Our ultimate TRIVIA TEST
1 How much did a ticket cost to attend the very first Academy Awards in 1929?
2 Who has hosted the most Academy Awards?
3 For what film did Leonardo DiCaprio win a Best Actor award?
A The Aviator (2004)
B Revolutionary Road (2008)
C The Revenant (2015)
D Titanic (1997)
4 How many films were nominated for Best
Picture this year?
5 Who hosted this year’s 89th Oscars?
6 Mel Gibson was nominated for Best Director this year for his film Hacksaw Ridge. How many years is it since he was last nominated for this award?
7 When Adrien Brody won Best Actor for his role in 2002’s The Pianist, he gave a dramatic impromptu, on-stage smooch to which actress?
A Charlize Theron
B Nicole Kidman
C Meryl Streep
D Halle Berry
8 Who holds the record for winning the most Best Director awards?
9 How much was the host of this year’s awards paid?
10 In 1951, who made her only appearance at an Academy Awards ceremony?
A Judy Garland
B Marilyn Monroe
C Bette Davis
D Vivien Leigh
11 Which woman holds the record for winning the most Oscars?
12 How much does an Oscar statuette weigh?
13 Which film was the winner of Best Picture at last year’s ceremony?
14 The host of multiple Oscars, Billy Crystal
keeps what in his tuxedo pocket as a good-luck charm during the awards?
A A rabbit’s foot
B A toothbrush
C A lock of his daughter’s hair
D A toy car
15 How many of this year’s nominees for acting awards were also nominated last year?
16 How old was Tatum O’Neal when she won Best Supporting Actress for 1973’s Paper Moon?
17 How much does it cost a couple to attend the most expensive Oscar after-party – the Vanity Fair Oscar Party?
18 Who became the oldest person to win an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, for their role in 2010’s Beginners?
19 How long was the ceremony for the first Oscar awards in 1929?
20 After winning Best Actress at the 45th Academy Awards in 1973, who became the first Oscar winner, whose parents were both also Oscar winners?
21 What film is the longest of all time to win Best Picture?
22 True or false: Catherine Zeta-Jones won an Oscar the very first time she was nominated.
23 Who was the first woman to win the Best Director award?
24 Meryl Streep was nominated for Best Actress at this year’s awards – how many times has she been nominated?
25 Who is the only recipient of a Best Actor award to decline to accept his Oscar?
26 Who is the most nominated male actor?
A Denzel Washington
B Jack Nicholson
C Paul Newman
D Spencer Tracey
27 Who was the first deaf actress to win an Oscar?
28 Who has won the most Oscar awards in history?
29 Since 1950, Oscar winners must not sell their statuette without first offering it back to the Academy, for how much?
30 Which two actors have each won an Oscar for playing the same character?