Academy Awards History Quiz
15 Questions
| Total Attempts: 143
With another Academy Awards ceremony fast approaching, take our on-line quiz to test your Oscar smarts!
Questions and Answers
- 1.What year were the Academy Awards first presented?
- A.
1925
- B.
1929
- C.
1936
- D.
1941
- 2.The first awards ceremony honored 15 winners and lasted for 15 minutes.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.Which person is the only actor to win three Supporting Actor Oscars?
- A.
Basil Rathbone
- B.
Ralph Bellamy
- C.
Roland Young
- D.
Walter Brennan
- 4.Harold Russell of Hyannis won two Oscars for the same role.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.Which actress won the most Best Actress Oscars?
- A.
Jessica Tandy
- B.
Katharine Hepburn
- C.
Thelma Ritter
- D.
Shelley Winters
- 6.Who was the oldest actor who won for Best Actor Oscar?
- A.
George C. Scott
- B.
Henry Fonda
- C.
Peter Sellers
- D.
Robert Montgomery
- 7.When was the Awards ceremony first televised?
- A.
1953
- B.
1961
- C.
1968
- D.
1970
- 8.Orson Welles' 1941 Oscar for Citizen Kane (Best Original Screenplay) was put up for auction in 2011. It was sold for $861,542.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.In what year was an In Memoriam segment introduced?
- A.
1962
- B.
1975
- C.
1987
- D.
1993
- 10.The Best Film Editing is a discontinued category.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.Three films have won 11 Academy Awards.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 12.Which director has won the most directing Oscars?
- A.
Robert Redford
- B.
John Ford
- C.
Kevin Costner
- D.
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- 13.Four actresses won Best Actress awards for their debut acting performance.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 14.Who was the first black man to win for Best Actor Oscar?
- A.
Denzel Washington
- B.
Sidney Poitier
- C.
Morgan Freeman
- D.
James Earl Jones
- 15.What was the longest film to win a Best Picture Award?
- A.
Gone with the Wind
- B.
War and Peace
- C.
Fanny and Alexander
- D.
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