Answers to the Oscars quiz

1. Who was the first African-American to win an acting award?

D. Hattie McDaniel, for best supporting actress as Mammy in "Gone With the Wind."

2. Who has received the most acting nominations?

B. Meryl Streep with 16. She's won twice.

3. What was the first color movie to win best picture?

B. "Gone With the Wind" in 1939.

4. Who is the youngest person to win an acting award?

C. Tatum O'Neal for 1973's "Paper Moon."

5. Who is nominated this year for a role that earned a previous portrayer an Oscar for best actor?

A. Jeff Bridges as Rooster Cogburn in "True Grit." John Wayne won best actor for playing the lawman in the 1969 version.

6. What two films are tied for the most nominations?

D. "All About Eve" and "Titanic" with 14 each.

7. What was the first animated film to be nominated for best picture?

A. "Beauty and the Beast" in 1991.

8. Who has won the most Oscars?

B. Walt Disney won 26 total Oscars. He was nominated more than 60 times.

9. Which actor won Best Actor for a role he originated 25 years earlier?

Paul Newman won the 1986 Best Actor award fro reprising pool hustler Fast Eddie Felson in "The Color of Money." He first played the character in 1961's "The Hustler."

10. Which two movie trilogies earned best picture nominations for each installment?

"The Godfather" and "The Lord of the Rings"

11. Who is the oldest person to win an acting award?

Jessica Tandy for "Driving Miss Daisy"

12. Who was the first woman to win best director?

Kathryn Bigelow for 2009's "Hurt Locker"

13. What was the first X-rated film to win best picture?

"Midnight Cowboy"

14. Who is the only actor to be nominated posthumously twice?

James Dean for "East of Eden" in 1956 and "Giant" in 1957

15: Name the two people who refused to accept their awards for Best Actor.

George C. Scott for "Patton" and Marlon Brando for "The Godfather"

16: Which three films are tied for the most wins?

"Ben-Hur," "Titanic," and "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" with 11 apiece

17: Who was the first Australian to win an acting award?

Geoffrey Rush for "Shine" in 1996

18: Who has been nominated the most times for an acting award with no wins?

Peter O'Toole with eight. He received an honory Oscar in 2003.

19: Which two individuals have received nominations for producing, acting, directing and writing for the same film in one year?

Orson Welles for "Citizen Kane" and Warren Beatty for "Heaven Can Wait" and "Reds"

20: At the 2001 Academy Awards, African-Americans won Best Actor and Best Actress. Name them.

Denzel Washington and Halle Berry.