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