Here are ten questions for movie buffs. The answers are below, but peeking is frowned upon. For those with a score of nine or ten, there is no reward other than praise for a job well done.

1. Which musical was the first to win an Academy Award as best picture?

  • a) The Hollywood Revue of 1929
  • b) 42nd Street (1933)
  • c) The Jazz Singer (1927)
  • d) The Broadway Melody (1929)

2. Which was the first Walt Disney cartoon to win an Academy Award?

  • a) Flowers and Trees (1931/32)
  • b) Mickey’s Orphans (1931/32)
  • c) Steamboat Willie (1928)
  • d) The Three Little Pigs (1933)

3) Janet Gaynor won the first best actress award in 1927/28 for which movie?

  • a) 7th Heaven
  • b) Sunrise
  • c) Street Angel
  • d) All the above

4) The first movie to win best picture was which of the following?

  • a) Sunrise
  • b) Wings
  • c) Gone with the Wind
  • d) Alibi

5) The award for best song was first given in 1934. What song was the winner that year?

  • a) "The Continental"
  • b) "Lullaby of Broadway"
  • c) "The Way You Look Tonight"
  • d) "Over the Rainbow"

6) Lewis Milestone won as best director in 1929/30 for what movie?

  • a) The Front Page
  • b) Little Caesar
  • c) All Quiet on the Western Front
  • d) My Man Godfrey

7) What person won back-to-back awards as best actress in 1936 and 1937?

  • a) Katherine Hepburn
  • b) Luise Rainier
  • c) Bette Davis
  • d) Myrna Loy

8) What person won back-to-back awards as best actor in 1937 and 1938?

  • a) Clark Gable
  • b) Paul Muni
  • c) Humphrey Bogart
  • d) Spencer Tracy

9) What actress was presented in 1939 was presented a special Oscar for outstanding performance as a juvenile?

  • a) Deanna Durbin
  • b) Bonita Granville
  • c) Judy Garland
  • d) Shirley Temple

10) In the 1932/33 ceremony, Katherine Hepburn won the first of her four best actress awards for her performance in what movie?

  • a) Lady for a Day
  • b) Morning Glory
  • c) Goodbye, Mr. Chips
  • d) Stella Dallas

Bonus Question: Who first gave the name “Oscar” to the gold plated statuette that is awarded?

  • a) Irene Dunn
  • b) Will Rogers
  • b) Margaret Herrick
  • d) Samuel B. Goldwyn

Answers:

1-d It was remade in 1940 as Two Girls on Broadway.