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OSCARS!
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| THE ONLY SILENT FILM TO WIN BEST PICTURE | WINGS (1927) |
| THE ONLY BEST PICTURE WITH NO OTHER NOMINATIONS OR AWARDS | GRAND HOTEL (1932) |
| THE ONLY PERSON TO WIN FOUR OSCARS IN ONE CEREMONY | WALT DISNEY (1954) |
| THE ONLY FILM TO BE NOMINATED IN EVERY CATEGORY FOR WHICH IT WAS ELIGIBLE | WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? |
| THE ONLY G-RATED FILM TO WIN BEST PICTURE | OLIVER! |
| THE ONLY X-RATED FILM TO WIN BEST PICTURE | MIDNIGHT COWBOY |
| THE ONLY FILM TO WIN 8 OSCARS, BUT NOT BEST PICTURE | CABARET (LOST TO 'THE GODFATHER') |
| THE ONLY 2 POSTHUMOUS BEST ACTOR WINNERS | PETER FINCH & HEATH LEDGER |
| THE ONLY TRADITIONALLY-ANIMATED FULL-LENGTH FILM TO BE NOMINATED FOR BEST PICTURE | BEAUTY & THE BEAST |
| THE ONLY FILM BASED ON A U.S. TELEVISON SERIES TO BE NOMINATED FOR BEST PICTURE | THE FUGITIVE |
| THE ONLY PERSON TO WIN BEST ACTRESS OSCAR & BEST ACTRESS EMMY (COMEDY) IN THE SAME YEAR | HELEN HUNT |
| THE ONLY FILM TO WIN 11 OSCARS FROM 11 NOMINATIONS | LOTR: THE RETURN OF THE KING |
| THE ONLY REMAKE OF A FOREIGN FILM TO WIN BEST PICTURE | THE DEPARTED |
| THIS DIRECTOR WAS THE FIRST OSCAR WINNER TO HOST THE ACADEMY AWARDS (1935) | FRANK CAPRA |
| THE FIRST OSCAR-WINNING ACTOR TO CO-HOST THE AWARDS | JAMES STEWART |
| THE FIRST SOLO OSCAR-WINNING ACTOR TO HOST THE AWARDS (1963) | FRANK SINATRA |
| SHE HAS WON 8 OSCARS FOR COSTUME DESIGN (AND WAS NOMINATED 35 TIMES) | EDITH HEAD |
| IN 1969, THE ACADEMY AWARDED 2 OSCARS FOR BEST ACTRESS TO THESE 2 WOMEN | KATHERINE HEPBURN (THE LION IN WINTER) BARBRA STREISAND (FUNNY GIRL) |
| FOR WHICH MOVIE DID JOHN WAYNE RECEIVE THE 1969 OSCAR FOR BEST ACTOR | TRUE GRIT |
| STEVEN SPIELBERG'S FIRST OSCAR NOMINATION CAME IN 1977 FOR THIS MOVIE | CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND |
| WHO IS THE OLDEST PERSON TO WIN AN OSCAR IN AN ACTING CATEGORY? | JESSICA TANDY (DRIVING MISS DAISY) |
| HE WAS NOMINATED A RECORD 68 TIMES BETWEEN 1931 AND 1968 (NOT COUNTING HONORARY AWARDS) | WALT DISNEY |
| HE WON 4 OSCARS FOR BEST DIRECTOR | JOHN FORD |
| ALTHOUGH HE WAS NOMINATED FOR 15 AWARDS, HE ONLY WON 2...FOR WRITING & DIRECTING "THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE" | JOHN HUSTON |
| HE DIRECTED BOTH HIS FATHER AND HIS DAUGHTER TO THEIR OWN OSCAR WINS | JOHN HUSTON |
| WHO IS THE ONLY PERSON IN THE HISTORY OF THE ACADEMY TO BE POSTHUMOUSLY NOMINATED FOR 2 CONSECUTIVE YEARS IN ACTING CATEGORIES? | JAMES DEAN |
| THE FIRST PERSON POSTHUMOUSLY NOMINATED IN AN ACTING CATEGORY | JAMES DEAN |
| THE FIRST PERSON TO WIN A POSTHUMOUS ACTING AWARD | PETER FINCH (1976) |
| ALTHOUGH SHE WAS NEVER NOMINATED FOR AN OSCAR, MARILYN MONROE DID WIN A GOLDEN GLOBE IN 1959 FOR HER PERFORMANCE IN THIS FILM (AS WELL AS 2 OTHERS FOR BEING FAVORITE FEMALE WORLD FILM ACTOR) | "SOME LIKE IT HOT" |
