Oscar records

Question 1

What is the record for the longest gap between consecutive Oscar nominations?

Accepted Answer

42 years

Answer

35 years

Answer

28 years

Answer

39 years

Question 2

Who is the only actor to win an Oscar for portraying a U.S. president?

Accepted Answer

Daniel Day-Lewis

Answer

Anthony Hopkins

Answer

Frank Langella

Answer

Sam Rockwell

Question 3

What was the first movie to earn 10 Oscar nominations?

Accepted Answer

The Life of Emile Zola

Answer

Gone with the Wind

Answer

The Great Ziegfeld

Answer

Casablanca

Question 4

Which movie earned Martin Scorsese his first Oscar?

Accepted Answer

The Departed

Answer

Goodfellas

Answer

Raging Bull

Answer

Taxi Driver

Question 5

Who tied with Barbra Streisand for Best Actress at the Oscars?

Accepted Answer

Katherine Hepburn

Answer

Elizabeth Taylor

Answer

Julie Andrews

Answer

Ingrid Bergman

Question 6

Who's the only actor to win an Oscar for 1967's "Bonnie and Clyde"?

Accepted Answer

Estelle Parsons

Answer

Warren Beatty

Answer

Faye Dunaway

Answer

Gene Hackman

Question 7

How many times was Alfred Hitchcock nominated for an Oscar?

Accepted Answer

5

Answer

3

Answer

9

Answer

12

Question 8

Who is the youngest person to win an Oscar?

Accepted Answer

Tatum O’Neal

Answer

Jennifer Lawrence

Answer

Anna Paquin

Answer

Timothy Hutton

Question 9

Who holds the record for most Oscar nominations of all time?

Accepted Answer

Walt Disney

Answer

John Williams

Answer

Meryl Streep

Answer

Edith Head

Question 10

2 movies whose 1-word titles are cities; they won the Oscar for Best Picture, 59 years apart.

Accepted Answer

Casablanca & Chicago

Answer

Chicago & Philadelphia

Answer

In Old Chicago & Chicago

Answer

Carson City & Chinatown

Question 11

What was the first non-English language film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture?

Accepted Answer

Parasite

Answer

Roma

Answer

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Answer

Life Is Beautiful

Question 12

Which movie won the first-ever Academy Award for Best Picture?

Accepted Answer

Wings

Answer

Gone with the Wind

Answer

The Jazz Singer

Answer

Mutiny on the Bounty

Question 13

What was the first sequel to win an Academy Award when the original movie received no nominations?

Accepted Answer

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Answer

The Bourne Ultimatum

Answer

Mad Max: Fury Road

Answer

The Matrix Reloaded

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