Best Actors
True or False
Cary Grant won best actor in 1942 for the movie Penny Serenade?
False Gary Cooper won for Seargant York
Who won Best actress for Gone With the Wind?
Vivian Leigh
The 1940 Academy Awards which film won Best Picture?
Gone With the Wind
What was the first movie to win best picture at the Oscars
Wings in 1929
What was the first horror film to be nominated for a best picture Academy Award
The Exorcist -1975
Who was the first African American to win a best actor Academy Award ?
Sidney Poitier, in 1964 for his role in the movie Lilies of the Field.
What year did Meryl Streep win her first Academy Award for best actress in a leading role in the movie Sophie’s Choice
1982
What movie won Steven Spielberg his first Oscar for Best Director?
Schindler’s List
For what movie did Frank Sinatra win an Oscar for?
From Here to Eternity
Which film earned Robin Williams his only Academy Award
Good Will Hunting 1997
For which movie did Paul Newman win a best actor Oscar
The Colour of Money 1986
Who was the youngest winner of the “best actress in a leading role” Academy Award
Marlee Matlin
Age 21, for Children of a Lesser God in 1986
What was the first British movie to win Best Picture?
The Full Monty
Hattie McDaniel was the first black actress to win an Oscar, for her role in what movie?
Gone With the Wind
Which film won Steven Spielberg his first Academy Award as best director?
Schindler’s List, in 1994
What actor won Best Actor for the movie "Ben - Hur" 1959?
Charlton Heston
Who was nominated for the Academy Award for best actress for her role in the 1962 movie What Ever Happened to Baby Jane, losing out to Anne Bancroft in a major surprise
Betty Davis
True or false best director George Clooney's aunt is Rosemary Clooney
True
She is best know for White Christmas, Here Comes the Girls and Red Garters
For what movie did Fred Astaire receive his only nomination?
The Towering Inferno
What was the first superhero movie to receive a best picture Oscar nomination
Black Panther
What is the only character in film that has won two different actors the Academy Award?
Vito Corleone from the Godfather trilogy.
Marlon Brando won the Academy Award for best actor for playing the role in The Godfather and Robert De Niro won the Academy Award for best supporting actor for playing the role in The Godfather Part II
Which actress became the first to win back to back awards?
Luise Rainer
Which Best Picture-winning movie features an underdog boxer getting a shot at the world heavyweight championship?
Rocky
What is the Academy Award statue holding?
A crusaders sword
In 1962, who became the first actress to win an Oscar for a foreign-language performance
Sophie Lauren
Which movie did Jack Nicholson win his first Oscar for?
Once Who Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Which two actresses shared the best actress Oscar in 1969, the only time this has happened so far
Katharine Hepburn for her role in The Lion in Winter and Barbra Streisand for her role in Funny Girl
How many Oscars did James Cameron win for the movie Titanic?
11
The first year of the Oscars in 1929 they presented an honorary award to who for his movie "The Circus"?
Charles Chaplin
A special first award be conferred upon you for writing, acting, directing and producing The Circus. The collective accomplishments thus displayed place you in a class by yourself."
letter from the academy
Who was the only actor to refuse his Oscar?
Marlon Brando for The Godfather
What movie did Clark Gable win his only Oscar for?
It Happened One Night
How many Oscars has Betty Davis won?
2
Name the best picture winner for 1994
was it
Quiz Show, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Forrest Gump, Pulp Fiction or Shawshank Redemption
Forrest Gump
Who has hosted the most Academy Awards ceremonies?
Bob Hope
Name the big five awards of the night
Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress & Best Screenplay
How many Oscars has Morgan Freeman won?
One
Best Supporting Actor in ‘Million Dollar Baby’
For what movies did Ingrid Berman win Oscars for?
Was it Joan of Ark, Autumn Sonata, Anastasia, Gaslight, and or For Whom the Bell Tolls
Gaslight and Anastasia
How many Oscar awards did the 1953 Best Picture "From here to Eternity" win?
8
Best Director, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress & Actor, Screenplay, Film Editing, Cinematography in Black n White and Sound recording
Who received the first Juvenile Academy award for their work in 1937
Shirley Temple
Can you can name one of those movies that won the big five awards?
One Who Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
It Happened One Night
Silence of the Lambs
Name the two actors that won two back to back Best Actor awards?
Tom Hanks and Spencer Tracey
Who won Best Actress in the 1954 Oscars?
Was it Ava Gardner, Maggie McNamara, Audrey Hepburn, Leslie Caron or Deborah Kerr
Audrey Hepburn for Roman Holiday
her only Oscar win
Name the 1965 movie that Audrey Hepburn starred in but was not nominated for, however her costar Rex Harrison won for best actor and it won best picture that year.
My Fair Lady
Gregory Peck was nominated five times for an Oscar, he won once name that movie?
To Kill a Mockingbird
How many movies have won all 5 of the “Big Five” Academy Awards?
3