PUB QUIZ – THE
ACADEMY AWARDS
Part I. Matching.
Match the performer with his or her accomplishment.
___ Patty
Duke a.
The only person to win Oscars for acting and writing
___ Peter
Finch b.
Most acting nominations (8) without an Oscar win, male or female
___ Katherine
Hepburn c. Two
acting nominations, two wins
___ Laurence
Olivier d. The only
posthumous Best Actor/Actress winner
___ Peter
O’Toole e. Tied with
Olivier with nine Best Actor nominations
___ John C.
Reilly f. Most acting
Oscars won (4), male or female
___ Kevin
Spacey g. More acting
nominations (15) than anyone, male or female
___ Meryl
Streep h. Won a
Supporting Actor/Actress Oscar with one word of dialogue
___ Spencer
Tracy i. Won Best Actor
and directed the Best Picture in the same year
___ Emma
Thompson j. Appeared in three
Best Picture nominees from one year
Part II. Fill in the numbers. The answers to the following questions are as
follows: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9
– although obviously not in that order. That would be too easy. Use each
number once.
(NOTE: For any mention of
“Oscars won” by somebody, lifetime achievement awards are not included.)
____ Best Director
nominations for Woody Allen
____ Women who have been
nominated for Best Director
____ Best Director Oscars
won by Oliver Stone
____ Oscars won by Glenn
Close
____ Oscars won by Paul
Newman
____ Performers who have
been nominated for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress in the same year
____ Acting nominations
received by the cast of Network
(1976)
____ Oscar nominations for
Pearl Harbor (2001)
____ Oscars won by Shakespeare in Love (1998)
____ Minutes of screen
time in Lust for Life for Anthony
Quinn, who won the 1956 Best Supporting
Actor for his performance
Part III. Nominated or not? Here are 10 films from this decade. Place a checkmark (or “x” or smiley
face or middle finger or Red Sox logo) in the appropriate box: Was it nominated
for Best Picture for the year it was eligible, or not?
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Yes, it was |
No, it wasn’t |
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Adaptation
(2002) |
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Almost
Famous (2000) |
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Amelie (2001) |
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Cast
Away (2000) |
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Cold
Mountain (2003) |
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Dreamgirls (2006) |
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Eternal
Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
(2004) |
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Pan’s
Labyrinth (2006) |
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Pride
& Prejudice (2005) |
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Walk
The Line (2005) |
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Part IV. Multiple
choice. One point per correct answer:
1.
Which
film has the most nominations for this year’s ceremony with 13?
a)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
b)
Milk
c)
Slumdog Millionaire
d)
Wall-E
2.
The
Best Director category is historically known for its snubs. None of the
following directors have won an Oscar EXCEPT:
a)
Robert
Altman
b)
Francis
Ford Coppola
c)
Alfred
Hitchcock
d)
Sidney
Lumet
3.
The
Best Actor and Best Actress Oscars have been awarded to performers from the
same film seven times. The most recent film to be so honored was:
a) American Beauty
b) As Good As It Gets
c) Million Dollar Baby
d) The Silence of the Lambs
4.
John
Cazale has a rather unusual distinction. It is:
a)
He
has appeared in five feature-length films in his career, and all of them were
nominated for Best Picture.
b)
He
is the only deaf man to win Best Director.
c)
He
was nominated for Best Supporting Actor despite not speaking a single line of
dialogue.
d)
He
is the only man to be nominated for Oscars for writing and sound editing.
5.
The
first all-color film to win Best Picture was:
a)
An American in Paris (1951)
b)
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
c)
Broadway Melody (1928-29)
d)
Gone With the Wind (1939)
6.
Which
one of these sports movies did NOT win Best Picture:
a) Chariots Of Fire
b) Million Dollar Baby
c) Raging Bull
d) Rocky
7.
Two
films hold the record for most nominations, with 14. They are:
a)
All About Eve and Titanic
b) Forrest Gump
and Titanic
c)
Gone With the Wind and Mary Poppins
d)
Forrest Gump and Gone With the Wind
8.
Which
of the following actors does NOT have the distinction of starring in Best
Picture-winning films in consecutive years?
a)
Russell
Crowe
b)
Clark
Gable
c)
Jack
Nicholson
d)
Meryl
Streep
9.
Ten
films have won Best Picture despite not picking up a single acting nomination.
The most recent was:
a) Braveheart
b) Crash
c) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
d)
Titanic
(NOTE: Slumdog Millionaire would become the most
recent if it wins a few hours from now.)
10.
Jack
Nicholson has won an Oscar for his performances in all of these films EXCEPT:
a) A Few Good Men
b) As Good As It Gets
c) One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
d) Terms Of Endearment