UK Oscar Winners Trivia Quiz

Answer: The Divine Lady

"The Divine Lady" was a silent movie that told the story of love affair between Lord Horatio Nelson and Lady Emma Hamilton.

Frank Lloyd was born in Glasgow on 2 February 1886.

He received further nominations, most famously for the Charles Laughton version of "Mutiny on the Bounty".

He won the award again in 1934 for Noel Coward's "Cavalcade" and became President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1934.

Answer: Robert Donat and Vivien Leigh

Robert Donat was born on 18 March 1905 near Manchester, England.
He won the Oscar for his portrayal of a school teacher in "Goodbye, Mr. Chips".

Vivien Leigh was born on 5 November 1913 in Darjeeling in British India.
She won her Oscar for her portrayal of Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone With the Wind".

Answer: Hamlet

"Hamlet" picked up the 1949 award for Best Picture.

"Hamlet" was an adaptation of the William Shakespeare play of the same name. This is Shakespeare's longest play and relates the story of Hamlet the Prince of Denmark and his plans to avenge the death of his father at the hands of his uncle Claudius.

His performance in the lead role earned Laurence Olivier the Oscar for Best Actor.

Answer: Chariots of Fire

"Chariots of Fire" was the story of two British athletes in the 1924 Olympics, Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams.

The film won a total of four Oscars, including awards for Best Original Screenplay (Welland), Best Costume Design (Milena Canonero) and Best Original Score (Vangelis).

Answer: Gangs of New York

He was nominated in 2003 for "Gangs of New York" where he played the role of Bill "The Butcher" Cutting but ultimately lost out to Adrien Brody in "The Pianist".

He won his first Oscar playing Christy Brown in "My Left Foot" in 1990.

He went on to win again in 2008 for playing Daniel Plainview in "There Will Be Blood" and again in 2013 for playing Abraham Lincoln in "Lincoln".

Answer: Best Actor

Sean Penn won the Best Actor Oscar for "Milk".

"Slumdog Millionaire" won Best Picture, with Danny Boyle receiving his Oscar for his direction of the same film.

Kate Winslet won the Best Actress award for "The Reader".

Answer: Best Actress

Meryl Streep won the Best Actress award for "Sophie's Choice".

"Gandhi" won Best Picture and Sir Richard Attenborough and Sir Ben Kingsley won Best Director and Best Actor respectively for the same film.

Answer: Glenda Jackson

Glenda Jackson won the Best Actress Award for "Women in Love" in 1971 and "A Touch of Class" in 1974. She was also nominated in 1972 for "Sunday Bloody Sunday".

She retired from acting in order to stand for and become a UK Member of Parliament and in 2011 she announced that she would not be seeking re-election.

She has since recorded a BBC radio version of "Blood, Sex and Money" featuring the works of Emil Zola.

Answer: Helen Mirren

The 2006 Oscar saw Helen Mirren picking up the Best Actress award for "The Queen" which relates the story of Queen Elizabeth II at the time of the death of Princess Diana in 1997.
She has since gone on to take the role to the West End stage.

Answer: Colin Firth

"The King's Speech" won the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director (Hooper), Best Actor (Firth), and Best Original Screenplay (Seidler).

It tells the story of the struggle of King George VI to overcome his stutter.