Academy Awards Trivia Game
Submitted by AJDaGreat on Tue, 01/27/2004 - 02:09
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- Yes, a handful of new questions! Yay!
- 1. Thomas Mitchell had semi-starring (i.e., not an extra) roles in 3 Best Picture nominees in 1939 - Gone With the Wind, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and Stagecoach. John C. Reilly had semi-starring roles in 3 Best Picture nominees in 2002 - The Hours, Gangs of New York, and Chicago. Who is the third person to have semi-large roles in three of the Best Picture nominees, and what year was it?
- 13. Which movie studio holds the record for releasing the most Best Picture nominees (61)? (Hint: Not the same as #12)
- 38. BESIDES Queen Elizabeth I (Elizabeth and Shakespeare in Love), what female character has been nominated for most acting awards? (Hint: Don't think historical figures)
- 51. Name the first year when all 10 Best Actor / Best Actress nominated performers were American-born.
- 52. Who was the only "little person" to be nominated for an acting award?
- 74. What country has the most Best Foreign Film nominations with zero wins?
- 78. Leon Shamroy is both tied for the most Best Cinematography nominations (with 18) and tied for the most Best Cinematography wins. Name any film he won for.
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- 2. Which three films have swept awards for Best Picture, Director, Lead Actor, Lead Actress, and Screenplay? A: It Happened One Night, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Silence of the Lambs (thanks to lbangs)
- 3. What was the first foreign-made film to win Best Picture? Hint: "Foreign-made" includes British. A: Hamlet (thanks to zekeburger)
- 4. Two films, with 11 nominations, are tied for most nominations with absolutely no wins. One is The Color Purple. What is the other? A: The Turning Point (thanks to Macheath)
- 5. What is the only Best Picture winner to not even get NOMINATED for any other awards? A: Grand Hotel (thanks to lbangs)
- 6. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is the foreign-language film with the most Oscar nominations (10). Life is Beautiful comes in second place with 7. Which two films are tied for third place (each one has 6 noms)? A: Das Boot, Fanny and Alexander (thanks to pianoshootis)
- 7. What is the only Best Picture winner that also won the Palme d'Or? A: Marty (thanks to JoeGraham)
- 8. What film holds the record for most nominations without being nominated for Best Picture? (It was nominated for 9 awards and only won Best Supporting Actress) A: They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (thanks to pianoshootis)
- 9. What is the only X-rated film to win Best Picture? A: Midnight Cowboy (thanks to Macheath)
- 10. What two films share the record for most nominations (each has 14)? A: Titanic and All About Eve (thanks to lbangs)
- 11. What director holds the record for directing the most Best Picture nominees (13)? (Hint: It is NOT John Ford, who holds the record for most Best Director wins) A: William Wyler (thanks to lbangs)
- 12. Which movie studio holds the record for releasing the most Best Picture winners (12)? A: Paramount, I think (see discussion starting on 4/23/2005) (thanks to Penny)
- 14. Who was the first woman to walk away from the Oscar ceremony with a Best Picture Oscar? A: Julia Phillips (thanks to Macheath)
- 15. Who is the only person to win BOTH Best Director and Best Screenplay two years in a row? (That's four Oscars there) A: Joseph L. Manciewicz (for A Letter to Three Wives and All About Eve) (thanks to Macheath)
- 16. What director holds the record for most Best Director nominations with NO WINS? (Hint: No, it's not Hitchcock or Altman, though they're close) A: Clarence Brown (thanks to jgandcag)
- 17. Tom Hanks won back-to-back Best Actor Oscars in the 90's. Who pulled this off first? A: Spencer Tracy (thanks to lbangs)
- 18. What film holds the record for most Best Actor nominations? (That's Best Lead Actor. One film actually had three lead actors nominated) A: Mutiny on the Bounty (thanks to jgandcag)
- 19. Who is the only person to be nominated for TWO posthumous Best Actor performances? A: James Dean (thanks to Macheath)
- 20. What man was nominated for four consecutive Best Actor Oscars? A: Marlon Brando (for A Streetcar Named Desire, Viva Zapata!, Julius Caesar, and On the Waterfront in 1951-1954) (thanks to jgandcag)
- 21. Get ready for this one. What is the only film to (a) receive 5 acting nominations (the most a film has ever received, though a handful of films are tied for that record), (b) win Best Picture, and (c) not receive any acting wins? A: Tom Jones (thanks to lbangs)
- 22. Who is the only male Latino to win a LEAD acting Oscar, and in what film? A: Jose Ferrer in Cyrano de Bergerac (thanks to jgandcag) - also honorable mentions to slipkid71 for pointing out that Benicio Del Toro also won, for a supporting performance
- 23. Who is the only person to be nominated for two different awards for the exact same performance, and in what film? A: Barry Fitzgerald for Going My Way (thanks to zekeburger)
- 24. Who is the only male actor to be nominated for two different awards in the same year? A: Al Pacino (for Scent of a Woman and Glengarry Glen Ross) (thanks to Macheath)
- 25. What male character has been nominated for the most acting awards? (Hint: Think historical figures) A: Henry VIII (thanks to zekeburger)
