1930-1950 Best Picture Oscars QuizPrintable Academy Award Trivia Questions
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Name the winner of the 1930 Academy Award for Best Picture.
a. The Big House
b. The Divorcee
c. Disraeli
d. All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front - All Quiet on the Western Front is based on the Erich Maria Remarque novel of the same name.
Name the winner of the 1931 Academy Award for Best Picture.
a. East Lynne
b. Trader Horn
c. Cimarron
d. The Front Page
Cimarron - Cimarron also won the Oscars for Best Writing and Best Art Direction.
Name the winner of the 1932 Academy Award for Best Picture.
a. The Smiling Lieutenant
b. Shanghai Express
c. Grand Hotel
d. Bad Girl
Grand Hotel - As of 2016, Grand Hotel is the only film to have won the Oscar for Best Picture without being nominated in any other category.
Name the winner of the 1933 Academy Award for Best Picture.
a. Little Women
b. 42nd Street
c. A Farewell to Arms
d. Cavalcade
Cavalcade - In addition to the Oscar for Best Picture, Cavalcade won Best Director and Best Art Direction Oscars.
Name the winner of the 1934 Academy Award for Best Picture.
a. Cleopatra
b. Here Comes the Navy
c. Viva Villa!
d. It Happened One Night
It Happened One Night - It Happened One Night was the first film to win all five major Oscars (Best Picture, Actor, Actress, Director and Screenplay).
Name the winner of the 1935 Academy Award for Best Picture.
a. Mutiny on the Bounty
b. David Copperfield
c. Captain Blood
d. Ruggles of Red Gap
Mutiny on the Bounty - Directed by Frank Lloyd, Mutiny on the Bounty stars Charles Laughton and Clark Gable.
Name the winner of the 1936 Academy Award for Best Picture.
a. Three Smart Girls
b. San Francisco
c. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
d. The Great Ziegfeld
The Great Ziegfeld - The Great Ziegfeld won three Oscars including Best Actress for Luise Rainer.
Name the winner of the 1937 Academy Award for Best Picture.
a. Captains Courageous
b. One Hundred Men and a Girl
c. A Star Is Born
d. The Life of Emile Zola
The Life of Emile Zola - The Life of Emile Zola won three Oscars including Best Supporting Actor for Joseph Schildkraut.
Name the winner of the 1938 Academy Award for Best Picture.
a. Pygmalion
b. Four Daughters
c. You Can't Take It With You
d. The Adventures of Robin Hood
You Can't Take It With You - You Can't Take It With You also won the Academy Award for Best Director (Frank Capra).
Name the winner of the 1939 Academy Award for Best Picture.
a. Gone with the Wind
b. Goodbye, Mr. Chips
c. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
d. The Wizard of Oz
Gone with the Wind - Gone with the Wind received ten Academy Awards including Best Actress for Vivien Leigh.
Name the winner of the 1940 Academy Award for Best Picture.
a. The Great Dictator
b. Rebecca
c. The Grapes of Wrath
d. The Philadelphia Story
Rebecca - Rebecca won two Academy Awards, Best Picture and Cinematography.
Name the winner of the 1941 Academy Award for Best Picture.
a. The Maltese Falcon
b. Sergeant York
c. How Green Was My Valley
d. Citizen Kane
How Green Was My Valley - How Green Was My Valley was nominated for ten Academy Awards and won five.
Name the winner of the 1942 Academy Award for Best Picture.
a. The Talk of the Town
b. Yankee Doodle Dandy
c. The Pied Piper
d. Mrs. Miniver
Mrs. Miniver - Mrs. Miniver won six Academy Awards including a Best Actress Oscar for Greer Garson.
Name the winner of the 1943 Academy Award for Best Picture.
a. Heaven Can Wait
b. Watch on the Rhine
c. For Whom the Bell Tolls
d. Casablanca
Casablanca - Casablanca stars Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman.
Name the winner of the 1944 Academy Award for Best Picture.
a. Going My Way
b. Gaslight
c. Double Indemnity
d. Since You Went Away
Going My Way - Going My Way was nominated for ten Academy Awards and won seven.
Name the winner of the 1945 Academy Award for Best Picture.
a. Anchors Aweigh
b. The Bells of St. Mary's
c. The Lost Weekend
d. Spellbound
The Lost Weekend - The Lost Weekend was nominated for seven Academy Awards and won four including Best Actor for Ray Milland.
Name the winner of the 1946 Academy Award for Best Picture.
a. The Razor's Edge
b. The Yearling
c. It's a Wonderful Life
d. The Best Years of Our Lives
The Best Years of Our Lives - The Best Years of Our Lives won seven Academy Awards including a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Harold Russell.
Name the winner of the 1947 Academy Award for Best Picture.
a. The Bishop's Wife
b. Miracle on 34th Street
c. Great Expectations
d. Gentleman's Agreement
Gentleman's Agreement - Celeste Holm won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in the film as Anne Dettrey.
Name the winner of the 1948 Academy Award for Best Picture.
a. Johnny Belinda
b. Hamlet
c. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
d. The Red Shoes
Hamlet - Hamlet won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor (Laurence Olivier).
Name the winner of the 1949 Academy Award for Best Picture.
a. Twelve O'Clock High
b. The Heiress
c. A Letter to Three Wives
d. All the King's Men
All the King's Men - All the King's Men is based on the Robert Penn Warren novel of the same name.
Name the winner of the 1950 Academy Award for Best Picture.
a. All About Eve
b. Father of the Bride
c. King Solomon's Mines
d. Sunset Boulevard
All About Eve - The winner of six Academy Awards, All About Eve stars Bette Davis and Anne Baxter.
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