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Quiz: how much do you really know about the Oscars?

Are you a Raging Bull or a Joker? Try our fiendishly difficult quiz to find out
  
  

Oscar quiz

  1. What is the joke that Joker tells at the end of Joker?

    1. “What do you get when you cross a mentally ill loner with a society that abandons him and treats him like trash? You get what you fucking deserve.”

    2. “What do you get when you cross a backstreet clown with an industry determined to undermine him? You get shot.”

    3. “What do you get when you cross a road with a safari park? Double yellow lions.”

  2. Which woman, by height, is the littlest woman in Little Women?

    1. Saoirse Ronan

    2. Florence Pugh

    3. Emma Watson

  3. What song does Adam Driver sing at the end of Marriage Story?

    1. Being Alive

    2. Staying Alive

    3. Wanted Dead or Alive

  4. Fried sauerkraut

    Which nominated film contains the line: “Anybody order fried sauerkraut?”

    1. Little Women

    2. Jojo Rabbit

    3. Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood

  5. Traffic issues notwithstanding, how far could you legally drive on a British motorway in the time it would take to watch The Irishman in full?

    1. 173.6 miles

    2. 205.2 miles

    3. 245 miles

  6. Which best actor nominee starred in Ballistic: Ecks vs Sever?

    1. Jonathan Pryce

    2. Antonio Banderas

    3. Adam Driver

  7. Which best supporting actress nominee starred in Home Alone 3 alongside Alex D Linz (pictured)?

    1. Scarlett Johansson

    2. Kathy Bates

    3. Laura Dern

  8. Which best supporting actor nominee once recorded a song called Take Your Love and Shove It?

    1. Tom Hanks

    2. Joe Pesci

    3. Al Pacino

  9. Which best actress nominee also has a Spike Video Game award?

    1. Renée Zellweger

    2. Charlize Theron

    3. Cynthia Erivo

  10. Which best supporting actress nominee used to post acoustic pop covers to YouTube under the name Flossie Rose?

    1. Margot Robbie

    2. Scarlett Johansson

    3. Florence Pugh

  11. Which host did a giant selfie with the guests?

    1. Jon Stewart

    2. Ellen DeGeneres

    3. Neil Patrick Harris

  12. Which host insulted Jude Law so much that Sean Penn had to intervene?

    1. Chris Rock

    2. Steve Martin

    3. Seth MacFarlane

  13. Which host did Time magazine call “strangely aggressive” following the ceremony?

    1. Hugh Jackman

    2. Jimmy Kimmel

    3. Anne Hathaway

  14. Which host repeatedly stopped the ceremony to introduce Uma Thurman to Oprah Winfrey?

    1. David Letterman

    2. Alec Baldwin

    3. Billy Crystal

  15. Chevy Chase, Neil Patrick Harris, Hugh Jackman

    Which host decided that doing magic tricks was good way to spend the Oscars?

