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Oscar 2003 Trivia Quiz

This is a little quiz about the winners of the Academy Awards in 2003. Not all of the questions specifically pertain to the Academy Awards. Enjoy!

A multiple-choice quiz by swimmy. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
swimmy

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
123,053

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Best Picture: Considered once a dead genre, "Chicago" is the first musical to win Best Picture since "Oliver!" For what year did "Oliver!" win Best Picture? Hint

1969

1966

1968

1967

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Question 2 of 10

2. Best Director: Roman Polanski won his first directing Oscar for "The Pianist". How many other Best Director Oscar nominations has he received prior to 2002? Hint

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Question 3 of 10

3. Best Actor: Adrien Brody made history for being the youngest person to receive the Best Actor award. Who previously held the record? Hint

Richard Dreyfuss

Dustin Hoffman

Daniel Day-Lewis

Benicio Del Toro

4. Best Actress: Nicole Kidman won her first Academy Award for her role as Virginia Woolf in "The Hours". The movie takes place while Virginia Woolf is writing the book "Mrs. Dalloway". Which Academy Award winning actress played the title role in the 1997 film version of "Mrs. Dalloway". Hint

Vanessa Redgrave

Brenda Fricker

Maggie Smith

Jessica Lange

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Question 5 of 10

5. Best Supporting Actor: Chris Cooper was in three movies in 2002. Which one was he not in? Hint

Adaptation

The Sum of All Fears

Interstate 60

The Bourne Identity

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Question 6 of 10

6. Best Supporting Actress: Catherine Zeta-Jones won this award as the murderous Velma Kelly in the movie "Chicago". Her breakthrough performance paired her up with Antonio Banderas and what other Academy Award winning actor? Hint

Anthony Hopkins

Jeremy Irons

Sean Connery

Jim Broadbent

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Question 7 of 10

7. "Frida" won the Oscar for Best Makeup. What other category did it win? Hint

Best Original Score

Best Art Direction

Best Original Song

Best Editing

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Question 8 of 10

8. Peter O'Toole was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award this year. How many Oscars did he have prior to 2002? Hint

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Question 9 of 10

9. Conrad L. Hall won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography posthumously for "Road to Perdition". He also won the award for Best Cinematography for the movie "American Beauty". What other winner of the 2003 Academy Awards was in "American Beauty?" Hint

Peter O'Toole

Kevin Spacey

Catherine Zeta-Jones

Chris Cooper

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who won Best Original Screenplay? Hint

Pedro Almodovar

Ronald Harwood

Nia Vardalos

Alfonso Cuaron

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Best Picture: Considered once a dead genre, "Chicago" is the first musical to win Best Picture since "Oliver!" For what year did "Oliver!" win Best Picture?

Answer: 1968

"A Man for All Seasons" won Best Picture of 1966. "In the Heat of the Night" won Best Picture of 1967 and "Midnight Cowboy" won Best Picture of 1969.

2. Best Director: Roman Polanski won his first directing Oscar for "The Pianist". How many other Best Director Oscar nominations has he received prior to 2002?

Answer: 2

Polanski's other directing nominations were for "Tess" and "Chinatown". He was also nominated for an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for "Rosemary's Baby".

3. Best Actor: Adrien Brody made history for being the youngest person to receive the Best Actor award. Who previously held the record?

Answer: Richard Dreyfuss

Richard Dreyfuss was 30 when he received his award for "The Goodbye Girl". Daniel Day-Lewis was 32 for "My Left Foot" and Dustin Hoffman was 42 for "Kramer vs. Kramer". Benicio Del Toro was 34 when he won for Best Supporting Actor, not Best Actor, for "Traffic".

Answer: Vanessa Redgrave

Vanessa Redgrave won Best Supporting Actress for her role in "Julia".

5. Best Supporting Actor: Chris Cooper was in three movies in 2002. Which one was he not in?

Answer: The Sum of All Fears

Chris Cooper won the Best Supporting Actor honor for "Adapation". "The Sum of All Fears" featured Ben Affleck and Morgan Freeman.

Answer: Anthony Hopkins

Anthony Hopkins won for his role as Hannibal Lector in "The Silence of the Lambs". In "The Mask of Zorro", Zeta-Jones portrayed Hopkins' long lost daughter, Elena.

7. "Frida" won the Oscar for Best Makeup. What other category did it win?

Answer: Best Original Score

Elliot Goldenthal won for Best Original Score, but lost out to Eminem for Best Original Song.

8. Peter O'Toole was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award this year. How many Oscars did he have prior to 2002?

Answer: 0

"Always a bridesmaid, never a bride, my foot!" as he quoted in his speech, O'Toole has never won a competetive Oscar. In fact, he originally declined the Lifetime Achievement Award, feeling that he was still able to win an Oscar, but he eventually changed his mind.

Answer: Chris Cooper

Chris Cooper, who won earlier in the evening for "Adaptation", portrayed a former military officer who moves in next door to Kevin Spacey. Conrad L. Hall has also won an Oscar for "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid".

10. Who won Best Original Screenplay?

Answer: Pedro Almodovar

Almodovar won for the foreign film "Talk to Her". Ronald Harwood won for Best Adapted Screenplay for "The Pianist".

Source: Author swimmy

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