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Oscars ABC-Take Three Trivia Quiz

All these questions deal with the Academy Awards. The answers go in order alphabetically, Qu 1 starts with 'A' and Qu 25 starts with 'Z' Have fun! (I skipped 'X', as always!)

A multiple-choice quiz by gatsby722. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
gatsby722

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
57,198

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

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Tough

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Question 1 of 25

1. Which of the following was the only performer to be nominated for an acting Oscar, as of 2001? Hint

Ann Sothern

Aiden Qinn

Andy Griffith

Angie Dickenson

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Question 2 of 25

2. She won a Lifetime Achievement Oscar, but never won for any single performance. Which actress? Hint

Barbara Stanwyck

Bette Davis

Barbra Streisand

Betty Grable

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Question 3 of 25

3. James Stewart was named Best Actor for 'The Philadelphia Story' in 1940. He was also in the Best Picture of 1952. What did he play in that one? Hint

clown

cowboy

carnival barker

camera man

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Question 4 of 25

4. Oscar winner Louise Fletcher honored her parents when she won for 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest' in a very touching way. What was special about her parents? They were....? Hint

dead

deaf

dog breeders

dying of cancer

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Question 5 of 25

5. Which of these films grabbed some Oscar nominations for the actors in it? Hint

'Elmer Gantry'

'End Of The Affair'

'Elephant Man'

each one did

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Question 6 of 25

6. Which of these movies were nominated, but lost, in their bid for Best Picture? Hint

'Field Of Dreams'

'(the) Firm'

'(a) Face In The Crowd'

'Funny Lady'

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Question 7 of 25

7. Lynn Redgrave's latest Oscar nomination came for her role in what movie, as of 2001?

Answer: (Three Words-about James Whale!)

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Question 8 of 25

8. Of these actors, who has been nominated only once (as of 2001) for Best Actor? Hint

Henry Fonda

Hugh Griffith

Herbert Lom

Harrison Ford

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Question 9 of 25

9. Loretta Young won a surprise Best Actress award for 'The Farmer's Daughter'. What actress played the same character in a following TV show with the same title?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 10 of 25

10. Of the following, who was never up for an acting Oscar? Hint

Joseph Cotten

Justin Henry

Jude Law

John Mills

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Question 11 of 25

11. Yul Brynner got his Oscar for playing a what?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 12 of 25

12. Randy Quaid was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for which of these flicks? Hint

'(the) Last Detail'

'(the) Life of George O'Reilly'

'(the) Last Picture Show'

'(the) Last Of The Red Hot Lovers'

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Question 13 of 25

13. Which of these actors has won more than once in a supporting role, as of 2001? Hint

Mira Sorvino

Michael Caine

Mercedes McCambridge

Martin Landau

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Question 14 of 25

14. Which of these guys won his first Oscar before the others got theirs? Hint

Novarro

Newman

Nichols

Nicholson

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Question 15 of 25

15. Two TV sitcom staples were nominated for their acting in the same film. Which movie that starts with 'O' had them in it?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 16 of 25

16. In 'Shakespeare In Love' what was Best Actress winner Gwyneth Paltrow's character fated to in the end? Hint

prison

poverty

passionless marriage

public humiliation

17. In Jessica Tandy's award winning performance, her character has a problem being driven by a chauffeur to the grocery store. She's afraid that the other people there will think she's whom? Hint

Queen For A Day

Queen Victoria

Queen Of Sheba

Queen Elizabeth

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Question 18 of 25

18. Who didn't win an Oscar or even a nomination from this bunch? Hint

Rip Torn

Ryan O'Neal

Rosie Perez

Raymond Burr

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Question 19 of 25

19. Which word best describes the character that won Shirley Jones her Academy Award? Hint

singer

subtle

starlet

sinner

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Question 20 of 25

20. Donna Summer sang what was eventually named Best Song Of The Year in which film? Hint

'The Goonies'

'Trading Places'

'T.G.I.F'

'Tender Mercies'

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Question 21 of 25

21. Marlon Brando has won a couple of Oscars. He also starred in which of these movies? Hint

'(the) Up Side'

'Useless In A Bronx Hotel'

'(the) Ugly American'

'Under The Yum Yum Tree'

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Question 22 of 25

22. I won my Oscar for directing 'Gone With The Wind'. What's my first name?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 23 of 25

23. I am the actress who won for playing Eve White, Eve Black and Jane. What's my last name?

Answer: (One Word-starts with 'W')

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Question 24 of 25

24. Quinn Cummings, an Oscar nominee herself in the movie, played what in 'The Goodbye Girl'? Hint

YMCA coach

yoga instructor

youngster

youth counselor

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Question 25 of 25

25. Christopher Walken won an Oscar for 'The Deerhunter' and later starred in a movie called 'The Dead _____'?

Answer: (One Word)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which of the following was the only performer to be nominated for an acting Oscar, as of 2001?

Answer: Ann Sothern

Sothern was nominated for 'The Whales Of August'. A nice recovery from that absolutely odd TV show her voice was in in 'My Mother The Car'---she 'played' the car!

