Oscars Quiz 2026

The 98th Academy Awards will be held on Sunday, March 15, 2026.  The show will air live at 7 p.m. Eastern Time. on ABC and will take place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California. The ceremony will be televised live on ABC.  This year's Oscars will be hosted for the second year in a row by Conan O'Brien.  As you prepare for the big night, why not challenge yourself and try Number 16's 14th annual Oscars quiz. There are 11 questions. Good luck!

NUMBER 16 OSCARS QUIZ

1.  Leonardo Di Caprio has been nominated for best actor this year for his performance in One Battle After Another.  He has received eight Oscar nominations to date, including this year's.  Leothe  has only won an Academy Award once, although this year's result is pending.  For which film did Leo receive an Oscar?

DiCaprio

A.  Titanic

B.  The Revenant

C.  The Wolf of Wall Street

D.  Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

E.  The Aviator

2.  At the 2017 Academy Awards, Faye Dunaway mistakenly announced La La Land as the Best Picture winner.  Which film was the actual winner?

A.  Fences

B.  Lion

C.  Manchester by the Sea

D.  Moonlight

E.  None of the Above

3.  Joan Crawford received one Oscar in her illustrious career.  For what movie did she win an Academy Award?

Crawford

A.  Humoresque

B.  Autumn Leaves

C.  Mildred Pierce

D.  I Saw What You Did

E.  Torch Song

4.  Did Marilyn Monroe ever win an Academy Award?

A.  She never won an Academy Award. 

B.  She won for Bus Stop

C,  She won for Niagara.

D.  She won for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

E.  She won for Some Like It Hot

5.  Who is the only actor to win Oscars in both acting and directing categories?

A.  Robert Redford

B.  Sylvester Stallone

C.  Clint Eastwood

D.  Paul Newman

E.  Gillermo del Toro

6.  Which film earned Stephen Spielberg his first Academy Award as Best Director.

Spielberg

A.  E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

B.  Close Encounters of the Third Kind

C.  Jaws

D.  Raiders of the Lost Ark

E.  Schindler's List

7.  Who was the first actor to refuse a Best Actor Academy Award?

A.  George C. Scott

B.  Marlon Brando

C.  Woody Allen

D.  Vanessa Redgrave

E.   Robert De Niro

8.  Chinese filmmaker Chloé Zhao is the second woman and the first woman of colour to win the Academy Award for Best Director for the film Nomadland (2020).  This year she has been nominated as Best Director for a film that has been nominated for Best Picture. Which of these Best Picture nominees did she direct?

A.  Sentimental Value

B.  The Secret Agent

C.  Marty Supreme

D.  Hamnet

E.  Train Dreams

9.  Which of the following blockbuster films did not receive a Best Picture nomination?

A.  Raiders of the Lost Ark

B.  The Matrix

C.  E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial

D.  Star Wars: A New Hope

E.  None of the Above

10.  What was the first animated film to be nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award?

A.  Frozen

B.  Shrek

C.  Finding Nemo

D.  The Lion King

E.  Beauty and the Beast

11.  For which movie did Jack Nicholson win his first Oscar?

Nicholson

A.  Easy Rider

B.  Terms of Endearment

C.  One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

D.  Five Easy Pieces

E.  A Few Good Men

ANSWERS

1.  B.  The Revenant

Leonardo Di Caprio received the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Hugh Glass in the 2015 film The Revenant.  His first Oscar nomination was in 1994 for Best Supporting Actor in the 1993 film What's Eating Gilbert Grape.  He also received Best Actor nominations in 2005 for his portrayal of Howard Hughes in The Aviator, and for his performances in 2007 for Blood Diamond, in 2014 for The Wolf of Wall Street and in 2020 for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.  He also won a Best Picture nomination for The Wolf of Wall Street.

2.  D.  Moonlight

Moonlight was the actual winner of  the Oscar for Best Picture in 2017.

3. C  Mildred Pierce

In 1946, Joan Crawford won an Academy Award for her performance in the 1945 film Mildred Pierce.  She did not attend the ceremony, claiming to be ill.  Instead, she accepted the award from her bed at home, with her hair and makeup done and reporters at her home to cover the event.  She admitted later that her health wasn't the whole story.  "I was afraid of losing," she told biographer Charlotte Chandler via the New York Post.

4.  A   Marilyn never won an Academy Award,

Marilyn Monroe was never awarded an Oscar during her lifetime, nor did she ever receive an Academy Award nomination.

5.  C.  Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood is the only actor to win Oscars in both Best Picture and Best Director categories.  He won Best Picture and Best Director Oscars for Unforgiven (1992) and Million Dollar Baby (1995).

6.  E  Schindler's List (1993)

In 1994, Stephen Spielberg won his first Academy Award for Best Director for the 1993 film Schindler's List.  He won another Best Direct Oscar in 1999 for the 1998 film Saving Private Ryan.

7.  A.  George C. Scott

Scott

In 1971, George C. Scott became the first actor to refuse a Best Actor Award for his performance in Patton (1970).  Scott did not attend the ceremony.  He sent a telegram to the Academy stating that he did not want to be part of a competition, which he described as a "two-hour meat parade."  Nevertheless, the Academy proclaimed him as the winner.  He never collected the statuette.

Marlon Brando declined his Best Actor Oscar in 1973.

