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Quiz about Best Picture Winners in the 1970s

Best Picture Winners in the 1970s Quiz

Can you name every best picture winner in the 1970s?

A multiple-choice quiz by Beast776. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
Beast776

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
315,782

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
8 / 10

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Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 174 (9/10), shorthumbz (10/10), Guest 35 (10/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. What movie, which also won Best Director, was Best Picture of 1970? Hint

Airport

Patton

MASH

Love Story

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Question 2 of 10

2. What movie was Best Picture of 1971? This movie's lead actor won Best Actor, but he did not win another Oscar until 1992. Hint

The Last Picture Show

A Clockwork Orange

The French Connection

Fiddler on the Roof

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Question 3 of 10

3. What movie, based on a novel by Mario Puzo, was Best Picture of 1972? Hint

Cabaret

The Godfather

Deliverance

Sounder

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Question 4 of 10

4. What movie, which helped make a piano piece very famous, was Best Picture of 1973? Hint

American Graffit

The Sting

The Exorcist

A Touch of Class

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Question 5 of 10

5. What movie, whose filming locations included New York, California, Florida, and the Dominican Republic, was Best Picture of 1974? Hint

Chinatown

The Godfather Part II

The Conversation

Lenny

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Question 6 of 10

6. What movie, which featured the actor who played Dr. Emmett Brown in "Back to the Future", was Best Picture of 1975? Hint

Dog Day Afternoon

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Jaws

Nashville

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Question 7 of 10

7. What movie, which also had three male acting nominations, was Best Picture of 1976? Hint

Bound for Glory

Rocky

Network

Taxi Driver

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Question 8 of 10

8. What movie with a runtime of only 93 minutes was Best Picture of 1977? Hint

Julia

The Goodbye Girl

Star Wars

Annie Hall

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Question 9 of 10

9. What movie was Best Picture of 1978? To help you out, this movie also won for Best Supporting Actor. This actor was in the 1977 Best Picture winner. Hint

Coming Home

Midnight Express

Heaven Can Wait

The Deer Hunter

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Question 10 of 10

10. What movie was Best Picture of 1979? Kate Jackson and Jane Fonda both turned down a role in this film. Hint

Kramer vs. Kramer

Apocalypse Now

All That Jazz

Norma Rae

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What movie, which also won Best Director, was Best Picture of 1970?

Answer: Patton

"Patton" was directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and starred George C. Scott. "Patton" is a biographical war film about George S. Patton.

2. What movie was Best Picture of 1971? This movie's lead actor won Best Actor, but he did not win another Oscar until 1992.

Answer: The French Connection

"The French Connection" was directed by William Friedkin and is a crime film in which the two main detectives' real life counterparts also appeared in the film. Gene Hackman played the lead role and won Best Actor; he also won Best Supporting Actor for "Unforgiven" in 1992.

3. What movie, based on a novel by Mario Puzo, was Best Picture of 1972?

Answer: The Godfather

"The Godfather" was directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starred Marlon Brando and Al Pacino. "The Godfather" is about mob families (mainly the Corleone family). Mario Puzo, who wrote the novel, also collaborated on the screenplay with Coppola.

4. What movie, which helped make a piano piece very famous, was Best Picture of 1973?

Answer: The Sting

"The Sting" was directed by George Roy Hill and starred Paul Newman and Robert Redford. "The Sting" is a brilliant film about con artists and "the big con." "The Entertainer", used in "The Sting" and written by Scott Joplin is played at almost every beginner piano recital.

5. What movie, whose filming locations included New York, California, Florida, and the Dominican Republic, was Best Picture of 1974?

Answer: The Godfather Part II

"The Godfather Part II" was directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starred Al Pacino and Robert De Niro. "The Godfather Part II", a prequel and sequel to the first, was nominated for 11 Oscars, winning 6 of them. Another filming location was Italy.

6. What movie, which featured the actor who played Dr. Emmett Brown in "Back to the Future", was Best Picture of 1975?

Answer: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" was directed by Milos Forman and starred Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher. All three of these people won Oscars for the film. The film depicted Jack Nicholson's "adventure" inside an asylum where Louise Fletcher was the head nurse. Christopher Lloyd (Dr. Emmett Brown) played a patient in the asylum.

7. What movie, which also had three male acting nominations, was Best Picture of 1976?

Answer: Rocky

"Rocky" was written by its star, Sylvester Stallone. It was directed by John G. Avildsen. "Rocky" is about the underdog boxer (Rocky), and his journey to making it big. Burgess Meredith and Burt Young were nominated for Best Supporting Actor and Sylvester Stallone was nominated for Best Actor. None of them won.

8. What movie with a runtime of only 93 minutes was Best Picture of 1977?

Answer: Annie Hall

"Annie Hall" was written by, directed by, and starred Woody Allen. "Annie Hall" is one of the few romantic comedies to win Best Picture, and it was one award away from winning the five main categories at the Academy Awards. (It lost out on Best Actor for Woody Allen).

9. What movie was Best Picture of 1978? To help you out, this movie also won for Best Supporting Actor. This actor was in the 1977 Best Picture winner.

Answer: The Deer Hunter

"The Deer Hunter", directed by Michael Cimino, starred Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken (who played the role of Duane Hall in "Annie Hall"), and Meryl Streep. "The Deer Hunter" followed the story of a group of buddies who went to Vietnam in search of glory, but found something completely different, changing their lives forever.

10. What movie was Best Picture of 1979? Kate Jackson and Jane Fonda both turned down a role in this film.

Answer: Kramer vs. Kramer

"Kramer vs. Kramer" was directed by Robert Benton and starred Meryl Streep and Dustin Hoffman, who both won Oscars for the film. "Kramer vs. Kramer" is about Mom and Dad Kramer who were going through a divorce, but it affected a lot more than just the two of them.

Source: Author Beast776

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