    1. Chevy Chase

    2. Neil Patrick Harris

    3. Hugh Jackman

  16. Picture round: pick out the Oscar-winning final shot

    1. The Shape of Water

    2. Spotlight

    3. Birdman

  17. Pick out the Oscar-winning final shot

    1. The Departed

    2. A Beautiful Mind

    3. American Beauty

  18. Pick out the Oscar-winning final shot

    1. The Godfather

    2. The Godfather Part II

    3. The Sting

  19. Pick out the Oscar-winning final shot

    1. The Deer Hunter

    2. Unforgiven

    3. Platoon

  20. Pick out the Oscar-winning final shot

    1. On the Waterfront

    2. All About Eve

    3. From Here to Eternity

  21. Awards speeches. Who said it? ‘I am so in love with my brother right now’

    1. Jennifer Hudson

    2. Jennifer Connelly

    3. Angelina Jolie

  22. Who said: ‘Billy Crystal. I crap bigger than him’

    1. Jack Palance

    2. Gene Hackman

    3. Jim Broadbent

  23. Who said: [Gets on stage] ‘It’s my privilege, thank you’ [Exits stage]

    1. Joe Pesci

    2. Tommy Lee Jones

    3. Michael Caine

  24. Who said: ‘Did I really earn this or did I just wear you all down?’

    1. Kate Winslet

    2. Sandra Bullock

    3. Reese Witherspoon

  25. Who said [to the Oscar]: ‘It came true’

    1. Charlize Theron

    2. Sally Field

    3. Anne Hathaway

  26. Who did Snow White perform Proud Mary with in 1989?

    1. Patrick Swayze

    2. Tom Hanks

    3. Rob Lowe

  27. What did John Travolta accidentally call Idina Menzel during the 2014 ceremony?

    1. Adele Dazeem

    2. Irene Meinchop

    3. Blooky Kalookapoop

  28. Which original song did Seth MacFarlane perform during his opening number in 2013?

    1. I Can See Up Your Skirt

    2. We Saw Your Boobs

    3. I Jerked Off To You

  29. What was unusual about Jan Chapman’s inclusion in the 2017 In Memoriam slideshow?

    1. She had died 10 years before

    2. She was represented by a photo of a cat

    3. She was still alive

  30. What was weird about Nicole Kidman’s applause in 2017?

    1. She curled her fingers out like a pair of bananas

    2. She wore padded gloves

    3. She licked her hands between claps

  31. Picture round: who wore this frock?

    1. Barbra Streisand, 1969

    2. Meryl Streep, 1979

    3. Elizabeth Taylor, 1967

  32. Who wore this frock?

    1. Sharon Stone, 1991

    2. Geena Davis, 1992

    3. Daryl Hannah, 1988

  33. Who wore this frock?

    1. Anne Hathaway, 2008

    2. Rachel Weisz, 2006

    3. Marion Cotillard, 2008

  34. Who wore this frock?

    1. Billy Porter, 2019

    2. Natalie Portman, 2011

    3. Portia De Rossi, 2014

  35. Who wore this frock?

    1. Björk, 2001

    2. Edy Williams, 1974

    3. Demi Moore, 1989

  36. Who did Meryl Streep (Adaptation, 2002) lose the best supporting actress Oscar to?

    1. Queen Latifah (Chicago)

    2. Catherine Zeta-Jones (Chicago)

    3. Julianne Moore (The Hours)

  37. Which film did Raging Bull (1980) lose to?

    1. The Elephant Man

    2. Ordinary People

    3. Coal Miner’s Daughter

  38. What did Brokeback Mountain (2005) lose to?

    1. Capote

    2. Munich

    3. Crash

  39. Which film did Citizen Kane (1941) lose to?

    1. Blossoms in the Dust

    2. How Green Was My Valley

    3. The Little Foxes

  40. Who beat Al Pacino (The Godfather Part II, 1974) to the best actor Oscar?

    1. Art Carney (Harry and Tonto)

    2. Albert Finney (Murder on the Orient Express)

    3. Dustin Hoffman (Lenny)

  41. Who is the only person named Oscar to win an Oscar?

    1. Oscar Wilde

    2. Oscar Hammerstein II

    3. Oscar the Grouch

  42. Who are the only brother and sister to both win Oscars for acting?

    1. Ethel and Lionel Barrymore

    2. Maggie and Jake Gyllenhaal

    3. Shirley MacLaine and Warren Beatty

  43. What was the name of the Native American woman who Marlon Brando sent to collect his Oscar in 1972?

    1. Sofia Windflower

    2. Sacheen Littlefeather

    3. Sishenza Moonblood

  44. How did the Oscars support the war effort during the second world war?

    1. By giving the trophies tin helmets

    2. By holding the ceremonies underground

    3. By making the trophies out of plaster

  45. Which is the only X-rated film ever to win an Oscar?

    1. Midnight Cowboy

    2. A Clockwork Orange

    3. Fritz the Cat

  46. Guess the film from the tagline: ‘The most magnificent picture ever!’

    1. Mutiny on the Bounty

    2. Gone With the Wind

    3. The Hurt Locker

  47. Guess the film from the tagline: ‘You’ll simply fall apart with laughter!’

    1. My Fair Lady

    2. The Greatest Show on Earth

    3. The Apartment

  48. Guess the film from the tagline: ‘A journey through understanding and fellowship’

    1. Rain Man

    2. Driving Miss Daisy

    3. Silence of the Lambs

  49. Guess the film from the tagline: ‘Beyond his silence, there is a past. Beyond her dreams, there is a feeling. Beyond hope, there is a memory’

    1. In the Heat of the Night

    2. Million Dollar Baby

    3. The English Patient

  50. Guess the film from the tagline: ‘A mighty motion picture of action and adventure!’

    1. Dances With Wolves

    2. Lawrence of Arabia

    3. Spotlight

Solutions

1:A, 2:B, 3:A, 4:C, 5:C, 6:B, 7:A, 8:B, 9:B, 10:C, 11:B, 12:A, 13:C, 14:A, 15:B, 16:C, 17:A, 18:A, 19:C, 20:C, 21:C, 22:A, 23:A, 24:B, 25:C, 26:C, 27:A, 28:B, 29:C, 30:A, 31:A, 32:B, 33:C, 34:A, 35:A, 36:B, 37:B, 38:C, 39:B, 40:A, 41:B, 42:A, 43:B, 44:C, 45:A, 46:B, 47:C, 48:A, 49:B, 50:B

Scores

  1. 50 and above.

    Full marks. You are a genius, albeit a genius with very narrow parameters. That probably shouldn’t be a point of pride for you, but beggars can’t be choosers. Well done!

  2. 40 and above.

    Pretty good! You know an awful lot about the Oscars, don’t you? And yet you are never going to win one. What a cruel mistress the universe can be sometimes.

  3. 0 and above.

    Dismal. It’s like you don’t even watch the Oscars. Think of all those hardworking actors you’ve just upset. Shame on you.

  4. 11 and above.

    You did OK. You have not retained every single piece of Oscars arcana you’ve ever heard, but you know enough to get you through a boring conversation with your awful friends. That’s enough.

 

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