Oscars & Best Picture Quiz
Academy Award winners, record-breakers and the most famous moments at the Oscars.
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About the Oscars & Best Picture Quiz
The Academy Awards have honoured the best in film since 1929. This quiz covers Best Picture winners, record-holding actors and films, and the moments people still talk about, including the most famous envelope mix-up in Oscars history.
This quiz has 20 questions, served in rounds of 10 with a fresh mix and shuffled answers every time you play. Every answer comes with a short explanation.
Sample Oscars & Best Picture Questions & Answers
Q1. Which film won the first Academy Award for Best Picture?
✅ Answer: Wings
💡 Wings, a World War I aviation drama, won the top award at the first ceremony in 1929.
Q2. Which three films share the record of 11 Oscar wins?
✅ Answer: Ben-Hur, Titanic and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
💡 All three won 11 Academy Awards; Return of the King won every category it was nominated in.
Q3. Which actress has won the most acting Oscars?
✅ Answer: Katharine Hepburn
💡 Katharine Hepburn won four Best Actress Oscars between 1934 and 1982.
Q4. Which film was mistakenly announced as Best Picture in 2017 before the award went to Moonlight?
✅ Answer: La La Land
💡 Presenters were handed the wrong envelope, and La La Land’s producers were mid-speech when the error was revealed.
Q5. Which was the first non-English-language film to win Best Picture?
✅ Answer: Parasite
💡 Bong Joon-ho’s South Korean film Parasite won Best Picture in 2020.