Who won two Oscars in the same year for the same performance in the same film? - Harold Russell, a disabled WWII veteran. The Academy Governors, not knowing the outcome of the Best Supporting Actor race in 1946, presented a special Oscar to him for "bringing hope and courage to his fellow veterans through his appearance in "The Best Years of Our Lives." Later in the evening he also won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for the same performance.

What famous actors won their first Oscars as directors rather than as performers? - Woody Allen, 1977, "Annie Hall" Robert Redford, 1980, "Ordinary People" Warren Beatty, 1981, "Reds" Kevin Costner, 1990, "Dances With Wolves" Clint Eastwood, 1992, "Unforgiven"

Name three performers to win Oscars for non-English language performances? - Sophia Loren, speaking Italian, won the Best Actress Oscar in 1961 for "Two Women"; Robert De Niro, speaking Italian, won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1974 for "The Godfather Part II"; and Marlee Matlin, signing American Sign Language, won the Best Actress Oscar in 1986 for "Children of a Lesser God".

What Academy record does the 1972 film "Cabaret" hold? - It won the most Academy Awards (8) of any picture which did not receive the Best Picture Oscar.

Who are the only brother and sister to win acting Oscars? - Lionel Barrymore, 1930/31, for "A Free Soul" and Ethel Barrymore, 1944, for "None but the Lonely Heart".

Who was the youngest performer to win the Best Actress Oscar? - In 1986, Marlee Matlin, at 21 years, 218 days old, broke the record set by the very first Best Actress winner, Janet Gaynor, who in 1929 was 22 years, 222 days old.

Who is the oldest Best Actress winner? - Jessica Tandy in 1989 for "Driving Miss Daisy" was 80 years, 293 days old.

1987's "The Last Emperor" tied a record set 29 years earlier. Which one? - It tied with "Gigi" (1958) as films winning the most Oscars (9) while winning all their nominations.

What film holds the record for most Best Actor nominations? - "Mutiny on the Bounty" (1935) with three Best Actor nominations: Clark Gable, Charles Laughton and Franchot Tone. Tone's performance technically was a supporting role, but the Supporting Actor category wasn't created until the following year, in 1936.

Who was nominated as producer, director, actor and screenwriter in a single year? - Orson Welles, 1941, for "Citizen Kane".

What individual has received the most directing nominations? - William Wyler, with 12. Billy Wilder received 8 nominations.

What is the only silent film to win a Best Picture Oscar? - "Wings" (1927/28), the first Best Picture winner.

What is the first movie in color to win a Best Picture Oscar? - "Gone With the Wind" (1939).

What year were two Oscars given for Best Director? - In 1961, when Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins were co-directors of "West Side Story".

Name the only performer to win an Oscar for playing a member of the opposite sex? - Linda Hunt for "The Year of Living Dangerously" (1983).

Who's the all-time Oscar champ? - Walt Disney Before his death in 1966 he personally collected 26 Academy Awards. Since then, of course, his studio has collected many more.

Can an actor receive more than one acting nomination in the same year? - Yes, but only for two performances in different films and in different categories. Under current Academy rules, one may not have two leading or two supporting nominations in the same year or two acting nominations in the same film, but in 1944 the rules permitted Barry Fitzgerald to be nominated for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor for "Going My Way."

Who was the first performer to win consecutive Oscars? - Luise Rainer, named Best Actress in 1936 and 1937 for "The Great Ziegfeld" and "The Good Earth." Spencer Tracy, who was named Best Actor in 1937 for "Captains Courageous" won again the following year for "Boys Town." It didn't happen again until Katharine Hepburn won back to back Oscars in 1967 and 1968 for "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" and "The Lion in Winter" and then again nine years later when Jason Robards won Best Supporting Actor Oscars in 1976 for "All the President's Men" and in 1977 for "Julia." Then in 1993, Tom Hanks was named Best Actor for "Philadelphia" and won again in 1994 for "Forrest Gump."

Name the only actor ever nominated for an Oscar twice after his death. - James Dean, who died before the nominations for 1955, was nominated for Best Actor in 1955 for "East of Eden" and in 1956 for "Giant."

Name the movie that had to wait 20 years to win an Oscar. - Charlie Chaplin's 1952 film "Limelight" won the Oscar for Best Original Dramatic Score of 1972. Pictures qualify for the Awards by playing a regular engagement in a theater in Los Angeles County. Since "Limelight" didn't play in Los Angeles until 1972, it wasn't eligible until then. (Current rules eliminate films more than 2 years old from consideration.)

