43rd Academy Awards 1971 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Helen Hayes

The 1970 film with "Airport" received 10 nominations, but only received one Oscar, that being Helen Hayes who won her second Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film as Mrs. Ada Quonsett, the stowaway. Helen Hayes was the first female EGOT member and the timeline for her wins is as follows:

1 In 1932, when she won the Oscar for "The Sin of Madelon Claudet".
2 In 1947 she won a Tony for "Happy Birthday". (She won another in 1958 for "Time Remembered").
3 In 1953 she won a Best Actress Emmy for an episode of "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars".
4 In 1976 she won a Grammy for Best Spoken Word Recording for "Great American Documents".

Answer: Let It Be

The Beatles won the Academy Award for the 1970 documentary film "Let It Be". This documentary film was initially made for television but due to changes in broadcasting schedules it was decided to release the documentary as a feature film. Though the alterations caused the film to be of a poor quality, the songs and the behind the scenes footage were the real attraction for the audiences, resulting in an Academy Award win.

Answer: Best Original Score: Jerry Goldsmith

"Patton" had U.S. General George S. Patton played by George C. Scott, who won the Best Actor award for his portrayal. George C. Scott became the first actor to reject an Oscar in protest of the award ceremony becoming too commercialized. Best Film Editing, Best Production Design and Best Sound Mixing were the other three wins for "Patton". Jerry Goldsmith was nominated for his score for the movie but unfortunately he didn't win.

He ultimately won his only Academy Award six years later for his score in the "The Omen".

Answer: Best Original Score: Francis Lai

The theme music to the movie "Love Story" by Francis Lai, for which he won the Academy Award, became popular following the release of the movie and its soundtrack. Due to this, lyrics were supplied by Carl Sigman and the song "(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story" was recorded in 1970 by Andy Williams.

Answer: Kelly's Heroes

"Kelly's Heroes" starred Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles and Donald Sutherland as a group of renegade soldiers trying to rob a storage of gold bullion, located behind enemy lines. Even though history has placed the movie as one of the great war films (voted at number 34 in "Channel 4's 100 Greatest War Films of All Time" in 2010, ahead of "Patton" and "Tora! Tora! Tora!") it failed to receive any nominations.

"Patton" received ten nominations winning seven Awards.

"M*A*S*H" received five nominations winning one Award.

"Tora! Tora! Tora!" received five nominations winning one Award.

The theme song from "Kelly's Heroes" was "Burning Bridges" performed by the Mike Curb Congregation.

Answer: Robert Duvall

Donald Sutherland played Capt. Benjamin "Hawkeye" Pierce, Elliott Gould played Capt. John "Trapper John" McIntyre and Tom Skerritt played Capt. Augustus "Duke" Forrest.

Robert Duvall has a career spanning over 50 years since his first appearance as "Boo" Radley in "To Kill A Mockingbird" in 1962. Two years after he played Major Frank Burns, Robert Duvall obtained the role of Tom Hagen in the movie "The Godfather", for which he received his first Academy Award nomination. He has been nominated several times for an Academy Award, ultimately winning an award in 1984 for his role in "Tender Mercies".

Answer: Five Easy Pieces

In "Five Easy Pieces", Jack Nicholson portrayed Robert Dupea, a promising concert pianist, who has abandoned his upper class musical family, selecting a life in exile as a blue collared drifter working on oil rigs. This was the first time Jack Nicholson was the star of a film for which he received a nomination for Best Actor, but he lost to George C. Scott. Jack Nicholson received a nomination the previous year for "Easy Rider", as Best Supporting Actor.

Answer: Glenda Jackson

Glenda Jackson won the Oscar for her portrayal of Gudrun Brangwen in "Women in Love", an adaptation of the D.H. Lawrence's novel of the same name. This was her first nomination and win at the Academy Awards. Glenda Jackson was nominated four times in the 1970s winning two Academy Awards. In 1992 Glenda Jackson retired from the film industry to concentrate on a political career.

Answer: John Mills

Born Lewis Ernest Watts Mills, Sir John Mills received his only Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Michael in "Ryan's Daughter". In his career, Sir John Mills appeared in over 100 films until his death in 2005 (aged 97). One of his last roles was as Gus the Theater Cat in the movie "Cats".

Answer: Chief Dan George

Chief Dan George was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Old Lodge Skins in "Little Big Man". Chief Dan George got his first acting job at the age of 60 in 1960 and continued to work in both film and television till his death in 1981.

Much of his career was spent promoting the culture of the First Nations people, through his acting, poetry and writing (his best-known work was "My Heart Soars").