8.  D  Hamnet

 

Chloé Zhao directed Hamnet.

9.  B.  The Matrix

Reeves

The Matrix, a 1999 science fiction action film starring Keanu Reeves, did not receive a Best Picture nomination.

10.  E  Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast (1991) was the first animated film to be nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award.  It received a nomination in 1992, but lost to Silence of the Lambs.  Shrek won the first ever Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.in 2002.  Toy Story 3 won Best Animated Feature Oscar in 2009.  Toy Story 3 was also nominated for Best Picture, but lost.  Up was also nominated for Best Picture, but did not win.  An animated film has yet to win Best Picture.

11.  C.  One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Jack Nicholson won a Best Act Oscar for his role as Randie McMurphy in One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest (1975).  He received another Best Actor Oscar for his performance as an author with OCD in As Good as It Gets (1997).  He also won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as an aging playboy in Terms of Endearment (1983).  Nicholson received Oscar nominations for his roles in Easy Rider (1969), Five Easy Pieces (1970), The Last Detail (1973), Chinatown (1974), Reds (1981), Prizzi's Honor (1985), Ironweed (1987), A Few Good Men (1992), and About Schmidt (2002).

- Joanne

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Jeff Bezos and his shananigans

Jeff Bezos

According to Forbes magazine. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos was worth $239 billion as of July 2025.  His current estimated worth is $244 billion.  On June 27, 2025, Bezos married Lauren Sanchez in Venice, Italy.  That obscenely lavish wedding cost between $47 million and $56 million.  

Bezos the  billionaire is trying to get into the good graces of the increasingly autocratic Donald Trump.  He spent $40 million for the title of the recently released Melania movie and an additional $35 million for its marketing.  That's $75 million in total.  Just think how much better the world would be if that $75 million were spent on health care, education, the environment and foreign aid.  Meanwhile, The Washington Post, which Bezos owns, is laying off hundreds of employees in what has been described as "among the darkest days of the newspaper's history."

In its glory days, two reporters for The Washington Post, Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, were instrumental in uncovering the Watergate Scandal.  Bezos is destroying the legacy of a great American newspaper.  When he prevented The Post from endorsing Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election, many readers were furious and cancelled their subscriptions.  How sad!  Shed a tear for all those Post employees who have been served with a pink slip.  They have to go home to their families without a job.  This is a tremendous blow.  As the Post's fortunes sag, more readers will obtain their news from unreliable and false internet sources.

The American media is becoming increasingly under the control of oligarchs and tech billionaires who bow to Donald Trump's every whim.  They control more and more of the corporate media and it's no secret that they are fuelled by a burning desire for money and power.  They are motivated by pure, unadulterated greed.  They do not care about ordinary Americans who struggle with the costs of everyday living.  They do not identify with those who have no health care coverage or are forced to use food banks.

Amazon, run by Bezos, pledged $1 million to Trump's inaugural fund, as did Mark Zuckerberg's Meta.  I'm sure Bezos and Meta wanted nothing in return. They donated the money out of the goodness of their generous hearts.  Oh yes, Google and Apple also kicked in $1 million.  It's time for the voice of the people to be heard.  Stand up for democracy before it's too late!

- Joanne

Blue Jays still haven't filled some gaping holes in their lineup

The Toronto Blue Jays have added some pitching depth this off season. That is commendable because you can never have enough pitching depth. Pitchers are always getting injured or having to undergo Tommy John surgeries.  To bolster the pitching staff, the Jays acquired starter Dylan Cease, 
starter Cody Ponce, and relievers Chase Lee and Tyler Rogers.

Cody Ponce

Tyler Rogers

Having said all that, the Jays haven't added a dependable closer to their roster.  Jeff Hoffman still has the job, but he has not proven himself.  He allows too many home runs.  In his first season as a closer, he allowed 14 home runs in the 9th inning or later, the highest total of his career as a relief pitcher.  He broke a franchise record.  It's difficult to feel confident when Hoffman's on the mound.  Yimy Garcy is returning from injury, but there is no guarantee that he will be able to do the job.  Perhaps Tyler Rogers?  

 

In addition to those pitchers, the Jays inked a deal with Japanese infielder Kazuma Okamoto.  Okamoto was one of the top international free agents.  He's played for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan for the last decade.  We'll see how he adjusts to North American Major League Baseball.  He should be a good one.

Kazuma Okamoto

There have been some significant offseason moves by the Blue Jays.  However, the team's reluctance to fill the remaining holes in their lineup is frustrating.  They need another bat badly.  They did not succeed in signing Kyle Tucker or Cody Bellinger.  That's not surprising because they never seem to be able to lure free agents from the Dodgers, Yankees and Mets.  It seems that the Jays have been used as pawns so that the Dodgers, Yankees and Mets will offer more money to the most coveted free agents.  

The Blue Jays should have concentrated on signing Bo Bichette sooner.  They may have been able to swing a deal with him.  They still have time to  trade for a hitter.  Anthony Santander was supposed to provide some hitting last season, but he had a a miserable year.  Santander may turn it around in 2026.  It would be great if he does, but there is no guarantee.  The Jays need some insurance in case Santander struggles again.

I hope that the Jays make one or two more significant moves during this offseason.  They need to if they are going for broke in 2026.

- Joanne