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Oscar Trivia Trivia Quiz

These questions will challenge the Oscar expert. All questions are valid through the 74th Academy Awards, March 24, 2002.

A multiple-choice quiz by ckdexterhaven. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
ckdexterhaven

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
49,021

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
1326

Last 3 plays: Guest 5 (1/10), Guest 174 (8/10), Guest 64 (6/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which of these films received the most nominations without being nominated for Best Picture? Hint

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

Close Encounters of The Third Kind

Ragtime

Hud

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which of the following films won the most Academy Awards without winning Best Picture? Hint

Cabaret

Star Wars

A Place In The Sun

The King And I

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who is the first person to receive a Best Actor nomination for portraying a non-human?

Answer: (Two words, full or last name only)

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which of these actors was the lowest billed performer to win a Best Actor Academy Award? Hint

Maximilian Schell, 'Judgment At Nuremberg'

David Niven, 'Separate Tables'

Peter Finch, 'Network'

James Stewart, 'The Philadelphia Story'

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who received a Best Actor nomination for portraying a person who also was nominated for Best Actor? Hint

Tom Cruise

Al Pacino

Robert Downey Jr.

Dustin Hoffman

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which of these roles has resulted in the most acting nominations? Hint

Michael Corleone

Abraham Lincoln

King Henry VIII

Queen Victoria

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of the following films earned four acting nominations? Hint

Bugsy

As Good As It Gets

The English Patient

Terms of Endearment

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which of these brothers have received Oscar acting nominations? Hint

John Barrymore and Chuck Barrymore

Randy Quaid and Buddy Quaid

Jeff Bridges and Nash Bridges

River Phoenix and Joaquin Phoenix

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which of the following films won both The Academy Award for Best Picture and the Cannes Film Festival's Palme D'Or? Hint

Marty

Schindler's List

On The Waterfront

American Beauty

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which of these actors won two Oscars for the same performance? Hint

Barry Fitzgerald, 'Going My Way'

Fredric March, 'Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde'

Harold Russell, 'The Best Years Of Our Lives'

Ronald Colman, 'A Double Life'

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which of these films received the most nominations without being nominated for Best Picture?

Answer: They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

'They Shoot Horses, Don't They?' was nominated for nine Academy Awards in 1969, but not for Best Picture of the Year.

2. Which of the following films won the most Academy Awards without winning Best Picture?

Answer: Cabaret

'Cabaret' won eight Academy Awards in 1972, but lost the Best Picture Oscar to 'The Godfather'.

3. Who is the first person to receive a Best Actor nomination for portraying a non-human?

Answer: Jeff Bridges

Jeff Bridges received a Best Actor nomination for portraying an alien in 1984's 'Starman'.

4. Which of these actors was the lowest billed performer to win a Best Actor Academy Award?

Answer: Maximilian Schell, 'Judgment At Nuremberg'

Maximilian Schell received fifth billing, behind Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark and Marlene Dietrich in 'Judgment At Nuremberg'.

5. Who received a Best Actor nomination for portraying a person who also was nominated for Best Actor?

Answer: Robert Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Jr. played Charlie Chaplin and was nominated for Best Actor of 1992. Mr. Chaplin himself received a Best Actor nomination in 1940 for 'The Great Dictator'.

6. Which of these roles has resulted in the most acting nominations?

Answer: King Henry VIII

Playing King Henry VIII earned Charles Laughton a Best Actor Oscar in 1933 ('The Private Life Of Henry VIII'), Robert Shaw a Best Supporting Actor nomination in 1966 ('A Man For All Seasons'), and Richard Burton a Best Actor nomination in 1969 ('Anne Of The Thousand Days').

7. Which of the following films earned four acting nominations?

Answer: Terms of Endearment

You have to go back to 1983 when 'Terms Of Endearment' received four acting nominations: two for Best Actress: Shirley Maclaine and Debra Winger, and two for Best Supporting Actor: Jack Nicholson and John Lithgow.

8. Which of these brothers have received Oscar acting nominations?

Answer: River Phoenix and Joaquin Phoenix

River Phoenix (Best Supporting Actor nomination for 'Running On Empty', 1988) and Joaquin Phoenix (Best Supporting Actor nomination for 'Gladiator', 2000) are brothers who have received Academy Award nominations in the acting category.

9. Which of the following films won both The Academy Award for Best Picture and the Cannes Film Festival's Palme D'Or?

Answer: Marty

10. Which of these actors won two Oscars for the same performance?

Answer: Harold Russell, 'The Best Years Of Our Lives'

World War II veteran Harold Russell was voted Best Supporting Actor AND received an honorary Oscar for his performance in 'The Best Years Of Our Lives'.

Source: Author ckdexterhaven

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