The Oscars - Random Quiz Questions

# 1: Who plays the role as Hugh Glass in the Academy Award winning film The Revenant?

Matt Damon Bradley Cooper Tom Hanks Leonardo DiCaprio

In 2016, Leonardo DiCaprio had been nominated for six Academy Awards (five for acting and one for producing). For his role as Hugh Glass in The Revenant, he won his first Academy Award for Best Actor.

# 2: At the 65th Academy Awards in 1993, Unforgiven won the award for Best Picture and Best Director. Who directed the film?

Mel Gibson Clint Eastwood Martin Brest David Lynch

At the 65th Academy Awards in 1993, Unforgiven won four Oscars out of nine nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director.

# 3: Which Oscar nominated film from 1989 tells the story of an English teacher who inspires his students through his teaching of poetry?

Awakenings Field of Dreams Dead Poets Society A Fish Called Wanda

Dead Poets Society is a 1989 American film directed by Peter Weir. Robin Williams plays the role as John Keating, an English teacher who encourages his students to make their lives extraordinary. The film was nominated in four categories, including Best Director, Best Picture, and Best Actor. It won in only one category: Best Original Screenplay (Tom Schulman).

# 4: Which American political thriller about the 1979 Iran hostage crisis won the Best Picture award in 2013?

Silver Linings Playbook Zero Dark Thirty Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper Argo

Argo won three awards, including Best Picture. Life of Pi won four awards including Best Director for Ang Lee.

# 5: “Mrs. Robinson, you’re trying to seduce me. Aren’t you?” This quote is from which film?

Dr. Strangelove On Golden Pond Top Gun The Graduate

The Graduate is a 1967 American film directed by Mike Nichols, who was awarded an Oscar for Best Director. Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, and Katharine Ross earned Oscar nominations for their performances. The film was also nominated in the categories: Best Cinematography, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Picture.

# 6: Who became the first actor to receive a posthumous Academy Award nomination for Best Actor?

Richard Burton James Cagney James Dean Gary Grant

James Dean was nominated posthumously for the 1956 Academy Awards as Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance in East of Eden. It was the first official posthumous acting nomination in Academy Awards history. Dean received his second posthumous Best Actor Academy Award nomination for his role in Giant, which was released in 1956, after his death.

# 7: Who won the Best Actor Award for his role in Forrest Gump in 1995?

Tom Hanks Tom Cruise Leonardo DiCaprio Richard Gere

At the 67th Academy Awards in 1995, Forrest Gump won the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director for Robert Zemeckis, Best Actor for Tom Hanks, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Visual Effects and Best Film Editing.

# 8: These films were nominated in Best Picture category 2018. Which film won?

Darkest Hour

Call Me by Your Name

The Shape of Water

Dunkirk

The Shape of Water is a 2017 drama film directed by Guillermo del Toro and written by del Toro and Vanessa Taylor. It stars Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Doug Jones, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Octavia Spencer. The film got 13 nominations at the 90th Academy Awards 2018. It won for Best Picture, Best Director (Guillermo del Toro), Best Production Design and Best Original Score.

# 9: In Oscar-nominated Nebraska (2013), an old man makes a trip to Nebraska to do what?

To bury his son To collect a $1 million sweepstakes prize To pay an old debt To visit his ex-girlfriend

Woody Grant (Bruce Dern) wants to go to Lincoln, Nebraska to collect a $1 million sweepstakes prize he has won.

# 10: Who won the Best Director Award for Out of Africa in 1986?

David Lynch Milos Forman John Huston Sydney Pollack

Out of Africa is a 1985 American film directed and produced by Sydney Pollack. The film is based loosely on book by Danish author Karen Blixen. Robert Redford and Meryl Streep play the leading characters.

The film was nominated in 11 categories and won seven, including: Best Picture, Best Director (Sydney Pollack), Best Adapted Screenplay (Kurt Luedtke), and Best Original Score (John Barry).

The Oscars – Random Quiz Questions

# 1: Who plays the role as Hugh Glass in the Academy Award winning film The Revenant?

# 2: At the 65th Academy Awards in 1993, Unforgiven won the award for Best Picture and Best Director. Who directed the film?

# 3: Which Oscar nominated film from 1989 tells the story of an English teacher who inspires his students through his teaching of poetry?

# 4: Which American political thriller about the 1979 Iran hostage crisis won the Best Picture award in 2013?

# 5: “Mrs. Robinson, you’re trying to seduce me. Aren’t you?” This quote is from which film?

# 6: Who became the first actor to receive a posthumous Academy Award nomination for Best Actor?

# 7: Who won the Best Actor Award for his role in Forrest Gump in 1995?

# 8: These films were nominated in Best Picture category 2018. Which film won?

# 9: In Oscar-nominated Nebraska (2013), an old man makes a trip to Nebraska to do what?

# 10: Who won the Best Director Award for Out of Africa in 1986?

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# 1: Who plays the role as Hugh Glass in the Academy Award winning film The Revenant?

# 2: At the 65th Academy Awards in 1993, Unforgiven won the award for Best Picture and Best Director. Who directed the film?

# 3: Which Oscar nominated film from 1989 tells the story of an English teacher who inspires his students through his teaching of poetry?

# 4: Which American political thriller about the 1979 Iran hostage crisis won the Best Picture award in 2013?

# 5: “Mrs. Robinson, you’re trying to seduce me. Aren’t you?” This quote is from which film?

# 6: Who became the first actor to receive a posthumous Academy Award nomination for Best Actor?

# 7: Who won the Best Actor Award for his role in Forrest Gump in 1995?

# 8: These films were nominated in Best Picture category 2018. Which film won?

# 9: In Oscar-nominated Nebraska (2013), an old man makes a trip to Nebraska to do what?

# 10: Who won the Best Director Award for Out of Africa in 1986?

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