| HE WON BEST ACTOR OSCARS IN 1938 FOR "CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS" AND IN 1939 FOR "BOYS TOWN" | SPENCER TRACY |
| HE WON BEST ACTOR FOR 1944'S "GOING MY WAY" AND WAS NOMINATED A SECOND TIME IN 1945 AS THE SAME CHARACTER. | BING CROSBY |
| WHO IS THE YOUNGEST RECIPIENT OF AN ACADEMY AWARD IN AN ACTING CATEGORY? | TATUM O'NEAL (PAPER MOON) |
| THIS COMPOSER WAS NOMINATED 16 TIMES BEFORE FINALLY WINNING IN 2001 FOR "MONSTER'S INC." | RANDY NEWMAN |
| HE 2 BEST ACTRESS OSCARS WERE FOR "JEZEBEL" AND "DANGEROUS" | BETTE DAVIS |
| AFTER HER DEATH, STEVEN SPIELBERG PURCHASED BOTH OF HER OSCARS AT SEPARATE AUCTIONS & DONATED THEM TO THE ACADEMY | BETTE DAVIS |
| 2 OSCAR WINNERS PLAYED THIS CHARACTER...ONE ON SCREEN AND ONE ON TV. WHAT IS THIS CHARACTER'S NAME? | BLANCHE DUBOIS (VIVIEN LEIGH/JESSICA TANDY) |
| HE WAS GIVEN HIS ONLY OSCAR FOR HIS ROLE IN "AFFLICTION" AT AGE 70 | JAMES COBURN |
| SHE WON THE BEST ACTRESS OSCAR FOR "THE PIANO" | HOLLY HUNTER |
| THIS WOMAN WROTE THE NOVEL THAT WON 2 PEOPLE ACTING OSCARS IN THE FILM BASED ON IT | MARGARET MITCHELL ( VIVIEN LEIGH/HATTIE MCDANIEL) |
| THIS ACTOR WON 2 BEST ACTOR AWARDS, BUT NOT FOR HIS ROLE PLAYING HOWARD HUGHES... | JASON ROBARDS (MELVIN & HOWARD) |
| THE ONLY ACTRESS NOMINATED TWICE IN THE SAME YEAR WHO DIDN'T WIN EITHER BEST ACTRESS OR BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS... | SIGOURNEY WEAVER (GORILLAS IN THE MIST & WORKING GIRL) |
| THE ONLY FILM TO WIN BOTH THE ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST PICTURE & THE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL'S PALME D'OR | MARTY |
| THEY ARE THE ONLY SET OF BROTHERS TO RECEIVE ACTING NOMINATIONS | RIVER PHOENIX & JOAQUIN PHOENIX |
| THE MOST RECENT FILM TO RECEIVE 4 ACTING NOMINATIONS | "TERMS OF ENDEARMENT" |
| THIS SHAKESPEAREAN ROLE HAS RESULTED IN THE MOST ACTING NOMINATIONS | KING HENRY VIII |
| HE RECEIVED A BEST ACTOR NOMINATION FOR PORTRAYING A PERSON WHO ALSO WAS NOMINATED FOR BEST ACTOR | ROBERT DOWNEY, JR. (CHARLIE CHAPLIN) |
| WHO IS THE ONLY PERSON TO RECIEVE A BEST ACTOR NOMINATION FOR PORTRAYING A NON-HUMAN | JEFF BRIDGES (STARMAN) |
| WHICH FILM WON THE MOST ACADEMY AWARDS (8), WITHOUT WINNING BEST PICTURE? | CABARET (LOST TO 'THE GODFATHER') |
| KATHERINE HEPBURN WON FOR "A LION IN WINTER" FOR PLAYING THIS CHARACTER | ELEANOR OF ACQUITAINE |
| THIS 2001 COMEDY WAS THE FIRST TO STAR 2 OSCAR-WINNING BLACK ACTORS...WHOOPI GOLDBERG & CUBA GOODING,JR. | RAT RACE |
| FOR WHAT FILM DID AUDREY HEPBURN RECEIVE HER ONLY ACTING ACADEMY AWARD | "ROMAN HOLIDAY" |
| HER ONLY 2 OSCARS CAME FOR PLAYING TWO OF HOLLYWOOD'S MOST FAMOUS SOUTHERN BELLES | VIVIEN LEIGH |
| THE BEST PICTURE OSCAR IN 1951 WENT TO THIS GENE KELLY/LESLIE CARON MUSICAL | AN AMERICAN IN PARIS |
| THE NUMBER OF FILMS KATHERINE HEPBURN APPEARED IN THAT WON THE BEST PICTURE OSCAR | 0 |
| THE ONLY ACTOR TO WIN BACK-TO-BACK BEST SUPPORTING OSCARS | JASON ROBARDS |
