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Oscars Trivia Quiz
Envelope, Please Oscar wins, shock upsets, records and moments nobody saw coming. And the award goes to...
121 questions · 2 to 12 players, or solo · Typed answers, close enough counts
About this quiz
This Oscars Trivia Quiz has 121 questions: 43 easy, 48 medium and 30 hard. It is free. Play it with friends in a room for 2 to 12 players, on phones or in a browser, or play it solo. Type your answers: close enough counts, so a small typo still scores.
Sample questions
20 of the 121 Oscars questions in this pack. Think of your answer, then open it.
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Jacob Elordi was nominated in 2026 for playing which famous monster for Guillermo del Toro?
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Frankenstein's creature
The film won three craft Oscars that night: costumes, makeup and production design.
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Who hosted the Oscars four times between 2017 and 2024, including the night of the envelope mix-up?
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Jimmy Kimmel
Only Bob Hope (19), Billy Crystal (9) and Johnny Carson (5) have hosted more often.
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Al Pacino presented Best Picture alone in 2024 to mark 50 years of which film of his?
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The Godfather Part II
It was the first sequel ever to win Best Picture, in 1975.
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Which 2012 Best Picture winner was a black-and-white film with almost no spoken dialogue?
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The Artist
It was only the second silent feature to win Best Picture, after Wings at the very first Oscars in 1929.
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Which song won the first ever Oscar for a James Bond theme, in 2013?
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Skyfall
Sam Smith (2016) and Billie Eilish (2022) followed, so three Bond themes won in a row.
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In 2010, which actress won a Razzie for Worst Actress the night before she won Best Actress at the Oscars?
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Sandra Bullock
Her Oscar was for The Blind Side and her Razzie for All About Steve, a double no one else has done.
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Which NBA legend won an Oscar in 2018 for the animated short Dear Basketball?
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Kobe Bryant
It was the first Oscar ever won by a professional athlete.
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Hans Zimmer won his first Oscar for The Lion King in 1995. Which sci-fi epic brought his second, 27 years later?
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Dune
It won six Oscars in 2022, more than any other film that night.
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In 2019, which Marvel film became the first superhero movie ever nominated for Best Picture?
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Black Panther
It won three Oscars, including firsts for Black winners Ruth E. Carter and Hannah Beachler.
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Which South Korean director won four Oscars in one night in 2020, as his film became the first not in English to win Best Picture?
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Bong Joon Ho
Parasite took Picture, Director, Original Screenplay and International Feature, four Oscars in all.
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Roger Deakins finally won his first Oscar in 2018, on his 14th nomination, for which sci-fi sequel?
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Blade Runner 2049
He won again two years later for 1917, made to look like one continuous shot.
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In 2019, Alfonso Cuarón won Best Director for Roma and also won which other award, for shooting the film himself?
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Cinematography
Roma, a black-and-white Netflix film, won three Oscars, including Foreign Language Film.
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In 1999, which pop star paid about $1.5 million for the Best Picture Oscar won by Gone with the Wind?
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Michael Jackson
Old Oscars like that one can be sold because the Academy's no-sale rule only began in 1951.
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Which James Cameron sequel won Visual Effects at the 2026 Oscars?
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Avatar: Fire and Ash
Joe Letteri's team had also won for The Way of Water in 2023.
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Which Brad Pitt racing film won Best Sound at the 2026 Oscars?
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F1
Apple teamed with Warner Bros. to put it in cinemas, and it was Apple's top contender that year.
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At 22, Timothée Chalamet became the youngest Best Actor nominee in nearly 80 years, for which film?
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Call Me by Your Name
He was the youngest Best Actor nominee since 19-year-old Mickey Rooney in 1939.
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Which theatre on Hollywood Boulevard has hosted the Oscars almost every year since 2002?
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Dolby Theatre
In 2021 the show moved mostly to Union Station instead because of COVID.
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Which 2019 Best Picture winner follows a Black jazz pianist touring the Deep South with his Italian-American driver?
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Green Book
Mahershala Ali won Supporting Actor as pianist Don Shirley, his second Oscar in three years.
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Which 2015 Best Picture winner was edited to look like one long unbroken shot, with Michael Keaton as a washed-up superhero actor?
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Birdman
Alejandro G. Iñárritu won Director for it, then won again the very next year for The Revenant.
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The 2021 Best Picture winner cast several real-life van dwellers playing themselves beside Frances McDormand. Name the film.
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Nomadland
It won Picture, Director and Actress, McDormand's third Best Actress Oscar.
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Questions about this quiz
How many questions are in the Oscars Trivia Quiz?
121. Each game plays a round of them, so you can come back for more.
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