- This document outlines the rules for a 20-question Oscar quiz played for 50 points. Each question has its own marking scheme specified by the quizmaster. After the first round of questions, there will be a rapid-fire revision round. Some "tribute questions" will focus on specific Oscar/cinema moments. The quizmaster's decision is final. No arguing, screaming, cursing from audience or Will Smith-like behavior is allowed.

2. RULES
• 20Q’s but you play for:-
• 50 points(it’s a points based quiz rather than
questions based).
• Each question has its OWN MARKING SCHEME that
will be clearly specified by the QM(and is
mentioned in the QUESTION)
• AFTER ONE ROUND OF QUESTION TRAVERSAL, WE
WILL REVERSE CYCLE FOR REVISION AT RAPID PACE.
• TRIBUTE BASED QUESTIONS ARE MY LOVE LETTERS
TO SPECIFIC MOMENTS IN OSCAR/CINEMA
HISTORY. THESE WILL SERVE AS YOUR STAR
MARKED QUESTIONS.
• Quizmaster decision is final and binding
• NO ARGUING, SCREAMING, CURSING from the
audience AND THE MOST IMPORTANT PART:
• NO GETTING UP FROM THE AUDIENCE AND
SPANKING THE QUIZ MASTER XD
basically,
• NO WILL SMITH LIKE BEHAVIOUR TOLERATED 
“I AM HAVING THE ACADEMY OVER FOR DINNER.”
“Ara bhai ye to midsem ptsd de rha”

3. SHURU KAR BSDK NAHI TOH…
NO OSCARS QUIZ CAN COMMENCE WITHOUT THIS HOLY MOMENT……..

4. LETS GO THROUGH SOME IMPORTANT TRIVIA AS WARMUP TO GET
STARTED:
A. Name the actor with the most number of Oscar wins, period.(1)
B. Name the movie with most number of wins, and if multiple, that
which won for all its nominations.(1)
• THERE IS ONLY ONE FOR EACH.
QUESTION 1- Important trivia

5. ANSWER QUESTION-01
• Audrey Hepburn(1)
The only actor to win 4 Oscars.
• Lord Of The Rings:The Return Of
The King(2003)(1)
Winning 11 Oscars out of 11
nominations.

6. QUESTION 02-CONNECT
CONNECT THE YEARS:
1934
1975
1991
I AM LOOKING FOR A TERMINOLOGY THAT SIGNIFIES THE
ACHIEVEMENT OF SPECIFIC MOVIES THESE YEARS(LIST EXHAUSTIVE).(2)

7. ANSWER QUESTION-02
• These are the years a film won the Best Five of the Academy
Awards.(2)
• Best actor,actress, director, screenplay, and Picture

8. QUESTION 03
• In the lead up to any awards show campaign, PR drives take place in
massive pomp and show for Oscar favourite movies and
performances.
• Studios often (though not always) fund aggressive Oscar
campaigns leading up to the nominations, including mailings to
Academy members, private screenings, billboards and ad buys,
and aggressive media pushes in print and on talk shows
• In the light of all this, what’s was controversial about the shock (and
controversial) academy award best actress nomination of Andrea
Riseborough for To Leslie?(2)

9. ANSWER-QUESTION 03
• The Oscar campaign for this film was led by the To Leslie
director Michael Morris’ wife, popular actor Mary McCormack.
She influenced many academy award members and
Hollywood A listers to promote Riseborough’s performance, just
before the academy voted to introduce last ditch bias.
• The charges(reported to have been malpractices) on the
campaign was mainly to do with the rule against mentioning
other nominees in promo material or “attempting to cast a
negative or derogatory light on a compelling film or
achievement.”
• Anything in the light of above two points: gib 2 points.

10. QUESTION 04
X, who plays the titular character in Steven Spielberg's Y was cast
because Spielberg wanted an unknown person to be cast as the main
character in the film. However, interestingly, X would then go on to star
and write and subsequently win an Oscar for what was his own break
thorugh film(Z), thus impressing Spielberg, who, nevertheless,
continued with him(X) in that character. Id X, Y, Z.(1+1+1=3)

11. ANSWER-QUESTION 04
• X=Matt Damon(1)
• Y=Saving Private Ryan(1)
• Z=Good Will Hunting(1)

12. TRIBUTE:QUESTION 05
• ID this person.(1)
• What is special about the person in the image? (1)
• What happened when he took to the stage with his team?(1)

13. ANSWER-QUESTION 05
• This is James Martin(1), and he and his team won the Oscar for Best
Live Action Short, for An Irish Goodbye. He became the first person
with Down’s syndrome to win the Oscars.(1)
• It was also his 31st birthday which prompted his colleagues to…(1)
• https://twitter.com/SpencerAlthouse/status/1635083415908384768?s=
20
Heart warming indeed!

