Q 01/05

Which film about a boy growing up in Miami won Best Picture after La La Land was announced by mistake?

A) Arrival

B) Moonlight

C) Hacksaw Ridge

D) Hidden Figures

Answer · why

B) Moonlight

Moonlight became the first LGBTQ film to win Best Picture, moments after the presenters read out the wrong title from a duplicate Best Actress envelop...

Q 02/05

Which actor played ranch hand Ennis Del Mar opposite Jake Gyllenhaal in the cowboy romance Brokeback Mountain?

A) Matt Damon

B) Josh Hartnett

C) Heath Ledger

D) Colin Farrell

Answer · why

C) Heath Ledger

Heath Ledger wanted the taciturn Ennis rather than Jack from the start, saying the character's lack of words was what made the role enjoyable.

Q 03/05

Which actor won an Oscar playing Andrew Beckett, a lawyer fired for having AIDS, in Philadelphia?

A) Tom Hanks

B) Kevin Costner

C) Denzel Washington

D) Richard Gere

Answer · why

A) Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks won Best Actor for one of the first mainstream Hollywood films to address HIV/AIDS and homophobia directly and to show gay people in a posit...

Q 04/05

Which comedy stars Robin Williams and Nathan Lane as a couple who run a South Beach drag club?

A) In & Out

B) Mrs. Doubtfire

C) The Birdcage

D) Kinky Boots

Answer · why

C) The Birdcage

The Birdcage is the name of the club itself, and Elaine May's screenplay reworked the French-Italian hit La Cage aux Folles for an American audience.

Q 05/05

Which actor won an Oscar for playing Queen frontman Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody?

A) Taron Egerton

B) Ben Whishaw

C) Eddie Redmayne

D) Rami Malek

Answer · why

D) Rami Malek

Rami Malek took Best Actor as the film collected four Oscars, more than any other title at that ceremony.