More Academy Award Trivia

[macrae1234]

Which movie is the most recent to get both Best Actor and Best Actress Oscars?
A-As Good As It Gets (1997) B-Coming Home (1978)
C-On Golden Pond (1981) D- The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Spoiler

A Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt won Best Actor and Best Actress, respectively, for As Good As It Gets (1997). Seven movies have won in both categories, including the other answers

Which famous character actor played the role of the merciless, evil gunslinger Wilson, known for saying "Prove it," in the classic western Shane (1953)?
A-Gary Cooper B- Jack Palance
C-James Stewart D- William Holden

Spoiler

B Jack Palance was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his work in Shane (1953), and throughout his career played scores of villains. In reality, he didn't lack for courage and daring. He was a professional heavyweight boxer in the 1940s and received a purple heart in combat during World War II.

In John Ford's classic western The Searchers (1956), the main character Ethan Edwards (John Wayne) searched for years to find his niece Debbie Edwards, who was kidnapped by Comanche Indians. Who played the (older) niece?
A-Audrey Hepburn B-Lana Wood
C-Natalie Wood D-Vivien Leigh

Spoiler

C At the start of The Searchers (1956), the young 10-year-old Debbie was portrayed by Lana Wood, younger sister of co-star Natalie Wood. Five years later, the teenage Debbie was portrayed by Natalie Wood herself.

Which two actors directed themselves in movies and won Oscars for Best Actor?
A-Al Pacino and Timothy Hutton B_Jack Nicholson and Kevin Spacey
C- Laurence Olivier and Roberto Benigni D- Tom Hanks and Paul Newman

Spoiler

C Laurence Olivier played the title character in Hamlet (1948) and Roberto Benigni was Guido in Life is Beautiful (1998)

In which movie was the Oscar-winning song "Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin'" prominently featured?
A- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) B-Calamity Jane (1953)
C- High Noon (1952) D- Song of the South (1946)

Spoiler

C Tex Ritter sang the song, also known as "The Ballad of High Noon," heard periodically throughout the classic Western. After winning the Academy Award for Best Song, it helped popularize the trend of using a theme song during the credit sequence

Who said: "Greed, for lack of a better word, is good," and in which movie?
A-Tom Hanks as Sherman McCoy in The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) B-Sean Gullette as Max Cohen in Pi (1998)
C-Ewan McGregor as Nick Leeson in Rogue Trader (1999) D-Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko in Wall Street (1987)

Spoiler

D-The movie was modeled after the junk bond scandal of the 1980s, and the quote after a speech given by Ivan Boesky, who paid the SEC $100 million to settle insider trading charges later that year.

Which is the shortest movie to win Best Picture?
A Annie Hall (1977) B Marty (1955)
C Midnight Cowboy (1969) D Sunrise (1927)

Spoiler

B Marty (1955) was the shortest, at 91 minutes, followed by Annie Hall (1977) at 93 minutes. The shortest Best Picture nominee was Mae West's She Done Him Wrong (1933) at 66 minutes.

Which movie had this line of dialogue as its last line: "Two more months"?
A Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993) B Fargo (1996)
C The Life Aquatic (2004) D Memento (2000)

Spoiler

B Marge Gunderson (Best Actress-winning Frances McDormand), the town's pregnant sheriff, was referring to the time remaining until her due date.

What was Robert Duvall's first movie role, without dialogue?
A The Detective (1968) B Lady Ice (1973)
C To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) D True Grit (1969)

Spoiler

C Duvall played the part of the reclusive Arthur "Boo" Radley who lived in a neighboring house, and he only appeared in the movie's conclusion.

Who was the first African-American Oscar nominee and winner (and for which movie) and also the first African-American guest at the awards ceremony?
A Dorothy Dandridge for Carmen Jones (1954) B Hattie McDaniel for Gone with the Wind (1939)
C Josephine Baker for Moulin Rouge (1940) D Sidney Poitier for Lilies of the Field (1963)

Spoiler

B Hattie McDaniel was nominated for and won the Best Supporting Actress award for her unforgettable role as Scarlett O'Hara's devoted but sly Mammy in Gone With the Wind (1939).

Which actor has lost the most times after being nominated for an Academy Award?
A Albert Finney
B Jon Voight
C Peter O'Toole
D Richard Burton

Spoiler

C Peter O'Toole has been nominated 8 times for the Best Actor Oscar, and lost each time. His eight nominated movies were: Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Becket (1964), The Lion in Winter (1968), Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969), The Ruling Class (1972), The Stunt Man (1980), My Favorite Year (1982), and Venus (2006).

Which film was the first sequel to be nominated for Best Picture?
A The Bells of St Mary's (1945)
B Father's Little Dividend (1951)
C The Godfather Part II (1974)
D The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

Spoiler

A The Bells of St. Mary's (1945) was a sequel to the previous year's Going My Way (1944) - which lost to The Lost Weekend (1945). Other sequels (or second and third installments) that were nominated for Best Picture include The Godfather, Part II (1974) and The Godfather, Part III (1990). Also, although the Best Picture-nominated sequel The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) lost, its 'sequel' The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) was a Best Picture winner

Which is the only movie with three Best Supporting Actress nominations?
A Dreamgirls (2006)
B Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
C On Golden Pond (1981)
D Tom Jones (1963)

Spoiler

D The three women nominated for Best Supporting Actress in the British movie Tom Jones (1963) are Diane Cilento, Edith Evans, and Joyce Redman. They lost to Margaret Rutherford in The V.I.P.s (1963), but the movie had ten nominations and won Best Picture and Best Director

[NellyLunatic1980]

Which is the only movie with three Best Supporting Actress nominations?
A Dreamgirls (2006)
B Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
C On Golden Pond (1981)
D Tom Jones (1963)

Spoiler

D The three women nominated for Best Supporting Actress in the British movie Tom Jones (1963) are Diane Cilento, Edith Evans, and Joyce Redman. They lost to Margaret Rutherford in The V.I.P.s (1963), but the movie had ten nominations and won Best Picture and Best Director

Spoiler

Nice going in giving away one of the answers in my Tangredi game.

[franktangredi]

Which is the only movie with three Best Supporting Actress nominations?
A Dreamgirls (2006)
B Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
C On Golden Pond (1981)
D Tom Jones (1963)

Spoiler

D The three women nominated for Best Supporting Actress in the British movie Tom Jones (1963) are Diane Cilento, Edith Evans, and Joyce Redman. They lost to Margaret Rutherford in The V.I.P.s (1963), but the movie had ten nominations and won Best Picture and Best Director

Spoiler

Nice going in giving away one of the answers in my Tangredi game.

Fortunately, we already answered that one.

The year Tom Jones won was the first year I ever watched the Oscars. I was eight years old.

[silverscreenselect]

Nice going in giving away one of the answers in my Tangredi game.

At this point, we need all the help we can get in your game.