“And the Oscar Goes to…” Quiz

Question: How long was the shortest Academy Awards ceremony, held in 1929?

Answer: The shortest Academy Awards ceremony, held in 1929, lasted only 15 minutes.

Question: Who was the first female producer to win an Academy Award for Best Picture?

Answer: Julia Phillips was the first female producer to win an Academy Award for Best Picture, winning for The Sting in 1974.

Question: Who hosted the Oscars the most times?

Answer: Bob Hope is the most prolific host of the Oscars, hosting 19 years. (Billy Crystal, on the other hand, hosted 9 years.)

Question: What was the first animated film to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture?

Answer: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast became the first animated film to be nominated for Best Picture. It lost to Silence of the Lambs in 1992.

Question: Which is the longest film to have won an Oscar for Best Picture?

Answer: Almost four hours long, Gone with the Wind (1939) is the longest film to have won an Oscar for Best Picture.

Question: Which is the longest film to win an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film?

Answer: At 414 minutes, War and Peace became the longest film to win an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, in 1969.

Question: Who was the first woman to win an Oscar for Best Director?

Answer: Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win an Oscar for Best Director for The Hurt Locker (2008).

Question: Who is the oldest actress to win an Oscar?

Answer: Jessica Tandy, who won an Academy Award for Best Actress at age 80 for her performance in Driving Miss Daisy (1989), is the oldest actress to have won an Oscar.