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The 2008 Oscar Quiz!
 
Testing your Oscar knowledge. How well do you know the 2008 nominees?
 
Kevin O'Connell is nominated this year for Best Achievement in Sound for Transformers. He holds the record for most Oscar nominations without a win. How many times has he been nominated?
25
23
20
14
11
Which of this year’s acting nominees has been nominated for an Oscar (acting, directing or writing) the most times?
George Clooney
Daniel Day-Lewis
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Cate Blanchett
Julie Christie
If Marion Cotillard wins the Best Actress Oscar she will be the second foreign actress to to win an Oscar Best Actress for a foreign-janguage film. Who was the first?
Katina Paxinou
Simone Signoret
Ingrid Bergman
Anna Magnani
Sophia Loren
Michael Clayton has a chance to win three of the four acting awards, this has only happened twice before. Network was the most recent to do it, but which film was the first?
A Streetcar Named Desire
Gone with the Wind
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Aviator
My Fair Lady
Daniel Day-Lewis has now been nominated for four Best Actor Oscars but he still trails two men for the lead by five. Laurence Olivier has nine Best Actor nominations along with what other actor?
Peter O'Toole
Marlon Brando
Paul Newman
Spencer Tracy
Jack Nicholson
2008 is the second time Cate Blanchett has been nominated for playing Queen Elizabeth I. However, one other actress has been nominated for playing the same character. Who was it?
Judi Dench
Helen Mirren
Vanessa Redgrave
Katharine Hepburn
Joan Crawford
Of this year's screenplay nominees (adapted and original) Joel and Ethan Coen have been nominated for Best Screenwriting three times and won one Oscar. Only one other nominee can make the same claim. Who is it?
Paul Thomas Anderson
Christopher Hampton
Ronald Harwood
Tony Gilroy
Brad Bird
No Country for Old Men is the third film for the Coen brothers to be nominated for an Oscar. Can you name the other two?
The Hudsucker Proxy, Barton Fink
O Brother Where Art Thou?, Barton Fink
Fargo, The Big Lebowski
Fargo, O Brother Where Art Thou?
The Hudsucker Proxy, The Big Lebowski
Paul Thomas Anderson has been nominated for five Oscars. There Will be Blood accounts for three of them and Magnolia for one more. What film earned him his fifth nomination?
The Dirk Diggler Story
Boogie Nights
Cigarettes & Coffee
Punch-Drunk Love
Sydney
Every feature-length film to come out of Pixar has been nominated for an Oscar, but which one has been nominated for the most?
Toy Story
Monsters, Inc.
Finding Nemo
The Incredibles
Ratatouille
NOTE: This quiz was created on February 12, 2008. Some of the numerical answers may have changed since then so take that into account.