album honor for "The 2000 Year Old Man In The Year 2000", Best Long Form Music Video for 2002's "Recording 'The Producers': A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks", and Best Music Show Album in 2002 for the remake of the 1968 film "The Producers".

Brooks won three Tony Awards for "The Producers", a musical about two Broadway producers who convince people to invest in a surefire failure: Best Book of a Music, Best Original Score, Best Musical.

Answer: The Graduate

Nichols earned his first award in 1961 with the Grammy-winning comedy album "An Evening With Mike Nichols And Elaine May". His Oscar came for the 1967 movie "The Graduate", where he won for Best Director. Nichols earned Emmy Awards for 2001's "Wit" and "Angels in America" as director and executive producer.

Nichols is most successful in the theatre discipine, with numerous Tony Awards:
1964 - "Barefoot in the Park" (best director, dramatic)
1965 - "The Odd Couple" and "Luv" (best director, dramatic)
1968 - "Plaza Suite" (best director, dramatic)
1972 - "The Prisoner of Second Avenue" (best director, dramatic)
1977 - "Annie" (best musical, producer)
1984 - "The Real Thing" (best director, producer in a play)
2005 - "Monty Python's Spamalot" (best director, musical)
2012 - "Death of a Salesman" (best director, play)

Answer: Whoopi Goldberg

Goldberg is the subject of debate as to whether she should be included, as she won her Emmys in the Daytime category and not the primetime like the nine that preceded her (she was nominated for a number of Primetime Emmys, but was unsuccessful in seven attempts).

Goldberg won a Daytime Emmy in the Oustanding Special Class category for the 2002 documentary "Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel", a profile of the first African-American to win an Oscar for 1939's "Gone With the Wind". Goldberg won her second Emmy in 2009 as a talk show host of "The View".

Goldberg won a Grammy in 1985 for the comedy recording "Whoopi Goldberg-Original Broadway Show Recording", a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for 1990's "Ghost", and a Tony as a co-producer of "Thoroughly Modern Millie" in 1997.