14. TRIBUTE: QUESTION 06
• what piece of music, one of the most legendary scores produced in a
film, is being referred to in this YT comment here? Image follows.(1)
• In a sad twist of fate, this score, nominated for Best Original Score,
was revoked in the 1973 Oscars. However, a couple of years later a
similar piece by the same artist, won.(an avg wtf oscar moment I
guess)
• What could possibly have been the reason for revoking it in 1973?(1)

15. ANSWERS-QUESTION 06
• The very famous Love Theme score from the The Godfather series. The
comment will be very familiar to The Godfather fanatics as it echoes a hit
line from the series: “I am gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.”
(Godfather (1))
• Nino Rota's score for The Godfather had been nominated for a
1973 Academy Award for Best Original Score. However, it was disqualified
from consideration when the academy learned Rota had used a more
comedic version of the song for the film Fortunella(1958).Nonetheless,
Rota's score for the Godfather part II won the 1974 Academy Award for
Best Score, despite the fact that it contained the same piece.
• Previous Use, plagiarized(although it wasn’t ) =1point.

16. TRIBUTE:QUESTION 07
During a break at the 95th Oscars ceremony, Kimmel walked up
to X in the audience and read out a fan question. It went, “Your
work on (hidden clues)…. As the youngest…(hidden clues
again)…, do you think Harry Styles spit on Chris Pine?”. To
which, X brilliantly replied, “I only talk about … (hidden clues)”.
ID X.(1)
Why was X present at the Awards/What was X representing?(1)

17. ANSWERS-QUESTION 07
• During a break at the Oscars ceremony, Kimmel walked up to
Yousafzai in the audience and read out a fan question. It went, “Your
work on human rights and education for women and children is
an inspiration. As the youngest Nobel prize winner in history, do
you think Harry Styles spit on Chris Pine?”. To which her brilliant
answer, “I only talk about peace.”
• X= Malala Yousafzai(1)
• They(she and her husband Mr Asser Malik) were representing
Stranger at the Gate, a documentary executive-produced by Malala
and focusing on an ex-US Marine who is accepted by his local
Muslim community, was nominated for Best Documentary Short
Film at the 2023 Oscars.(SPECIFIC ONLY) It lost out to, GUESS
WHO?(1)
• 1 Point given ONLY IF EITHER OF THE TWO BOLDENED STMTS

18. QUESTION 08
• Boycotts of awards ceremony are not very common, but are not very
unheard of too. We will see an instance later on in this very quiz,
where this was taken to an epic scale by an epic actor.
• Speaking of boycotts, there was this one instance in 2001, when Mr.
Roman Polanski won best director for his film The Pianist. But there
was a problem. Polanski was forced to be absent from the ceremony
for a very specific reason.
• Id reason.(2)

19. ANSWER-QUESTION 08
• Polanski was charged with rape and five other felonies in
1977 after having intercourse with a 13-year-old girl at Jack
Nicholson’s(bruh) home while the actor was away.
• As part of a deal with prosecutors, Polanski pleaded guilty to
having unlawful sex with a minor, then fled Los Angeles for
Paris in 1978 to evade sentencing.
• This meant that Polanski, who lives in France, couldn't attend
the ceremony to accept his first Academy Award because he
faced arrest as soon as he would step foot in the United
States.
• Anything along these lines, 2 points.

20. QUESTION 09
• The hosts for any ceremony are intended to emcee the show and
carry it forward with zeal and humour. The Oscars is no different.
• Mr Jimmy Kimmel, an ABC host(the distributors of the Academy
Awards) had returned to host the recent most 95th Oscars.
• Who was the last host of the Oscars before it went hostless for 3
years(2019,2020,2021)?(1)
• What was the reason the show went hostless in 2019?(1)

21. ANSWER-QUESTION 09
• Jimmy Kimmel himself. (1) Kevin Hart was set to host in 2019
but had to pull out in the light of
homophobic tweets that came out
after the announcement as host.
The makers gave him the ultimatum
to apologize or leave and he chose
the latter. This left the show
producers with little time to fill the
vacancy and they decided to let the
show go on hostless, first time since
1989. COMPLETE ANSWER=1 point.

