Published: Thursday 28th January 2010The 82nd Academy Awards, "The Oscars", take place on March 7th 2010. Here's a quiz to check your knowledge of previous winners and awards.
When was the first Oscars awards ceremony held?16th May 1929, where the outstanding films of 1927& 1928 were honoured.
Which was the first Oscars award show to be broadcast live on television?It was the 25th annual awards in 1953 shown on NBC.
Which was the first Oscars award show to be televised in colour?It was the 38th Annual awards in 1966.
Two films have been nominated for 14 Oscar awards (in 1950 & 1997), can you name the films?The two films were ALL ABOUT EVE(1950) winning 6 awards and TITANIC(1997) winning 11.
There have been five occasions where there has been a tie in the voting for an Oscar winner. In 1968 two actresses tied for the Best Actress award, who were they and what were the names of the films concerned?The two actresses tieing were Katherine Hepburn(The Lion in Winter) and Barbara Streisand(Funny Girl).
Who has been nominated for Oscar acting awards (either best actor/ress or supporting actor/ress) on most occasions? How many times up to 2009 has it been and how many were won?The actress is Meryl Streep who has been nominated 15 times, 12 for Best Actress winning once (1982 for Sophie's Choice) and 3 for Best Supporting Actress winning once (1979 for Kramer vs. Kramer)
Who are the oldest actor and actress to win an Oscar acting award, and for what films?The oldest actor is GEORGE BURNS (Best Supporting Actor in 1976 THE SUNSHINE BOYS) aged 80 years and 69 days. The oldest actress is JESSICA TANDY (Best Actress in1990 DRIVING MISS DAISY) aged 80 years and 292 days.
Who are the youngest actor and actress to win an Oscar acting award, and for what films?The youngest actor was TIMOTHY HUTTON (Best Supporting Actor in 1981 ORDINARY PEOPLE) aged 20 years and 227 days. The youngest actress was TATUM O'NEAL(Best Supporting Actress in 1974 PAPER MOON)aged 10 years and 218 days.
Which film has won the most Oscars without winning the Best Film award?That honour goes to CABARET in 1972 which won eight awards but the Best Picture Oscar went to THE GODFATHER.
How many "Best Director" Oscar awards have the following directors won,(i)Alfred Hitchcock, (ii)Federico Fellini, (iii) Robert Altman, (iv) Stanley Kubrick and (v) King VidorWith a total of 23 nominations between the five they have not won any Best Director awards.
Only seven films have won both Best Actor and Best Actress Oscar awards. Can you name them?They are 1934 - "It Happened One Night" (Clark Gable & Claudette Colbert), 1975 - "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"(Jack Nicholson & Louise Fletcher),1976 - "Network"(Peter Finch & Faye Dunnaway),1978 - "Coming Home" (Jon Voigt & Jane Fonda),1981 - "On Golden Pond"(Henry Fonda & Katherine Hepburn), 1991 - "The Silence of the Lambs"(Anthony Hopkins & Jodie Foster) and 1997 - "As Good as it Gets"(Jack Nicholson & Helen Hunt).
In 1935 one film had three Oscar nominations in the Best Actor category but didn't win it. Name the film, the nominees and the eventual winner.The film was "MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY", the nominees Clark Gable, Charles Laughton and Franchot Tone. The award was won by Victor McLaglen for "The Informer".
Who predicted in his 1981 Oscar acceptance speech that "The British are coming"?It was Colin Welland collecting his Oscar for "Chariots of Fire".
What has been the only "X" rated film to have won the Best Film Oscar award?The film was "Midnight Cowboy" in 1969.
Who has been the most Oscar nominated actor (best actor or supporting actor) to date, and how many awards has he won?The actor is JACK NICHOLSON who has received a total of 12 nominations, 8 as Best Actor winning twice (1975 - "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, 1997 - "As Good as it Gets") and 4 as Best Supporting actor winning once (1983 - "Terms of Endearment").
The films of which director has collected the most acting Oscars?The director is ELIA KAZAN his films winning a total of 9 acting awards.
Two actresses have won Best actress Oscar awards for portraying country music stars, who were the actresses and in which films?The actresses were SISSY SPACEK (playing Loretta Lynn in "The Coalminer's Daughter" 1980) and REESE WITHERSPOON (playing June Carter in "Walk The Line" 2005).
Name the two trilogies that have received a Best Picture Oscar nomination for each of the three parts. The trilogies were THE GODFATHER (1972, 1974 - 1990) and LORD OF THE RINGS (2001,2002 - 2003)
Two actresses were nominated for Oscar awards in five consecutive years. Who were they and what were the films?The actresses were BETTE DAVIES(nominated 1938 -1942 inclusive) and GREER GARSON (1941 - 1945)
Who to date has been the only Oscar to win an Oscar?The only Oscar to win an Oscar is OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II (Best Song in 1941 and 1945).
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