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1.
  The Golden Touch   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The Oscar - the golden statue seen as the ultimate award in the film industry. I recently had the opportunity to chat with 10 actors who proved they had 'the golden touch' by winning this prize more than once. Join me in hearing what they had to say.
Very Easy, 10 Qns, skunkee, Jul 25 14
Very Easy
skunkee editor
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  Which Movie Won Which Oscar?   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
So you think you know who won what and when? Well come and have a go if you think you're smart enough!
Average, 10 Qns, lollypop1, Jan 10 11
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  Oscars - Best Director   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
All the answers to this quiz are directors who have won more than one Oscar for Best Director. They may also have won the Best Picture Award in the same year but that isn't counted for the purpose of this quiz.
Average, 15 Qns, Spontini, Feb 07 15
Average
Spontini
572 plays
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  Double Oscar Winners 1928-1969    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Here is a quiz on the early multiple Academy Award winners to 1969. Can you tell from the clues who they are?
Average, 10 Qns, jesseg, Nov 17 15
Average
jesseg
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  Twice Nominated Twice Winning    
Multiple Choice
 5 Qns
These five Oscar winners hold the distinction of being the only performers in the 20th Century to win two Oscars by only having been nominated twice. I've supplied the years for which they won. All fill in the blanks. For true Oscar buffs only.
Difficult, 5 Qns, oscar820, Jul 24 18
Difficult
oscar820
Jul 24 18
3703 plays
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  They Have Two Oscars    
Multiple Choice
 5 Qns
They've won two Oscars each as of 2001. Who are they?
Very Difficult, 5 Qns, springb, Jun 09 08
Very Difficult
springb
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Oscars - Multiple Wins Trivia Questions
1. This director is perhaps best known as a director of Westerns and was the first to win four Best Director Oscars. Who is he?

From Quiz Oscars - Best Director

Answer: John Ford

He won his Best Director Oscars for "The Informer" in 1936; "The Grapes of Wrath" in 1941; "How Green Was My Valley" in 1942 and "The Quiet Man" in 1953. He achieved the rank of Admiral in the US Navy Reserves and that is how he is described on his headstone, rather than "Director John Ford".

2. Only person to win Best Actress and Best Song was ________.

From Quiz They Have Two Oscars

Answer: Barbra Streisand & Streisand

She got the first for 'Funny Girl' and the second for 'A Star Is Born'.

3. Which actor won Oscars for films released in 1995 and 1999?

From Quiz Twice Nominated Twice Winning

Answer: Kevin Spacey

Best Supporting Actor 'Usual Suspects' (1995) and Best Actor 'American Beauty' (1999).

4. Which actress won the Best Actress Oscar for 1967 and also for 1968?

From Quiz Double Oscar Winners 1928-1969

Answer: Katharine Hepburn

She won for 'Guess Who's Coming To Dinner?' in 1967 and 'The Lion In Winter' 1968. She also won for 'Morning Glory' in 1932-33 and for 'On Golden Pond' in 1981.

5. This director was responsible for one of the most popular films not to win an Oscar despite it having five nominations. It starred James Stewart and is a regular on TV during the Christmas period. Who was this three-time Best Director Oscar winner?

From Quiz Oscars - Best Director

Answer: Frank Capra

Capra won three directing Oscars for "It Happened One Night" in 1935, "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" in 1937 and "You Can't Take It with You" in 1939. The film which is arguably his most popular film and which did not win an Oscar is "It's a Wonderful Life".

6. Which 1972 film earned Marlon Brando his Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role?

From Quiz Which Movie Won Which Oscar?

Answer: The Godfather

Brando won his Oscar for "The Godfather" (1972), set just after the end of the Second World War. Brando portrayed the character Don Vito Corleone - the head of the New York Mafia "Family". Interestingly, he refused to both accept the award, and attend the ceremony, on the grounds that he felt that Hollywood's film making industry was discriminating against Native American people. He sent an actress dressed up as a Native American, to pick up the award on his behalf. The other possible answers were films where Brando received a nomination only.

