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Quiz about Oscars ABC Quiz  Take Two

Oscars ABC Quiz - Take Two!


Answers start with the letters of the alphabet in order. Starting with 'A' and skipping only 'X'. Have fun!

A multiple-choice quiz by gatsby722. Estimated time: 8 mins.
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Author
gatsby722
Time
8 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
56,334
Updated
Jul 23 22
# Qns
25
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
15 / 25
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Question 1 of 25
1. I was nominated for Best Actress playing a real person. In my acclaimed performance I got to lip sync 'Proud Mary' and my character's husband beat me up a lot. What actress am I?

Answer: (Two Words-'Private Dancer')
Question 2 of 25
2. I finally got my one ond only acting nomination and I won Best Supporting Actor for it! I played a good old boy who ran a pool hall in Texas. Who am I? Hint


Question 3 of 25
3. Clark Gable didn't like my style and used his influence to boot me off my director's chair on 'Gone With The Wind'. But I showed him! I got an Oscar for directing 25 years later. Who am I?

Answer: (One Word - last name only. Think 'Eliza Doolittle')
Question 4 of 25
4. Of these actors, who won on their first try for their performances (as of 2001)? Hint


Question 5 of 25
5. I won my Oscar nomination playing John Merrick. In what movie? Hint


Question 6 of 25
6. I received my Oscar for playing a kooky dog walker with a heart of gold but I had a supporting part before that in which of these films? Ignore any 'the' in answers, the key word begins with 'f'. Hint


Question 7 of 25
7. My acting nabbed the only nomination for 'The Big Chill'. Who am I?

Answer: (Two Words - no hint, baby boomers!)
Question 8 of 25
8. Two actresses from the film I was in were nominated. One played a doting mother and the other a mean and deadly child. I didn't get a nomination playing the dim witted, and eventually dead, guy who took care of their building and grounds. Who am I? Hint


Question 9 of 25
9. The Oscar winning film 'Cabaret' was based on what original play? Hint


Question 10 of 25
10. Both Rock Hudson and I were nominated for our performances in the same film. We both lost. Who am I?

Answer: (Two Words - first name starts with 'J')
Question 11 of 25
11. I earned a nomination playing a nurse in Korea in a film that came out in the 1970s. What is my last name? Hint


Question 12 of 25
12. I never won an Oscar but was up for one playing Constance MacKenzie. Who am I? Hint


Question 13 of 25
13. My wife won an Oscar, but not for her role as Mrs. Robinson. Who am I? Hint


Question 14 of 25
14. First there was Janet Gaynor, then Mary Pickford. But I picked up the third Best Actress statue in 1930. What was my first name? Hint


Question 15 of 25
15. The one of the three musicals to get a Best Picture award in the 1960s. What is it?

Answer: (One Word - starts with O)
Question 16 of 25
16. I went from being a host of the cable show 'Talk Soup' to having a shockingly notable career as a film actor. My first nomination at the Academy Awards came for my playing a fellow who did what as a vocation? Hint


Question 17 of 25
17. I am the 'Q' who won two Oscars for Acting. What's my last name?

Answer: (One Word - Zorba!)
Question 18 of 25
18. I won an Oscar playing an idiot savant riding around with a shifty brother. What's my character's name? Hint


Question 19 of 25
19. I was the first lead actress to win an Oscar for a foreign language film. Who am I this time?

Answer: (Two Words)
Question 20 of 25
20. Because I promised someone that I would, here's a pretty simple one: I've been a cross dresser on TV, a guy in love with a 'fishy' girl in the movies and I eventually got a couple of acting Oscars. Everybody loves me! Who am I?

