Oscar Winners

2013 OSCAR Trivia! For Movie Buffs Who Know Their Stuff :)? All Multiple Choice:

1.) Quvenzhane Wallis, 9, is the youngest lead actress nominee in Academy Awards history. The youngest winner in any competitive acting category was who?
a.) Tatum O’Neal for “Paper Moon” (1973)
b.) Anna Paquin for “The Piano” (1993)
c.) Timothy Hutton for “Ordinary People” (1980)
d.) Adrien Brody for “The Pianist” (2002)
2.) France’s Emmanuelle Riva, 85, in the film “Amour” is the oldest lead actress nominee in Academy Awards history. Gloria Stuart, who was 87 when she was nominated for her supporting performance in which movie, stands as the oldest nominee in any category?
a.) “The Queen” (2006)
b.) “Notes on a Scandal” (2006)
c.) “Titanic” (1997)
d.) “Driving Miss Daisy” (1989)
3.) What duo share the record for the most best picture nominations with eight each (production)?
a.) Harvey & Bob Weinstein
b.) Ron Howard & Brian Grazer
c.) Steven Spielberg & Kathleen Kennedy
d.) Peter Jackson & Philippa Boyens
4.) “Silver Linings Playbook” is the first film with nominations for best picture, director, screenplay and all four acting categories since what film?
a.) “One Flew Over the Cuckcoo’s Nest” (1975)
b.) “Reds” (1981)
c.) “Silence of the Lambs” (1991)
d.) “As Good As It Gets” (1997)
5.) With his/her production credit for “Argo” this year, (s)he becomes just the second person to have competitive nominations in the picture, director, screen play and acting categories, along with legend Warren Beatty:
a.) Meryl Streep
b.) George Clooney
c.) Ben Affleck
d.) Dustin Hoffman
6.) The portrayel of five different US presidents in film have earned acting Oscar nominations. Which president is tied with Lincoln for the most acting Oscar nominations depicting him, with two?
a.) John F. Kennedy
b.) Richard Nixon
c.) Thomas Jefferson
d.) Woodrow Wilson
7.) The Newman family, famous for their movie music, has a grand total of 87 nominations, much more than any other family. Which clan is second with 24?
a.) Coppola
b.) Huston
c.) Barrymore
d.) Fonda
8.) TRUE or FALSE: Prior to the leading acting nominations for “Les Mis” this year, a leading actor has won an Oscar for their role in a musical more recently than lead actress has.

9.) TRUE or FALSE: Adele’s “Skyfall” is the first original song contender in 10 years to have also been a top-10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.

10.) The French-language Austrian film :Amour: is the fifth film to be nominated for best picture AND best foreign film. Which of the following was NOT also similarly doubly nominated?
a.) “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” (2000)
b.) “Pan’s Labyrinth” (2006)
c.) “Life is Beautiful” (1998)
d.) “Z” (1969)

What Oscar Award Winner From A Previous Year Has Stood Up To The Test Of Time? This means you still think the film or actor or actress deserved the award.
Can be a film that won Best Picture or had a winner in any category.
Please tell us something about the film, such as…
What was the basic plot?
What was the award for & when was it awarded?
What was so great about that film or that award winner?
Must tell us something other than film title in order to qualify for Best Answer.
Please name only one film in order to leave something for other people to answer.

Here’s mine: I chose West Side Story, out in 1961, award ’61 or ’62, because I liked it then on film & on stage in a college production. The movie rec’d 10 awards, including Best Picture. I still loved it when I saw it on stage at another college again a few years ago with a talented h.s. girl with beautiful voice capturing the innocence of the young Maria. (and looking more Puerto Rican than Natalie Wood btw.) I’m sure the gangs of N. California were on everyone’s minds. I don’t see many films, but I’m sure I’d still love it, especially the songs America & Maria. It’s unfortunate that the gang problem has remained with our culture & has stood the test of time, but we still can enjoy the artistic merits of the production & the similarity to Shakespeare’s story of Romeo & Juliet.