- 26. Who is the lowest billed male actor to ever win a Best Actor award? (He has fifth-billing) A: Maximillian Schell in Judgment at Nuremberg (thanks to russa03)
- 27. Who is the only male actor to be nominated for an acting award when his character was not a human? A: Jeff Bridges in Starman (thanks to Macheath)
- 28. Three times, a husband and wife have received acting nominations for the same film. One time was Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne in The Guardsman. Another time was Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? What was the third time? A: Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester in Witness for the Prosecution (thanks to pianoshootis)
- 29. Who is the youngest Best Actor winner? A: Adrien Brody (thanks to jgandcag)
- 30. Who is the oldest Best Actor winner? A: Henry Fonda (thanks to jgandcag)
- 31. Twice, actresses have won Best Actress awards for playing totally mute characters. Once was Holly Hunter for The Piano. What was the other time? A: Jane Wyman in Johnny Belinda (thanks to slipkid71)
- 32. Who is the most nominated performer (i.e., actor or actress) of all-time? A: Meryl Streep (with 13 noms) (thanks to Macheath)
- 33. Katharine Hepburn won back-to-back Best Actress Oscars in the 60's. Who pulled this off first? A: Luise Rainer (thanks to jgandcag)
- 34. Name both actresses with five consecutive Best Actress nominations. A: Greer Garson and Bette Davis (thanks to 0dysseus)
- 35. Besides the answer to #33, who was the only actress to win two Best Actress awards before the age of 30? A: Jodie Foster (thanks to grandpa_chum)
- 36. Though a handful of films have had multiple Best Actress nominations, most of those films had their actress performances split votes. In fact, only one film has had two Best Actress nominations where one of the actresses actually won. Name the actress and the film. A: Shirley MacLaine, Terms of Endearment (thanks to JoeGraham)
- 37. Titanic featured two nominated actresses playing the same character in the same film (Kate Winslet and Gloria Stuart played Rose DeWitt Bukater at different ages). What was the other film to feature two nominated actresses who both played the same character? A: Iris (thanks to zekeburger)
- 39. A handful of films feature nominated lead actresses directed by their husbands (e.g., Julie Andrews directed by Blake Edwards in Victor / Victoria). Who was the only person to WIN a Best Actress award directed by her husband? A: Frances McDormand in Fargo (thanks to strider)
- 40. Who is the only female Latino to win an acting Oscar, and for what film? A: Rita Moreno for West Side Story (thanks to lbangs)
- 41. Everyone knows Roberto Benigni was the first person to win Best Actor for a foreign-language film. Who was the first person to win Best Actress for a foreign-language film? A: Sofia Loren (thanks to slipkid71)
- 42. Who is the youngest Best Actress winner? A: Marlee Matlin (thanks to xfanatic50)
- 43. Who is the oldest Best Actress winner? A: Jessica Tandy (thanks to jgandcag)
- 44. Who is the only person to have won three Best Supporting Actor awards? A: Walter Brennan (thanks to ash_campbell)
- 45. Who was the first person to take home a Best Actor Oscar when he already had a Best Supporting Actor Oscar sitting on the mantle? A: Jack Lemmon (thanks to JoeGraham)
- 46. Who holds the record for most Best Supporting Actress nominations with no wins? A: Thelma Ritter (thanks to flfrleta)
- 47. Who is the only person to win two Oscars for the same role in the same movie? (Hint: One was an Honorary Award) A: Harold Russell for "Best Years of Our Lives" (thanks to Macheath)
- 48. Who is the only actress to win two Best Actress awards and one Best Supporting Actress award? A: Ingrid Bergman (thanks to JoeGraham)
- 49. In 2001, three black performers were nominated for acting awards. But this had happened before. What was the first year this happened? A: 1972 (thanks to flfrleta)
- 50. Name the only two Asian-American acting Oscar winners OR since their names are kinda hard to remember, you can name the films they were in if you want. A: One is Haing S. Ngor in The Killing Fields (thanks to professor); the other is Miyoshi Umeki in Sayonara (thanks to pianoshootis)
- 53. Who was the Best Supporting Actor winner with the least amount of screen time? A: Anthony Quinn in Lust for Life (thanks to 1922)
- 54. Name the only set of siblings who have both won acting awards. A: Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine (or also Ethel Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore) (thanks to Macheath)
- 55. What is the only mother-father-daughter group to all receive acting nominations? A: Diane Ladd (first for Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore), Bruce Dern (for Coming Home), and Laura Dern (for Rambling Rose) (thanks to Macheath)
- 56. Who is the only family to have three generations of Oscar winners? A: the Hustons - John, Walter, and Anjelica (thanks to Macheath)
- 57. Who was the first person to win an Academy Award for playing a member of the opposite sex? A: Linda Hunt (thanks to Macheath)
- 58. Though a handful of films have had three Best Supporting Actor nominations, most of those films had their actor performances split votes. In fact, only one film has had three Best Supporting Actor nominations where one of the actors actually won. Name the actor and the film. A: Robert DeNiro, Godfather Part II (thanks to lbangs)
- 59. For four consecutive years, four different Best Supporting Actress winners had the same initials. Name those initials. A: MS (thanks to 1922)
