Oscar Quiz answers
1. D. Dench has been nominated five times for playing a mom, in “Belfast,” “Mrs. Brown,” “Chocolat,” “Mrs. Henderson Presents” and “Philomena,” but won her only Oscar for “Shakespeare in Love,” for the supporting role of the childless Queen Elizabeth I. Burstyn and Close also each have five mom nominations. Only Streep (with
11 nominations for mother roles) and Hepburn (with six) have received more.
2. D. Hüller is nominated for Best Actress for playing a mother in both “Anatomy of a Fall” and “The Zone of Interest,” which has a second nomination in the Best International Feature Film category. (Randolph, a Best Supporting Actress nominee in “The Holdovers ,“also plays singer Mahalia Jackson in “Rustin,” a film in which the actor in the title role is nominated for Best Actor.)
3. B. DiCaprio, who stars as De Niro’s nephew and Lily Gladstone’s husband in “Killers of the Flower Moon,” has appeared in 11 films nominated for Best Picture. Blanchett and Hanks have each appeared in 10.
Streep, Pacino and Pitt were each featured in eight.
4. F. All of the above. Ali won in support for “Green Book.” Bergman was nominated for Best Actress in “Autumn Sonata.” Foxx won the Best Actor Oscar for “Ray.” Hunter was Best Actress in “The Piano.” Rush won in the
Best Actor category for “Shine.”
5. F. All of the above. Bates won the Best Actress award for “Misery.” Day-Lewis was the Best Actor for “There Will Be Blood.” Fletcher was Best Actress in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.” Phoenix was the Best Actor in “Joker.” Whitaker took home the Best Actor Oscar for “The Last King of Scotland.”
6. E. Winfrey, who received an honorary Oscar in 2011, was nominated in support for playing Sofia in the first version of “The Color Purple” in 1986, but the Oscar went to Anjelica Huston for “Prizzi’s Honor.” Goldberg was nominated for Best Actress in “The Color Purple” that year, but the Oscar went to Geraldine Page for “The Trip to Bountiful.” Five years later, Goldberg won in support for “Ghost.”
7. C. The next year, 1938, “Damsel in Distress” was the last film to win for choreography, which was formally called Best Dance Direction — a category that was discontinued the year after that and has not been reinstated.
8. C. “Annie Hall” stars Diane Keaton, whose real name is Diane Hall. In her formative years, friends and family members started calling her Annie.
9. E. Helen Mirren is the unseen narrator in “Barbie.” Affleck, Malek and Oldman appear in “Oppenheimer.” DiCaprio and Fraser have roles in “Killers of the Flower Moon.”
10. D. Kingsley’s performance in “Gandhi” earned him a Best
Actor Oscar in 1983 for his portrayal of Mahatma Gandhi, the assassinated non-violence advocate whose leadership culminated in India’s independence. Penn won a Best Actor Oscar for playing Harvey Milk, the murdered San Francisco gay rights activist and politician. Kaluuya won in support for playing Fred Hampton, the national Black Panther leader and activist who was killed in
1969. Washington earned two Oscar nominations for playing civil rights activists. The first was for his supporting role in “Cry Freedom” for depicting Steve Biko, the murdered South African anti-apartheid activist. The second was for Best Actor in the title role of “Malcolm X,” which featured the life of the murdered Black Muslim leader once known as Malcolm Little. Freeman was nominated for Best Actor for his lead role in “Invictus” playing South African President Nelson Mandela, who led the anti-apartheid movement from jail. Erivo’s role in “Harriet” as abolitionist and suffragist Harriet Tubman earned her a Best Supporting Actress nomination.