7. Only person to win Best Actress and Best Screenplay was ______.

From Quiz They Have Two Oscars

Answer: Emma Thompson & Thompson

The first was for 'Howard's End', the second was for 'Sense and Sensibility'.

8. Which actress won Oscars for films released in 1939 and 1951?

From Quiz Twice Nominated Twice Winning

Answer: Vivien Leigh

Best Actress 'Gone With The Wind' (1939) and 'A Streetcar Named Desire' (1951). She won a Tony in the '60s for the musical 'Tovarich'.

9. This actor first won the best actor award for 'Sergeant York' in 1941 and then again in 1952.

From Quiz Double Oscar Winners 1928-1969

Answer: Gary Cooper & Cooper

He also won the Best Actor Oscar in 1952 for 'High Noon'.

10. The film for which this director won his final Directing Oscar ("Ben-Hur"), won a massive 11 Oscars in total. Who was this director, born in Alsace-Lorraine, then part of the Ggerman Empire?

From Quiz Oscars - Best Director

Answer: William Wyler

He won his three Best Director Oscars for "The Best Years of Our Lives" in 1947; "Mrs. Miniver" in 1943 and "Ben-Hur" in 1960. Fourteen actors have actually won Oscars starring in his movies.

11. Which actress won Oscars for films released in 1979 and 1984?

From Quiz Twice Nominated Twice Winning

Answer: Sally Field

Best Actress 'Norma Rae' (1979) and 'Places In The Heart' (1984). She won a well deserved Emmy for 'Sybil'.

12. Who won the Best Actress Oscar in 1944 and 1956?

From Quiz Double Oscar Winners 1928-1969

Answer: Ingrid Bergman & Bergman

She won in 1944 for 'Gaslight' and in 1956 for 'Anastasia'. She also won the Best Supporting Actress Award in 1974 for 'Murder On The Orient Express'.

13. This American director won an Oscar for the third and final feature film starring James Dean. It must have caused a bit of a headache to him as Dean was killed in a car crash shortly before filming was completed. Who is he?

From Quiz Oscars - Best Director

Answer: George Stevens

He achieved his directing Oscars for "A Place in the Sun" in 1952 and "Giant" in 1957. During WW2 he was part of a unit which filmed the D-Day landings, the liberation of Paris and scenes from the Duben labour camp and Dachau concentration camp. He helped prepare some of this footage for use in the Nuremberg Trials which followed the end of the war.

14. Only person to win back-to-back Best Supporting Actor Oscars was _____.

From Quiz They Have Two Oscars

Answer: Jason Robards

The first was for 'All The President's Men' and the second was for 'Julia'.

15. Which actress won Oscars for films released in 1936 and 1937?

From Quiz Twice Nominated Twice Winning

Answer: Luise Rainer

Best Actress 'The Great Ziegfeld' (1936) and 'The Good Earth' (1937).

16. This actor won the Best Supporting Actor Award three times, once in 1936 for 'Come And Get It', again in 1938 for 'Kentucky' and the third time in 1940 for 'The Westerner'. Who is he?

From Quiz Double Oscar Winners 1928-1969

Answer: Walter Brennan

17. This director was the editor of a film often called one of the greatest movies of all time - "Citizen Kane". His two directing Oscars came from musicals. Who is this shrewd director?

From Quiz Oscars - Best Director

Answer: Robert Wise

The Best Director Oscar awarded in 1962 was actually shared between Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins who had both directed "West Side Story". Wise had had no experience with musicals and Jerome Robbins was brought in to direct the musical and dance sequences while Wise concentrated on the dramatic aspects. They therefore shared the Best Director Oscar that year. Wise won again for another musical, "The Sound of Music", four years later.

18. Only people to win Best Song twice for 'disaster' movies _______.

From Quiz They Have Two Oscars

Answer: Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn

The first was for 'The Poseidon Adventure' and the second was for 'The Towering Inferno'.

19. Which actress won Oscars for films released in 1931 and 1970?

From Quiz Twice Nominated Twice Winning

Answer: Helen Hayes

Best Actress 'The Sin Of Madelon Claudet' (1931) and Best Supporting Actress 'Airport' (1970). She was the 'First Lady of The American Theatre'.

