Oscar Quiz

How much do you know about the Academy Awards? Whether you're hosting an Oscar party or chilling out to watch by yourself, see if you can win the award for knowing the most answers to this quiz.

Best Actress in a Leading Role

1. Which actress has won the most Best Actress trophies?
a. Katharine Hepburn
b. Meryl Streep
c. Deborah Kerr
d. Elizabeth Taylor

2. Which actress has the most nominations for the Best Actress award?
a. Katharine Hepburn
b. Meryl Streep
c. Deborah Kerr
d. Elizabeth Taylor

3. Which actress was the oldest winner for the Best Actress award?
a. Katharine Hepburn
b. Peggy Ashcroft
c. Geraldine Page
d. Jessica Tandy

4. At the 71st Academy Awards in 1999, two actresses were nominated for playing the same role. Cate Blanchett was nominated for Best Actress and Judi Dench for Best Supporting Actress. What was the role?
a. Queen Victoria
b. Queen Elizabeth I
c. Queen Elizabeth II
d. Iris Murdoch

5. Which of the following actresses has won the award for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress?
a. Kate Winslet
b. Reese Witherspoon
c. Meryl Streep
d. Hilary Swank

Best Actor in a Leading Role

6. Which actor won the awards for both Best Actor and Best Picture (as a producer) for the same film?
a. Michael Douglas
b. Tom Hanks
c. Sean Penn
d. Laurence Olivier

7. Which actor has the most nominations for the Best Actor award without ever winning?
a. Peter O'Toole
b. Mickey Rourke
c. Clint Eastwood
d. Richard Burton

8. Which actor was the youngest winner for the Best Actor award?
a. Jackie Cooper
b. Timothy Hutton
c. Adrien Brody
d. Sean Penn

9. Nine actors have twice won the Best Actor trophy. Which of the following is one of those men?
a. Paul Newman
b. Robert De Niro
c. Daniel Day-Lewis
d. Al Pacino

10. At the 80th Academy Awards in 2008, Sean Penn won the Best Actor award for his portrayal of Harvey Milk. Who was the previous actor to win the award for portraying a biographical character?
a. Philip Seymour Hoffman as Truman Capote
b. Forest Whitaker as Idi Amin
c. Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles
d. Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash

Best Picture

11. The 1st Academy Awards were held in 1929 for films released in 1927 and 1928. There was no Best Picture category. The award was called Most Outstanding Production. What film won this award?
a. The Patriot
b. Wings
c. Seventh Heaven
d. All Quiet on the Western Front

12. What was the first sound film to receive the award for Best Picture?
a. The Jazz Singer
b. The Hollywood Revue of 1929
c. The Broadway Melody
d. All Quiet on the Western Front

13. All of the following films have won the award for Best Picture. Three of these films won 11 awards total. Which of the following didn't win this many awards?
a. Schindler's List
b. Ben Hur
c. Titanic
d. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

14. What was the first R-rated film to win the award for Best Picture?
a. Midnight Cowboy
b. The Godfather
c. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
d. The French Connection

15. In 2008, the award for Best Picture went to Slumdog Millionaire, a foreign production. Which of the following Best Picture winners were also foreign productions?
a. Gandhi
b. The English Patient
c. The French Connection
d. Chariots of Fire

Answers: 1. a (4 awards), 2. b (13 nominations), 3. D (80 years old), 4. b, 5. c (Sophie's Choice and Kramer vs. Kramer), 6. d (for Hamlet), 7. a (nominated 8 times), 8. c (29 years old), 9. c (There Will Be Blood and My Left Foot), 10. b, 11. b, 12. c, 13. a, 14. d, 15. a and d

Source: Wikipedia