Test your Oscars knowledge
Follow The Chronicle’s Datebook during the 92nd Academy Awards, which will be broadcast live on ABC at 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9, from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. For Oscar stories and updates from the award ceremony, visit datebook.sfchronicle.com.
1. For what motion picture did Renée Zellweger win her Oscar?
A. “Bridget Jones’s Diary”
B. “Cold Mountain”
C. “Jerry Maguire”
2. What first name did
Joaquin Phoenix use as a child actor?
A. Leaf
B. Tree
C. Forest
3. Adam Driver served in what military branch?
A. Army
B. Marines
C. Space Force
4. Which actress claimed to have named the statuette Oscar?
A. Joan Crawford
B. Bette Davis
C. Katharine Hepburn
5. Who is the only actor to voice a character in every
Pixar feature film?
A. Wallace Shawn
B. Tom Hanks
C. John Ratzenberger
6. Oscar nominee Cynthia
Erivo won a Tony Award for which musical?
A. “Dreamgirls”
B. “The Color Purple”
C. “Hamilton”
7. For what movie was
Judy Garland nominated for best actress?
A. “A Star Is Born”
B. “The Wizard of Oz”
C. “Judgment at Nuremberg”
8. Who was the last host for the Oscar award show?
A. Chris Rock
B. Jimmy Kimmel
C. Ricky Gervais
9. For which song from
“The Lion King” did Elton
John win an Oscar for best original song?
A. “Hakuna Matata”
B. “Can You Feel the Love Tonight”
C. “Circle of Life”
10. For which movie did
Brad Pitt win an Oscar?
A. “12 Monkeys”
B. “Moneyball”
C. “12 Years a Slave”
11. Which of these Oscar winners did not appear in the 1994 version of “Little
Women”?
A. Susan Sarandon
B. Elizabeth Taylor
C. Christian Bale
12. Who won the best actor Oscar for a role in a foreign language film?
A. Marcello Mastroianni
B. Javier Bardem
C. Roberto Benigni