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The Most Critically Acclaimed Historical Dramas

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which historical drama, set during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1999?

  1. Shakespeare in Love
  2. Elizabeth
  3. The Queen
  4. Mary Queen of Scots
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which historical drama, based on the life of Mahatma Gandhi, won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1983?

  1. Gandhi
  2. Malcolm X
  3. Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
  4. Selma
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which historical drama, set during the American Civil War, won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2013?

  1. 12 Years a Slave
  2. Lincoln
  3. Django Unchained
  4. Glory
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which historical drama, set during the French Revolution, won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2008?

  1. Amadeus
  2. Les Misérables
  3. Marie Antoinette
  4. The Duchess
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which historical drama, set during the reign of Queen Victoria, won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2010?

  1. The King's Speech
  2. The Young Victoria
  3. Victoria & Abdul
  4. Mrs. Brown
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which historical drama, set during the American Revolutionary War, won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1970?

  1. Patton
  2. Tora! Tora! Tora!
  3. The Battle of Algiers
  4. MASH
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which historical drama, set during the Holocaust, won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1994?

  1. Schindler's List
  2. Life Is Beautiful
  3. The Pianist
  4. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which historical drama, set during the Vietnam War, won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1979?

  1. The Deer Hunter
  2. Apocalypse Now
  3. Platoon
  4. Full Metal Jacket
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which historical drama, set during the American Civil Rights Movement, won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2015?

  1. Selma
  2. 12 Years a Slave
  3. The Butler
  4. Malcolm X
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which historical drama, set during the Cold War, won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2018?

  1. The Shape of Water
  2. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
  3. Lady Bird
  4. Get Out
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which historical drama, set during the French Revolution, won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2017?

  1. La La Land
  2. Moonlight
  3. Manchester by the Sea
  4. Arrival
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which historical drama, set during the American Revolution, won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2020?

  1. Parasite
  2. 1917
  3. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
  4. The Irishman
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which historical drama, set during the American Civil War, won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2013?

  1. Argo
  2. Lincoln
  3. Zero Dark Thirty
  4. Silver Linings Playbook
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which historical drama, set during the American Civil War, won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2013?

  1. 12 Years a Slave
  2. Lincoln
  3. Zero Dark Thirty
  4. Silver Linings Playbook
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which historical drama, set during the American Civil War, won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2013?

  1. 12 Years a Slave
  2. Lincoln
  3. Zero Dark Thirty
  4. Silver Linings Playbook
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