OSCARS — RECENT YEARS
Who won Best Actor at the 2026 Oscars?
A. Leonardo DiCaprio
B. Michael B. Jordan
C. Timothée Chalamet
D. Ethan Hawke
B. Michael B. Jordan for Sinners.
Which Alfred Hitchcock film contains the famous shower scene at the Bates Motel?
Psycho
Who directed Jaws, E.T. and Jurassic Park?
A. Ridley Scott
B. Steven Spielberg
C. James Cameron
D. George Lucas
B. Steven Spielberg
What is the name of Batman’s home city?
Gotham City
Which movie holds Guinness’s record for the longest running time?
A. Shoah
B. Logistics
C. Satantango
D. The Cure for Insomnia
B. Logistics
Who won Best Actress at the 2026 Oscars for Hamnet?
Jessie Buckley.
Which classic film contains the line:
“Here’s looking at you, kid.”
A. Citizen Kane
B. Casablanca
C. Gone with the Wind
D. The Maltese Falcon
B. Casablanca
Who directed Inception, Interstellar and Oppenheimer?
Christopher Nolan
Which fictional country is home to Black Panther?
A. Genosha
B. Sokovia
C. Wakanda
D. Latveria
C. Wakanda
How many Academy Awards did The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King win?
11
Which film won Best Animated Feature at the 2025 Oscars?
A. Inside Out 2
B. The Wild Robot
C. Flow
D. Memoir of a Snail
C. Flow
In Citizen Kane, what is “Rosebud”?
A sled
Which director made both Goodfellas and The Departed?
A. Francis Ford Coppola
B. Martin Scorsese
C. Brian De Palma
D. David Fincher
B. Martin Scorsese
In The Matrix, which colour pill does Neo choose?
Red
Which of these films did NOT win Best Picture?
A. The Godfather
B. The Departed
C. Pulp Fiction
D. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
C. Pulp Fiction
Which filmmaker won Best Director for The Hurt Locker and became the first woman to win that Oscar?
Kathryn Bigelow.
Which film features the character Norman Bates?
A. Vertigo
B. Rear Window
C. Psycho
D. North by Northwest
C. Psycho
Which Australian director made both Mad Max: Fury Road and Happy Feet?
A. Baz Luhrmann
B. George Miller
C. Peter Weir
D. Phillip Noyce
B. George Miller
Which character says “I’ll be back”?
A. John McClane
B. The Terminator
C. Rocky Balboa
D. Rambo
B. The Terminator
In Psycho, how many cuts are there in the approximately 45-second shower scene?
Closest answer wins!
52
Which actor famously refused his Oscar for The Godfather?
A. Al Pacino
B. Robert Duvall
C. Marlon Brando
D. James Caan
C. Marlon Brando
Name the director of 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange and The Shining.
Stanley Kubrick
Which director made all three of these films: Alien, Blade Runner and Gladiator?
A. Ridley Scott
B. James Cameron
C. David Fincher
D. Peter Jackson
A. Ridley Scott
In The Silence of the Lambs, what is the name of the imprisoned psychiatrist and serial killer who helps Clarice Starling?
Hannibal Lecter
Which film had a Guinness-listed production budget of approximately US$425 million?
A. Avatar
B. Titanic
C. Avengers: Endgame
D. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
A. Avatar