Q 01/05

Which is the only X-rated film ever to win the Academy Award for Best Picture?

A) Midnight Cowboy

B) Last Tango in Paris

C) Taxi Driver

D) A Clockwork Orange

Answer · why

A) Midnight Cowboy

The 1969 drama's rating was later changed to R; no other X-rated film has won any Oscar at all.

Q 02/05

What was the first sequel to win the Academy Award for Best Picture?

A) Return of the King

B) The Godfather Part II

C) The Silence of the Lambs

D) Rocky II

Answer · why

B) The Godfather Part II

Robert De Niro won Best Supporting Actor for playing the young Vito Corleone, a role Marlon Brando had already won Best Actor for two years earlier.

Q 03/05

Which 1977 ballet drama shares the record for the most Oscar nominations (11) without a single win?

A) An Unmarried Woman

B) Julia

C) The Turning Point

D) Looking for Mr. Goodbar

Answer · why

C) The Turning Point

It shares the unhappy record with The Color Purple, which went 0 for 11 in 1986.

Q 04/05

Which film holds the record for the biggest Oscar clean sweep, winning all 11 categories it was nominated in?

A) The Last Emperor

B) Ben-Hur

C) Slumdog Millionaire

D) Return of the King

Answer · why

D) Return of the King

Its 11-for-11 night in 2004 beat the nine-for-nine sweeps of Gigi and The Last Emperor.

Q 05/05

Citizen Kane was expected to dominate the 1942 Oscars. What was the only award it actually won?

A) Best Original Screenplay

B) Best Film Editing

C) Best Original Score

D) Best Cinematography

Answer · why

A) Best Original Screenplay

Orson Welles shared the writing prize with Herman J. Mankiewicz; the film lost Best Picture to How Green Was My Valley.