Free Quiz Questions about Oscars, BAFTAs, Golden Globes, and other film awards (including "favourite movie" surveys, etc)
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According to a recent survey of imdb.com users, what is the worst movie of all time: Bratz: the movie, Spiceworld or S Club: Seeing Double?
Bratz: the movie
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Did any of the movies in the Back to the Future trilogy win an Oscar: yes or no?
Yes [Original won an Oscar in 1985 for Best Effects]
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Did any of the new Star Wars trilogy [Episodes 1-3] win an Oscar?
No
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Did the 1963 film The Great Escape win any Oscars: yes or no?
No
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Did the 1995 movie Se7en starring Brad Pitt win the Oscar for best picture: yes or no?
No - it wasn't even nominated
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For which movie did film director Martin Scorcese finally win his first Oscar in 2007?
The Departed
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Has Quentin Tarantino ever won an Oscar: yes or no?
Yes [Screenplay, Pulp Fiction, 1994]
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How long did it take Sylvester Stallone to write the script for his Oscar-winning movie Rocky: 3 days, 3 months or 3 years?
3 and a half DAYS!!!
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How many Oscars did the 1994 movie Forrest Gump win: 3, 6 or 9?
6 Oscars
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How many Oscars did the film Saving Private Ryan win?
5 (for Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Sound, and Best Sound Effects Editing.)
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How many Oscars did Titanic win in 1998?
11 oscars
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In which language is the 2006 Oscar-winning film Pan’s Labyrinth?
Spanish
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Of the original five 'Rocky' films, which was the only one film to win an Oscar?
Rocky
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The most Oscars ever won by a single film is 11. Name any of the three films which have achieved this.
Ben Hur, Titanic and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
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What 1970s film starring Sylvester Stallone won the Oscar for “best film”?
Rocky
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What 1991 film won best film, actor, actress, director Oscars
Silence of the Lambs
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What film set in Vietnam gave director Oliver Stone a best film Oscar in 1986?
Platoon
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What film was voted worst of all time by viewers of the BBC's Film 2003 (even though it won 11 Oscars)
Titanic
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What is the name of the 1996 movie about a piano player for which an actor called Geoffrey Rush won the Oscar for best actor?
Shine
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What is the name of the 2005 film based on a John le Carre novel for which Rachel Weisz won an Oscar playing aid worker?
The Constant Gardener
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What US city are the Oscars always held in: New York or LA?
LA
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Which 1990 Oscar winning movie contained the tagline “As far back as I can remember, I've always wanted to be a gangster”?
Goodfellas
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Which 1990s movie set in a prison was nominated for 7 Oscars and had the tag-line “Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free”?
The Shawshank Redemption
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Which 1990s movie won a best Screenplay Oscar for Quentin Tarantino?
Pulp Fiction
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Which 1990s thriller starred Jodie Foster and won 5 Oscars?
The Silence of the Lambs
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Which 1999 movie won 5 Oscars and is about Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father experiencing a mid-life crisis?
American Beauty
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Which 2002 Oscar-winning movie about a Polish Jewish musician had the tagline “Music was his passion. Survival was his masterpiece”
The Pianist
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Which 2006 film about a rivalry between an Irish-American gang and the Massachusetts police department won 4 Oscars?
The Departed
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Which 2006 musical film had 8 Oscar nominations but only won 2 awards?
Dreamgirls
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Which American actor-turned-director never won an acting Oscar but has won the Oscar for best director twice: the first for a Western and the second for a film about boxing?
Clint Eastwood
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Which black actor won the 2007 BAFTA award for best actor?
Forest Whitaker (for The Last King of Scotland)
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Which British actress won Emmy awards in the 1990s and the 2000s for playing various roles such as Jane Tennison, Ayn Rand and Queen Elizabeth 1st?
Helen Mirren
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Which ex Vice-President of the USA made a speech at the 2007 Oscars award ceremony?
Al Gore
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Which film about a famous British person won the 2007 BAFTA award for best film?
The Queen
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Which film about a musician won Oscars for best picture and best actor in 1984?
Amadeus
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Which film came top of a Channel 4 poll to find the biggest tearjerker of all time: Titanic, E.T. or Bambi?
E.T.
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Which film from the 1960s is the only film musical to win 10 Oscars?
West Side Story
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Which film starring Brad Pitt won the Golden Globe award for best picture last week?
Babel
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Which film won the 2007 BAFTA award for best film not in the English Language?
Pan’s Labyrinth
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Which has won more Oscars: the original Star Wars trilogy from the 70s, or the new Star Wars trilogy from the 2000s?
Original trilogy [won 7, new trilogy won none]
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Which Indiana Jones movie won most Oscars: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Temple of Doom or The Last Crusade?
Raiders of the Lost Ark [won 4, others won 1 each]
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Which individual won the most Oscars (26 before they died in 1966)?
Walt Disney
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Which movie won most Oscars: Jaws, Jaws 2 or Jaws 3?
Jaws [won 3, others none]
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Which of the original Star Wars movies won most Oscars: Episode 4 – A New Hope, Episode 5 – The Empire Strikes Back or Episode 6 – Return of the Jedi?
Episode 4 – A New Hope [won 6, Episode 5 won 1, Episode 6 won none]
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Which of these Arnie films did NOT win Special Effects Oscar? Terminator, Terminator 2 or Total Recall?
Terminator
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Which of these films did not win the "best picture" Oscar: The Godfather, The Godfather part 2, or The Godfather part 3?
The Godfather part 3
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Which one of these films did not win a best picture Oscar: Saving Private Ryan, Forest Gump, Schindler’s List?
Saving Private Ryan (beaten by Shakespeare In Love in 1999)
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Which Oscar-nominated film director was born in South Shields in 1937 and has made films with the likes of Susan Sarandon, tom Cruise and Russell Crowe?
Ridley Scott
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Which real life historical character has been portrayed most times in films: Napoleon Bonaparte, Adolf Hitler or Oscar Wilde?
Napoleon
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Which Terminator movie won most Oscars: The Terminator, Terminator 2: Terminator 3
Terminator 2 [won 4 Oscars, others won none]
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Which Vietnam Movie won the most Oscars: The Deer Hunter, Apocalypse Now, or Full Metal Jacket?
The Deer Hunter
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Who has NEVER won an Oscar for best song in a movie: Bob Dylan, David Bowie or Phil Collins?
David Bowie
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Who has won an Oscar for best song: Phil Collins, Freddie Mercury or David Bowie?
Phil Collins (for “You’ll be in my heart” from Tarzan)
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Who has won more Academy Awards (Oscars): Clint Eastwood, Francis Ford Coppola, or Walt Disney?
Walt Disney (26 awards – the others only have 5 each)
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Who’s won most Oscars: Al Pacino or Marlon Brando?
Brando (2-1, although he refused both of them)