Q 01/05

Which actress won her second Best Actress Oscar as Mildred Hayes in Three Billboards?

A) Annette Bening

B) Julianne Moore

C) Frances McDormand

D) Patricia Arquette

Answer · why

C) Frances McDormand

Frances McDormand had her new statuette stolen briefly after the awards ceremony. She won it for playing a grieving mother who challenges her local po...

Q 02/05

What is true of Ebbing, the Missouri town where Mildred Hayes rents her three roadside billboards?

A) It is entirely fictional

B) It is the state capital

C) It was renamed after filming

D) It sits on the Mississippi

Answer · why

A) It is entirely fictional

It is entirely fictional: no such town exists in Missouri, and the streets seen on screen belong to a real mountain town in a different state.

Q 03/05

Which actor won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar as the bullying Officer Jason Dixon in Three Billboards?

A) Willem Dafoe

B) Sam Rockwell

C) Richard Jenkins

D) Christopher Plummer

Answer · why

B) Sam Rockwell

Sam Rockwell had the part of Dixon written specially for him. Wanting Dixon to be the exact opposite of Mildred, he took inspiration from the screen t...

Q 04/05

Which Cheers star plays Bill Willoughby, the police chief singled out by name in Three Billboards?

A) John Ratzenberger

B) Kelsey Grammer

C) Ted Danson

D) Woody Harrelson

Answer · why

D) Woody Harrelson

Woody Harrelson earned a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for the role, which put him in the same category as one of his own co-stars from the f...

Q 05/05

Which Game of Thrones star plays James, who gives Mildred Hayes an alibi in Three Billboards?

A) Peter Dinklage

B) Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

C) Alfie Allen

D) Charles Dance

Answer · why

A) Peter Dinklage

Peter Dinklage plays James, who happens to pass by and puts out Dixon's burning clothes before covering for Mildred. She later thanks him with a dinne...

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