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Quiz about Oscar 2015 Missed a Year But Were Back
Quiz about Oscar 2015 Missed a Year But Were Back

Oscar 2015- Missed a Year But We're Back Quiz

In 2014 I was unable to get a quiz out for the awards show known as the Oscars, after a four-year tradition. But we are back now, and ready to quiz you on what you saw. All questions deal only with the show itself, not with the awards.

A multiple-choice quiz by Spaudrey. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
Spaudrey
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
373,550
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
11 / 15
Plays
408
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Question 1 of 15
1. Neil Patrick Harris was chosen to host the 87th Oscars in 2015. He started out with the jokes quickly. Within the second sentence his first joke dealt with what topic? Hint


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Question 2 of 15
2. J.K. Simmons won for Best Supporting Actor, to which Neil Patrick Harris was able to reference J.K.'s work in which of his previous jobs? Hint


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Question 3 of 15
3. Pawel Pawlikowski accepted the award for Best Foreign Film, "Ida". What was unique about his acceptance speech? Hint


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Question 4 of 15
4. "Everything is Awesome" was an entertaining sequence that featured a huge cast of musicians and dancers. Who wasn't one of the stars we saw? Hint


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Question 5 of 15
5. The show took a more somber turn when a country singer performed the song from the Glen Campbell Alzheimers documentary. Who was the country star who performed the song "I'm Not Going To Miss You"? Hint


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Question 6 of 15
6. Patricia Arquette expectedly won the Best Supporting Actress Award, and she used her speech to campaign for what crusade? Hint


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Question 7 of 15
7. Coming out of a commercial break, Neil Patrick Harris threatened for a moment to introduce whom? Hint


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Question 8 of 15
8. Throughout the show a previous Oscar winner was given the duty of guarding a briefcase containing Neil's predictions of Oscar winners. Who received this terrorizing job? Hint


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Question 9 of 15
9. The usual "In Memoriam" montage was introduced by Meryl Streep. What movie, television and stage icon did the montage end with? Hint


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Question 10 of 15
10. What former Oscar winner came out after the "In Memoriam" montage to sing a tribute song entitled "I Can't Let Go"? Hint


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Question 11 of 15
11. Garnering an emotional standing ovation (the first noticeable one of the night) was the performance of the eventual winner for Best Original Song. Who performed the song "Glory"? Hint


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Question 12 of 15
12. Idina Menzel had the privilege of introducing Glom Gazingo to the stage. But who was it that came on instead? Hint


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Question 13 of 15
13. Lady Gaga came on to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of an iconic movie and its indelible music. From what movie did she sing a medley of songs? Hint


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Question 14 of 15
14. Graham Moore won the award for Best Adapted Screenplay for "The Imitation Game". He related some information in his acceptance speech that occurred in his childhood. What was it? Hint


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Question 15 of 15
15. Sean Penn came on to announce the Best Picture winner, and his announcement and the ensuing acceptance speech seemed to have a common theme. What was that? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Neil Patrick Harris was chosen to host the 87th Oscars in 2015. He started out with the jokes quickly. Within the second sentence his first joke dealt with what topic?

Answer: Lack of racial diversity

 "The best and the whitest are here tonight" was a jab at the fact all twenty acting nominations were white people. His opening number featured Anna Kendrick and Jack Black.
2. J.K. Simmons won for Best Supporting Actor, to which Neil Patrick Harris was able to reference J.K.'s work in which of his previous jobs?

Answer: Farmer's Insurance commercials

 Neil Patrick Harris simply went "He won an Oscar! Bum ba-dum bum bum pum bum!" in reference to the Farmers Insurance theme. J.K. Simmons is the spokesperson for the company on television commercials.
3. Pawel Pawlikowski accepted the award for Best Foreign Film, "Ida". What was unique about his acceptance speech?