- 60. Finally, a very tough one. Name all SEVEN films which won both Best Actor and Best Actress. A: It Happened One Night, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Network, Coming Home, On Golden Pond, Silence of the Lambs, As Good As It Gets (thanks to lbangs)
- 61. In what decade did not one Best Actress winner appear in a Best Picture winner? A: The 50's (thanks to strider)
- 62. What was the first year where all of the Best Picture nominees were in color? A: 1956 (thanks to 0dysseus)
- 63. Who won Best Supporting Actor in 1935? A: No one. The award didn't exist then. (thanks to Macheath)
- 64. Who was the first person to be nominated as both actor and screenwriter for the same film, and for which film? A: Charlie Chaplin for The Great Dictator (thanks to Penny)
- 65. The 2003 nominees end Miramax's long streak of having at least one film in the Best Picture noms. In what year did this streak begin, and what Miramax film was the Best Picture nominee in that year? A: 1992 with The Crying Game (thanks to lbangs)
- 66. Sofia Coppola is only the third female director ever nominated for a Best Director Oscar. Name the first two (who both lost) and what movies they were nominated for. A: Lina Wertmuller for Seven Beauties, Jane Campion for The Piano (thanks to AAA)
- 67. Who is the youngest Best Director winner? A: Norman Taurog for Skippy (thanks to JoeGraham)
- 68. Who is the oldest Best Director winner? A: Roman Polanski for The Pianist (thanks to russa03)
- 69. When One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Rocky, and Annie Hall all won Best Picture awards, it meant three consecutive Best Pictures for United Artists. Name the other studio to tie that streak, and when it occurred. A: Dreamworks 1999-2001 (thanks to Penny)
- 70. Name the only film to feature both an Oscar-winning performance and a Razzie-winning performance. A: Wall Street (thanks to strider)
- 71. Here's my next attempt to really stump you guys. Name ALL THREE years in which the Best Picture nominees have matched the Best Director nominees. A: 1957, 1964, and 1981 (thanks to JoeGraham)
- 72a. Excluding honorary awards, there have been two people to receive Best Actor Oscars for films they themselves directed. Who did this first? A: Laurence Olivier (thanks to pianoshootis)
- 72b. Who did this second? A: Roberto Benigni (thanks to pianoshootis)
- 73. What director is responsible for the most acting Oscars? (i.e., he directed the most actors to win an Oscar over the course of his career) A: William Wyler (thanks to hawrnball)
- 75. Only three people have been nominated in both the lead and supporting categories in a particular year (Jamie Foxx for Ray and Collateral, for example), yet won neither award. All three are women, and all three are pretty famous (no Haing S. Ngor here). Name any two. A: Julianne Moore and Sigourney Weaver, the third being Emma Thompson (thanks to alsox4life)
- 76. What was the most recent film to have two people in the same film nominated for the lead category? (Hint: Both the nominees' characters' names were in the title of the film.) A: Thelma and Louise (thanks to russa03)
- 77. Who holds the record for most Best Documentary Feature awards? (Yes, you have heard of him.) A: Walt Disney (thanks to queenvideo)
- 79a. In the past 70 years, what is the only film to win Best Picture when its director was not even nominated for Best Director? A: Driving Miss Daisy (thanks to pianoshootis)
- 79b. Who actually won Best Director in that year, and for what film? A: Oliver Stone for Born on the Fourth of July (thanks to pianoshootis)
- 80. Two people are tied for having the most acting nominations with zero wins. One is Peter O'Toole, who recently received an Honorary Award, and who is still working. The other has received no Honorary Award and is dead, so sadly, it is safe to say this person will never get an Oscar in any way, shape, or form. Who is it? A: Richard Burton (thanks to pianoshootis)
- 81. What film won the most Academy Awards without winning Best Picture? A: Cabaret (thanks to pianoshootis)
- 82. Another toughie. Four people are tied for winning the most screenplay Oscars, with 3. Three of the four people are fairly well-known, but the fourth is pretty obscure, so I'll only make you name three of four. But for bonus points, name the 4th and I will be really impressed. A: Charles Brackett, Paddy Chayevsky, and Billy Wilder (thanks to pianoshootis)
- 83. Okay, bear with me (I like screenplay questions). The Academy started separating screenplays into adapted and original in 1957. It turns out that for Best Picture, they generally tend to prefer great Adapted Screenplays to great Original Screenplays. In fact, only 9 films have ever won both Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay. Of those 9, 3 were biopics (Patton, Chariots of Fire, and Amadeus), and 1 was Shakespeare in Love, which contains original plot ideas but features a real person as the main character and also quotes Shakespeare extensively. So basically there are only 5 screenplays that have (1) consisted of ideas, characters, and words entirely out of the author's head, (2) won Best Original Screenplay, and (3) won Best Picture. Name four of the five. A: Annie Hall, Rain Man, American Beauty, and Crash; plus The Apartment and The Sting (thanks to hawrnball)
Author Comments:
Update: Sorry, I actually screwed up on a few of these. They have been edited.
