Can you name last year’s Best Picture winner? According to a recent poll conducted by The Hollywood Reporter, a mere 20 percent of Americans know what movie took home the top prize at the Academy Awards in 2018. (It was “The Shape of Water,” by the way.) With that in mind, here’s your chance to test your own memory on all things Oscar — from the first black actor to receive one of the trophies to the famous director who’s never received a single prize. See how many you can get right — and pick up some new trivia fun facts to impress friends at your Oscars party Sunday night.
The 91st Academy Awards airs at 8 p.m. Sunday on ABC
1. Who is the youngest-ever Oscar winner?
A. Tatum O’Neal
B. Jacob Tremblay
C. Anna Paquin
D. Patty Duke
2. Which of these films received zero nominations?
A. ”The Big Lebowski”
B. “Steel Magnolias”
C. “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”
D. The Truman Show
3. Which of these actors, in the role listed, was nominated for an Oscar?
A. Edward Norton in “Fight Club”
B. Christian Bale in “American Psycho”
C. Robert Downey Jr. in “Tropic Thunder”
D. Meryl Streep in “The House of the Spirits”
4. Who was the first black actor to win an Oscar?
A. Hattie McDaniel
B. Sidney Poitier
C. Denzel Washington
D. Halle Berry
5. What was the longest movie ever nominated for Best Picture?
A. “Cleopatra”
B. “Lawrence of Arabia”
C. “Gone With The Wind”
D. “The Ten Commandments”
6. Which of the four women to play the lead in “A Star is Born” was not nominated for her performance”?
A. Barbra Streisand
B. Lady Gaga
C. Janet Gaynor
D. Judy Garland
7. How many Oscar nominations has Meryl Streep received?
A. 17
B. 21
C. 11
D. 29
8. Which of these men has never won for directing?
A. Stanley Kubrick
B. Steven Spielberg
C. James Cameron
D. Ron Howard
9. What was the first technicolor movie to win Best Picture?
A. “The Wizard of Oz “
B. “Gone With The Wind “
C. “The Adventures of Robin Hood”
D. “Snow White”
10. Which film won Best Picture in 1991?
A. “Goodfellas”
B. “Dances With Wolves”
C. “The Godfather Part III”
D. “Ghost”
11. Which winner had the least amount of screentime in their winning role?
A. Judi Dench, “Shakespeare in Love”
B. Anthony Hopkins, “The Silence of the Lambs”
C. Anne Hathaway, “Les Miserables”
D. Beatrice Straight, “Network”
12. Who has been nominated for the most Oscars?
A. Walt Disney, founder of Disney
B. John Williams, composer
C. Woody Allen, screenwriter
D. Martin Scorsese, director
13. Only three films have won Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress and Screenplay. Which of these did not?
A. “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest”
B. “The Godfather”
C. “The Silence of the Lambs”
D. “It Happened One Night”
14. Which Disney film was nominated for Best Picture?
A. “Snow White”
B. “The Lion King”
C. “Beauty and the Beast”
D. “Aladdin”
15. Which Pixar movie didn’t win Best Animated Feature?
A. “Monsters, Inc.”
B. “Toy Story 3”
C. “Wall-E”
D. “Brave”
16. Who is the only person to ever win for playing the opposite sex?
A. Dustin Hoffman, “Tootsie”
B. Alec Guinness, “Kind Hearts and Coronets”
C. Robin Williams, “Mrs. Doubtfire”
D. Linda Hunt, “The Year of Living Dangerously”
17. What pair of famous brothers have both been nominated for acting Oscars?
A. Ben and Casey Affleck
B. River and Joaquin Phoenix
C. Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen
D. Alec and Stephen Baldwin
18. Who is the oldest winner of an Oscar at the time of their win?
A. Christopher Plummer, actor
B. James Ivory, screenplay
C. Ennio Morricone, score
D. Jessica Tandy, actress
19. Which movie-musical did not win Best Picture?
A. “Sound of Music”
B. “Cabaret”
C. “Oliver!”
D. “My Fair Lady”
20. What Best Picture made the least money at the box office?
A. “The Hurt Locker”
B. “Crash”
C. “The Artist”
D. “Birdman”
21. What is the only horror film to have won Best Picture?
A. “The Exorcist”
B. “Get Out”
C. “The Silence of the Lambs”
D. “Jaws”
22. What award was “Titanic” not nominated for?
A. Best Actor
B. Best Supporting Actress
C. Best Supporting Actor
D. Makeup
23. Which director boasts the most nominations?
A. Martin Scorsese
B. John Ford
C. William Wyler
D. Oliver Stone
24. Which actress has won the most Oscars?
A. Bette Davis
B. Katharine Hepburn
C. Meryl Streep
D. Ingrid Bergman
25. What won Best Costumes in 2015?
A. “Carol”
B. “Cinderella”.
C. “The Danish Girl”
D. “Mad Max Fury Road”
Answer Key
1. A (10 years old); 2. A; 3. C; 4. A (“Gone With the Wind”); 5. A (4 hours, 3 minutes); 6. A; 7. B; 8. A; 9. B; 10. B; 11. D (5 minutes, 40 seconds); 12. A (59); 13. B; 14. C; 15. A; 16. D; 17. B; 18. B (89 years old); 19. B; 20. A ($49 million worldwide); 21. C; 22. A; 23. C (12); 24. B (four); 25. D.
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