Oscar Quiz Articles

Oscar Answer No. 6 That's Barry Fitzgerald (right, with Bing Crosby and Rise Stevens), who received best actor and best supporting actor nominations for his role as the cranky but golden-hearted elderly priest in Leo McCarey's syrupy Going My Way (1944). Fitzgerald lost the best actor Oscar to Bing Crosby, the official star of Going My Way, but won the best supporting actor award. Academy [...]

Oscar Answer No. 3 John Huston (right), from Moulin Rouge (1952) to Prizzi's Honor (1985), a total of 33 years. In 1952, Huston lost the Oscar to John Ford for The Quiet Man, and in 1985 to Sydney Pollack for Out of Africa. Huston, however, did win for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948). Roman Polanski comes in second, from Tess (1980) to The [...]

Before looking at the answers, you may want to test your Oscar knowledge — or lack thereof — by checking out the Oscar Quiz first.   Oscar Answer No. 1 William Wyler (right). From Walter Brennan* to Barbra Streisand, Wyler directed 36 Oscar-nominated performances. Elia Kazan comes in second place, with 24 nominations; George Cukor in third, with 21; and both Fred Zinnemann and Martin [...]