In the spirit of the season, I thought I'd create a game to reflect on Oscars past. Some are pretty easy, some are pretty hard. Just post if you think you know an answer and I'll give you credit. No cheating please.
No cheating please.
Scores:
Macheath - 14
pianoshootis - 10.5
lbangs - 10
jgandcag - 8
JoeGraham - 6
zekeburger - 4
Penny - 3
russa03 - 3
strider - 3
flfrleta - 2
1922 - 2
0dysseus - 2
slipkid71 - 2
AAA - 1
alsox4life - 1
ash_campbell - 1
grandpa_chum - 1
queenvideo - 1
xfanatic50 - 1
professor - 1/2
Cool game. I'll answer the ones I know over time.
2 - It Happened One Night, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and The Silence of the Lambs
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L. Bangs
Yup!
#2 - Ghandi, Amadeus, All About Eve?
Actually, lbangs got this one right. Good guesses though!
#16 - Scorsese?
Sadly, no. Scorsese has had 4 nominations (Raging Bull, The Last Temptation of Christ, Goodfellas, Gangs of New York) and no wins. The answer to #16 has had 6 nominations and no wins.
Wow, that's a good question. I'm still scratching my head.
I know five of the answers to your last question. I'm still thinking. I thought I had six, then I remembered that Eva-Marie Saint was a supporting actress for On the Waterfront.
While I'm thinking on the toughie, here's another answer (I hope). 40 - Rita Moreno for West Side Story. She's also one of the few people to have an Emmy, an Oscar, and a Tony, I believe.
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L. Bangs
16 isn't Howard Hawks, is it?
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L. Bangs
No, the underappreciated Hawks was only nominated for one film - Sergeant York. He did receive an Honorary Oscar, however.
Hawks and Scorsese are too famous for #16. The director for #16 is rather obscure. It's a toughie.
You're right about Rita Moreno though. That's two for you!
I'm still thinking on the two hard ones. In the meantime, 17 is Spencer Tracy.
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L. Bangs
Correct! Good luck on those hard ones!
I think I have that last one.
It Happened One Night
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Silence of the Lambs
As Good As It Gets
On Golden Pond
Network
Coming Home
I can't swear to the last one, though.
I still have no clue on the director... Alan Parker?
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L. Bangs
You are correct on those 7 films! Excellent job!
Alan Parker is still more famous than the answer to #16. His most famous film is probably his 1944 snub, but even that one isn't all that well-known.
Good luck!
Sam Wood?
I almost went with Fred Zinnemann, but I think he won for My Fair Lady.
Arghhhh!
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L. Bangs
Aw, forget it. I was trying to check the spelling of another director and I accidentally ran across this. I'm out.
Good one, though.
Oh, is 52 and 57 the same?
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L. Bangs
Linda Hunt was short, but she wasn't a "little person." Hunt was 4'11", the answer to #52 was 3'11".
Ah, wasn't sure...
10 - Titanic and All About Eve
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L. Bangs
Correct!
Do you think you would've gotten it eventually? Had you even heard of the guy?
I think I might have eventually. I was actually thinking of one of his films, but I had the wrong name. I looked it up to check the spelling, and found out I had confused him.
I've definitely heard of him, but I was unaware of some of his earlier films.
I'm dying to see if anybody gets this. jgandcag?
Anybody?
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L. Bangs
I can tell you he directed National Velvet and The Yearling (I have heard this question somewhere before and I was shocked because I had never heard his name) but I cant remember his name now...Its something Brown I think...
Last name is good enough! His name is Clarence Brown, and he lost his 6 nominations for Romance (1930), Anna Christie (1930), A Free Soul (1931), The Human Comedy (1943), National Velvet (1944), and The Yearling (1946).
Sam Wood is a very good guess. He was nominated four times and never won, around the same time period as the answer to #16. However, it's still wrong. :-)
Oh, and BTW, George Cukor directed My Fair Lady, not Fred Zinnemann. Zinnemann was nominated for Best Director 7 times and won twice (for From Here to Eternity and A Man for All Seasons).
Oops. I was thinking Cukor. I was still wrong. Shucks.
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L. Bangs
could it be peter wier or james ivory?
9. Midnight Cowboy (1969)
17. James Stewart?
47. Harold Russell, for The Best Years Of Our Lives
Correct on #9 and #47. Sadly, Stewart's Oscar for "The Philadelphia Story" was the only Oscar he ever won. Although he was nominated a year earlier for "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington."
57. Linda Hunt?
Correct! For "The Year of Living Dangerously" (1983).
RE: Question #1
In reading your question it seems that John C. Reilly was the last person to have semi-large roles in three of the Best Picture nominees. The year was 2002.
