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Oscar- Best Actress Trivia Quiz

This quiz is about the Best Actresses. I will give you a year and you will pick the actress who won Oscar for that year. Hope you like it and good luck.

A multiple-choice quiz by JoeyaUS7891. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
JoeyaUS7891

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
224,694

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
3076

Last 3 plays: Guest 4 (5/10), Guest 199 (4/10), shorthumbz (10/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who won an Oscar for Best Actress in the early 60s, for her role of Gloria?
Hint

Susan Hayward

Jane Fonda

Elizabeth Taylor

Shirley MacLaine

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who won an Oscar for Best Actress of 1971 for her role of Bree? Hint

Glenda Jackson

Liza Minnelli

Maggie Smith

Jane Fonda

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who won an Oscar for Best Actress for her role of Ethel Thayer? Hint

Julie Andrews

Sally Field

Katharine Hepburn

Patricia Neal

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who won an Oscar for Best Actress in the 70s for her role of Alice? Hint

Jennifer Jones

Maggie Smith

Shelley Winters

Ellen Burstyn

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who won an Oscar for Best Actress in the 70s for her role of Sally Hyde? Hint

Jane Fonda

Patricia Neal

Sally Field

Jennifer Jones

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who won an Oscar for Best Actress of 1990 for her role of Annie Wilkes? Hint

Holly Hunter

Glenn Close

Meryl Streep

Kathy Bates

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who won an Oscar for Best Actress of 1982 for her role of Sophie? Hint

Meryl Streep

Elizabeth Hartman

Jane Fonda

Glenn Close

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who won an Oscar for Best Actress of 1967 for her role of Christina? Hint

Barbra Streisand

Elizabeth Taylor

Vanessa Redgrave

Katharine Hepburn

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who won an Oscar for Best Actress of 1950 for her role of Emma "Billie" Dawn? Hint

Eve Arden

Judy Holliday

Helen Hayes

Shelley Winters

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who won an Oscar for Best Actress of 1985 for her role of Carrie Watts? Hint

Judy Davis

Mia Farrow

Marlee Matlin

Geraldine Page

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Dec 17 2024 : Guest 4: 5/10
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who won an Oscar for Best Actress in the early 60s, for her role of Gloria?

Answer: Elizabeth Taylor

She won a well-deserved Oscar for her fine work in "Butterfield 8". Gloria is a call girl with a disturbing past. Elizabeth Taylor won her second Oscar for "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf".

2. Who won an Oscar for Best Actress of 1971 for her role of Bree?

Answer: Jane Fonda

She won an Oscar for her work in "Klute". She played a call girl who is stalked by someone. She won her second Oscar for "Coming Home".

3. Who won an Oscar for Best Actress for her role of Ethel Thayer?

Answer: Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn won her final Oscar for "On Golden Pond". She played a elder woman who lives with her husband (Henry Fonda) in the lakehouse. Henry Fonda and his daughter Jane Fonda earned Oscar nominations for this film and Henry Fonda won his first and only Oscar for this film.

4. Who won an Oscar for Best Actress in the 70s for her role of Alice?

Answer: Ellen Burstyn

Ellen Burstyn won an Oscar for "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore". Alice is a waitress who has a son named Tommy who befriends a bad girl named Audrey (Jodie Foster). Ellen Burstyn was also earned Oscar nominations for "The Exorcist", "Same Time, Next Year" and "The Last Picture Show".

5. Who won an Oscar for Best Actress in the 70s for her role of Sally Hyde?

Answer: Jane Fonda

Jane Fonda won her second Oscar for "Coming Home". She played Sally Hyde who fell in love with a man named Luke Martin who is in a wheelchair from a paralyzing combat injury in Vietnam. He was played by Jon Voight in an Oscar-winning performance.

6. Who won an Oscar for Best Actress of 1990 for her role of Annie Wilkes?

Answer: Kathy Bates

Kathy Bates was really scary as Annie Wilkes in "Misery", which she earned an Oscar. She kidnapped her favorite author, Paul Sheldon, who was in a car accident. She nurses him until he is better. The most famous scene is when she hit his feet with a sledgehammer.

7. Who won an Oscar for Best Actress of 1982 for her role of Sophie?

Answer: Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep won her second Oscar for "Sophie's Choice". Sophie is a survivor of the concentration camps. Her first Oscar was for Best Supporting Actress in "Kramer vs. Kramer".

8. Who won an Oscar for Best Actress of 1967 for her role of Christina?

Answer: Katharine Hepburn

She won the Oscar for "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" playing a mother whose white daughter came home with a black boyfriend. Katharine Hepburn won Oscars for "Morning Glory", "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner", "A Lion in Winter" and "On Golden Pond".

9. Who won an Oscar for Best Actress of 1950 for her role of Emma "Billie" Dawn?

Answer: Judy Holliday

Judy Holliday won it for "Born Yesterday". This film is about a rich man who hires a tutor to teach him to love, properly.

10. Who won an Oscar for Best Actress of 1985 for her role of Carrie Watts?

Answer: Geraldine Page

Geraldine Page won the Oscar for "The Trip to Bountiful". She played a elder woman who is traveling with people on her last days. Thanks for playing my quiz!

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