Oscar Best Picture Nominees 1991 - 2006 Quiz

Answer: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

"LOTR: FOTR", the epic Tolkein tale of questing hobbits, had 13 nominations but lost to the mental health biopic "A Beautiful Mind" in 2002. Steven Spielberg's WW2 drama "Saving Private Ryan" (11 nominations) lost to the period comedy "Shakespeare in Love" in 1999. So did the Howard Hughes bio "The Aviator", which lost to the boxing flick "Million Dollar Baby" in 2005. Warren Beatty's gangster tale "Bugsy" had 10 in 1992, but lost to the cannibal thriller "The Silence of the Lambs".

Answer: Cate Blanchett

Blanchett was in all three "Lord of the Rings" pictures plus "Elizabeth" (99) and "The Aviator" (04).

Thompson was in four: "Howards End" (93), "Remains of the Day" (94), "In the Name of the Father" (94), and "Sense and Sensibility" (96).

Winslet ("Sense and Sensibility", "Titanic", "Finding Neverland") and Thomas ("Four Weddings and a Funeral", "The English Patient" and "Gosford Park") were in three each.

Answer: Ang Lee

Lee won for "Brokeback Mountain" (06) and was nominated for "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon" (01) but not for "Sense and Sensibility" (96).

Spielberg won for "Schindler's List" (94) and "Saving Private Ryan" (99) and was nominated for "Munich" (06).

Eastwood won for "Unforgiven" (93) and "Million Dollar Baby" (05), and was nominated for "Mystic River" (04).

Scorsese was nominated for "Goodfellas" (91), "Gangs of New York" (03) and "The Aviator" (05).

As for Jackson, he won for "Return of the King" (04) and was nominated for "Fellowship of the Ring" (02) but was not nominated for "The Two Towers" (03).

Answer: Tom Hanks

Hanks was only in 4: "Forrest Gump" (95), "Apollo 13" (96), "Saving Private Ryan" (99), "The Green Mile" (00).

Crowe appeared in "L.A. Confidential" (98), "The Insider" (00), "Gladiator" (01), "A Beautiful Mind" (02) and "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" (04).

Wilksinson was in "In the Name of the Father" (94), "Sense and Sensibility" (96), "The Full Monty" (98), "Shakespeare in Love" (99) and "In the Bedroom" (02).

Reilly starred in "The Thin Red Line" (99), "Chicago" (03), "The Hours" (03), "Gangs of New York" (03), "The Aviator" (05).

Answer: John C. Reilly

Reilly was in "Chicago", "The Hours", and "Gangs of New York" in 2003.

Answer: Kevin Bacon

Bacon has never been nominated, despite appearing in "JFK" (92), "A Few Good Men" (93), "Apollo 13" (96) and "Mystic River" (04). During those 15 years, the only other actor to appear in four Best Picture nominees without a citation was Billy Boyd ("Master and Commander" and the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy).

Grant, too, has yet to be nominated, but was in "Remains of the Day" (94), "Four Weddings and a Funeral" (95) and "Sense and Sensibility" (96).

Wilkinson was in five best picture nominees, but was nominated for "In the Bedroom" in 2002.

Sinise was nominated for "Forrest Gump" in 1995, and appeared in two other Best Picture nominees ("Apollo 13" and "The Green Mile").

Answer: Thomas Newman

In addition to the three "Lord of the Rings" movies, Shore scored "The Silence of the Lambs" (92), "Gangs of New York" (03) and "The Aviator" (05).

Newman, too, scored six Best Picture nominees: "Scent of a Woman" (93), "The Shawshank Redemption" (95), "American Beauty" (00), "The Green Mile" (00), "Erin Brockovich" (01), and "In the Bedroom" (02).

Williams ("JFK," "Schindler's List," "Saving Private Ryan," "Munich") and Horner ("Apollo 13", "Braveheart", "Titanic," "A Beautiful Mind") scored four each. Zimmer worked on three Best Picture nominees ("As Good As It Gets", "The Thin Red Line", "Gladiator"). So did James Newton Howard ("The Prince of Tides", "The Fugitive", "The Sixth Sense").

Answer: Michael Ballhaus

Ballhaus worked on three Best Picture nominees ("Goodfellas", "Gangs of New York", "Quiz Show"). Lesnie was D.P. for "Babe" and the three "Lord of the Rings" movies. Deakins shot "The Shawshank Redemption", "Fargo", "A Beautiful Mind" and "Mystic River". Kaminski worked on "Schindler's List", "Jerry Maguire", "Saving Private Ryan" and "Munich".

Answer: Phillippa Boyens

This is a bit of a tricky question. Boyens and Walsh were nominated together with Peter Jackson for writing the first and third installments of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. But Walsh also received a songwriting nomination in 2003 for "Into the West" from "Return of the King".

Zaillian received screenwriting nominations for "Awakenings" (91), "Gangs of New York" (03), and "Schindler's List" (94).

Roth was up for "Forrest Gump" (95), "The Insider" (00), and "Munich" (06).

Answer: Clint Eastwood

Eastwood was nominated for producing, directing and acting "Unforgiven" (93) and "Million Dollar Baby" (05), and for producing and directing "Mystic River" (04), a total of eight. (He won four.)

"The Lord of the Rings" trilogy earned Jackson seven nominations: three for producing, two for writing and two for directing. (He won three.)

Thompson was nominated five times for her work on Best Picture nominees: "Howards End" (actress, 93), "Remains of the Day" (actress, 94), "In the Name of the Father" (supporting actress, 94), and "Sense and Sensibility" (actress and adapted screenplay, 96). (She won two.)

Williams was nominated for an astounding 16 composing Oscars in this period, but only four of those were for Best Picture nominees ("JFK", "Schindler's List", "Saving Private Ryan", "Munich"). (He won one.)