Or are you talking about the last person before John C. Reilly?
Sorry. You are correct, John C. Reilly was the last person to do it chronologically. I mean the last person of the list of three. I'll change the wording.
Is 42 Tatum O'Neal?
Actually, Tatum O'Neal won a Best Supporting Actress award, not a Best Actress award. The youngest Best Actress was significantly older than Tatum.
Gah! I'll get something right again!
Okay, a few more guesses:
How about #31 being Marlee Matlin?
Jeff Bridges for #27?
Al Pacino for #24?
Would 15 be Joseph L. Mankiewicz?
Ah, wellll... I can't give you Matlin. The site I went to mentioned Matlin as being mostly silent in "Children of a Lesser God", but I asked for a totally mute performance in #31. Sorry. But I haven't seen the movie; is this inaccurate? Is Matlin totally mute throughout? If you say she is, I'll give you credit.
The rest are correct. Nice job!
To be honest, I've only seen some of the movie, so I can't say for sure if she was silent all the way through or not. It seemed like a logical answer, but let's say it's incorrect until someone can say otherwise.
Btw, great quiz so far!
Thanks! I had a lot of fun making it. In fact, I think I'll add some more questions.
Is 21 Tom Jones?
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L. Bangs
Sho nuff!
Not sure of this, but is 54 Joan Fontaine and Olivia DeHavilland?
And for 56, is it Walter, John, and Angelica Huston?
Well, crap, I goofed. I was thinking of Lionel and Ethel Barrymore for #54, but you are correct, Joan Fontaine and Olivia De Havilland would work too. I'll give you credit.
#56 is indeed the Huston clan. But interestingly enough, if Sofia Coppola wins anything in the 76th Academy Awards, the Coppolas would become the second family which has three generations of Oscar winners. Sofia's father Francis Ford Coppola of course won many times, and her grandfather Carmine Coppola won Best Score for "Godfather Part II."
Lina Wertmuler (unsure of spelling) - Seven Beauties
Jane Campion - The Piano
I'm going to assume you are answering #66, in which case you would be correct. Nice job!
Okay, I'm going to take a stab at this:
22 is Benicio Del Toro, Traffic
31 is Marlee Matlin, Children of a Lesser God
41 is Sophia Loren, Two Women
Tough trivia. Great job, AJ!
My apologies once again. You are correct with Del Toro, but the question should be about a LEAD acting award. jgandcag got the answer I was looking for below, but I'll give you an honorable mention.
For 31, you gave the correct answer with Jane Wyman below, and you got 41 right. Nice job!
Wait a sec, I just realized Marlee Matlin is the wrong answer for #31. If I'm not mistaken, didn't Jane Wyman win for "Johnny Belinda"?
Alright, a few more guesses...
5 - Grand Hotel
11 - I'll say William Wyler or George Cukor, but I'm not sure.
25 - Henry V
43 - Katharine Hepburn for On Golden Pond (No, I'm not really sure about this one...)
58 - Godfather Part II - Robert De Niro
65 - 92 - The Crying Game
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L. Bangs
Correct on 5, 11 (Wyler), 58, and 65.
25 - Henry V is close, but no cigar.
43 - Katharine Hepburn comes in second place, actually. She was 74, but the answer to #43 was 80.
18. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) Gable, Laughton and Franchot Tone. And none of them won because of Victor Mclaglen's performance in the Informer.
43. I believe is Jessica Tandy for Driving Miss Daisy
22. is Jose Ferrer for Cyrano
I will think a little on some more of these
29. Adrien Brody
30. Henry Fonda
33. Luise Rainer????
You are correct on all the ones you guessed. Congrats!
Is #4 The Turning Point?
Meryl Streep for #32?
55: Bruce Dern, Diane Ladd, and Laura Dern?
64: Was it Billy Bob Thornton for Sling Blade, or did it happen before?
4, 32, and 55 are all right. Nice job on 55 especially; that was a tough one, I thought.
But #64 happened long before "Sling Blade." Nice try.
Bonus Trivia on 55 - If I hadn't specifically said "acting nominations", the question could be referring to Vincente Minelli (Best Director for Gigi), Judy Garland (special award for Wizard of Oz), and Liza Minelli (Best Actress for Cabaret) - all of whom actually won their awards.
64 - Orson Welles for Kane, or even before that?
3 - How about Bridge On The River Kwai?
14 - Could this be Julia Phillips with The Sting?
I think 19 just came to me. James Dean?
And something tells me 63 is a trick question. Were they handing out supporting awards back then?
64 - Man, you're close. Orson Welles was the second time this happened.
3 - I'm not sure if "Bridge" really counts as foreign-made, as the financing and distribution all came from an American studio. In any case, even if it was, the answer to #3 is earlier.
14 - It could, and it is!
19 - Yep!
63 - :-)
Man, I'm up too late...
20. is Brando in the 50's
34 Bette Davis is one. I would guess Meryl Streep for the other one...
20 is correct. 34, you are right on Bette Davis, but the other one is not Meryl Streep. The other for #34 is more obscure, and may surprise you.
