Oscar Winners Quiz

1. Which film won the first ever Academy Award for Best Picture?

1. 7th Heaven
2. Sunrise
3. The Jazz Singer
4. Wings

2. Which film holds the record for most Oscars won (tied at 11)?

1. Ben-Hur and All About Eve
2. La La Land and Braveheart
3. Schindler's List and Avatar
4. Titanic and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

3. Who is the only actor to win back-to-back Best Actor Oscars?

1. Daniel Day-Lewis
2. Jack Nicholson
3. Marlon Brando
4. Tom Hanks

4. Which film won Best Picture at the 2020 Oscars, becoming the first non-English language film to win?

1. Amélie
2. Pan's Labyrinth
3. Parasite
4. Roma

5. Which actress has won the most Academy Awards for acting?

1. Bette Davis
2. Cate Blanchett
3. Katharine Hepburn
4. Meryl Streep

6. What year did the first Academy Awards ceremony take place?

1. 1927
2. 1929
3. 1931
4. 1935

7. Which film did Steven Spielberg win his first Best Director Oscar for?

1. E.T.
2. Raiders of the Lost Ark
3. Saving Private Ryan
4. Schindler's List

8. Who won Best Actress for playing Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen (2006)?

1. Cate Blanchett
2. Emma Thompson
3. Helen Mirren
4. Judi Dench

9. Which film about a fictional African kingdom won Best Picture at the 2019 Oscars?

1. Black Panther
2. BlacKkKlansman
3. Green Book
4. If Beale Street Could Talk

10. Which actress won Best Actress for her role in Black Swan (2010)?

1. Cate Blanchett
2. Mila Kunis
3. Natalie Portman
4. Winona Ryder

11. What notorious moment happened at the 2017 Oscars Best Picture announcement?

1. The envelope was lost
2. The presenter refused to open the envelope
3. The winner walked off stage
4. The wrong film was announced as winner

12. Who voiced the character that won the first Oscar for Best Animated Feature in 2002?

1. Cameron Diaz as Fiona
2. Eddie Murphy as Donkey in Shrek
3. Mike Myers as Shrek
4. Tom Hanks

13. How many times has Meryl Streep been nominated for an Academy Award?

1. 12
2. 17
3. 21
4. 25

14. Which Best Picture winner is set during the American Civil War?

1. 12 Years a Slave
2. Glory
3. Gone with the Wind
4. Lincoln

15. Who directed The Silence of the Lambs, which swept all five major Oscar categories in 1992?

1. David Fincher
2. Jonathan Demme
3. Michael Mann
4. Ridley Scott

16. Which film won Best Picture at the 2023 Academy Awards?

1. All Quiet on the Western Front
2. Everything Everywhere All at Once
3. Tár
4. The Fabelmans

17. Who is the youngest person ever to win Best Director?

1. Alfonso Cuarón
2. Damien Chazelle
3. Jordan Peele
4. Sam Mendes

18. What is the famous award given at Cannes Film Festival (not the Oscars)?

1. Golden Bear
2. Golden Globe
3. Golden Lion
4. Palme d'Or

19. Which actor won Best Supporting Actor for playing the Joker in The Dark Knight (2008) posthumously?

1. Heath Ledger
2. Jack Nicholson
3. Jared Leto
4. Joaquin Phoenix

20. Which country has won the most Best International Feature Film (formerly Best Foreign Language Film) Oscars?

1. France
2. Italy
3. Japan
4. Sweden