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Difficult Oscar trivia
Prepare to be stumped. These are some of the hardest Oscar trivia questions we could come up with.
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1. What do the five spokes of the film reel the Oscar statue stands represent?
The five branches of the Academy
The five nominees in each category
The five original film studios in Hollywood
They don't represent anything.

2. "Chicago" won best picture in the 2002 awards. What was the last musical to win Best Picture?
"Annie"
"Oliver"
"Hello Dolly"
"Cabaret"

3. This film marked the first time a Western had won Best Picture since 1931’s "Cimarron."
"Unforgiven"
"Dances With Wolves"
"Stagecoach"
"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"

4. What was the first non-English language film to be nominated for Best Picture?
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
"Life is Beautiful"
"La Grande Illusion"
"Il Postino / The Postman"

5. Which actor or actress has had the longest run of consecutive Oscar nominations?
Bette Davis
Marlon Brando
Al Pacino
Elizabeth Taylor

6. Which foreign language film has been nominated for the most Oscars?
"Life is Beautiful"
"Das Boot"
"Fanny and Alexander"
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"

7. Who is the only person to win the Oscar and the Nobel Prize?
John Steinbeck
Jean Paul Sartre
William Faulkner
George Bernard Shaw

8. Who is the only actor to win for playing a Shakespearean role?
Alec Guiness
Mel Gibson
Judy Dench
Laurence Olivier

9. Which actor is tied for having the most nominations without wining an Oscar?
Richard Burton
Michael Caine
Harrison Ford
Jack Lemon

10. Who is the only individual to win an Oscar, Emmy and Tony in the same year?
Liza Minelli
Bob Fosse
Jason Robards
Paul Newman

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