I'm surprised that no one has gotten #23, #39, or #61 yet. I thought those were easy ones.
Is #67 William A. Wellman for Wings
I think he would be, but alas, he didn't win. Sorry.
Whoops, your right how bout Norman Taurog then for #67...
Hmm... I coulda sworn the answer was William Friedkin, but according to the IMDB, it seems you are correct. Nice work!
I'm not too good with these quizzies, but I'll have a go.
Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman for Eyes Wide Shut ? (I'm probably way off) - Number 28.
For 50, one of them is the chap from The Killing Fields I think, playing opposite Sam Waterston.
I don't know the other, and you're right - I don't remember his name, but sometimes I don't even remember my own.
Great quiz !
Unfortunately, "Eyes Wide Shut" was not nominated for any Oscars. You're off by about 40 years.
You are correct about Haing S. Ngor (and yes, I used the IMDB for that one) in "The Killing Fields." I'll give you half credit.
Hurrah !   I'm on the scoreb . . .
I'll go for another half-point (?)
Would 64 be Woody Allen ? (I don't know the film either - Annie Hall perhaps ?)
A good guess. Allen was indeed nominated for both actor and screenwriter for Annie Hall, but that was not the first time.
Orson Welles ?
Aack! The answer to #64 was nominated for actor / screenwriter just ONE YEAR BEFORE Orson Welles was. Come on, professor, you are so close it scares me. I know you can come up with the right answer!
Was it Larry O and Henry V ?
Actually, the screenplay of "Henry V" was not nominated, though Olivier did receive an honorary award for all the many hats he wore in making that film. Good guess!
Is the answer to #70 Michael Douglas and Daryl Hannah, best actor and worst supporting actress, respectively, in Wall Street?
Yes it is! Nice job!
Yes, #39 is easy, only because it so recent. Frances McDormand won the Best Actress for "Fargo," which was directed by her husband, Joel Coen
Right you are!
For #61, how about the 50's AND the 20's?
Well, you're right... technically, the 2000's would work as well. I was only counting full decades. I'll give you credit for the 50's.
Is #7 perhaps Marty?
It is!
Is the youngest best actress winner Tatum O'Neal for Paper Moon? Or Anna Paquin for the Piano? I'm not entirely sure, but I know it's one of them.
Nope, sorry. I think it's kinda funny how everyone knows about Tatum O'Neal (the youngest Best Supporting Actress), and you even know about Anna Paquin (the second-youngest Best Supporting Actress), but no one can seem to swing the youngest Best Actress.
Here's a hint. Here name appears somewhere on this page, either in the quiz itself or in the discussion.
Is it Marlee Matlin? I know she was very young when she won. I was thinking there was someone younger though...
You are right! It is Marlee Matlin! Well done!
36. Terms of Endearment, with Shirley MacLaine winning and Debra Winger got a nod.
You are correct sir.
71. 2003, 1982, and the 1965 Oscars...
Nope, sorry. For 1965, the directors of Ship of Fools and A Thousand Clowns were not nominated, while Hiroshi Teshigahara (for Woman in the Dunes) and William Wyler (for The Collector) were. For 1982, the director of Missing wasn't nominated, while Wolfgang Petersen (for Das Boot) was. And for 2003, Gary Ross wasn't nominated as Best Director for Seabiscuit, but Fernando Meirelles was.
Keep guessing! I really hope someone will get this one!
Is 44 Walter Brennan? I know he won at least two, and if I'm not mistaken he won three in like five or six years.
You are right! He won for Come and Get It, Kentucky, and the Westerner in the span of 5 years. Well done!
Soory I meant the year of the awards not the actual years of the movies. So how bout 2002, 1981, and 1964.
Oh. Sorry for the misunderstanding. You are correct on 1964 and 1981. However, Pedro Almodovar was nominated for Best Director in 2002, and Peter Jackson was not. I think I will give you 2/3 credit though.
It doesn't seem likely, but is 45 Robert De Niro? He already had his Godfather II Supporting Oscar before his Raging Bull Best Oscar.
No, DeNiro wasn't the first to do it. Good guess though. It actually happened later than you might think. The first person did it less than ten years before DeNiro. If I'm not mistaken, DeNiro would be the second person to pull this off.
48.Ingrid Bergman
Yup! Best Actress for Gaslight and Anastasia, and Best Supporting Actress for Murder on the Orient Express. Good call!
Darn, you are right again. Lets try 1957 instead.
A winner is you!
#3 is Hamlet.
Are you sure there are three people that have been in 3 Best Picture nominees in the same year? I knew of John C. Reilly, but didn't know about Thomas Mitchell, and I've been looking for the third person and I can't find it!
#45 This one surprised me! Jack Lemmon won Best Actor in 1974 for Save the Tiger (1973) and he had already won Best Supporting Actor for Mister Roberts (1955) in 1956.