| NOMINATED FOR BEST PICTURE IN 1999, IT GOT ITS NAME BECAUSE THE FLOOR WAS THE COLOR OF FADED LIMES | THE GREEN MILE |
| "PLACE IT ON LUCKY DAN" WAS FROM THIS 1973 WINNER | THE STING |
| 1985 BEST PICTURE NOMINEE: HE SEES A MURDER COMMITTED IN A PHILADELPHIA TRAIN STATION REST ROOM | WITNESS |
| "L'AIR DU TEMPS". WHAT IS ___________? | SCENT OF A WOMAN (1992) |
| "IT'S IN THE WEST SIXTIES, JUST A HALF BLOCK FROM CENTRAL PARK. RENT IS $85 A MONTH" WHAT IS _____________? | THE APARTMENT (1960) |
| A GROUP OF STUDENT WHO HOLD SECRET MEETINGS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT IN A CAVE NEAR CAMPUS. WHAT IS _______________? | DEAD POETS SOCIETY (1989) |
| FIRST AMERICAN FEMALE TO BE NOMINATED FOR AN ACADEMY AWARD IN THE DIRECTING CATEGORY | SOFIA COPPOLA |
| THESE 2 MOST-NOMINATED FILMS RECIEVED 14 NODS EACH | "ALL ABOUT EVE" AND "TITANIC" |
| HE IS THE YOUNGEST MALE TO WIN A BEST ACTOR OSCAR | ADRIEN BRODY (THE PIANIST) |
| THIS ACTOR HAD THE LONGEST INTERVAL BETWEEN OSCAR NOMINATIONS | HENRY FONDA (41 YEARS) |
| THESE BROTHERS HAVE WON OSCAR NOMINATIONS FOR FILM EDITING UNDER THE PSEUDONYM RODERICK JAYNES | ETHAN & JOEL COEN |
| HE'S THE ONLY "OSCAR" TO WIN AN OSCAR | OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II |
| HE HOSTED THE OSCARS A RECORD 19 TIMES | BOB HOPE |
| 2 PERFORMERS WHO HAVE WON OSCARS FOR PORTRAYING A COUNTRY MUSIC SINGER | SISSY SPACEK & REESE WITHERSPOON |
| THE 3 WESTERNS THAT HAVE WON BEST PICTURE OSCARS | "CIMARRON", "DANCES WITH WOLVES", & "UNFORGIVEN" |
| THE DIRECTOR TO RECEIVE THE MOST DIRECTING NOMINATIONS (12) | WILLIAM WYLER |
| OLDEST RECIPIENT OF ANY OSCAR (HONORARY AWARD AT AGE 83) | GROUCHO MARX |
| THE FILM WITH THE MOST NOMINATIONS WITHOUT A BEST PICTURE NOMINATION (9) | THEY SHOOT HORSES DON'T THEY? |
| THE YOUNGEST PERSON TO BE AWARDED AN OSCAR | SHIRLEY TEMPLE (6) |
| 3 FILMS WHICH HAVE WON OSCAR'S "GRAND SLAM" OR "BIG FIVE" ...BEST PICTURE, ACTOR, ACTRESS, DIRECTOR, & SCREENPLAY | "IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT" "ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST" "THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS" |
| THESE 2 FILMS BOTH RECEIVED 11 NOMINATIONS WITH NO WINS | "THE TURNING POINT" & "THE COLOR PURPLE" |
| ONLY 2 PEOPLE TO HAVE BEEN AWARDED BOTH AN OSCAR AND A NOBEL PRIZE | GEORGE BERNARD SHAW & AL GORE |
| ONLY PEOPLE TO HAVE TURNED DOWN AN ACADEMY AWARD FOR ACTING | GEORGE C. SCOTT & MARLON BRANDO |
| THE ONLY PERSON TO HAVE BEEN NOMINATED AS PRODUCER, DIRECTOR, WRITER, & ACTOR ALL IN THE SAME FILM | WARREN BEATTY |
| MOST OSCAR NOMINATIONS FOR ACTING | MERYL STREEP (14) |
| THE ONLY FILM TO HAVE WON IN EVERY CATEGORY OF NOMINATION | LOTR: THE RETURN OF THE KING (2003) |
| MOST ACTING NOMINATIONS (8), WITHOUT A WIN | PETER O'TOOLE |
| WON THE BEST DIRECTOR OSCAR FOR "THE HURT LOCKER" IN 2010 | KATHRYN BIGELOW |
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