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How much do you know about the Oscars? Test your movie knowledge here

1 Two Australians are nominated for acting Oscars this year. Nicole Kidman is one, who is the other? A. Margot Robbie

B. Cate Blanchett

C. Kodi Smit-McPhee

D. Toni Collette

2 The Oscars were once co-hosted by Mickey Mouse – true or false? 3 Leonardo DiCaprio was nominated for an Oscar six times before finally winning one. What movie can he thank for that?

A. The Wolf of Wall Street

B. The Revenant

C. Blood Diamond

D. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

4 How many New Zealanders have won Oscars for Best Original Song?

5 Brad Pitt has two Oscars but only one is for acting. He was a producer of which Best Picture-winning movie?

A. Birdman

B. Argo

C. Spotlight

D. 12 Years a Slave

6 Edith Head won eight Oscars – what for? 7

In what year were the Oscars first held?

A. 1924

B. 1929

C. 1931

D. 1935

8 Which 1974 movie was the first sequel to win an Academy Award?

9 Who is the only person to have won four acting Oscars?

A. Humphrey Bogart

B. Katharine Hepburn

C. Meryl Streep

D. Robert De Niro

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Anna Paquin was the youngest person to win an Oscar – true or false? 11

Who was the first woman to win a Best Director Oscar?

A. Jane Campion

B. Chloé Zhao

C. Kathryn Bigelow

D. Sofia Coppola

12 Taika Waititi has one Oscar – but how many times has he been nominated?

13 Who is the oldest person to win an acting Oscar?

A. Anthony Hopkins

B. Christopher Plummer

C. Jessica Tandy

D. Jack Palance

14 Which Kiwi has won more Academy Awards – Sir Peter Jackson or Sir Richard Taylor?

15 Eight-year-old Justin Henry was the youngest person to ever be nominated for an Oscar. He had a supporting role in which Best Picture-winning film?

A. Kramer vs Kramer

B. Amadeus

C. Ordinary People

D. The Sound of Music

16 No film has ever won all four acting awards – true or false?

17 Who was the first Maori ¯ person to be nominated for a Best Actress award (and also the second youngest nominee in this category)?

18 What do Oscar nominees Sigourney Weaver, Julianne Moore, Cate Blanchett and Scarlett Johansson all have in common?

A. They did not turn up for the awards ceremony when nominated

B. They were nominated for both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress in the same year

C. The movies they were nominated for did not receive any other nominations

D. Their movies won Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor, but they went home empty-handed

19 Which of these films did NOT win the big five Academy Awards (Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress and Screenplay)?

A. The Silence of the Lambs

B. It Happened One Night

C. Gone with the Wind

D. One Flew Over the

Cuckoo’s Nest

20 Julie Andrews won an Oscar for her first ever film role. Who did she play? 21 What was notable about the 1962 Best Picture winner, Lawrence of Arabia?

A. It was shot in black and white and later hand-colourised frame by frame

B. It won every Academy Award it was nominated for C. It had three directors

D. It had no speaking roles for women

22 Emma Thompson is the only person to have won Oscars for acting and writing – true or false? 23 Glenn Close has never won an Oscar, despite being nominated how many times?

A. Six

B. Seven

C. Eight

D. Nine

24 Along with winning Oscars, what major prize have both Bob Dylan (Best Original Song) and George Bernard Shaw (Best Adapted Screenplay) won?

25 Which film won all 11 Oscars it was nominated for?

A. Ben Hur

B. Titanic

C. Avatar

D. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King