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<h1>Academy Awards</h1><p>Winners, Losers and History of the Oscar Awards</p>
<p>Quiz created by: <a href="http://www.amiwrong.com/authors/explodingwhitemouse.shtml">Exploding White Mouse</a></p><br>1. In what year were the first awards ceremony?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) 1939</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) 1929</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) 1931</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) 1935</div>
<br>2. What is the "Academy Award of Merit" better known as?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Honorary Award</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Oscar statuette</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Special Achievement Award</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Juvenile Award</div>
<br>3. Which film has won the most awards with Titanic and LOTR: Return of the King?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Gone with the Wind</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) The Godfather</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Ben Hur</div>
<br>4. Who was the youngest winner of an acting Oscar?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Anna Paquin (The Piano)</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Justin Henry (Kramer vs. Kramer)</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Tatum O'Neal (Paper Moon)</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Hayley Joel Osment (The Sixth Sense)</div>
<br>5. Who was the oldest winner of an acting Oscar?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Jessica Tandy (Driving Miss Daisy)</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Henry Fonda (On Golden Pond)</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Gloria Stuart (Titanic)</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Clint Eastwood (Million Dollar Baby)</div>
<br>6. What was unusual about Barry Fitzgerald's two acting nominations in 1944?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Both roles were the same character in different movies</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) They were his first acting roles on the silver screen</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) He was nominated twice for the same role</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) He was the first to win two Oscars at the same ceremony</div>
<br>7. What is the most Oscar nominations received by a film (held by "All About Eve" and "Titanic")?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) 14</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) 13</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) 12</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) 11</div>
<br>8. Who holds the record for the most acting academy awards with 4 Oscars?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Katharine Hepburn</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Meryl Streep</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Jack Nicholson</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Marlon Brando</div>
<br>9. How many Oscars did "The Colour Purple" receive (clue it was nominated 11 times)?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) 3</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) 6</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) 8</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) 0</div>
<br>10. What is the only animated film to be nominated for "Best Picture"?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Fantasia</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) WALL-E</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Toy Story</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Beauty and the Best</div>
<br>11. Who holds the record for the most acting nominations with 15 nominations?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Meryl Streep</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Anthony Hopkins</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Spencer Tracey</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Jack Nicholson</div>
<br>12. Who was the first person to be posthumously nominated for an acting Oscar to win the award?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Peter Finch (Network)</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Spencer Tracey (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner)</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Jeanne Eagels (The Letter)</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) James Dean (Giant)</div>
<br>13. Who refused to accept his 'Best Actor' Oscar to protest America's treatment of indigneous peoples?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Ben Kingsley</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Marlon Brando</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Gary Cooper</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Richard Burton</div>
<br>14. Who was the first African American to win an acting Oscar?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Hattie McDaniel</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Denzel Washington</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Halle Berry</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Sidney Poitier</div>
<br>15. What record does composer, John Williams, currently hold?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) He holds the record for the youngest and oldest composer to win an Oscar</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) He is the most nominated person yet to win an award</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) He is the most nominated person alive</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) He was the only successful winner through 6 Star Wars films</div>
<br>16. What country was "Best Actor" award winner, Russell Crowe born?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) United Kingdom</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) USA</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Australia</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) New Zealand</div>
<br>17. What figure is depicted on the Oscar statuette?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) An Actor holding a manuscript</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) A Knight holding a sword</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) An Writer holding a quill</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) A Director holding a bullhorn</div>
<br>18. Where were the awards ceremony held from 2002-2008?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Roosevelt Hotel</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Grauman's Chinese Theatre</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Kodak Theatre</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Dorothy Chandler Pavilion</div>
<br>19. Why were the awards postponed for one day in 1981?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Hollywood Writers Strike</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Los Angeles hit by Earthquake </div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Massive power black-out</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Attempted assassination of President Reagan</div>
<br>20. What movie won the first Academy Award for "Best Picture"?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Gone with the Wind</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) All Quiet on the Western Front</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Wings</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Grand Hotel</div>
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