Statistics for Great Moments in Oscar History

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Year	Event	Answer	% Correct
1940	Hattie McDaniel became the first African-American to win an Oscar, as Supporting Actress in this film.	Gone With the Wind	91%
1998	Upon winning Best Director, he notoriously proclaimed he was "king of the world."	James Cameron	84%
1982	She won a record-setting fourth Best Actress award for her role in On Golden Pond.	Katharine Hepburn	84%
1973	This actor boycotted the ceremony and sent Susan Littlefeather to explain why he would not be accepting his his Best Actor award.	Marlon Brando	83%
1981	The ceremony was postponed a day due to the assassination attempt on this United States President — and former Screen Actors Guild President.	Ronald Reagan	83%
1954	William Holden gave the shortest-ever acceptance speech, saying only these two words.	Thank you	81%
1975	This became the first sequel ever to win Best Picture, its predecessor having won two years prior.	The Godfather Part II	78%
1969	Stanley Kubrick won his only Oscar for the Visual Effects of this movie.	2001: A Space Odyssey	77%
1964	This actor became the first African-American to win Best Actor, for Lilies of the Field.	Sidney Poitier	77%
2010	Kathryn Bigelow became the first (and as of 2017, only) woman to win this award.	Best Director	75%
2009	This actor was posthumously awarded Best Supporting Actor, the first Academy Award for a performance as a super-villain.	Heath Ledger	75%
2003	This was the first musical to win Best Picture since Oliver! in 1969.	Chicago	74%
1992	This Disney movie became the first animated film to be nominated for Best Picture.	Beauty and the Beast	72%
1994	This film became the first (mostly) black and white movie to win Best Picture since 1961.	Schindler's List	70%
2012	This film became the first (mostly) silent film to win Best Picture since 1929.	The Artist	70%
2004	This film won all 11 awards it was nominated for, becoming the first sequel to win Best Picture without any of its predecessors winning the award first.	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	70%
1978	This actor hosted (or co-hosted) the ceremony for the 19th and final time, by far more than any other host.	Bob Hope	67%
1942	This film, considered by many the greatest ever made, loses Best Picture to How Green Was My Valley.	Citizen Kane	67%
1990	This actor and comedian hosted the ceremony for the first of (as of 2017) nine times.	Billy Crystal	65%
1974	The ceremony was interrupted by one of these, leading host David Niven to quip "The only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping off and showing his shortcomings."	A streaker	64%
1992		The Silence of the Lambs	64%
1929	This film won the very first award for Outstanding Picture (later known as Best Picture.)	Wings	64%
2017	Due to an envelope mix-up, La La Land was mistakenly announced as the winner of Best Picture, rather than this movie that actually won.	Moonlight	62%
2014	While introducing the song "Let It Go" from Frozen, this actor mispronounced singer Idina Menzel's name as "Adele Dazeem."	John Travolta	61%
1970	This film became the only X-rated Best Picture winner, though its rating would be changed to "R" the following year.	Midnight Cowboy	58%
1939	This film's creator received an Honorary Academy Award — one regular-sized statuette and seven miniature ones.	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	55%
1976		One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	52%
1936	These three movies swept the "big five" awards (Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, and Screenplay.)	It Happened One Night	45%
2002	This film became the first to win the brand-new Best Animated Feature award.	Shrek	36%
1941	This accounting firm is first hired to count the ballots and keep the results confidential.	Price Waterhouse	32%
2013	This host caused controversy during his opening monologue by singing a song about seeing various actresses topless.	Seth MacFarlane	28%