Trivia questions (5 of 15)
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1. What film won the most Academy Awards in the 1970s?
With eight wins out of ten nominations, 1972's "Cabaret" won more Oscars than any other film of the 1970s. Incidentally, it remains the most-honored film to NOT win Best Picture.
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2. What 1970s film swept the Big Five at the Oscars: Best Picture, Actor, Actress, Director, and Screenplay?
"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" was nominated for nine Oscars, winning five. However, those five were all in the top categories: Picture, Actor (Jack Nicholson), Actress (Louise Fletcher), Director (Milos Forman), and Screenplay (Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman).
It remains one of only three movies to sweep the Big Five.
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3. Which of these filmmakers is the only one to helm a Best Picture winner but NOT win Best Director for it?
While Francis Ford Coppola did win a Best Director Oscar for his Best Picture-winning 1974 film "The Godfather Part II," his 1972 epic "The Godfather" won Best Picture, but Coppola went home empty handed that night, losing the Best Director race to Bob Fosse for "Cabaret."
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4. What 1970s flick brought filmmaker Woody Allen his first two Academy Award wins?
Woody Allen picked up the first three of his career twenty-four Oscar nominations (sixteen for writing, seven for directing, one for acting) for 1977's "Annie Hall." He won for Best Original Screenplay and Best Director, his co-star Diane Keaton took home the Best Actress prize, and the film won Best Picture.
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5. What 1970s Oscar winner is based on a book subtitled "A True Account of Cops, Narcotics, and International Conspiracy"?
Ernest Tidyman won an Oscar in 1972 for his adapted adaptation of Robin Moore's 1969 book "The French Connection: A True Account of Cops, Narcotics, and International Conspiracy."
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