#23 Barry Fitzgerald for Going my Way (1944)
#25 Henry VIII
#26 Michael Dunn for The Ship of Fools (1965)
#37 - Interestingly enough, Kate Winslet is in the answer for this one too! She and Judi Dench were both nominated for Iris (2001)
Whoops! Sorry it took me a few days to update this. I just forgot all about it. Nice job, though.
Oh, but Michael Dunn was actually nominated for Best Supporting Actor, not Best Actor. Also, he didn't win. Sorry.
#59: The initials are probably MS, but I'm not sure. I'm thinking of Maggie Smith (who got her first Oscar in 1978, for 'California Suite') and Meryl Streep (her first Oscar in 1979, for 'Kramer vs. Kramer'). I don't know the two others: Maybe Mary Steenburgen (one of the two), because I saw her on the 2003 ceremony, where a few Oscar-winners were invited???
Absolutely correct! You're right on Smith and Streep. The 1980 winner was indeed Mary Steenburgen (for Melvin and Howard). The 1981 winner was Maureen Stapleton (for Reds).
For #68 do you mean Oldest when he / she won it..or oldest Now?
I meant when he / she won it.
Hmm... interesting phrasing, by the way. It's politically correct, but since there has never been a female Best Director winner, is it appropriate? I don't know...
# 53: Anthony Quinn (Lust for Life) (around 9 minutes on the screen)
True dat!
I think no. 1 might be lee j. cobb, but i can't for the life of me think of a year.
35. is jodie foster... silence of the lambs and some other one in the 80's
Good call, that's correct!
As for #1, no, it's not Lee J. Cobb. Here's a hint: the answer to #1 is a woman.
28. Were Hepburn & Tracy ever married? Robbins & Sarandon? I'll go for Branagh & Thompson.
34. Bette Davis and Greer Garson.
45. Al Pacino.
46. Maggie Smith.
49. 1985.
52. Linda Hunt.
64. Noted thespian/scribe Sylvester Stallone, Rocky .
68. John Huston? Akira Kurosawa?
Riddle me this: What actor starred in five Best Picture Nominees... and only five Best picture Nominees?
John Cazale.
28. No, Hepburn and Tracy were never married. Robbins / Sarandon is a good guess, but Robbins was nominated for Best Director for Dead Man Walking, not actor - in fact, his first acting nomination and first win was Mystic River. As for Branagh / Thompson, while Emma has a handful of acting nominations under her belt, Ken's acting has only been nominated in Henry V, which Emma wasn't nominated for. Sorry!
34. Correct!
45. Nope, sorry. Pacino never won Best Supporting Actor.
46. Smith has been nominated for Best Supporting Actress four times and won once (for California Suite). The correct answer to #46 has been nominated six times and won never.
52. Nope, she was just short.
64. Sorry. Somewhere in the discussion, I mention that the correct answer to #64 accomplished this feat before Orson Welles did for Citizen Kane in 1941.
68. Huston's last nomination was for a film released when he was 80, but his only win (for Treasure of the Sierra Madre) came for a film released when he was only 42. Kurosawa is a good guess, but I'm not counting honorary awards, and he never actually won Best Director.
I've actually heard that tidbit about the man you mention. He sure could pick a script, eh? On IMDB, the lowest-rated film he was in is an 8.0.
Keep those guesses coming!
64. Pre-1941 I can only think of one double(well, probably heptuple)-threat. But I seem to remember him getting a lifetime Oscar when he was at death's door and hadn't been to America in umpteen years... (besides, Rats! I've always wanted to refer to Sly as "Two-time Oscar nominee Sylvester Stallone in Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot .)
"1985"?
#64 - I'm almost sure you're thinking of the right person, just name the film.
#49 - Oops, sorry, I forgot. This question is pretty slyly worded. Yes, it happened in 1985, but that's not the first time it happened either. It has actually happened three times.
Well, if 64 is Chaplin then I have no idea which movie it is. I'm not even sure that the Oscars started in time for his best work. Would anything from United Artists ever get an (early) Oscar?
The Oscars started in 1929; Citizen Kane came out in 1941. Chaplin made three pretty acclaimed movies in that time span, and it's one of them. I'll admit, though, that the answer to #64 is probably the worst of the three, as well as the least famous, though it's still pretty good / famous.
Well, I looked up 64 (which makes me feel sleazy) and it's The Circus which I don't think I've even heard of. Chaplin also pulled that trick in The Great Dictator which was exactly not my guess... I thought people hated that movie when it first came out.
28. Were Woody Allen and Diane Keaton ever actually married? If it's not them then it's Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward or I've gone dry.
45. Is "first person" a red herring and it's Kevin Spacey? If so, I feel like an idiot. (But maybe you are not being tricksy.)
62. Is it the year after Mr. Roberts ? (or The Caine Mutiny , whichever came later.) I'm too lazy and proud to look it up. (Let me tell you: that combination is really attractive in a person.)
#64: No, Chaplin only won an honorary award for The Circus. I was talking about The Great Dictator.
