How much do you know about Hollywood’s main event? Test your Oscars knowledge with our Academy Awards quiz. Answers at the bottom of the page.
1. In what year was the first Oscars ceremony held?
2. What California theatre has hosted the annual ceremony since 2002?
3. Who holds the record for most Oscar wins of all time?
4. What are the ‘Big Five’ categories?
5. How many films have won all ‘Big Five’ Oscar categories?
6. Which actress holds the title of being the youngest ever Oscar winner?
7. Greer Garson won an Oscar for Best Actress in 1934. What feature of her acceptance speech prompted the AMPAS (Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences) to introduce a rule change?
8. How heavy is an Oscar statuette?
9. Which composer is the only individual in Oscars history to have received nominations in seven consecutive decades, from the 1960s to present?
10. How much is an Oscar statuette worth?
11. Due to a metal shortage in the Second World War, for three years, the awards were made of what material?
12. What is the official name of an Oscar trophy?
13. In what year were the Oscars first televised?
14. As of 2022, who is the most nominated actress?
15. For which film did Steven Spielberg win his first Oscar?
16. Who is hosting this year’s Academy Awards?
17. In which month does the preliminary voting begin?
18. Which Eminem song won an Oscar for Best Original Song?
19. Who was the first woman to win an Oscar for Best Director?
20. Ben Hur (1959), Titanic (1997) and The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003) all have the most Academy Award wins of all time. How many awards did they each win?
21. Colin Firth won Best Actor in 2011 for The King’s Speech. Which king does he portray in the film?
22. Which film won the first Best Animated Feature Oscar, after the category was introduced in 2002?
23. What eponymous Bond theme, released in 2021, won an award for Best Original Song?
24. Who is the only Oscar winner actually named Oscar?
25. How many winners have refused their Oscar awards?
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1. They were presented at a private dinner with 270 guests, and lasted 15 minutes.
2. The Dolby Theatre (formerly the Kodak theatre).
3. Walt Disney with 26 wins.
4. Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor and Best Screenplay.
5. Three – It Happened One Night, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and The Silence of the Lambs.
6. Tatum O’Neal for her performance in Paper Moon.
7. The length. The exact amount of time she spoke for is disputed but is considered to be at least over five minutes. A time limit was introduced as a consequence.
8. 8½ pounds/3.8kg. They are made of solid bronze and plated in 24-carat gold.
9. John Williams. He is also the oldest person to be nominated, aged 91.
10. $1 dollar. In 1950, the Academy introduced a law prohibiting the sale of Oscars. $1 is the real price of the statuettes. If a recipient wants to relinquish their award, they cannot sell it and must return it to the Academy for that price.
11. Plaster. Following the war, the Academy invited winners to exchange their plaster figurines for the gold-plated bronze ones.
12. The Academy Award of Merit.
13. 1953
14. Meryl Streep
15. Schindler’s List (1994).
16. Jimmy Kimmel – it will be his fourth time hosting.
17. December
18. Lose Yourself — from the 2002 film 8 Mile.
19. Kathryn Bigelow in 2010 for The Hurt Locker.
20. 11
21. George VI
22. Shrek
23. No Time to Die
24. Oscar Hammerstein II
25. Three. Actors George C Scott and Marlon Brando, and screenwriter Dudley Nichols (who reportedly later accepted it).