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The Oscars Quiz for Experts | Awards and Festivals

It's Oscar time, so, with uncannily good timing, off we go. There is no real structure. Just random, honest-to-goodness trivia.

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

Author
wclasshero

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
28,274

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
8 / 15

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836

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Question 1 of 15

1. Which is the only dog to get nominated? Hint

P. H. Vazak

Joe Collie

Lassie

Sparky

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Question 2 of 15

2. Which year were the Oscars first telecast? Hint

1952

1947

1953

1950

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Question 3 of 15

3. Which year were the Oscars telecast in color for the first time? Hint

1970

1960

1966

1962

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Question 4 of 15

4. This gentleman has been nominated for at least 13 Writing Oscars. Who is he? Hint

Woody Allen

Frank Capra

Walt Disney

Bob Hope

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Question 5 of 15

5. What is the full name of the Oscar? Hint

The Academy Award for Outstanding Achievement

The Academy Award for Excellent Performance in the Field of

The Academy Award for Distinguished Excellence

The Academy Award of Merit

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Question 6 of 15

6. Which was the first X-Rated movie to win Best Picture? Hint

Midnight Cowboy

The Last Temptation of Christ

Boogie Nights

Last Tango In Paris

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Question 7 of 15

7. Who is the oldest person to win the Best Actor Oscar? Hint

Henry Fonda

Richard Burton

Ray Milland

Alec Guinness

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Question 8 of 15

8. Who was the youngest person to win an Oscar, at age ten? Hint

Anna Paquin

Linda Blair

Haley Joe Osment

Tatum O'Neal

9. He produced an Oscar sweeping movie in the '70s, he won an Oscar for his spot-on personification of the eighties, and now he's in another multiply nominated film in 2001. He used to carry his father's name, maybe now it is the other way around. Who is he?

Answer: (Two words or just surname -'Greed is good')

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Question 10 of 15

10. Three of the following four men have won the Best Actor Oscar (hint -maybe more than once!) as well as a Best Supporting Actor Oscar. One of them, however, has never won the Supporting Actor award, and has to be content with two Best Actor Awards. Who is this? Hint

Gene Hackman

Jack Nicholson

Dustin Hoffman

Robert DeNiro

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Question 11 of 15

11. I was nominated for the role of a quiet bee-keeper who tries to hold onto his family. Surprised a lot of people who had figured I had gone away for a while. Who am I?

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

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Question 12 of 15

12. 'I don't want to move to a city where the only cultural advantage is being able to make a right turn on a red light.' Which 1977 Oscar Winner is this quote from? Hint

The French Connection

Dog Day Afternoon

The Conversation

Annie Hall

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Question 13 of 15

13. 'You're dumber than you think I think you are'. Which movie is this line from? Hint

Dumb and Dumber

Fargo

The Shining

Chinatown

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Question 14 of 15

14. Which married couple were nominated for Acting Oscars in the same year? Hint

Woody Allen and Mia Farrow

Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton

Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger

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Question 15 of 15

15. Finally, we cross over into literature and movies. Who is the only person who has won an Oscar and a Nobel Prize? Hint

George Bernard Shaw

Ronald Reagan

Harrison Ford

Steven Spielberg

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which is the only dog to get nominated?

Answer: P. H. Vazak

In 1984, Robert Towne, the writer for 'Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes', was so disappointed with the rewrites that he put his dog's name on the nomination ballot.

2. Which year were the Oscars first telecast?

Answer: 1953

It was the year of 'From Here to Eternity' Kerr and Lancaster on the beach!

3. Which year were the Oscars telecast in color for the first time?

Answer: 1966

Fred Zinneman's 'Man for All Seasons' swept all comers, in color.

4. This gentleman has been nominated for at least 13 Writing Oscars. Who is he?

Answer: Woody Allen

And when he did win, Woody didn't show up because he was playing clarinet in New York - and didn't want to break his routine!

5. What is the full name of the Oscar?

Answer: The Academy Award of Merit

Not many people know this interesting tidbit.

6. Which was the first X-Rated movie to win Best Picture?

Answer: Midnight Cowboy

It is quite tame by today's standards, really. The MPAA changed the rating to an R later. "Everybody's talking, bout Joe Buck and Ratso Rizzo."

7. Who is the oldest person to win the Best Actor Oscar?

Answer: Henry Fonda

He was 76 years old when he acted in 'On Golden Pond' alongside Kate Hepburn and daughter Jane.

8. Who was the youngest person to win an Oscar, at age ten?

Answer: Tatum O'Neal

'Paper Moon' was the film, 1973. She beat out Linda Blair ('The Exorcist'), had a so-so career, married and divorced John McEnroe. Anna Paquin was eleven when she won her award.

Answer: Michael Douglas

He produced 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' (5 Oscars, including Best Picture, Director, Actor and Actress), starred as Gordon Gekko in 'Wall Street' (Best Actor 1987), and later could be seen in 'Traffic' and 'Wonder Boys'.

Answer: Dustin Hoffman

Nicholson won two Best Actor awards for 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' and 'As Good As It Gets'(1997), and Supporting Actor for 'Terms of Endearment'(1983). DeNiro won Best Actor for 'Raging Bull' (1980) and Supporting Actor for 'The Godfather Part II' (1974). Hackman won Best actor for 'The French Connection'(1976), and Supporting Actor for 'Unforgiven' (1993). Hoffman won Best Actor for 'Kramer Vs Kramer' (1979) and 'Rain Man' (1988). No supporting Oscar yet!

11. I was nominated for the role of a quiet bee-keeper who tries to hold onto his family. Surprised a lot of people who had figured I had gone away for a while. Who am I?

Answer: Peter Fonda

'Ulee's Gold', in which Fonda played the best role of his life, and finally proved that he was cut from the same cloth as father Henry and sister Jane.

12. 'I don't want to move to a city where the only cultural advantage is being able to make a right turn on a red light.' Which 1977 Oscar Winner is this quote from?

Answer: Annie Hall

Woody Allen's character, Alvy Singer, sums up Los Angeles.

13. 'You're dumber than you think I think you are'. Which movie is this line from?

Answer: Chinatown

Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson) at his best in this brilliant thriller by Roman Polanski. Followed by a sequel, sixteen years later - 'The Two Jakes'.

14. Which married couple were nominated for Acting Oscars in the same year?

Answer: Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton

'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf', the adaptation of the tempestuous Albee play, brought the couple nominations. On Oscar night Liz got her cake too!

15. Finally, we cross over into literature and movies. Who is the only person who has won an Oscar and a Nobel Prize?

Answer: George Bernard Shaw

He won for 'Pygmalion' in 1938.

Source: Author wclasshero

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