AWARDS SEASON QUIZ
Test your Hollywood awards knowledge
IT’S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR – AWARDS SEASON! CAN YOU ANSWER THESE TINSELTOWN TITBITS FROM TODAY AND YESTERYEAR?
1
Why did Marlon Brando not accept his Best Actor Oscar for his role in The Godfather, famously sending actress Sacheen Littlefeather to the 1973 ceremony in his place? A He was too busy on the set of his next movie to attend B He was protesting the treatment of Native
American actors
C He didn’t want to attend because of his feud with
Burt Reynolds 2
Who has hosted the
Oscars the most times?
A Bob Hope
B Johnny Carson
C Billy Crystal 3
What was the name of the first African-American actress to win an Oscar?
A Hattie McDaniel
B Dorothy Dandridge
C Ethel Waters 4
How many times has
Meryl Streep been nominated for a Golden Globe?
A 27
B 31
C 32 5
For what movie did Leonardo DiCaprio finally win an Oscar after six nominations?
A The Wolf of Wall Street
B The Revenant
C The Aviator 6
Scarlett Johansson is nominated for two Oscars this year – one for Best Supporting Actress in Jojo Rabbit, another for Best Actress in a Leading role. What other movie is she nominated for?
A Bombshell
B Little Women
C Marriage Story 7
How many Oscar nominations did Kiwi director Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit earn this year?
A Six
B Seven
C Eight 8
While presenting the award for Best Screenplay at the 2014 Golden Globes which actress, with her Louboutins in one hand and a martini in the other, had to chuck her shoes over her shoulder when she realised her hands were too full to open the envelope?
A Dame Emma Thompson
B Melissa McCarthy
C Joanna Lumley 9
Who won Best Actress in a Leading Role at the 2019 Oscars?
A Glenn Close, The Wife
B Olivia Colman, The Favourite C Lady Gaga, A Star is Born 10 Which organisation awards the Golden Globes each year?
A Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences
B Hollywood Foreign
Press Association
C American Federation of Television and Radio Artists 11 Which movie won the most Golden Globe awards this year?
A Joker
B Rocketman
C Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood 12
What year did the
Screen Actors Guild Awards start?
A 1995
B 1990
C 1994 13
Where was the first Oscars ceremony held?
A Chateau Marmont
B Kodak Theatre
C Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel 14 Who was given the longest standing ovation in history – a whole 12 minutes – when he received an honorary Oscar in 1972?
A Walt Disney
B Charlie Chaplin
C Fred Astaire 15
Whose name did
John Travolta famously butcher at the 2014 Oscars?
A Idina Menzel
B Lupita Nyong’o
C Awkwafina 16
What stunned star told the Golden Globes audience, “Just look at my dress until I can think of something to say” when she accepted her award for Best Supporting Actress in 1984? A Cher
B Dolly Parton
C Bette Midler 17
In what year did a man streak across the Oscars stage?
A 1969
B 1974
C 1982 18
Who performed a musical tribute to
The Sound of Music at the 2015 Oscars?
A Beyoncé
B Katy Perry
C Lady Gaga 19
At the 2017 Oscars,
La La Land was incorrectly declared winner for Best Picture – who was the rightful winner?
A Hacksaw Ridge
B Moonlight
C Hidden Figures
20
While accepting the Carol Burnett Award at the 2020 Golden Globes, who said: “If everything is easy, you don’t really have anything to compare it to.”
A Ellen DeGeneres
B Julia Louis-Dreyfus
C Sofía Vergara