Oscar Quiz: Which film won the most Oscars?

The record of 11 wins is shared by “Ben-Hur” (1959), “Titanic” (1997) and “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (2003), all of which won Oscars for the Best Picture. The only other film to notch double digits wins is the musical classic “West Side Story” (1961) with 10. “Gandhi” (1982) and “Slumdog Millionaire” (2012) won eight Oscars each.

2. How many Oscars did Alfred Hitchcock win for Best Director?

None. Arguably the greatest director in all of film history never won the directing prize, despite his first Hollywood picture “Rebecca” (1940) winning an Oscar for the Best Picture.

3. How did Richard Attenborough make up to Steven Spielberg?

When Richard Attenborough’s biopic “Gandhi” won Best Picture over Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial” (1982), Attenborough admitted that “E.T.” was the better movie. He made up by agreeing to star as the theme park owner in “Jurassic Park” (1993).

4. Who directed his own father and daughter to an Oscar?

John Huston directed his father Walter Huston to an Oscar for “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre” (1948), for which he also won Best Director. He later directed his daughter Anjelica Huston to an Oscar for “Prizzi’s Honor” (1985).

5. Which director has won the most Oscars?

John Ford has won Best Director four times for “The Informer” (1935), “The Grapes of Wrath” (1940), “How Green Was My Valley” (1941) and “The Quiet Man” (1952).

6. Who was the first African American to win Best Actor?

Sidney Poitier made history as the first African American to win Best Actor for “Lilies of the Field” (1963).

7. Who has won Best Actress the most?

Katharine Hepburn won Best Actress a whopping four times for “Morning Glory” (1933), “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” (1967), “The Lion in Winter” (1968) and “On Golden Pond” (1981), though ironically not for her four best movies: “Bringing Up Baby” (1938), “The Philadelphia Story” (1940), “Adam’s Rib” (1949) and “The African Queen” (1951).

Meryl Streep has three Oscars: Best Supporting Actress for “Kramer vs. Kramer” (1979) and Best Actress for both “Sophie’s Choice” (1982) and “The Iron Lady” (2011).

8. Who has the most Oscar wins and nominations?

Walt Disney leads the all-time list with 22 wins and 59 nominations for his array of cartoon shorts, animated features and nature documentaries.

9. Which films earned the most Oscar nominations?

“All About Eve” (1950), “Titanic” (1997) and “La La Land” (2016) are tied for the most total nominations with 14 each. “All About Eve” ultimately won six, “Titanic” ultimately won 11, and “La La Land” ultimately won six.

10. Which three films are the only to win the Big Five Oscars?

“It Happened One Night” (1934), “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” (1975) and “The Silence of the Lambs” (1991) stand atop the Oscar mountain as the only three films to ever win Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director and Best Screenplay.