Best Picture Winners
Take home the night's biggest trivia prize with this look at Best Picture Academy Award-winning films.
15 questions · Published October 23, 2023
Trivia questions (5 of 15)
- Multiple Choice
1. What film nabbed an upset Best Picture win over "Saving Private Ryan" at the 1999 Academy Awards?
Thought to be a shoe-in for Best Picture, "Saving Private Ryan" (1998) was snubbed in favor of the rom-com "Shakespeare in Love" (1998).
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2. As of 2023, what is the only streaming service to release a Best Picture Oscar-winner?
"CODA" (2021) won Best Picture at the 2022 Academy Awards making the Apple TV+ the first streaming service to take home the night's top prize.
- Multiple Choice
3. Which of these Best Picture winners from the 1970s is NOT based on a book?
More than half of the films to take home the Best Picture Oscar in the 1970s are based on books. However, 1978's "The Deer Hunter" is based on an unproduced screenplay titled "The Man Who Came to Play."
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4. Actor Franklyn Farnum has the most appearances in Best Picture winners with seven, his last being 1956's "Around the World in ______ Days."
Between 1937 and 1956, actor Franklyn Farnum appeared in seven BEst Picture winners: "The Life of Emile Zola" (1937), "Going My Way" (1944), "The Lost Weekend" (1945), "Gentleman's Agreement" (1947), "All About Eve" (1950), "The Greatest Show on Earth" (1952), and "Around the World in 80 Days" (1956).
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5. Who accidentally named "La La Land" as the Best Picture winner at the 2017 Academy Awards instead of the actual winner, "Moonlight"?
Faye Dunaway took the stage with Warren Beatty and mistakenly announced 2016's "La La Land" as Best Picture winner instead of "Moonlight" (2016).
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