The Oscars Quiz – Random Academy Awards Questions

The quote is from The African Queen, a 1951 adventure film directed by John Huston. The role of Charlie Allnutt won Humphrey Bogart his only Academy Award.

In 2012, Meryl Streep won the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her role in The Iron Lady.

American Sniper is a 2014 film directed by Clint Eastwood. The story is written by Jason Hall, based on the autobiography of Chris Kyle, a U.S. Navy SEAL sniper. The film received six nominations, including Best Picture, but did only win one award - the one for Best Sound Editing.

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

Giorgio Moroder and Tom Whitlock won the Best Original Song with Take My Breath Away Academy Award at the 59th Academy Awards in 1987. The song was performed by Berlin and featured in Top Gun, directed by Tony Scott.

Three of Bergman's films won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film:

• The Virgin Spring (Jungfrukällan), 1960.

Max von Sydow played the Renter in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011), which earned him his second Academy Award nomination. The film was released in the U.S. on December 25, 2011.

Syriana is a 2005 thriller film written and directed by Stephen Gaghan and executive produced by George Clooney. Clooney won an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Clooney was nominated for his leading roles in the other three films but did not win.

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.

Frances McDormand stars in several films by the Coen brothers, including Blood Simple (1984), Raising Arizona (1987), Fargo (1996), The Man Who Wasn't There (2001), Burn After Reading (2008), and Hail, Caesar! (2016). For her role as Marge Gunderson in Fargo, she won the Best Actress Award in 1997. In 2018, she won the Award for her role in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.