Answer: (Two Words)
Question 21 of 25
21. I won my Oscar playing a pretty odd, hysterically pregnant woman who spends an all nighter with some equally strange people. Martha and George were not what my character expected in the movie. I later went on to star in which film? Hint


Question 22 of 25
22. When multiple Oscar winner Jack Lemmon lost at the Golden Globes to me I respectfully offered my award to him. I appeared to feel unworthy! What's my first name? Hint


Question 23 of 25
23. I got my Oscar directing Fredric March and Teresa Wright in the 1940s on the same film. It got Best Picture, too. Who am I? Hint


Question 24 of 25
24. This was the first movie to start with the letter 'Y' to win Best Picture. Which one? Hint


Question 25 of 25
25. Robert Downey, Jr., that brilliant but troubled actor, was nominated for 'Chaplin'. He was in another movie prior to that. 'Less Than ____?'

Answer: (One Word)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. I was nominated for Best Actress playing a real person. In my acclaimed performance I got to lip sync 'Proud Mary' and my character's husband beat me up a lot. What actress am I?

Answer: Angela Bassett

Bassett won the Golden Globe for her work in 'What's Love Got To Do With It?', a biopic of the leggy and sensational Tina Turner.
2. I finally got my one ond only acting nomination and I won Best Supporting Actor for it! I played a good old boy who ran a pool hall in Texas. Who am I?

Answer: Ben Johnson

Johnson won for 'The Last Picture Show' in 1971 after a long and underrated career. His last film role was in 'The Evening Star'.
3. Clark Gable didn't like my style and used his influence to boot me off my director's chair on 'Gone With The Wind'. But I showed him! I got an Oscar for directing 25 years later. Who am I?

Answer: Cukor

Gable didn't like George Cukor's tendency to make 'women's movies' and wanted to make sure his Rhett Butler got adequate attention in 'GWTW'. Victor Fleming took over (but Vivien Leigh's Scarlett O'Hara still governed the film...)
4. Of these actors, who won on their first try for their performances (as of 2001)?

Answer: Diane Keaton

For 'Annie Hall'. Reynolds was nominated but lost once, Sutherland and Fairbanks should have been nominated somewhere along the line but weren't.
5. I won my Oscar nomination playing John Merrick. In what movie?

Answer: (the) Elephant Man

John Hurt was up for playing the hideously deformed Merrick.
6. I received my Oscar for playing a kooky dog walker with a heart of gold but I had a supporting part before that in which of these films? Ignore any 'the' in answers, the key word begins with 'f'.

Answer: (the) Fly

Geena Davis won for 'The Accidental Tourist' but played the girlfriend of then boyfriend Jeff Goldblum in the remake of 'The Fly'. The acting was actually very good in the film, but overshadowed by some unsettling special effects.
7. My acting nabbed the only nomination for 'The Big Chill'. Who am I?

Answer: Glen Close

Out of a terrific ensemble, Glenn was singled out. Could it be because her character let her husband impregnate a friend? Who knows. But Oscar likes selfless women.
8. Two actresses from the film I was in were nominated. One played a doting mother and the other a mean and deadly child. I didn't get a nomination playing the dim witted, and eventually dead, guy who took care of their building and grounds. Who am I?

Answer: Henry Jones

In 'The Bad Seed', Nancy Kelly and Patty McCormack were up for their roles. Henry Jones, a respected supporting actor, didn't score. He got toasted by that altogether nasty kid in the film.
9. The Oscar winning film 'Cabaret' was based on what original play?

Answer: I Am A Camera

'I Am A Camera' is right. The others are totally made up. The play has evolved in a very interesting way over time.
10. Both Rock Hudson and I were nominated for our performances in the same film. We both lost. Who am I?

Answer: James Dean

Dean died before the film came out. Despite the lack of an Oscar win his legend remains strong. Oh, and the film was 'Giant', by the way.
11. I earned a nomination playing a nurse in Korea in a film that came out in the 1970s. What is my last name?

Answer: Kellerman

Sally Kellerman played Hot Lips in {'MASH';} her character was later played by Loretta Swit on the classic TV show. Incidentally, Kellerman was the only actor in the cast to be nominated!
12. I never won an Oscar but was up for one playing Constance MacKenzie. Who am I?

