The Oscars 2 - Answers

Published: Friday 24th February 2012
  1. For which 1979 film did Peter Sellars receive a Best Actor Oscar nomination? "Being There".
  2. Which was the last western to receive the Best Film Oscar? "The Unforgiven" (1992).
  3. Who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 1998 despite only being on the screen for a total of EIGHT minutes? Dame Judi Dench ("Shakespeare in Love").
  4. Who was nominated for Producer, Director, Best Actor and Writer for the same movie? Orson Welles for "Citizen Kane" in 1941.
  5. For which film did Dame Peggy Ashcroft receive an Oscar? "A Passage to India", Best Supporting Actress.
  6. Who was the youngest ever Oscar nominee for the Best Director award? John Singleton who was 24 in 1992 when he was nominated for "Boyz N the Hood".
  7. Who won the first posthumous Best Actor Oscar Award? Peter Finch.
  8. Who won the Best Supporting actress Oscar award for her part in the 1990 film "Ghost"? Whoopi Goldberg.
  9. Which 1959 epic movie gained ELEVEN Oscars? "Ben-Hur".
  10. Which director has won the most Best Director Oscar awards? John Ford (with SEVEN awards).
  11. Which was the first movie in colour to win the Best Film Oscar? "Gone With the Wind" (1939).
  12. Which TWO film trilogies have been nominated for Best Film Oscar for each of the parts? "The Godfather I, II and III" in 1972, 1974 & 1990 together with "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy in 2001, 2002 & 2003.
  13. Up to 2012 which are the only TWO actors to have received the Best Actor Oscar award for films that they also directed? Roberto Benigni ("Life is Beautiful" - 1998) and Laurence Olivier ("Hamlet" - 1948).
  14. Which TWO actresses received Oscar nominations in 1999 for playing the part of Queen Elizabeth I, although in different films? Cate Blanchet ["Elizabeth"] and Judi Dench ["Shakespeare in Love"].
  15. In 2004 who became the first African to win an Oscar in a major acting category? Charlize Theron [Best Actress in "Monster"].
  16. Which is the longest film to be awarded an Oscar? "War and Peace" which lasts for seven hours won Best Foreign Film in 1967, "Lawrence of Arabia" at 216 minutes is the longest Best Film winner.
  17. Who is the only actor to be Oscar nominated TWICE posthumously for Best Actor? James Dean, "East of Eden" (1955) and "Giant" (1956).
  18. Who is the only person to win an Oscar, a Tony and an Emmy in the same year? Bob Fosse - Oscar "Cabaret", Tony "Pippin" and Emmy "Liza with a Z".
  19. Which TWO films were nominated for ELEVEN Oscar awards each but failed to gain ONE? "The Turning Point" (1977) and "The Colour Purple" (1985).
  20. Which THREE animated films have been nominated for the Best Picture Oscar? "Beauty and the Beast" (1991), "Up" (2009) and "Toy Story 3" (2010)

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