Quiz Questions: Oscar Awards 2019

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Quiz Based on Oscar Awards 2019

The Academy Awards are presented annually in February for the artistic achievements of the previous year. Here is a quiz based on Oscar Award 2019 on Current Affairs to let you assess your Current Affairs Knowledge. These questions are useful for any and every kind of exam.

Q1. Who won the Academy Awards (Oscar) for Best actor in 2019?

Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody)

Christian Bale (Vice)

Viggo Mortensen (Green Book)

Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born)

Willem Dafoe (At Eternity’s Gate)

Solution:

Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody) won the Academy Awards (Oscar) for Best actor in 2019

Q2. Who won the Academy Awards for Best actress in 2019?

Glenn Close (The Wife)

Lady Gaga (A Star Is Born)

Olivia Colman (The Favourite)

Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)

Yalitza Aparicio (Roma)

Solution:

Olivia Colman (The Favourite) won the Academy Awards for Best actress in 2019.

Q3. How much does an Academy Award weigh?

8.5 pounds

6 pounds

15 pounds

3.5 pounds

12.5 pounds

Solution:

An Oscar weighs about 8.5 pounds.

Q4. Who won the Academy Awards for Best director in 2019?

Alfonso Cuarón (Roma)

Adam McKay (Vice)

Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favourite)

Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman)

Pawel Pawlikowski (Cold War)

Solution:

Alfonso Cuarón (Roma) won the Academy Awards for Best director in 2019.

Q5. Who among the following has hosted the most Academy Awards?

Jon Stewart

Ellen Degeneres

Hugh Jackman

Bob Hope

Chris Rock

Solution:

Bob Hope hosted the Academy Awards a record 19 times.

Q6. Which of the following film won the Academy Awards for Best picture in 2019?

Black Panther

Bohemian Rhapsody

The Favourite

Green Book

Roma

Solution:

Green book won the Academy Awards for Best picture in 2019.

Q7. Which of the following film won the Academy Awards for Best foreign language film in 2019?

Roma (Mexico)

Cold War (Poland)

Shoplifters (Japan)

Capernaum (Lebanon)

Never Look Away (Germany)

Solution:

Roma (Mexico) won the Academy Awards for Best foreign language film in 2019.

Q8. Who won the Academy Awards for Best supporting actor in 2019?

Richard E Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)

Sam Elliott (A Star Is Born)

Adam Driver (BlacKkKlansman)

Sam Rockwell (Vice)

Mahershala Ali (Green Book)

Solution:

Mahershala Ali (Green Book) won the Academy Awards for Best supporting actor in 2019.

Q9. Which of the following film won the first Academy Award for Best Picture?

The Broadway Melody

Sunrise

Wings

Smile

Fire

Solution:

Wings (1927), a silent movie about fighter pilots during World War I, won the first Academy Award for Best Picture.

Q10. Who won the Academy Awards for Best supporting actress in 2019?

Emma Stone (The Favourite)

Rachel Weisz (The Favourite)

Amy Adams (Vice)

Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk)

Marina De Tavira (Roma)

Solution:

Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk) won the Academy Awards for Best supporting actress in 2019.

Q11. Which of the following documentary won the Academy Awards for Best documentary in 2019?

Free Solo

Minding the Gap

RBG

Hale County This Morning, This Evening

Of Fathers and Sons

Solution:

Free Solo documentary won the Academy Awards for Best documentary in 2019.

Q12. Which of the following short documentary won the Academy Awards for Best documentary (short) in 2019?

Black Sheep

End Game

Lifeboat

Period. End of Sentence.

A Night at the Garden

Solution:

‘Period. End of Sentence’ short documentary won the Academy Awards for Best documentary (short) in 2019.

Q13. Which of the following song won the Academy Awards for Best original song in 2019?

All the Stars (Black Panther)

Shallow (A Star Is Born)

I’ll Fight (RBG)

The Place Where Lost Things Go (Mary Poppins Returns)

When a Cowboy Trades his Spurs for Wings (The Ballad of Buster Scruggs)

Solution:

Shallow (A Star Is Born) song won the Academy Awards for Best original song in 2019.

Q14. In which of the following year the first Academy Awards ceremony was held?

1921

1905

1931

1953

1929

Solution:

The 1st Academy Awards were presented on May 16, 1929, at a private dinner held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Tickets cost $5 and fewer than 250 people attended. The ceremony lasted only 15 minutes.

Q15. What are the statuettes made of?

pure gold

pure silver and copper

platinum plated in gold

a metal alloy plated in copper, silver and gold

a non-metal alloy plated in silver and gold

Solution:

The statuettes are not made of pure gold or silver. These are made of a metal alloy plated in copper, silver and gold.