The 75th Annual Academy Awards Quiz

Answer: Chicago

"Chicago" also won for Best Supporting Actress, Best Sound, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, and Best Film Editing. "Chicago" is a Bob Fosse musical telling the story of two jazz singers who are arrested for murder. The fifth nominee that I didn't mention in the four choices was "The Pianist".

Answer: The Pianist

The Oscar was given to Adrien Brody. Unlike the other actors who were nominated in the category, this was his first nomination. "The Pianist" also won for Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. The film is based on the true story of a Holocaust survivor. The fifth nominee that I didn't mention in the four choices was "The Quiet American".

Answer: The Hours

Nicole Kidman was nominated the previous year for "Moulin Rouge!", but didn't win. In "Moulin Rouge!", she played a French nightclub singer named Satine, and in "The Hours", she played real-life British writer, Virginia Woolf. The fifth nominee that I didn't mention in the four choices was "Unfaithful".

Answer: Adaptation

The Oscar was given to Chris Cooper for playing the toothless orchid thief, John Laroche. "Adaptation" was also nominated for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay. The fifth nominee that I didn't mention in the four choices was "Chicago".

Answer: Spirited Away

This was a Japanese anime film which was released with poor marketing by Disney. The film is about a young girl who enters a magical world to save her parents. The fifth nominee that I didn't mention in the four choices was "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron".

Answer: Talk to Her

"Talk to Her" was also nominated for Best Director. The story is about two Spanish women. The fifth nominee that I didn't mention in the four choices was "Y Tu Mama Tambien".

Answer: Frida

"Frida" also won Best Original Score. The makeup was used to give Salma Hayek a unibrow, so that she looked like the painter, Frida Kahlo. "The Ring" and "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" weren't nominated in this category.

Answer: 8 Mile

The song was "Lose Yourself". It was the first rap song ever to do so. The fifth nominee that I didn't mention in the four choices was "The Wild Thornberrys Movie".

Answer: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

"The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" also won Best Visual Effects. A lot of the sounds used in the film were to make the sounds of a tree walking, and swords clanging toghether. "Spider-Man" wasn't nominated in this category.

Answer: Road to Perdition

It was given to the late Conrad L. Hall. "Road to Perdition" was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Score, Best Sound, Bets Sound Editing, and Best Art Direction. The fifth nominee that I didn't mention in the four choices was "Far From Heaven".