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1.

Which actor won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in "The Godfather: Part II" movie?

Answer: Robert De Niro
2.

Which Alfred Hitchcock directed film won an Academy Award for best picture?

Answer: Rebecca
3.

Who won Oscars for "The Piano"?

Answer: Holly Hunter And Anna Paquin
4.

For which film did George Burns receive an Oscar for his performance?

Answer: The Sunshine Boys
5.

Who was the first actor to win two consecutive Best Actor Academy Awards?

Answer: Spencer Tracy
6.

Who won an Academy Award for writing an adapted screenplay of a movie she also starred in?

Answer: Emma Thompson
7.

Who has won the most Academy Awards in the documentary categories (Feature & Short Subject)?

Answer: Walt Disney
8.

For which movie did Walter Matthau win his one and only Academy Award for?

Answer: The Fortune Cookie
9.

What two actresses won the 1968 Best Actress Award Category?

Answer: Katharine Hepburn & Barbra Streisand
10.

Which actor took home the 1996 Academy Award for Best Actor?

Answer: Geoffrey Rush (Shine)
11.

For which film did Lee Marvin win an Oscar?

Answer: Cat Ballou
12.

What film did Rex Harrison take home the Oscar in 1964 for Best Actor?

Answer: My Fair Lady
13.

What film did Yul Brynner take home the Oscar in 1956 for Best Actor?

Answer: The King And I
14.

For what film did James Cagney take home the Oscar for Best Actor in 1942?

Answer: Yankee Doodle Dandy
15.

For which film did Gary Cooper win an Oscar in 1941?

Answer: Sergeant York
16.

What film did James Stewart take home the Oscar in 1940 for Best Actor?

Answer: The Philadelphia Story
17.

For which film did Robert Donat win an Oscar?

Answer: Goodbye, Mr. Chips
18.

What film did Spencer Tracy take home the Oscar in 1938 for Best Actor?

Answer: Boys Town
19.

For which film did Spencer Tracy win an Oscar?

Answer: Captains Courageous
20.

For what film did Clark Gable take home the Oscar in 1934 for Best Actor?

Answer: It Happened One Night
21.

For which film did Charles Laughton win an Oscar?

Answer: The Private Life Of Henry VIII
22.

What film did Wallace Beery take home the Oscar in 1932 for Best Actor?

Answer: The Champ
23.

Who earned an Oscar for his role as veteran Chicago cop Jimmy Malone in 1987's "The Untouchables"?

Answer: Sean Connery
24.

Who wore a swan outfit to the 2001 Oscars?

Answer: Bjork
25.

Cate Blanchett earned an Oscar nomination for playing Queen Elizabeth I, what was the name of the movie?

Answer: Elizabeth: The Golden Age
26.

How many Academy Awards did "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" win in 1975?

Answer: 5
27.

Sally Field won Academy Awards for Best Actress in which two years?

Answer: 1979 & 1984
28.

Who was booed at the Academy Awards when she condemned Zionist hoodlums?

Answer: Vanessa Redgrave
29.

What film garnered Mel Brooks an Academy Award?

Answer: The Producers
30.

Who is the youngest actor/actress ever to be nominated for an Oscar?

Answer: Justin Henry For "Kramer Vs Kramer"
31.

How many Academy Awards did "The Godfather: Part II" win?

Answer: 6
32.

In 1945, who was nominated for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor for the same role in the same film?

Answer: Barry Fitzgerald, "Going My Way"
33.

For which film did Burt Lancaster take home the Oscar for Best Actor in 1960?

Answer: Elmer Gantry
34.

For which film did Paul Lukas win an Oscar?

Answer: Watch On The Rhine
35.

Who was nominated for an Oscar for playing gangster Mickey Cohen in the 1991 movie "Bugsy"?

Answer: Harvey Keitel
36.

What composer finally got his first Oscar for Original Song at the 2002 Oscars?

Answer: Randy Newman
37.

For which film did Dustin Hoffman win the Oscar for Best Actor in 1979?

Answer: Kramer Vs. Kramer
38.

Charlize Theron was nominated by the Academy for her acting in the role of Aileen Wuornos, in what film?

Answer: Monster
39.

Prior to "Schindler's List" in 1993, which was the last black and white film to win the Best Picture Oscar?

Answer: The Apartment
40.

How many Academy Awards did "Mary Poppins" win for Disney?

Answer: Five
41.

Who is the first actress to win back-to-back Academy Awards for Best Actress?

Answer: Luise Rainer
42.

Who were the first pair of siblings to win acting Oscars?

Answer: Lionel & Ethel Barrymore
43.

How many Oscar nominations did it take before Elizabeth Taylor won her first Oscar?

Answer: Four
44.

Who won an Oscar nomination for her role as the psychotically evil mother in "The Manchurian Candidate"?

Answer: Angela Lansbury
45.

Which actress took home the Oscar for Best Actress of 1985?

Answer: Geraldine Page (The Trip To Bountiful)
46.

What was the name of the episode of Columbo directed by Academy Award winner Steven Spielberg?

Answer: Columbo: Murder By The Book
47.

How many Academy Awards did "The Godfather" win?

Answer: 3
48.

Which 1989 film won the Best Cinematography Oscar?

Answer: Glory
49.

Where was the first Academy Awards ceremony held?

Answer: Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
50.

How many Oscar nominations did the 1939 film "Ninotchka" garner?

Answer: Four
51.

Which famous star hosted the Academy Awards in 1951?

Answer: Fred Astaire
52.

What film did William Wyler earn his second Oscar for directing?

Answer: The Best Years Of Our Lives
53.

How many total acting nominations did "Bonnie and Clyde" receive in 1967?

Answer: 5
54.

How many Best Actress nominations did Greer Garson receive over the span of her career?

Answer: 7
55.

Which film is the only one to win an Oscar for Best Unique and Artistic Picture?

Answer: Sunrise
56.

Who gained infamy as the man who streaked the Academy Awards?

Answer: Robert Opel
57.

Who was the first posthumous Oscar winner?

Answer: Sidney Howard
58.

Who was the first person to refuse an Oscar?

Answer: Dudley Nichols
59.

Who actually received the Oscar when "The Godfather" was awarded Best Picture in 1972?

Answer: Albert S. Ruddy
60.

What film did Paul Muni take home the Oscar in 1936 for Best Actor?

Answer: The Story Of Louis Pasteur
61.

For which film did Victor Mclaglen win an Oscar?

Answer: The Informer
62.

In what category did Patrick Doyle win an Oscar for the film "Sense and Sensibility"?

Answer: Musical Score
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