22. TRIBUTE:QUESTION 10
• Very recently, actress Viola Davis got added to this list of people
having “X”. She completed it by winning a popular award for her
performance.
• I would gladly have loved to have added Al Pacino to this list, but
considering he doesn’t sing, its possible that he may never be able to
make it to this list in his lifetime. 
• X is an informal term(_ _ _ _ , an abbreviation) and it simply signifies
the accolades one performer holds in the realm of cinema, TV and
music history . Like having a person call then an X winner is
testament to their overall greatness in the fields mentioned above.
• ID X and expand. (1 + 0.5+0.5+0.5+0.5)

23. Answer QUESTION-10
• EGOT.(1 point)
• Emmy(TV),Grammy(recordings/music),Oscar(cinema),Tonys
(Broadway theatre).
• The EGOT acronym was coined by actor Philip Michael Thomas
in late 1984, when his role on Miami Vice brought him instant
fame, and he stated a desire to achieve the EGOT within five
years.(Thomas has yet to even be nominated for any EGOT
prize. (LOL)) The acronym gained wider recognition following a
2009 episode of 30 Rock that introduced EGOT status as a
recurring plotline.

24. QUESTION 11
• The 92nd academy awards, 2021, amid much anticipation after the
pandemic, could well be said to have proved to be a damp squib. The
telecast received mostly negative reviews, and it garnered 10.4
million viewers, making it the least-watched Oscar broadcast
since 1974’s ceremony when Nielsen(a US based ratings agency for
television) began keeping records of viewership.
• In a major shuffle up in the ceremony, the producers decided to
change something very significant with regards to the scheduling of
the awards given.
• What was this change? (1)
• A very famous alleged reason for this change was?(1)

25. ANSWER QUESTION-11
• Gave leading actor categories after the announcement of best
picture(1)
• to supposedly honour frontrunner the late Chadwick Boseman.(1)
Further trivia:
Instead Anthony Hopkins, who wasn’t allowed to join in via zoom due
to his inability to make it in person to the awards, won the Best Actor
and that caused a sudden end to the ceremony after Phoenix simply
accepted the award for the Academy on Hopkins’ behalf. A true Damp
Squib afterall.

26. TRIBUTE: QUESTION 12
• This clip is a EDITED clip of the moment when Joe Pesci won an Oscar
for his performance in Goodfellas.(VIDEO FOLLOWS)
• Why is Joe Pesci shaking his head? How/Why is the answer relevant
to this very Oscar season?(1)
• What did Joe Pesci say in his Oscar Speech?(1)
• https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx7zXfJHyRaOqlDf1b4JYYdcArujD94qyW

27. ANSWER-QUESTION 12
• The edited clip showed a Home Alone Clip instead of the movie he
won it for, GoodFellas. Home Alone released in the same year as
Goodfellas and was also a hit. The edited clip basically wanted to
bring home the message that Joe Pesci’s character in the film
GoodFellas used so many expletives that they had to use a clip from
home alone to showcase him at the Academy Awards.(1)
• Anything in the realm of short speech(1); “Its my privilege, Thank
You.”

28. QUESTION 13
• “La La Land was simultaneously, somehow the biggest winner and
loser last night…. You know it’s a strange night when the word
“envelope” is trending on twitter!”, Jimmy Kimmel Live!(YT VID:28 Feb
2017).
• Presenters of the award, Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway were
going to present the Oscars for what particular reason?(1)
• What was the explanation given regarding what happened that
night(courtesy: Jimmy Kimmel Live!)?(0.5)
• which unusual Oscars practice was revealed(courtesy: Jimmy Kimmel
Live!) ?(0.5)

29. ANSWER QUESTION-13
• The reason for the confusion
was, a wrong envelope was
given to Beatty by the
authorities backstage.(0.5)
• The practice of preparing two
different cards came to light
when(0.5):-
OSCARS2017viralmoment
• Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway were
presenting the best picture Oscars as it was
the 50th Anniversary of their famous, cult-hit,
Bonnie and Clyde(1967).

