And the Answers Are... The Tough 2020 Academy Awards Quiz

As we continue to pinch ourselves to make sure the Best Picture win for Parasite was not a dream, it’s overdue to reveal the answers to that tough Oscars quiz we unleashed last week.

The top three participants are as follows (with a tie for first place):

75% *TIE* Azwan Othman / Anonymous Entry
63% Ren Zelen
60% Charlie Bright

Here are the answers…

1. Who is this?

Ben Kingsley

2. Teresa Wright, Emma Thompson, Sigourney Weaver – Who is the Odd One Out and why?

All three nominated for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress in the same year – Teresa Wright is the odd one out as she won one of the awards, the other two did not.

3. Who is this?

Cher

4. Who is this?

Guillermo del Toro

5. “I know you Americans are famous for your hospitality, but this is ridiculous.” – Who said that and what had they won?

Julie Andrews – Best Actress for Mary Poppins

6. Who is this?

Vivien Leigh

7. Two Oscars heavyweights. One is 4 ahead of the other in nominations; the latter is 4 ahead in wins though. Who are they?

John Williams and Alfred Newman

8. Who is this?

Jodie Foster

9. Who is this?

Marlee Matlin

10. “I’d like to make you aware in case there is an emergency, we have to follow Academy protocol: Steven Spielberg first, the rest of you on your own.” – Who said that?

Robin Williams

11. Who is this?

Bette Davis

12. Who is this?

Halle Berry

13. Sylvester Stallone, Donald Sutherland, Kevin Costner, Renée Zellweger and Hilary Swank all did the same thing at one time or another – What?

With Rocky, Ordinary People, Dances With Wolves, Chicago, and Million Dollar Baby, they were the leads in films that won Best Picture when a Martin Scorsese picture was also nominated.

14. Who is this?

Anthony Hopkins

15. Who are they?

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon

16. Nominations-wise, what do Away From Her, In the Bedroom, and The Shawshank Redemption all have in common?

Best Adapted Screenplay nominees only, that were based on short stories.

17. Who is this?

Barbra Streisand

18. “As a European, the Academy Awards have always seemed like a distant ceremony. Something fascinating, but very remote. Something I didn’t really belong to.” – Who said that?

Bernardo Bertolucci

19. Who is this?

Marion Cotillard

20. Who is this?

Yul Brynner

21. Call me irresponsible, but the last time I saw Paris, my secret love, well, things have changed. – How can you break this sentence down, Oscars-wise?

It is made up of Best Original Song Oscar winners – “Call Me Irresponsible”, “The Last Time I Saw Paris”, “Secret Love”, and “Things Have Changed”.

22. Who is this?

Lizzy Gardiner

23. Who is this?

Kim Basinger

24. “I really don’t know how to thank the Academy. Not only for this, but also for this view.” – Who said that?

Emma Thompson

25. Who is this?

Kevin Costner

26. Cryptically speaking, you can Wash The Poet After this film wins Best Picture.

The Shape of Water – anagram of Wash The Poet After.

27. Who is this?

Julie Andrews

28. Who is this?

Bjork

29. Firstly, he was nominated for DGA, but not for Oscar. Then he won the DGA, but not the Oscar. He finally won the DGA and the Oscar. And the next time he was nominated for DGA, but lost, he won the Oscar. Who is he?

Ang Lee – Sense and Sensibility, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Brokeback Mountain and Life of Pi.

30. Who is this?

Danny Boyle

31. “Being characteristically a pessimist and a cynic, this, and some of the other nice things that have happened to me over the last couple of days, may turn me into a hopeful optimist and ruin my whole life.” – Who said that?

Bob Fosse

32. Who is this?

Diablo Cody

33. Who is this?

Gregory Peck

34. How can you possibly relate dog, squid, bird, lambs and monkeys to this year’s Oscars?

Nominees Al Pacino, Noah Baumbach, Greta Gerwig, Anthony Hopkins and Brad Pitt have been previously nominated for Dog Day Afternoon, The Squid and the Whale, Lady Bird, The Silence of the Lambs and 12 Monkeys respectively.

35. Who is this?

Kate Hudson

36. Who is this?

Audrey Hepburn

37. Most of us need the eggs. Shut up and deal. Son of a bitch, stole my line. What do these all have in common?

Last lines of Best Original Screenplay winners.

38. Who is this?

Angelina Jolie

39. “I don’t want your pity. I want to thank the music branch for giving me do many chances to be humiliated over the years.” – Who said that and to what were they referring?