20. This actor never won the Best Actor category, but he won twice for Best Supporting Actor, first time in 1952 for 'Viva Zapata!' and then in 1956 for 'Lust For Life'. Who is he?

From Quiz Double Oscar Winners 1928-1969

Answer: Anthony Quinn & Quinn

21. Who was the first Asian to win an Oscar for Best Director? He has won more than one.

From Quiz Oscars - Best Director

Answer: Ang Lee

His won the Best Director Oscar for "Brokeback Mountain" in 2006 and "Life of Pi" in 2013. His first Oscar of any description was for his film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" which won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language film in 2001.

22. In 2002, who was the first African-American woman to win the Best Actress Oscar?

From Quiz Which Movie Won Which Oscar?

Answer: Halle Berry

Halle Berry won her Best Actress Oscar for her role in "Monster's Ball" (2001) portraying the character Leticia Musgrove, who fell in love with an unlikely candidate after the execution of her husband. Halle's acting debut came in the form of "Living Dolls" (1989) a spin-off sitcom from "Who's The Boss" (1984).

23. This actress won the Best Actress Oscar in 1935 for 'Dangerous' and in 1938 for 'Jezebel'. Who is she?

From Quiz Double Oscar Winners 1928-1969

Answer: Bette Davis & Davis

24. Which film won the very first Oscar for Outstanding Picture in 1928?

From Quiz Which Movie Won Which Oscar?

Answer: Wings

When the Academy Awards began in 1928 there was no such award called Best Picture. There were two awards called Most Outstanding Picture and Most Artistic Quality of Production. The following year, the two awards were combined to make the Best Production award. The name was finally changed in 1931 to the title that we recognize today. The film "Wings" (1927) tells the tale of two WWI fighter pilots whose friendship becomes fraught over the love of a girl.

25. Who won the Best Supporting Actor award in 1960 for 'Spartacus and again in 1964 for 'Topkapi'?

From Quiz Double Oscar Winners 1928-1969

Answer: Peter Ustinov

26. This director not only won two Oscars as Best Director but also won an Oscar for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay for "Sunset Blvd." in 1951. Who was this director who was born in Sucha, now part of Poland, in 1906?

From Quiz Oscars - Best Director

Answer: Billy Wilder

He was known as the Viennese Pixie. He started as a screenwriter for German films in his early career but emigrated initially to Paris and then to the United States when it became clear that his Jewish background would be a problem when Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933. His directing Oscars were for "The Lost Weekend" in 1946 and "The Apartment" in 1961.

27. Who was the Director who won the Best Director Oscar for the film "Forrest Gump" (1994)?

From Quiz Which Movie Won Which Oscar?

Answer: Robert Zemeckis

Robert Zemeckis won his Best Director Oscar for "Forrest Gump" (1994), the story followed Forrest through his life, from his humble beginnings as the child of a single mother, to his success in both his financial and personal life. The film fought off fierce competition from films such as "Shawshank Redemption" and "Pulp Fiction" for the prestigious award. Zemeckis is a big fan of special effects, and used them not only in "Forrest Gump", but also "Back to the Future" (1985) and "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"(1988).

28. She won back to back Best Actress Oscars in 1936 for 'The Great Ziegfeld' and in 1937 for 'The Good Earth'? What is her name?

From Quiz Double Oscar Winners 1928-1969

Answer: Luise Rainer

29. Helen Mirren starred as the title role of which film that won her the coveted Best Actress Oscar in 2007?

From Quiz Which Movie Won Which Oscar?

Answer: The Queen

"The Queen" (2006) was about Queen Elizabeth II's (played by Mirren) reaction to the events that followed the death of Princess Diana, an intimate tale of personal tragedy and the mourning that the public demanded from her. Helen whose full name is Illiana Lydia Vasilievna Mironova, was made a household name from her appearance in the popular crime series "Prime Suspect" (1996).

30. He won back to back Best Actor Oscars in 1937 for 'Captains Courageous' and in 1938 for 'Boys Town'? What is his name?

From Quiz Double Oscar Winners 1928-1969

Answer: Spencer Tracy & Tracy & Tracey & Spencer Tracey

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