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Quiz about Oscars of the 80s
Quiz about Oscars of the 80s

Oscars of the '80s Trivia Quiz


Let's see how much you know about the Oscars of the '80s!

A multiple-choice quiz by maxjtotsky. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
maxjtotsky
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
291,029
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
1224
Last 3 plays: jmel2 (6/10), Guest 8 (2/10), shorthumbz (9/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Which of the following awards did NOT go to "Driving Miss Daisy"? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Which of the following WASN'T nominated for an Oscar? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Paul Newman won Best Actor in 1987 for "The Color of Money". However he wasn't there. Who accepted the award on his behalf? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Who hosted the Oscars in 1981 - the year "Ordinary People" won best picture? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. "The Greatest Man of all time comes to big screen" was the tagline for Best Picture winning film, "Gandhi"?


Question 6 of 10
6. Who won the Best Actress Oscar for 1980? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Which of the following romantic dramas won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Actress in Leading Role and Best Actor in Supporting Role? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Which was the only movie to win best picture in the '80s and not win an award for Screenplay? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Which film won the most Oscars in the '80s? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Which of these cult classics was nominated for Best Picture? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Which of the following awards did NOT go to "Driving Miss Daisy"?

Answer: Best Actor

"Driving Miss Daisy" won Best Picture in 1990, and believe it or not it won Best Makeup! This film was nominated for nine Oscars and won four. It wasn't even nominated for Best Director! Morgan Freeman, who delivered a great performance as Miss Daisy's (Jessica Tandy) black driver, didn't win Best Actor although most people do agree that Daniel Day-Lewis deserved it for his wonderful performance in "My Left Foot"
2. Which of the following WASN'T nominated for an Oscar?

Answer: This is Spinal Tap

Although a fantastic movie, "This is Spinal Tap" wasn't nominated for any Oscar in the '80s. "Spinal Tap" was a hilarious fake documentary about a unsuccessful heavy metal band which told about their history and personality. Oh, and don't forget dead drummers!

"Dune"- Although a horrible film, "Dune" was nominated for Best Sound.
"Prizzi's Honor" was nominated for Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, Actor, Supporting actor, Costume and Editing. It won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress
"Ghost Busters"- "Who you gonna call? GHOST BUSTERS!" This film was nominated for Best Song and Best Visual Effects.
3. Paul Newman won Best Actor in 1987 for "The Color of Money". However he wasn't there. Who accepted the award on his behalf?

Answer: Robert Wise

Robert Wise was the director of early inspirational films such as "West Side Story" and "The Day the Earth Stood Still". Although he had nothing to do with Newman's award he was a close friends and accepted.
4. Who hosted the Oscars in 1981 - the year "Ordinary People" won best picture?

Answer: Johnny Carson

Johnny Carson hosted the most Oscars in the '80s. He hosted three. These hostings were in 1981, 1982 and 1984.
5. "The Greatest Man of all time comes to big screen" was the tagline for Best Picture winning film, "Gandhi"?

Answer: False

There were three taglines for this movie.

"His Triumph Changed The World Forever", "The Man of the Century. The Motion Picture of a Lifetime"

AND

"A WORLD EVENT It took one remarkable man to defeat the British Empire and free a nation of 350 million people. His goal was freedom for India. His strategy was peace. His weapon was his humanity."

These three taglines relate with "Gandhi" very well. The first one is true. His triumph did change the world forever. The second one is true as well. It was the motion picture of a lifetime. The third one keeps you hanging on to learn more about the plot. Mine is not very accurate since my use of "all time" and "big screen" sound very commercial for such and independent film!
6. Who won the Best Actress Oscar for 1980?

Answer: Sissy Spacek

Even in her best performance - "Ordinary People" - Mary Tyler Moore did not win Best Actress. Spacek did for "Coal Miners Daughter". Spacek played country singer Loretta Lynn, Tyler Moore played a mother, Gena Rowlands played a female spy and Goldie Hawn played a war private.
7. Which of the following romantic dramas won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Actress in Leading Role and Best Actor in Supporting Role?

Answer: Terms of Endearment

The amazing film "Terms of Endearment" was about a mother whose daughter was dying. Jack Nicholson played the superb Oscar winning supporting actor role and Shirley MacLaine won Best Actress. And it was so good it won Best Picture over acclaimed film "The Right Stuff" and friendship comedy offering "The Big Chill".
8. Which was the only movie to win best picture in the '80s and not win an award for Screenplay?

Answer: Platoon

"Platoon" was nominated for Best Screenplay but it was the only movie to not win Best Screenplay but win Best Picture. "Platoon" was one of the many war movies to win Best Picture. It took place in Vietnam where the main character faced a moral crisis and became confronted with the horrors of the war. That year, Woody Allen film "Hannah and Her Sisters" won Best Original Screenplay.
9. Which film won the most Oscars in the '80s?

Answer: The Last Emperor

"The Last Emperor" won an amazing value of nine Oscars including Best Art Direction-Set Direction, Cinematography, Costume Design, Director, Film Editing, Original Score, Sound, Adapted Screenplay and of course the one and only Best Picture. It featured the biography of the emperor of China in Bernardo Bertolucci's beautiful film.

"Gandhi" and "Amadeus" won eight Oscars and "Out of Africa" won seven.
10. Which of these cult classics was nominated for Best Picture?

Answer: Fatal Attraction

"Fatal Attraction" doesn't seem that good nowadays, does it? It had such a cheesy cult plot where the main character fell in love with a woman who wanted to kill him! What a laugh! It was nominated for Best Picture! "Die Hard" was an action film with Bruce Willis, and very little shoot-em-up action films were nominated for Best Picture. "This Is Spinal Tap" was a comedy and very few silly comedies like that were ever nominated for Best Picture.

The first "Star Wars" was nominated for Best Picture but none of the sequels or prequels were.
Source: Author maxjtotsky

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