Multiple choice general knowledge Best Original Screenplay Inglourious Basterds – Quentin Tarantino The Hurt Locker – Mark Boal A Serious Man – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Up – Tom McCarthy, Bob Peterson and Pete Docter Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself B Correct answer Explanation Mark Boal won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Hurt Locker at the 82nd Academy Awards. Boal, a journalist who embedded with bomb disposal units in Iraq, wrote the screenplay based on his firsthand experiences of the Iraq War.