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Quiz about And the Oscar Goes to November 1930
Quiz about And the Oscar Goes to November 1930

And the Oscar Goes to... (November, 1930) Quiz


The 3rd Academy Awards took place on November 5th, 1930, honoring the best films from August 1st, 1929 to July 31st, 1930.

A multiple-choice quiz by reedy. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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reedy
Time
4 mins
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333,198
Updated
Dec 03 21
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Question 1 of 10
1. The third Academy Awards ceremony marked the only time in the 20th century that the Oscars were held a second time in the same calendar year.


Question 2 of 10
2. The host for the third Academy Awards was an actor whose first role was in the 1918 film "Little Women". He was also a founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Who was he? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. The category of Best Actor had the most nominated films of all categories this year, with eight different films being represented -- by only five different actors. Which of these actors did NOT have two roles in the running for the Best Actor award? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. The award for Best Actress went to a Canadian-born actress who portrayed a woman trying to get back at her husband for an affair by pursuing one herself. Who won the Oscar? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. While subsequent Academy Award ceremonies have included categories for Documentaries, there weren't any in 1930. Even so, it didn't stop this chilling documentary from winning the Oscar for Best Cinematography. What was its name? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. The Oscar for Best Art Direction went to Herman Rosse for "King of Jazz" (1930). What band-leader was the self-proclaimed "King of Jazz" that was the centerpiece of this musical revue film? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. The winner of the Academy Award for Best Writing Achievement went to the first woman to receive the award, Frances Marion. What movie, taking place in a prison, won the Oscar? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. The winner of the Oscar for Best Director was Lewis Milestone, who already had an Oscar in hand from the 1929 Academy Awards for directing "Two Arabian Nights" (1927). For which film did he receive the award this time around? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Of the many films to receive nominations for the third Academy Awards, "The Love Parade" (1929) had more than any other film that year -- six! Despite the multiple nominations, however, the movie only won for Best Film Editing.


Question 10 of 10
10. And the award that everyone has been waiting for... Which film, based on the Erich Maria Remarque novel of the same name, won the Oscar for Best Picture? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. The third Academy Awards ceremony marked the only time in the 20th century that the Oscars were held a second time in the same calendar year.

Answer: True

Because the defined period of time to assess nominees ran from August 1st to July 31st, it was decided that a spring awards ceremony was too distant from the end of judging (eight months!). Thus, the move to a fall date (November, 1930) after the 2nd (April) ceremony was made.
2. The host for the third Academy Awards was an actor whose first role was in the 1918 film "Little Women". He was also a founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Who was he?

Answer: Conrad Nagel

Conrad Nagel (1897-1970) had his breakout role as an actor in 1920's "The Fighting Chance" opposite Anna Q. Nilsson. He made a smooth transition from silent films to talkies, acting in over 100 films over a career spanning 41 years. He hosted three Academy Awards ceremonies in that time, making an impressive gap between host appearances in the process - 21 years.
3. The category of Best Actor had the most nominated films of all categories this year, with eight different films being represented -- by only five different actors. Which of these actors did NOT have two roles in the running for the Best Actor award?

Answer: Lawrence Tibbett

The Oscar-winner for Best Actor was George Arliss for his role as British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli in "Disraeli" (1929). He was also nominated for playing The Raja in "The Green Goddess" (1930). George Arliss was not present at the ceremony - Darryl F. Zanuck accepted the Award on his behalf.

Maurice Chevalier received two nods for his roles as Count Alfred Renard in "The Love Parade" (1929) and as Pierre Mirande in "The Big Pond" (1930).

The third double-nominee was Ronald Colman who acted as Captain Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond in "Bulldog Drummond" (1929) and as Michel in "Condemned" (1929).

Lawrence Tibbett received just the one nomination for his role in "The Rogue Song" (1930) as bandit leader Yegor.

The other single nominee for Best Actor was Wallace Beery for playing the part of inmate Butch Schmidt in "The Big House" (1930).
4. The award for Best Actress went to a Canadian-born actress who portrayed a woman trying to get back at her husband for an affair by pursuing one herself. Who won the Oscar?

Answer: Norma Shearer

Edith Norma Shearer was born August 10th, 1902, and she passed away on June 12th, 1983. In her heyday, Norma vied with Greta Garbo and Joan Crawford for the best roles and her marriage to Irving Thalberg (executive in charge of production at Universal Studios) in 1927 helped her along. She remained a popular actress until her retirement in 1942.

