Statistics for Academy Awards Quiz

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Film which gave Steven Spielberg his first Best Director Award	Schindlers List	77%
Hollywood's Leading Lady with 4 Best Actress Wins	Katharine Hepburn	72%
1976 film won Best Picture & Best Director, spawned a million sequels, but no Oscar for composer Bill Conti's iconic theme tune.	Rocky	66%
First (and prior to 2012), only Silent Film to win Best Picture	Wings	62%
First animated film to be nominated for Best Picture	Beauty and the Beast	60%
	The Silence of the Lambs	58%
	Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)	57%
5 times nominated and 3 times Best Actor	Daniel Day-Lewis	56%
As of 2015 this composer has been nominated for 50 Awards	John Williams	51%
First woman to win Best Director after 82 years	Kathryn Bigelow	50%
	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	50%
Famously climbed onto the seats when winning Best Actor in 1999	Roberto Benigni	50%
Film which gave "The Duke" his only Oscar	True Grit	50%
Only 3 films to win all the "Big Five" awards	It Happened One Night	48%
Won more little statue's than anyone else	Walt Disney	48%
Hosted the Ceremony a record 19 times between 1940 & 1978	Bob Hope	46%
Dad won an Oscar, Daughter didn't for this 1981 movie	On Golden Pond	44%
Only 2 Actors have won awards postumously, name them?	Peter Finch (Network)	41%
1980 Musical & winner of Best Original Score & Best Song	Fame	13%
1984 Ceremony ended with a musical tribute to this Songstress	Ethel Merman	3%
And can you name the song performed ?	Theres No Business Like Show Business	3%