Oscars Trivia Quiz Questions and Answers
The Jets and the Sharks can be found in which Oscar winning
movie?
A: West Side Story.
Katherine Hepburn won how many Oscars?
A: Four.
Julianne Moore, an four-time Oscar nominee, made her debut in
what 1988 film?
A: Slaughterhouse II
What won the Best Animated Feature Oscar in
2007?
A: Happy Feet.
In 1967 which
film won best picture?
A: In the Heat of the Night.
In Cat Ballou, what
movie star won an Oscar for playing twin
gunmen, one a drunk and the other with a metal nose?
A: Lee Marvin.
For Best Actor, who is the youngest ever winner?
A: Adrien Brody for The Pianist in
2002.
What X rated film won an Oscar?
A: Midnight Cowboy.
What was it that was so unusual about the six major Oscars
presented in March of 1953?
A: They were all for different movies.
Meryl Streep has been nominated for an Oscar how many times,
(counting the ceremonies in 2009)?
A: 15.
In the film Spartacus, in 1960, who won an Oscar for best
supporting actor?
A: Peter Ustinov.
In 1970, which famous actor declined to accept an Oscar?
A: George C Scott.
At the 2008 Oscars, there were no American winners in the four
big acting awards. When was the last time that had happened?
A: 1964
Who won an
Oscar for her portrayal of Edith Piaf in La Vie en
Rose?
A: Marion Cotillard.
Who won an Oscar for Network, posthumously?
A: Peter Finch.
Who directed
Rain Man, a 1988 Oscar winning movie?
A: Barry Levinson.
What Oscar winning movie finished up with Colonel Nicholson
asking "What have I done?"?
A: Bridge on the River Kwai.
What movie was the only one to win a Best Film Oscar that didn't
feature a woman with a speaking part?
A: Lawrence of Arabia, the only female character that made a
sound
was a camel called Gladys.
Anthony Quinn won his two Oscars for portraying two
nationalities, what were they?
A: French and
Mexican.
Who wrote the novel that L. A. Confidential, an Oscar-winning
film, was based on?
A: James Ellroy.
Calamity Jane, a musical, has an Oscar-winning
song, what is it?
A: Secret Love.
In 1973, what movie became the first
horror film ever to be
nominated for Best Film Oscar?
A: The Exorcist.
What movie has Leonardo di Caprio been nominated for besides
What's Eating Gilbert Grape, and The Aviator?
A: Blood Diamond.
Meryl Streep co-starred with which Oscar winning actor in Kramer
Vs Kramer in 1979?
A: Dustin Hoffman.
Charles Laughton was the first English actor to win an Oscar, who
was the second?
A: Victor McLagien for The Informer(1935)
In 1985 William Hurt won best actor Oscar in what movie?
A: The Kiss of the Spiderwoman.
For which two films has Clint Eastwood won a Best Director Oscar?
A: Million Dollar Baby and Unforgiven.
For what movie did the
Beatles win their one and only Oscar?
A: Let it Be.
What remake of a long-running TV show was the only remake to get
a Best Picture nomination?
A: The Fugitive.
In 1967, what movie won the Best Picture Oscar?
A: In The Heat Of The Night.
Two movies won Best Film Oscars in the 1990s, and had a
animal in
the title, what were they?
A: Dances With
Wolves, and
Silence of the Lambs.
Paul Newman won an Oscar for reprising the same character he
created 25 years before, what was the name of the movie?
A: The Color of Money.
In an Oscar given to Spencer Tracy for Boys Town in
1938, what
was wrong with the Oscar?
A: It was inscribed to Dick Tracy.
The book The Seven Pillars of Wisdom, inspired what Oscar winning
movie?
A: Lawrence of Arabia.