Shearer won the Oscar for Best Actress for "The Divorcee" (1930), a role that became the first in a string of films wherein she depicted sexually liberal women. The adoption of the Production Code of 1934 limited those kind of roles, and afterwards Shearer played in more period dramas and prestige pictures.

Incidentally, Shearer was also nominated for Best Actress for her role as Lucia 'Lally' Marlett in "Their Own Desire" (1929). So, she won the Oscar, but also lost to herself.
5. While subsequent Academy Award ceremonies have included categories for Documentaries, there weren't any in 1930. Even so, it didn't stop this chilling documentary from winning the Oscar for Best Cinematography. What was its name?

Answer: With Byrd at the South Pole

"With Byrd at the South Pole" (1930) documents Richard E. Byrd, Jr.'s attempt to be the first man to fly over the South Pole. Joseph T. Rucker and Willard Van der Veer accepted the Oscar for their incredible camera work. The film has little sound, apart from an introduction by Byrd, some narration during the flight, and some basic sound effects.
6. The Oscar for Best Art Direction went to Herman Rosse for "King of Jazz" (1930). What band-leader was the self-proclaimed "King of Jazz" that was the centerpiece of this musical revue film?

Answer: Paul Whiteman

Paul Whiteman (1890-1967) was an immensely popular band and orchestra leader in the 1920s. He was known for his blending of symphonic and jazz music, and was the man who commissioned a work from George Gershwin that became the famous "Rhapsody in Blue."

"King of Jazz" (1930) was a musical revue film that featured Whiteman and his band, and included a group of singers signed to his band that he called 'The Rhythm Boys' (Bing Crosby, Al Rinker, and Harry Barris). Incidentally, it was also the first feature-length movie filmed entirely in Technicolor.

Herman Rosse (1887-1965) was born in Holland, and after attending the Royal College of Art in London, England, he came to the United States and also attended Stanford. He was commissioned to design the Netherlands pavilion at the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco, and while there, made his first forays into designing theater and stage sets.
7. The winner of the Academy Award for Best Writing Achievement went to the first woman to receive the award, Frances Marion. What movie, taking place in a prison, won the Oscar?

Answer: The Big House

"The Big House" (1930) starred Robert Montgomery as a man incarcerated for drunk-driving manslaughter and Wallace Beery as Butch, the hardened career criminal who rules the cellblock.

The Oscar for Best Sound Recording also went to "The Big House" and was received by Douglas Shearer.
8. The winner of the Oscar for Best Director was Lewis Milestone, who already had an Oscar in hand from the 1929 Academy Awards for directing "Two Arabian Nights" (1927). For which film did he receive the award this time around?

Answer: All Quiet on the Western Front

"All Quiet on the Western Front" (1930) received four nominations in total - Best Picture, Best Director (Lewis Milestone), Best Cinematography (Arthur Edeson), and Best Writing (George Abbott, Maxwell Anderson and Del Andrews).

Milestone's previous win had been for Best Director, Comedy Picture. This time, his directing talents went in a completely different direction. "All Quiet on the Western Front" was a study in tragedy, following a class of recruits through their experiences in the German army during the Great War.
9. Of the many films to receive nominations for the third Academy Awards, "The Love Parade" (1929) had more than any other film that year -- six! Despite the multiple nominations, however, the movie only won for Best Film Editing.

Answer: False

"The Love Parade" was nominated for Best Picture, Best Director (Ernst Lubitsch), Best Actor (Maurice Chevalier), Best Sound Recording (Franklin Hansen), Best Cinematography (Victor Milner), and Best Art Direction (Hans Dreier), but did not take home any Oscars.

Best Film Editing was not a category at the third Academy Awards.
10. And the award that everyone has been waiting for... Which film, based on the Erich Maria Remarque novel of the same name, won the Oscar for Best Picture?

Answer: All Quiet on the Western Front

"All Quiet on the Western Front" (1930) is a World War I epic depicting a realistic account of the war from the perspective of a group of young German recruits. The young men are all moved by an impassioned speech to join up and get the glory for "saving the Fatherland."

This tragic film starred Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres, John Wray, Arnold Lucy and Ben Alexander, and was directed by Lewis Milestone. "All Quiet on the Western Front" received four nominations, and won two Oscars.
Source: Author reedy

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