Here are the answers to our quiz from 28th February 2025 – how did you do?
1. Cardinal Thomas Lawrence is the main character of which Best Picture contender?
Conclave
2. Which real-life figure does Timothée Chalamet play in A Complete Unknown?
Bob Dylan
3. In the news! Coralie Fargeat’s Star Wars fan film emerged online last week, following her Best Director nomination for which film?
The Substance (take a look at her fan film here)
4. Who plays Galinda, a.k.a. Glinda in Wicked: Cynthia Erivo or Ariana Grande?
Ariana Grande (Cynthia Erivo plays Elphaba)
5. Born this week in 1983, Lupita Nyong’o voices the title character in which Oscar-nominated animated film?
The Wild Robot
6. Which Best Picture contender connects acting nominees Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, and Guy Pearce?
The Brutalist
7. Who plays Anora Mikheeva in Anora?
Mikey Madison
8. Emilia Pérez is the most-nominated non-English-language film to date – which country produced it?
France
9. Which star of A Real Pain was born earliest: Jesse Eisenberg or Kieran Culkin?
Kieran Culkin, by one year
10. What is the name of the penguin antagonist in Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl?
Feathers McGraw
11. The first film to win Best Animated Feature. (2001)
Shrek
12. The first non-English language film to win Best Picture. (2019)
Parasite
13. The first horror movie to win Best Picture. (1991)
The Silence Of The Lambs
14. The first (and only) film to win the fan-voted Oscars Cheer Moment for “The Flash Enters The Speed Force”. (2021)
Zack Snyder’s Justice League
15. The first Best Picture winner with a female producer/recipient. (1973)
The Sting
16. The first colour film to win Best Picture. (1939)
Gone With The Wind
17. The first sports movie to win Best Picture. (1976)
Rocky
18. The first horror movie (and first movie overall) to win Best Makeup. (1981)
An American Werewolf In London
19. The first UK film to win Best International Feature Film. (2023)
The Zone Of Interest
20. The first Best Picture winner featuring Robert De Niro (1974)
The Godfather Part II
21. Which of these Tom Hanks films won more Oscars: Saving Private Ryan or Saving Mr Banks?
Saving Private Ryan won 5, Mr Banks won none
22. The late, great Gene Hackman won Best Actor for starring in which 1970 Best Picture winner?
The French Connection
23. Complete the title of the Oscar-winning 2011 Disney song: “Man Or… what?
… Muppet” from The Muppets
24. Whose first three Oscar-nominated performances were in 2005’s Junebug, 2008’s Doubt, and 2010’s The Fighter?
Amy Adams (also from The Muppets!)
25. What is the most recent Best Picture winner named after a real-life figure?
Oppenheimer (last year, in fact)
26. Julie Andrews won Best Actress for her debut screen role in which film: Mary Poppins or The Sound Of Music?
Mary Poppins
27. As of 2025, who is the only official James Bond actor to win an Oscar?
Sean Connery (who won for The Untouchables)
28. Whose first three Oscar-nominated performances were in 1982’s The World According To Garp, 1983’s The Big Chill, and 1984’s The Natural?
Glenn Close
29. “I think you are another of these desert-loving English.” Which movie features this quote?
Lawrence Of Arabia
30. And finally, who was the first Kevin ever to win an Oscar for acting?
Kevin Kline for A Fish Called Wanda
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