@Byline fancy:By Bob Fischbach | WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER
Sports fans have nothing on Oscar watchers when it comes to trivia.
Test your movie mettle with a quiz about this year’s honorees. Use the answers at the bottom of the quiz for bragging rights or to amaze your friends during tonight’s show.
1. What movie won best picture for 1943, the last time there were 10 nominees?
A. “The Ox-Bow Incident.” B. “The Song of Bernadette.” C. “Casablanca.” D. “Mrs. Miniver.”
2. Meryl Streep now holds the record for best-actress nominations at 13, though she has won best actress only once. Who held the record before Streep tied her last year?
A. Bette Davis B. Ingrid Bergman C. Katharine Hepburn D. Greer Garson
3. Jeff Bridges has been nominated for best actor five times. Before this year’s “Crazy Heart,” what movie most recently earned him a nomination?
A. “The Contender” B. “The Door in the Floor” C. “Seabiscuit” D. “The Big Lebowski”
4. Matt Damon, a supporting-actor nominee for “Invictus,” got an earlier acting nomination for what movie?
A. “The Good Shepherd” B. “The Departed” C. “The Informant” D. “Good Will Hunting”
5. Which of these other supporting-actor nominees has been nominated for an Oscar before?
A. Woody Harrelson B. Christopher Plummer C. Stanley Tucci D. None of these
6. Penélope Cruz is a supporting-actress nominee for “Nine.” For what movie did she earlier win an acting Oscar?
A. “Volver” B. “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” C. “Broken Embraces” D. None of these
7. Morgan Freeman, a best-actor nominee for “Invictus,” has been nominated in that category before. For which movie?
A. “Driving Miss Daisy” B. “Million Dollar Baby” C. “Street Smart” D. None of these
8. Which of the best-director nominees this year has never been nominated before?
A. James Cameron B. Quentin Tarantino C. Kathryn Bigelow D. Jason Reitman
9. Lee Daniels of “Precious” is only the second black man to be nominated for best director. Who was the first?
A. Carl Franklin, “One True Thing” B. John Singleton, “Boyz ’n the Hood” C. Spike Lee, “Do the Right Thing” D. Gordon Parks, “Shaft”
10. Kathryn Bigelow is a rare female nominee for best director. Which of these was nominated before her?
A. Sofia Coppola B. Lina Wertmuller C. Jane Campion D. All of these
11. “Up,” from Pixar, is favored to win best animated feature. Which of these Pixar movies did not win best animated feature?
A. “The Incredibles” B. “Ratatouille” C. “Finding Nemo” D. “Cars”
12. “A Serious Man,” a Coen Brothers black comedy, is a best-picture nominee. Which of these other Coen brothers movies was not a best-picture nominee?
A. “O Brother Where Art Thou?” B. “Fargo” C. “No Country for Old Men” D. They were all best-pic nominees
13. Disney’s “The Princess and the Frog” scored a nomination for best animated feature this year. What Disney feature-length film was the first to be awarded an Oscar?
A. “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” B. “Sleeping Beauty” C. “Fantasia” D. “Pinocchio”
14. For what movie did Meryl Streep win her best-actress trophy?
A. “Kramer vs. Kramer” B. “Sophie’s Choice” C. “Out of Africa” D. “Adaptation”
15. Which of these original screenplay nominees has not been nominated before?
A. Quentin Tarantino, “Inglourious Basterds” B. Mark Boal, “The Hurt Locker” C. Bob Peterson, “Up” D. Peter Docter, “Up”
16. Joel and Ethan Coen, nominated for their original screenplay for “A Serious Man,” are previous nominees in this category for which of these titles?
A. “No Country for Old Men” B. “O Brother Where Art Thou” C. “Fargo” D. All of these
17. In the adapted-screenplay category, who has been nominated before?
A. Nick Hornby, “An Education” B. Geoffrey Fletcher, “Precious” C. Jason Reitman, “Up in the Air” D. None of these
18. For which movie has best-actor nominee George Clooney (“Up in the Air”) scored an Oscar nomination in the past?
A. “Good Night, and Good Luck” B. “Syriana” C. “Michael Clayton” D. All of these.
19. Steve Martin is co-host of the Oscars this year. For what movie has he been nominated in the past?
A. “All of Me” B. “Roxanne” C. “Pennies From Heaven” D. None of these.
20. Disney’s “Princess and the Frog” is a double nominee for best song. What Disney movie first won the best-song Oscar?
A. “Pinocchio” B. “Dumbo” C. “Bambi” D. “Song of the South”
Tie breaker:
“The Last Station” marks Helen Mirren’s fourth nomination. Name as many of the three other titles for which she was nominated as you can.
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Answers
1. C. “Casablanca.” The winner the year before was “Mrs. Miniver.”
2. C. Katharine Hepburn, who won four times out of 12 nominations.
3. A. “The Contender.” He wasn’t nominated for any of the others listed.
4. D. “Good Will Hunting.” He lost to Jack Nicholson in “As Good as It Gets.”
5. A. Woody Harrelson, for “The People vs. Larry Flynt” in 1996.
6. B. “Vicky Cristina Barcelona,” just last year. She was nominated for “Volver.”
7. A. “Driving Miss Daisy.” The other titles got him supporting-actor nominations. He got a best-actor nod for “The Shawshank Redemption.”
8. C. Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker.” Cameron was nominated (and won) for “Titanic,” Tarantino for “Pulp Fiction” and Reitman for “Juno.”
9. B. John Singleton, “Boyz `’n the Hood.”
10. D. All of these. They’re the only other female best-director nominees.
11. D. “Cars,” which lost to “Happy Feet.”
12. A. “O Brother Where Art Thou.”
13. A. “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” a special Oscar in 1939.
14. B. “Sophie’s Choice.” She won supporting actress for “Kramer vs. Kramer.”
15. B. Mark Boal. Tarantino was nominated for “Pulp Fiction,” Bob Peterson for “Finding Nemo” and Pete Docter for both “Monsters Inc.” and “WALL-E.”
16. D. All of these.
17. D. None of these.
18. D. All of these. Directing and writing for the first, acting for the two others. He won for “Syriana.”
19. D. None of these. Though all those titles stirred Oscar talk for him, he’s never been nominated.
20. A. “When You Wish Upon a Star,” from “Pinocchio,” was first. All four titles had nominated songs in the 1940s.
Tiebreaker: “The Madness of King George,” “Gosford Park” and “The Queen.”
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