2. She won a Lifetime Achievement Oscar, but never won for any single performance. Which actress?

Answer: Barbara Stanwyck

Stanwyck was nominated numerous times but never won for a particular film. Streisand and Davis were both Best Actress winners and Grable was never nominated nor did she ever get an honorary Oscar!

3. James Stewart was named Best Actor for 'The Philadelphia Story' in 1940. He was also in the Best Picture of 1952. What did he play in that one?

Answer: clown

Stewart played a clown in 'The Greatest Show On Earth'.

4. Oscar winner Louise Fletcher honored her parents when she won for 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest' in a very touching way. What was special about her parents? They were....?

Answer: deaf

She accepted her award in sign language as her parents are deaf. Marlee Matlin, another Best Actress winner IS deaf, but she has hearing parents.

5. Which of these films grabbed some Oscar nominations for the actors in it?

Answer: each one did

They all did, of course.

6. Which of these movies were nominated, but lost, in their bid for Best Picture?

Answer: 'Field Of Dreams'

'Field Of Dreams' is right, starring Kevin Costner and Amy Maddigan.

7. Lynn Redgrave's latest Oscar nomination came for her role in what movie, as of 2001?

Answer: 'Gods And Monsters'

Her other nomination came with a 'G' movie---'Georgy Girl'

8. Of these actors, who has been nominated only once (as of 2001) for Best Actor?

Answer: Harrison Ford

Harrison Ford got his for 'Witness'. Fonda got 2 nominations, Lom got zero and Griffith won for 'Ben Hur' for his supporting role. Fonda finally won in 1981, by the way!

9. Loretta Young won a surprise Best Actress award for 'The Farmer's Daughter'. What actress played the same character in a following TV show with the same title?

Answer: Inger Stevens

10. Of the following, who was never up for an acting Oscar?

Answer: Joseph Cotten

Law and Henry were both nominated, but lost. Mills won for 'Ryan's Daughter'. Cotten, despite a major career, was never nominated!

11. Yul Brynner got his Oscar for playing a what?

Answer: King

Easy one! He was The King Of Siam in 'The King And I'.

12. Randy Quaid was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for which of these flicks?

Answer: '(the) Last Detail'

Opposite Jack Nicholson, also a nominee for Best Actor.

13. Which of these actors has won more than once in a supporting role, as of 2001?

Answer: Michael Caine

Caine won for both 'Hannah and Her Sisters' and 'The Cider House Rules'. All of the others have won only one so far.

14. Which of these guys won his first Oscar before the others got theirs?

Answer: Nichols

Mike Nichols was named Best Director for 'The Graduate' in 1967. Nicholson got his first in 1975, Newman in 1986. Novarro ws an actor in silent films and never even up for an Oscar!

15. Two TV sitcom staples were nominated for their acting in the same film. Which movie that starts with 'O' had them in it?

Answer: Ordinary People

Mary Tyler Moore, playing the cold hearted mother, and Judd Hirsch as the loyal psychiatrist were nominated. Timothy Hutton won for his role as the troubled teenager and Donald Sutherland, who did a superb job as the father, was ignored!

16. In 'Shakespeare In Love' what was Best Actress winner Gwyneth Paltrow's character fated to in the end?

Answer: passionless marriage

She had to fulfill her marriage vows to that creepy Wessex fellow and move to America. All of that shipwreck business was dreamt up by Shakespeare in the film.

17. In Jessica Tandy's award winning performance, her character has a problem being driven by a chauffeur to the grocery store. She's afraid that the other people there will think she's whom?

Answer: Queen Of Sheba

For some reason that scene sticks with me. Miss Daisy is miffed that she has a driver thrust upon her and doesn't want to be gossiped about in town.

18. Who didn't win an Oscar or even a nomination from this bunch?

Answer: Raymond Burr

Raymond Burr played mostly threatening characters in film, never making much of a splash in them. He went on to TV fame, though. And, yikes!, Perez was actually nominated once!

19. Which word best describes the character that won Shirley Jones her Academy Award?

Answer: sinner

She played a prostitute in 'Elmer {Gantry';} Singer, Starlet, and, least of all, Subtle describe her character!

20. Donna Summer sang what was eventually named Best Song Of The Year in which film?

Answer: 'T.G.I.F'

Anyone with a little gray in their hair ought to know this one! She sang 'Last Dance', penned by Giorgio Moroder.

21. Marlon Brando has won a couple of Oscars. He also starred in which of these movies?

Answer: '(the) Ugly American'

Personally I never saw it but I know he was in the movie.

22. I won my Oscar for directing 'Gone With The Wind'. What's my first name?

Answer: Victor

Victor Fleming won it in 1939.

23. I am the actress who won for playing Eve White, Eve Black and Jane. What's my last name?

Answer: Woodward

Joanne Woodward got hers in 1957 playing a woman with three split personalities in 'The Three Faces Of Eve'.

24. Quinn Cummings, an Oscar nominee herself in the movie, played what in 'The Goodbye Girl'?

Answer: youngster

She played what she was, actually. A youngster who has watched her mother get whipped in bad relationships with actors. She was later on the TV show 'Family'.

25. Christopher Walken won an Oscar for 'The Deerhunter' and later starred in a movie called 'The Dead _____'?

Answer: Zone

The film was based on a Stephen King novel.

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