Only three westerns have been named Best Picture. Name them. - "Cimarron" (1931), "Dances with Wolves" (1990) and "Unforgiven" (1992)

Which 2 pairs of sisters have competed against each other for the Oscar? - Joan Fontaine won out over her sister Olivia de Havilland for Best Actress of 1941 for her performance in "Suspicion." (De Havilland had been nominated for her work in "Hold Back the Dawn.") A quarter of a century later in 1966, the Redgrave sisters competed against each other: Lynn for "Georgy Girl" and Vanessa for "Morgan." Neither received the Oscar.

Has anyone ever directed himself to an Oscar? - Laurence Olivier, who was named Best Actor in 1948 for "Hamlet," also directed the film.

Who is the youngest performer to win a competitive Oscar? - Tatum O'Neal was ten when she was voted a Supporting Actress Oscar for "Paper Moon" (1973). Shirley Temple was 5 when she received the Honorary Juvenile Award voted by the Academy's Board of Governors. In 1994 Anna Paquin was 11 when she received the Supporting Actress award for "The Piano" (1993).

Name the first remake of a film to win an Oscar as Best Picture. - The story of "Mutiny on the Bounty" (1935) had been told in 1933 as "In the Wake of the Bounty" starring Errol Flynn.

Has there ever been a tie for Best Actor? Name the film and year. - Katharine Hepburn in "The Lion in Winter" tied with Barbra Streisand in "Funny Girl" for Best Actress of 1968. In 1931/32 Frederic March in "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and Wallace Beery in "The Champ" were co- winners, though not precisely tied in the voting. Early rules permitted nominees within three votes of each other to be declared co-winners.

Who holds the record for most Supporting Actor Oscars? - Walter Brennan with three: for "Come and Get It" (1936), "Kentucky" (1938) and "The Westerner" (1940).

Who has directed both his father and his daughter to Academy Awards? - Walter Huston was Best Supporting Actor of 1948 for "The Treasure of Sierra Madre," directed by his son John Huston. Thirty-seven years later, John Huston directed "Prizzi's Honor" for which his daughter Anjelica was named Best Supporting Actress.

Which 3 performers won Oscars for playing characters who never spoke? - (We're not counting silent films here) Jane Wyman won a 1948 Best Actress Oscar for playing a deaf-mute in "Johnny Belinda" and Sir John Mills won the 1970 Supporting Actor Oscar for playing a village idiot who never spoke a word in "Ryan's Daughter," and Holly Hunter won Best Actress for "The Piano" (1993). (Marlee Matlin DID speak at one point in "Children of a Lesser God.")

Which films had their entire casts nominated for acting awards? - "Sleuth," for which stars Michael Caine and Laurence Olivier received Best Actor nominations in 1972, and "Give 'Em Hell Harry!" which brought James Whitmore a Leading Actor nomination in 1975 for the filmed version of the one-man stage show. (For "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" in 1966, the entire speaking cast was nominated -- Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Sandy Dennis and George Segal.)

Name 3 actresses who used sign language in their acceptance speeches. - Louise Fletcher, who won the 1975 Best Actress Oscar for her work in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" used sign language to thank her deaf parents who were watching at home. Jane Fonda used sign language in accepting her 1978 Best Actress award for "Coming Home." And hearing- impaired actress Marlee Matlin of "Children of a Lesser God" thanked the Academy by signing after her victory in 1987.

What performer has received the most nominations? - Katharine Hepburn has been nominated 12 times. With 4 Oscars, she has also won more than any other performer.

When did the Academy abandon the phrase, "And the winner is..."? - The change to "And the Oscar goes to..." was made in 1988 for the 61st Academy Awards Presentation. However, the words "And the winner is..." were still used for the presentation of the animation awards that year, since the change was made after the voiceovers for animated presenters had been recorded.

Which actors won Oscars playing the same character on the screen? - Marlon Brando played Vito Corleone in "The Godfather" in 1972. Two years later, Robert De Niro won for Best Supporting Actor playing the young Vito in "The Godfather Part II."

Who received the first Academy Award? - Although the first Awards presentation ceremony was held on May 19, 1929, Best Actor winner Emil Jannings was presented his award in advance of the dinner, since he was leaving for Europe. He thus became the first Academy Award recipient.