Oscars Trivia

Lost the Plot

100

The world wanted them to be enemies... but they became friends

Wicked

200

A famous musician goes electric

A Complete Unknown

300

This film has been called a Cinderella retelling...involving a green card marriage and the Russian oligarchy

Anora

400

This film follows the family of a Disappeared politician in Brazil

I'm Still Here

500

The real horror is Hollywood's beauty standards...

The Substance

Actors & Actresses

100

This new favorite white boy of the moment is in not one, but TWO, nominees for Best Picture

Timothee Chalamet 

(Complete Unknown, Dune 2)

200

Holding space for this actress who brought down the house in her 2016 Tony's performance

Cynthia Erivo

300

Hopefully Jesse Eisenberg didn't find it A Real Pain to work with this Supporting Actor nominee

Kieran Culkin

400

It's the second time this Best Actor nominee has been nominated for a role as a Holocaust survivor

Adrien Brody

500

"Sí! Sí! Sí!" sings this Supporting Actress nominee in a plastic surgery-themed number

Zoe Saldaña

Snubs

100

When this actor was snubbed, life wasn't painless, even for the brainless

Jonathan Bailey

200

Not nominated for Best Actress? It's okay, Babygirl, maybe next year

Nicole Kidman

300

No nomination for this beloved actor's villainous performance? Academy, were you not entertained?

Denzel Washington

400

When his documentary about driving cross-country with his friend got snubbed, this SNL alum told the Academy to "suck it"

Will Ferrell (Will & Harper)

500

No LOVE for this fan-favorite summer hit starring Zendaya? What a LETdown...

Challengers

The *Other* Categories

100

Wild Robot, a contender for Animated Feature, stars this actress, known for roles in Black Panther and A Quiet Place franchises.

Lupita Nyong'o

200

Documentary Feature nominee "No Other Land" is about this ongoing conflict. (They finished filming before October 2023.)

Israeli-Palestinian conflict

300

Nominated for Visual Effects, this installation of the Alien franchise is named after the first king of Rome.

Romulus

400

Orin O’Brien, the subject of short documentary "The Only Girl in the Orchestra," was hired by this composer, perhaps most famous for his work on West Side Story.

Leonard Bernstein

500

This vampire flick that has four technical nominations is a remake of the 1922 classic, but most millennials and gen Z kids know it from a Spongebob episode.

NOSFERATUUUUUU

Costumes

100

This actor who plays Count Orlok in Nosferatu is no stranger to playing monsters... He also played Pennywise in IT.

Bill Skarsgård

(But you should Take a Chance on Stellan Skarsgård, too)

200

Here, beloved Irishman Paul Mescal wields a sword in the arena in Gladiator 2. This Latin word for sword is where we get the term "gladiator." 

(Hint: don't overthink it.)

Gladius

(WHO PUT THE GLAD IN GLADIATOR?

G-L-A-D-I-U-S)

300

In Conclave, the Vatican drip is immaculate. Sr. Agnes not only serves but *serves* in the habit of this religious order. 

(Hint: of course it's charitable, because she is giving)

Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul

400

One short day in the Emerald City... is spent wearing costumes inspired by this Age in American history (which is also the name of a prestige TV series). Those were the golden days...

Gilded Age

500

Arianne Phillips, costume designer for A Complete Unknown, knows how to Walk the Line. She was nominated for that 2005 biopic of this other famous folk singer.

Johnny Cash

...who also appears in A Complete Unknown! (Played here by Boyd Holbrook)