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Academy Awards Trivia

Test your knowledge of Oscar history with questions about legendary winners, record-breaking performances, and iconic Best Picture films from the Academy Awards.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which iconic film won the first Academy Award for Best Picture in 1929?

  1. Wings
  2. The Jazz Singer
  3. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
  4. Seventh Heaven
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the first African American actor to win an Academy Award?

  1. Sidney Poitier
  2. Hattie McDaniel
  3. Whoopi Goldberg
  4. Denzel Washington
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which legendary director holds the record for the most Academy Awards for Best Director?

  1. John Ford
  2. Steven Spielberg
  3. Martin Scorsese
  4. Kathryn Bigelow
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which film holds the record for the most Academy Award nominations?

  1. Titanic
  2. All About Eve
  3. Gone with the Wind
  4. Ben-Hur
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which film won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2020?

  1. Parasite
  2. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
  3. 1917
  4. Joker
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who is the youngest person to win an Academy Award?

  1. Tatum O'Neal
  2. Anna Paquin
  3. Haley Joel Osment
  4. Jackie Cooper
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which film won the first Academy Award for Best Animated Feature?

  1. Toy Story
  2. Beauty and the Beast
  3. The Lion King
  4. Shrek
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which actor has won the most Academy Awards for Best Actor?

  1. Daniel Day-Lewis
  2. Jack Nicholson
  3. Spencer Tracy
  4. Meryl Streep
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which actress has won the most Academy Awards for Best Actress?

  1. Katharine Hepburn
  2. Meryl Streep
  3. Ingrid Bergman
  4. Elizabeth Taylor
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which film won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1939?

  1. Gone with the Wind
  2. The Wizard of Oz
  3. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
  4. Stagecoach
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which film won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1972?

  1. The Godfather
  2. Cabaret
  3. Deliverance
  4. Sounder
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which film won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1993?

  1. Schindler's List
  2. The Fugitive
  3. In the Name of the Father
  4. The Remains of the Day
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which film won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2003?

  1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  2. Lost in Translation
  3. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
  4. Mystic River
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which film won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2013?

  1. 12 Years a Slave
  2. American Hustle
  3. Gravity
  4. Her
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which film won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2019?

  1. Green Book
  2. Bohemian Rhapsody
  3. A Star Is Born
  4. Roma
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