Memorize these and you could recognize 17.7% of all The Oscars clues.
| # | Answer | Appearances | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forrest Gump | 7 | In 1995 this Tom Hanks film received 13 Oscar nominations including Best Actor & Best Picture |
| 2 | Woody Allen | 6 | "Annie Hall" is the only film directed by him to have won an Oscar for Best Picture |
| 3 | The French Connection | 6 | "Roman Holiday","American Graffiti","The French Connection" |
| 4 | Slumdog Millionaire | 6 | This film's 8 Oscars included one for original song "Jai Ho" |
| 5 | Michael Douglas | 6 | He was an Oscar-winning producer before he won an acting Oscar for his performance in "Wall Street" |
| 6 | Meryl Streep | 6 | The 3rd most nominated actress ever, she received her 9th Oscar nomination in 1991 |
| 7 | Emma Thompson | 6 | She had the "Sense and Sensibility" to win an Oscar for her screenplay adapted from Jane Austen's novel |
| 8 | Rocky | 6 | A burly title underdog prizefighter |
| 9 | Midnight Cowboy | 5 | Featuring characters Joe Buck & Ratso Rizzo, it's the only X-rated film to win Best Picture |
| 10 | It Happened One Night | 5 | 1934:Clark Gable for this romantic comedy |
| 11 | Gone with the Wind | 5 | Only Pulitzer Prize-winning novels to become Oscar-winning “Best Pictures” are “All The King's Men” & this one |
| 12 | Clint Eastwood | 5 | He sported a snazzy red leather bow tie when he grabbed a fistful of Oscars for "Unforgiven" |
| 13 | Amadeus | 5 | Emperor Joseph II, Antonio Salieri |
| 14 | The Silence of the Lambs | 5 | This 1991 "Best Picture" winner starring Jodie Foster was the first to appear on home video prior to its win |
| 15 | Whoopi Goldberg | 4 | Her Oscar for playing a medium in "Ghost" was the 1st won by a Black actress since 1939 |
| 16 | Vivien Leigh | 4 | British actress who won Oscars for playing Southern women in 2 different films |
| 17 | Tatum O'Neal | 4 | Youngest person to win a regular Oscar was this 10-year-old for Best Supporting Actress in "Paper Moon" |
| 18 | Spencer Tracy | 4 | In 1937 & '38, he became only man to win Best Actor Oscar in consecutive years |
| 19 | Sally Field | 4 | Norma Rae |
| 20 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | 4 | Michael Douglas won for producing this 1975 film that swept all 5 major Oscar categories |
| 21 | On the Waterfront | 4 | Eva Marie Saint was 1954's Best Supporting Actress for her movie debut in this Marlon Brando classic |
| 22 | Kramer vs. Kramer | 4 | Youngest Supporting Actor nominee:Justin Henry for this 1979 tale of a custody battle |
| 23 | Jessica Lange | 4 | She could hired a "Blue Sky" writer to announce her Best Actress win |
| 24 | Jack Palance | 4 | He's the only actor we know who ever accepted an Oscar by doing 1-handed push-ups |
| 25 | Daniel Day-Lewis | 4 | The son of a British Poet Laureate, he won a Best Actor Oscar for his role in "My Left Foot" |
| 26 | Dances with Wolves | 4 | 1990's Best Picture, it became only the 2nd western to win that award |
| 27 | Cyrano de Bergerac | 4 | Jose Ferrer & Gerard Depardieu were nominated for this title role 40 years apart; Ferrer won |
| 28 | Crash | 4 | This film broke the back of expectations by taking the award for Best Picture |
| 29 | Casablanca | 4 | Hal Wallis was nominated for producing an amazing 19 times, but won only once--for this 1942 Bogart classic |
| 30 | both | 4 | Rita Moreno |
| 31 | Anthony Hopkins | 4 | The Academy showed good "taste" in giving him a "Best Actor" Oscar for "The Silence of the Lambs" |
| 32 | Al Pacino | 4 | This actor received 2 Oscar nominations for playing the same role in 2 "Godfather" films |
| 33 | Adrien Brody | 4 | Some guys have all the luck: he not only won for Best Actor, he got to kiss his presenter, Halle Berry |
| 34 | A Beautiful Mind | 4 | 2001:Akiva Goldsman for this biography of a schizophrenic math genius |
| 35 | Sophia Loren | 4 | Of the 2 women to win acting awards for 1961, she was the Italian |
| 36 | Walt Disney | 4 | His Oscar in 1932 wasn't for building a better mousetrap but a better mouse |
| 37 | Marlon Brando | 4 | Bette Davis presented him with a "Best Actor" award for "On The Waterfront", & he accepted it |
| 38 | wood | 3 | Appropriately, the statuette presented to Edgar Bergen was made out of this |
| 39 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | 3 | The last Oscar for cinematography in B & W went to this '66 film based on an Edward Albee play |
| 40 | Warren Beatty | 3 | The Oscars were held on this actor's 55th birthday, & his film "Bugsy" won 2 awards |
| 41 | Tommy Lee Jones | 3 | When he won his Best Supporting Actor Oscar for "The Fugitive", his head was shaved for his role as Ty Cobb |
| 42 | The Picture of Dorian Gray | 3 | Basil Hallward was the character who produced this title object |
| 43 | The Lost Weekend | 3 | Alcoholic Ray Milland is reminded that "One's too many and a hundred's not enough" in this film |
| 44 | The Fighter | 3 | "Irish" Micky Ward, known to turn southpaw on occasion |
| 45 | The English Patient | 3 | 1996:What they don't realize is that Ralph Fiennes' character is really Hungarian |
| 46 | The Departed | 3 | It not only won Best Picture, it also earned Martin Scorsese his long-awaited Best Director Oscar |
| 47 | Shakespeare in Love | 3 | "Shane","Shine","Shakespeare in Love" |
| 48 | Schindler's List | 3 | Liam Neeson,1993 |
| 49 | Rex Harrison | 3 | Rachel Roberts & this actor, her husband at the time, were both nominated for 1963 Oscars; neither won |
| 50 | Peter O'Toole | 3 | This Irish-born actor has received 7 "Best Actor" nominations without winning an Oscar |