Question 1

When were the first Academy Awards?

Accepted Answer

1929

Question 2

What was the first non-English language film to win "Best Picture"?

Accepted Answer

Parasite (Korean, 2019)

Question 3

Who was the first person born in the 21st century to win an Academy Award?

Accepted Answer

Billie Eilish

Question 4

There have been three characters who have had all of their nominated actors win an Award for their performance as that character. Who are they?

Accepted Answer

The Joker, Anita from "West Side Story", Don Vito Corleone

Question 5

Which of the following did NOT win in all of the "Big Five" categories?

Accepted Answer

La La Land (2016)

Question 6

Who holds the most awards for "Best Director"?

Accepted Answer

John Ford

Question 7

What source material has had the most adaptations nominated for "Best Picture"?

Accepted Answer

Romeo and Juliet

Question 8

Which film franchise has the most number of "Best Picture" wins?

Accepted Answer

The Godfather trilogy

Question 9

What was the first film in color to win an Academy award for "Best Picture"?

Accepted Answer

Gone with the Wind (1939)

Question 10

When was the last time a two-way tie happened?

Accepted Answer

2012

Question 11

What is the film franchise with the most total nominations?

Accepted Answer

Star Wars

Question 12

Which categories have never had the same person win in back-to-back years? (Select TWO answers.)

Accepted Answer

Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Question 13

In 2021, this actor became both the oldest nominee and oldest winner of an award for "Best Actor in a Leading Role."

Accepted Answer

Anthony Hopkins

Question 14

Which country has submitted the most number of movies for the "Best International Feature Film" category?

Accepted Answer

France

Question 15

Who holds the most number of Academy awards ever won by an individual over the course of their lifetime?

Accepted Answer

Walt Disney

Question 16

What is the most "extreme" movie (by age rating) that has ever won an Oscar for "Best Picture"?

Accepted Answer

Midnight Cowboy (X)

Question 17

Who was the first Black person to receive a nomination for "Best Director"?

Accepted Answer

John Singleton (Boyz n the Hood, 1991)

Question 18

What is the only horror movie to have ever won "Best Picture"?

Accepted Answer

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Question 19

Two people have won both an Oscar and a Nobel Prize. Who are they? (Select TWO answers.)

Accepted Answer

George Bernard Shaw, Bob Dylan

Question 20

There has only ever been one person who has won both an Oscar and an Olympic medal. Who are they?

Accepted Answer

Kobe Bryant

Oscars Quiz (20 Academy Award Trivia Questions & Answers)

2) What was the first non-English language film to win "Best Picture"?

3) Who was the first person born in the 21st century to win an Academy Award?

4) There have been three characters who have had all of their nominated actors win an Award for their performance as that character. Who are they?

5) Which of the following did NOT win in all of the "Big Five" categories?

6) Who holds the most awards for "Best Director"?

7) What source material has had the most adaptations nominated for "Best Picture"?

8) Which film franchise has the most number of "Best Picture" wins?

9) What was the first film in color to win an Academy award for "Best Picture"?

10) When was the last time a two-way tie happened?

11) What is the film franchise with the most total nominations?

12) Which categories have never had the same person win in back-to-back years? (Select TWO answers.)

13) In 2021, this actor became both the oldest nominee and oldest winner of an award for "Best Actor in a Leading Role."

14) Which country has submitted the most number of movies for the "Best International Feature Film" category?

15) Who holds the most number of Academy awards ever won by an individual over the course of their lifetime?

16) What is the most "extreme" movie (by age rating) that has ever won an Oscar for "Best Picture"?

17) Who was the first Black person to receive a nomination for "Best Director"?

18) What is the only horror movie to have ever won "Best Picture"?

19) Two people have won both an Oscar and a Nobel Prize. Who are they? (Select TWO answers.)

20) There has only ever been one person who has won both an Oscar and an Olympic medal. Who are they?