30. TRIBUTE:QUESTION 14
GUESS
THE
Best
Picture
NOMINA
TION LEAD ACTOR OF THE FILM
BP NOMINATION

31. ANSWER-QUESTION 14
• BEST PICTURE NOMINEE= TOP GUN MAVERICK(2022)(1 point)
• LEAD ACTOR= you guessed it, TOM CRUISE(1 point)

32. QUESTION 15
WHAT DID DANIEL
KALUUYA
REFERENCE DURING
HIS 2021 OSCAR
ACCEPTANCE
SPEECH FOR HIS
PERFORMANCE AS A
SUPPORTER ACTOR
IN JUDAS AND THE
BLACK MESSIAH,
THAT MADE HIS
MOM(and sister on
the right) GO…..(2)

33. ANSWER-QUESTION 15
In a moment of utter
inexplicability, Kaluuya
decided to use the
Oscar stage to..….(2)
legendary_speech_end
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34. TRIBUTE:QUESTION 16
• The 1972 Oscars will forever be remembered for the influence caused
by one actor(X) on his co-lead(Y), causing there to be, reportedly,
some friction between the two.
• In the wake of all this, Y simply decided to pull out of the event and
thus caused a big controversy.
• Little did anyone(least of all Y) know that X would create his own big
controversial moment, using his power and influence(in a positive
way) to drive home a social message and ask little known Z to make
way to the stage of the Oscars to do something quite shocking for
that time.
• Id X,Y,Z and what did Z do?

35. ANSWERS-QUESTION 16
X- Marlon Brando(1)
Y-Al Pacino(1)
Z-Sacheen Littlefeather, a representative speaking on the behalf of
native americans groups.(1)
She said she spoke on behalf of Mr Brando and he had refused to take
the Oscar to raise his voice against the poor representation of Native
Americans in Hollywood Cinema.(in the realm of this, 1)

37. QUESTION 17
Connect the years:
1957
1988
2001
You might wanna be reminded that this is an India special segment of
the quiz.
Connect(1)+ 3 individual contributions(from the years) to the
connect(1+1+1)=(4)

38. Only Indian films making it to the final shortlisting/final
round of nominations.(SPECIFIC ONLY 1)

39. QUESTION 18
“If you don’t know Naatu, you are about to!”
This song that created a mass hullabaloo;
this is an Oscars quiz, its inclusion we have to!
The music video’s stunning set piece and is made all the more
compelling to watch with the beautiful background of a very famous
structure abroad.
ID the background.(2)

40. ANSWER QUESTION-18
• UKRAINE(1)
• MARIINSKY
PALACE/OFFICIAL
RESIDENCE OF
UKRAINIAN
PRESIDENT(1)

41. QUESTION 19
• How would we better know, Ammukutty alias Ammu alias
Bommi?(1)
• Give a connect between the Madras High Court and this “Bommi”.(1)

42. ANSWER QUESTION-19
• Ammu is the baby elephant that appears
in India’s Oscar winning short film The
Elephant Whisperers.(1)
• As a younger baby, Ammu had got
separated from her herd at the
Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve
(STR), and could not be reunited,
despite the best efforts of the Forest
Department officials.
• Cutting a long story short the court
finally decided to hand over the
responsibilities of a safe upbringing to
mahout Bomman and Bellie, a couple
that had safely brought up another
male elephant, Raghu.
• Anything in this realm, 1m

43. TRIBUTE:QUESTION 20
• X passed away just a couple of years ago. Known in the film circle in India
and abroad too, this Oscar winner is very brilliantly known for her work in a
Hollywood movie Y (having probably the most important and historic
Indian significance).
• However not many know, that she also won the national award for her
work in a different Indian ACADEMY AWARD nominated best foreign film,
Z.
• In a very interesting connect, very recently(16th February, 2023 to be
precise) , well known yesteryear Indian Actress Zeenat Aman shared this
post on her newly made Instagram handle(image follows). ID the CONNECT.
• Id X,Y,Z, CONNECT.(1+1+1+1)

45. ANSWERS- QUESTION 20
• X=Bhanu Athaiya
• Y= Gandhi
• Z=Lagaan
• CONNECT: she also was the costume designer of the highly
controversial yet critically acclaimed film, Satyam Shivam
Sundaram(1977), this pic being a test shot of Zeenat Aman for the
film.