1951-1970 Best Picture Oscars QuizPrintable Academy Award Trivia Questions
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Name the winner of the 1951 Academy Award for Best Picture.
a. Decision Before Dawn
b. A Streetcar Named Desire
c. A Place in the Sun
d. An American in Paris
An American in Paris - An American in Paris won a total of six Academy Awards including Best Musical Score.
Name the winner of the 1952 Academy Award for Best Picture.
a. Ivanhoe
b. The Greatest Show on Earth
c. Moulin Rouge
d. High Noon
The Greatest Show on Earth - The Greatest Show on Earth won two Academy Awards - Best Picture and Best Story.
Name the winner of the 1953 Academy Award for Best Picture.
a. Roman Holiday
b. Shane
c. From Here to Eternity
d. Julius Caesar
From Here to Eternity - From Here to Eternity won eight Academy Awards including Best Supporting Actor for Frank Sinatra.
Name the winner of the 1954 Academy Award for Best Picture.
a. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
b. The Country Girl
c. On the Waterfront
d. The Caine Mutiny
On the Waterfront - On the Waterfront won eight Academy Awards including Best Actor for Marlon Brando.
Name the winner of the 1955 Academy Award for Best Picture.
a. Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
b. Mister Roberts
c. The Rose Tattoo
d. Marty
Marty - An international hit, Marty stars Ernest Borgnine and Betsy Blair.
Name the winner of the 1956 Academy Award for Best Picture.
a. The Ten Commandments
b. Friendly Persuasion
c. The King and I
d. Around the World in 80 Days
Around the World in 80 Days - Around the World in 80 Days won five Academy Awards including Best Writing and Best Music.
Name the winner of the 1957 Academy Award for Best Picture.
a. Witness for the Prosecution
b. The Bridge on the River Kwai
c. Peyton Place
d. 12 Angry Men
The Bridge on the River Kwai - The Bridge on the River Kwai won seven Academy Awards including Best Actor for Alec Guinness.
Name the winner of the 1958 Academy Award for Best Picture.
a. Auntie Mame
b. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
c. Gigi
d. The Defiant Ones
Gigi - Gigi won nine Academy Awards including Best Director for Vincente Minnelli.
Name the winner of the 1959 Academy Award for Best Picture.
a. The Diary of Anne Frank
b. Room at the Top
c. Ben-Hur
d. Anatomy of a Murder
Ben-Hur - Ben-Hur won eleven Academy Awards including Best Actor for Charlton Heston.
Name the winner of the 1960 Academy Award for Best Picture.
a. Elmer Gantry
b. The Sundowners
c. The Apartment
d. The Alamo
The Apartment - The Apartment won five Academy Awards including Best Director for Billy Wilder.
Name the winner of the 1961 Academy Award for Best Picture.
a. Judgment at Nuremberg
b. West Side Story
c. The Hustler
d. The Guns of Navarone
West Side Story - West Side Story won ten Academy Awards including Best Supporting Actress for Rita Moreno.
Name the winner of the 1962 Academy Award for Best Picture.
a. The Music Man
b. Lawrence of Arabia
c. The Longest Day
d. To Kill a Mockingbird
Lawrence of Arabia - Lawrence of Arabia won seven Academy Awards including Best Actor for Peter O'Toole.
Name the winner of the 1963 Academy Award for Best Picture.
a. America America
b. Tom Jones
c. Cleopatra
d. How the West Was Won
Tom Jones - Tom Jones won four Academy Awards including Best Director for Tony Richardson.
Name the winner of the 1964 Academy Award for Best Picture.
a. Becket
b. Mary Poppins
c. My Fair Lady
d. Zorba the Greek
My Fair Lady - My Fair Lady won eight Academy Awards including Best Actor for Rex Harrison.
Name the winner of the 1965 Academy Award for Best Picture.
a. A Thousand Clowns
b. The Sound of Music
c. Ship of Fools
d. Doctor Zhivago
The Sound of Music - The Sound of Music won five Academy Awards including Best Director for Robert Wise.
Name the winner of the 1966 Academy Award for Best Picture.
a. The Sand Pebbles
b. Alfie
c. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
d. A Man for All Seasons
A Man for All Seasons - A Man for All Seasons won six Academy Awards including Best Actor for Paul Scofield.
Name the winner of the 1967 Academy Award for Best Picture.
a. Doctor Dolittle
b. Bonnie and Clyde
c. In the Heat of the Night
d. The Graduate
In the Heat of the Night - In the Heat of the Night won five Academy Awards including Best Actor for Rod Steiger.
Name the winner of the 1968 Academy Award for Best Picture.
a. Romeo and Juliet
b. Funny Girl
c. The Lion in Winter
d. Oliver!
Oliver! - Oliver! won six Academy Awards including Best Director for Carol Reed.
Name the winner of the 1969 Academy Award for Best Picture.
a. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
b. Midnight Cowboy
c. Anne of the Thousand Days
d. Hello, Dolly!
Midnight Cowboy - Midnight Cowboy won three Academy Awards including Best Director for John Schlesinger.
Name the winner of the 1970 Academy Award for Best Picture.
a. Patton
b. M*A*S*H
c. Love Story
d. Airport
Patton - Patton won seven Academy Awards including Best Director for Franklin J. Schaffner.
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