Answer: Lana Turner

Turner pulled all the emotional stops in 'Peyton Place'---yet another movie that eventually found itself transformed into a TV series. In that, Dorothy Malone played Constance.
13. My wife won an Oscar, but not for her role as Mrs. Robinson. Who am I?

Answer: Mel Brooks

Mel is married to Anne Bancroft, who was named Best Actress for 'The Miracle Worker'. He's racked up his own laurels, though, especially with the staging of his film 'The Producers' on Broadway. It always seemed like an odd marriage to me but, hey!, if it ain't broke don't fix it!
14. First there was Janet Gaynor, then Mary Pickford. But I picked up the third Best Actress statue in 1930. What was my first name?

Answer: Norma

Norma Shearer for 'The Divorcee'. It's a hard-to-find film these days.
15. The one of the three musicals to get a Best Picture award in the 1960s. What is it?

Answer: Oliver!

'Oliver', of course. 'West Side Story' and 'My Fair Lady' were tunefests that also won during that decade.
16. I went from being a host of the cable show 'Talk Soup' to having a shockingly notable career as a film actor. My first nomination at the Academy Awards came for my playing a fellow who did what as a vocation?

Answer: Painting

Greg Kinnear was awesome in 'As Good As It Gets', playing a gay artist down the hall from that testy Melvin played by Jack Nicholson.
17. I am the 'Q' who won two Oscars for Acting. What's my last name?

Answer: Quinn

Anthony Quinn won for 'Viva Zapata' in 1952 and for 'Lust For Life' in 1956. Both as Best Supporting Actor.
18. I won an Oscar playing an idiot savant riding around with a shifty brother. What's my character's name?

Answer: Raymond

Pretty easy one, eh? Raymond AKA 'Rain Man', played by Dustin Hoffman.
19. I was the first lead actress to win an Oscar for a foreign language film. Who am I this time?

Answer: Sophia Loren

Loren got it for 'Two Women' in 1961. In truth, she later became mostly eye candy in her film roles which was a shame.
20. Because I promised someone that I would, here's a pretty simple one: I've been a cross dresser on TV, a guy in love with a 'fishy' girl in the movies and I eventually got a couple of acting Oscars. Everybody loves me! Who am I?

Answer: Tom Hanks

Good ol' Tom! He gives the most eloquent and heartfelt acceptance speeches. Somebody told me I couldn't have an Oscar Quiz that excluded Hanks. So here he is, and here he deserves to be!
21. I won my Oscar playing a pretty odd, hysterically pregnant woman who spends an all nighter with some equally strange people. Martha and George were not what my character expected in the movie. I later went on to star in which film?

Answer: Up The Down Staircase

Sandy Dennis later played a teacher in 'Up The Down Staircase', after her Oscar win for 'Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?'.
22. When multiple Oscar winner Jack Lemmon lost at the Golden Globes to me I respectfully offered my award to him. I appeared to feel unworthy! What's my first name?

Answer: Ving

Ving Rhames solidly stood and called Lemmon to the {podium;} Ving played, of all people, Don King!
23. I got my Oscar directing Fredric March and Teresa Wright in the 1940s on the same film. It got Best Picture, too. Who am I?

Answer: William Wyler

Wyler won for 'The Best Years Of Our Lives' in 1946. He also won for 'Mrs. Miniver' in 1942. Aside from March and Wright, 'The Best Years Of Our Lives' boasted Myrna Loy, Harold Russell and Dana Andrews. A truly great film.
24. This was the first movie to start with the letter 'Y' to win Best Picture. Which one?

Answer: You Can't Take It With You

Another easy one! 'You Can't Take It With You' was the Best Film of 1938, starring Jimmy Stewart.
25. Robert Downey, Jr., that brilliant but troubled actor, was nominated for 'Chaplin'. He was in another movie prior to that. 'Less Than ____?'

Answer: Zero

A movie about drug abuse. Imagine that! Have a great day, folks. My fingers hurt from typing. Hope you enjoyed the quiz!
Source: Author gatsby722

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