Oscar Winners Quiz

Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

Wings

Answer

The Jazz Singer

Answer

Sunrise

Answer

7th Heaven

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

Titanic and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Answer

Schindler's List and Avatar

Answer

Ben-Hur and All About Eve

Answer

La La Land and Braveheart

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

Tom Hanks

Answer

Marlon Brando

Answer

Jack Nicholson

Answer

Daniel Day-Lewis

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

Parasite

Answer

Roma

Answer

Amélie

Answer

Pan's Labyrinth

Question 5

Which actress has won the most Academy Awards for acting?

Accepted Answer

Katharine Hepburn

Answer

Cate Blanchett

Answer

Meryl Streep

Answer

Bette Davis

Question 6

What year did the first Academy Awards ceremony take place?

Accepted Answer

1929

Answer

1927

Answer

1931

Answer

1935

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

Schindler's List

Answer

E.T.

Answer

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Answer

Saving Private Ryan

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

Helen Mirren

Answer

Cate Blanchett

Answer

Judi Dench

Answer

Emma Thompson

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

Green Book

Answer

Black Panther

Answer

BlacKkKlansman

Answer

If Beale Street Could Talk

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

Natalie Portman

Answer

Cate Blanchett

Answer

Mila Kunis

Answer

Winona Ryder

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

The wrong film was announced as winner

Answer

The winner walked off stage

Answer

The envelope was lost

Answer

The presenter refused to open the envelope

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

Mike Myers as Shrek

Answer

Tom Hanks

Answer

Eddie Murphy as Donkey in Shrek

Answer

Cameron Diaz as Fiona

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

21

Answer

12

Answer

17

Answer

25

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

Gone with the Wind

Answer

Lincoln

Answer

Glory

Answer

12 Years a Slave

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

Jonathan Demme

Answer

Michael Mann

Answer

David Fincher

Answer

Ridley Scott

Question 16

Which film won Best Picture at the 2023 Academy Awards?

Accepted Answer

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Answer

Tár

Answer

The Fabelmans

Answer

All Quiet on the Western Front

Question 17

Who is the youngest person ever to win Best Director?

Accepted Answer

Damien Chazelle

Answer

Sam Mendes

Answer

Jordan Peele

Answer

Alfonso Cuarón

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

Palme d'Or

Answer

Golden Lion

Answer

Golden Globe

Answer

Golden Bear

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

Heath Ledger

Answer

Jack Nicholson

Answer

Joaquin Phoenix

Answer

Jared Leto

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

Italy

Answer

France

Answer

Japan

Answer

Sweden