Answer: The incredible length

 After acknowledging the irony that his movie was black and white and filled with silence, and now he was accepting an award in the epicenter of noise, the orchestra played him off. But he ignored it completely and kept speaking beyond all the orchestra had to play.
4. "Everything is Awesome" was an entertaining sequence that featured a huge cast of musicians and dancers. Who wasn't one of the stars we saw?

Answer: Jimmy Fallon

 The song was featured in the 2014 movie "The Lego Movie". The dancers even handed out Lego versions of Oscars to members of the audience.
5. The show took a more somber turn when a country singer performed the song from the Glen Campbell Alzheimers documentary. Who was the country star who performed the song "I'm Not Going To Miss You"?

Answer: Tim McGraw

 Tim McGraw said before the show he was honored to sing the song for his friend.
6. Patricia Arquette expectedly won the Best Supporting Actress Award, and she used her speech to campaign for what crusade?

Answer: Equal pay for women

 Patricia's character in her movie "Boyhood" went through a 12-year struggle raising her kids. She ended her speech demanding the country look at the inequality between men's and women's wages in America today.
7. Coming out of a commercial break, Neil Patrick Harris threatened for a moment to introduce whom?

Answer: The President

 Neil started with saying he never thought he would have the honor. "Ladies and gentlemen, The President...of the Academy of Arts and Sciences."
8. Throughout the show a previous Oscar winner was given the duty of guarding a briefcase containing Neil's predictions of Oscar winners. Who received this terrorizing job?

Answer: Octavia Spencer

 Octavia Spencer won for her role in 2011's "The Help". Neil kept coming back to make sure nobody tampered with the case encased in plexiglass. Later the briefcase was shown to contain not predictions of awards, but happenings in the show, somehow put in the briefcase after the incidents had happened.
9. The usual "In Memoriam" montage was introduced by Meryl Streep. What movie, television and stage icon did the montage end with?

Answer: Mike Nichols

 Mike Nichols won a myriad of awards over his directing career including an Oscar for "The Graduate".
10. What former Oscar winner came out after the "In Memoriam" montage to sing a tribute song entitled "I Can't Let Go"?

Answer: Jennifer Hudson

 Jennifer won for the movie "Dreamgirls" in 2007. Her singing tribute performance was very good.
11. Garnering an emotional standing ovation (the first noticeable one of the night) was the performance of the eventual winner for Best Original Song. Who performed the song "Glory"?

Answer: John Legend and Common

 With a backing Gospel choir, they would actually receive three standing ovations total, getting another upon winning and a final one for a stirring acceptance speech.
12. Idina Menzel had the privilege of introducing Glom Gazingo to the stage. But who was it that came on instead?

Answer: John Travolta

 John Travolta got his just comeuppance after he butchered Idina's name in the 2014 Oscars. Travolta did a bit of awkward caressing of Menzel's face during his on-air apology that got Twitter up in arms about whether he made the situation worse than last year.
13. Lady Gaga came on to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of an iconic movie and its indelible music. From what movie did she sing a medley of songs?

Answer: The Sound of Music

 The audience was also privileged with an appearance by Julie Andrews to deliver the award for Best Original Score.
14. Graham Moore won the award for Best Adapted Screenplay for "The Imitation Game". He related some information in his acceptance speech that occurred in his childhood. What was it?

Answer: An attempt at suicide

 According to his speech he tried to kill himself because he thought he was weird and didn't fit in anywhere. He told his entire audience to embrace the weird and that they do fit in somewhere.
15. Sean Penn came on to announce the Best Picture winner, and his announcement and the ensuing acceptance speech seemed to have a common theme. What was that?

Answer: Immigration

 While the Best Actor and Actress speeches had a disease theme to them (Eddie Redmayne for ALS and Julianne Moore for Alzheimer's), Sean made the announcement by saying "Who gave this S.O.B. his green card?" And "Birdman" producer/director Alejandro González Iñárritu made the comment that having two winners with unintelligible Mexican accents in a row made for awkward television.
Source: Author Spaudrey

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