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  • 1. 
    Who won consecutive best actor Oscars for Captains Courageous (1937) and Boys Town (1938)?

  • Cary Grant
  • Gary Cooper
  • Spencer Tracy
  • Jimmy Stewart

  • 2. 
    Who is the only Oscar winner named Oscar?

  • Oscar Levant
  • Oscar Hammerstein II
  • Oscar Isaac
  • Oscar Peterson

  • 3. 
    Which 1927 film was the first-ever best picture winner?

  • 7th Heaven
  • Metropolis
  • The Jazz Singer
  • Wings

  • 4. 
    In 2003 Meryl Streep became the most-nominated performer in Oscar history. Who held the record before her?

  • Katharine Hepburn
  • Jack Nicholson
  • Bette Davis
  • Peter O’Toole

  • 5. 
    The 2000 film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon won four Academy Awards, including best foreign-language film. In what language was it filmed?

  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Russian
  • Mandarin Chinese

  • 6. 
    In 1984 Linda Hunt won the best supporting actress Oscar for her performance as a male character in which film?

  • The Year of Living Dangerously
  • The Killing Fields
  • Victor/Victoria
  • The Crying Game

  • 7. 
    Which of these is not a former Oscar category?

  • Stunt coordination
  • Title writing
  • Dance direction
  • Original song score

  • 8. 
    Marlon Brando famously refused his best actor Oscar for The Godfather (1972) in protest. What was he protesting?

  • The film industry’s treatment of Native Americans
  • The anticommunist Hollywood blacklist
  • Flaws in the Oscar voting process
  • U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War

  • 9. 
    Who was the first African American to win an Academy Award?

  • Duke Ellington
  • Dorothy Dandridge
  • Hattie McDaniel
  • Sidney Poitier

  • 10. 
    “Which motion picture won the Academy Award for 1955?” is an important line in which 1990s best picture nominee?

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