#28. Diane Keaton has actually never been married, believe it or not. Woodward / Newman is another great guess, and Newman was nominated for Best Picture as producer of Rachel, Rachel while Woodward was nominated for Best Actress, but sadly, they have never been nominated for acting awards for the same film. Here's a hint: if you look up, you'll see I told professor that Eyes Wide Shut was off by about 40 years. It happened in the range of 1956-1962. You've most likely heard of both husband and wife individually, but you actually might not realize they are married. I guess that makes it pretty tough.
45. Nope, though a good guess. Here's a hint: somewhere on this page, you have already mentioned either the person who did it or one of the movies he won it for.
62. I debated whether I should give this one to you, but ultimately decided that being able to remember it was the year after Mister Roberts was probably impressive enough. The year is 1956. Well done!
Is #45 DeNiro For Raging Bull, He already had a the Supporting for Godfather II?
nevermind,its not deniro, its Jack Lemmon for Save The Tiger, hE already won a supporting for Mr Roberts
You got it!
And for 68 is it Eastwood for Unforgiven, he was like 62 or something
Nope, sorry.
26. Maximilian Schell for Judgement at Nuremburg
68. Roman Polanski for The Pianist
Man, I never thought anyone was gonna get these. Well done!
64. Woody Allen for Annie Hall
38. Scarlet O'Hara
68. Alas, not early enough. If you look in the previous discussion, you'll see I said it happened shortly before Orson Welles did it for Citizen Kane (1941).
38. Good guess, but unfortunately still wrong.
I guess it helps to read the entire discussion, doesn't it?
#64 can only be Charlie Chaplin, then, for The Great Dictator (1940)
#12 Dreamworks 1999-2001 (American Beauty, Gladiator, and A Beautiful Mind)
#64: Well done. So many guesses on this one, and last night two people got it within a couple hours of each other.
#12: Did you mean to say #69 for this one? I'm going to assume you did, in which case you'd be right.
I did, but as long as we're on the subject, I may as well guess for #12: Paramount? I know they distributed the first Academy award winner (Wings), and they're still around.
Hmm. Unfortunately, I didn't keep an answer key for this list, and having made it over a year ago, I don't remember the answer. I did an IMDB search for Paramount Best Picture winners, and found 11: Wings, Going My Way, The Lost Weekend, The Greatest Show on Earth, The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, Ordinary People, Terms of Endearment, Forrest Gump, Braveheart, and Titanic. If you think there's another one that would bring the total up to 12, lemme know.
In fact, you might be right, and either the IMDB or the count of 12 might be wrong. I did the same search with other major studios, and none of them had as many as 11. I'll see if I can scrounge up where I found that fact.
Aack. Okay, so I tried doing an IMDB search using Paramount as the distributor instead, and that did come up with 12 (adding My Fair Lady to the tally). However, with MGM as distributor, they would win with 21 Best Pictures. So I'm just going to assume that Paramount is the right answer, and that wherever I found that tidbit, either I or someone else mistakenly assumed that My Fair Lady was actually produced by Paramount. So I guess that means you got it right. Nice job!
#64 is Charles Chaplin for The Great Dictator.
UPDATE: How do you like that... right after I post this, I see Penny already got it! Guess I should have checked first.
Sorry! Good job with coming up with the answer though!
#46 is Thelma Ritter.
#49 is 1972... Diana Ross for Lady Sings the Blues, Paul Winfield and Cicely Tyson for Sounder.
Yup! Well done!
is 38 katharine hepburn?
Nope, sorry. To the best of my knowledge, the only person ever nominated for an Oscar for playing Katharine Hepburn was Cate Blanchett for The Aviator. If you know of another, let me know.
no... but i thought it was a good guess.
i must know the answer to 38!... maybe you can spoiler tag it for me.
If you insist...
Janet Gaynor was nominated for Best Actress as Vicki Lester in A Star Is Born (1937). When it was remade in 1954 with the same title, Judy Garland was nominated for Best Actress for playing the same role. So the winning character has only been nominated twice, but it doesn't have much competition, so there ya go.
aaah... thank you... that was bugging me.
7. Das Boot, Fanny and Alexander
8. They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
28. Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester in Witness for the Prosecutioon
50. Miyoshi Umeki
52. Tom Cruise
7. I'm assuming you mean #6, in which case, right!
8, 28, 50. Great job!
52. LOL
For #52: What do you understand exactly under "little person"? (I guess Linda Hunt, but I think she is probably too "tall".)
"Little person" is, I believe, the politically correct term for "dwarf." The answer to #52 was 3'11" at his tallest, according to the IMDB. He was actually not a little person the same way most are; he had a bone disease that stopped his bones from growing at a young age. He died an early death because his organs kept growing, became cramped, and stopped functioning. Tom Cruise and Linda Hunt are just short, they aren't little people.
This guy's name is surely too obscure to put on this game, but...
Attend the tale of Kevin O'Connell, 17 nominations and not one win.
76. Thelma & Louise or When Harry Met Sally
Your first guess is right. Congrats!