The Basement Cinema Quiz 1
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- Q1Which two actors directed themselves in movies and won Oscars for Best Actor?Al Pacino and Timothy HuttonTom Hanks and Paul NewmanLaurence Olivier and Roberto BenigniJack Nicholson and Kevin Spacey20s
- Q2"After all, tomorrow is another day!" was the last line in which Oscar-winning Best Picture?Gone With the Wind (1939)Great ExpectationsThe MatrixHarold and Maude20s
- Q3Who is the only person to win an Oscar for Best Director for the only movie he ever directed?Leo McCareyFrank BorzageBob FosseJerome Robbins20s
- Q4Who is the most nominated actor in Academy history?Spencer TracyJack NicholsonLaurence OlivierPaul Newman20s
- Q5In which movie was the Oscar-winning song "Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin'" prominently featured?Calamity Jane (1953)High Noon (1952)Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)Song of the South (1946)20s
- Q6Which classic Billy Wilder film noir was the basis for the plot in director Lawrence Kasdan's neo-noir Body Heat (1981), starring Kathleen Turner and William Hurt?Sunset Boulevard (1950)Ace in the Hole (1951)The Maltese Falcon (1941)Double Indemnity (1944)20s
- Q7What Cameron Crowe-directed Hollywood remake was the setting for the on-screen and real-life romance of married actor Tom Cruise and Spanish star Penelope Cruz?Magnolia (1999)Jerry Maguire (1996)Almost Famous (2000)Vanilla Sky (2001)20s
- Q8Which movie ended with this final line of dialogue: "Why, she wouldn't even harm a fly"?Psycho (1960)To Die For (1995)Diabolique (1996)Monster (2004)20s
- Q9"The Loverliest Motion Picture of Them All" was the tagline to which popular movie?Les Girls (1957)Let's Make Love (1960)A Star Is Born (1954)My Fair Lady (1964)20s
- Q10Who said: "Greed, for lack of a better word, is good," and in which movie?Tom Hanks as Sherman McCoy in The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)Leonardo DiCaprio as Danny Archer in Blood Diamond (2006)Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko in Wall Street (1987)Ben Affleck as Jim Young in The Boiler Room (2000)20s
- Q11Which was the shortest movie to win Best Picture?Midnight Cowboy (1969)Annie Hall (1977)Marty (1955)Sunrise (1927)20s
- Q12What was most notable about the 96-minute long movie Russian Ark (2002) from director Aleksandr Sokurov?It was shot in 3DThe opening scene had an 20-minute tracking shotThere was no talking for the first 35 minutesIt had no cuts20s
- Q13Who were the only two actresses to win the Best Actress Oscar (Academy Award) two years consecutively?Katharine Hepburn and Luise RainerJessica Tandy and Elizabeth TaylorBette Davis and Kate WinsletMeryl Streep and Judi Dench20s
- Q14Which two movies have received the most Oscar nominations ever?From Here to Eternity (1953) and Mary Poppins (1964)All About Eve (1950) and Titanic (1997)Ben-Hur (1959) and Gone with the Wind (1939)Schindler's List (1993) and Forrest Gump (1994)20s
- Q15Who was the oldest performer to win Best Actress?May RobsonMarie DresslerKatharine HepburnJessica Tandy20s