Before the winners are announced, see how much you know about the movies, directors and actors up for Academy Awards past and present.
The 95th Academy Awards ceremony airs at 7 p.m. Sunday on ABC, and the producers hope this year no movie violence spills onto the stage. Jimmy Kimmel hosts for the third time, and the nominees, led by “Everything Everywhere All at Once” with 11, include many first-timers and old-timers.
Will you be the “Top Gun” of this year’s “Whale” of a challenge or find yourself in a “Triangle of Sadness?” Start your engines …
1. Which of the following is not true?
a. If Steven Spielberg wins best director for “The Fabelmans,” he’ll become the oldest-ever winner in that category.
b. If Judd Hirsch wins best supporting actor for “The Fabelmans,” he’ll become the oldest-ever winner of an acting Oscar.
c. If John Williams wins for original score for “The Fabelmans,” he’ll become the oldest-ever winner of a competitive Oscar.
d. If Austin Butler wins best actor for “Elvis,” he’ll become the youngest-ever winner in that category.
2. “Avatar: The Way of Water” is a best picture nominee 13 years after the best picture-nominated “Avatar” (2009). Which movie and its sequel were best picture nominees released further apart?
a. “The Hustler” and “The Color of Money”
b. “The Godfather Part II” and “The Godfather Part III”
c. “Top Gun” and “Top Gun: Maverick”
d. ‘Toy Story 2” and “Toy Story 3”
3. Which co-stars of one current best picture nominee previously co-starred in a movie made by the director of another current best picture nominee?
a. Tom Cruise and Jennifer Connelly
b. Cate Blanchett and Mark Strong
c. Colin Ferrell and Kerry Condon
d. Michelle Williams and Seth Rogen
4. Which of the following is not true about best actress nominee Michelle Yeoh (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”)?
a. She represented Malaysia in the 1983 Miss World pageant.
b. She was credited as Michelle Khan in many of her early martial arts films.
c. She performed her own stunts in the James Bond film “Tomorrow Never Dies.”
d. She did not speak Mandarin when cast in “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and had to learn her lines phonetically.
5. Austin Butler is a best actor nominee for playing Elvis Presley in “Elvis.” Which music star has not been portrayed in an Oscar-winning performance?
a. Johnny Cash
b. Ray Charles
c. Loretta Lynn
d. Freddie Mercury
6. Diane Warren, who received her 14th best song nomination for “Applause” from “Tell It Like a Woman,” keeps getting nominated for movies not widely seen. Which of the following is not a movie for which Warren has received a best song nomination?
a. “Breakthrough”
b. “Four Good Days”
c. “Heartbreak Road”
d. “The Life Ahead”
7. Who of the following is not a first-time nominee this year?
a. Jerry Bruckheimer
b. David Byrne
c. Jamie Lee Curtis
d. Colin Farrell
8. Catherine Martin has three nominations this year — for best picture, production design and costume design for “Elvis.” Which woman previously had four Oscar nominations in one year?
a. Sofia Coppola
b. Emerald Fennell
c. Barbra Streisand
d. Chloe Zhao
9. Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert are best directing co-nominees for “Everything Everywhere All At Once.” Which directing duo did not share a best director Oscar nomination?
a.
