DONALD CLARKE'sWeekly Movie Quiz

1What takes place on Sunday night in the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles?

2Which actor holds the record for most Oscar acting nominations without actually winning?

3Which of this year's acting nominees could equal a record achieved by only Spencer Tracy and Tom Hanks?

4What distinguishes the directors of West Side Storyand No Country for Old Menfrom all other winners of the best director Oscar?

5What links Marion Cotillard, Roberto Begnini and Sophia Loren?

6What, in Oscar terms, links Give 'Em Hell Harry, Sleuthand Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

7In order: Lawrence of Arabia, Gone with the Wind(pictured) , Ben Hur, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.What are we talking about?

8What was the last film to win best picture without receiving a nomination for best director?

9What was the last black-and-white film to be nominated for best picture?

10Which film won an Oscar 20 years after it was made?

Answers

1.The Oscars ceremony

2.Peter O'Toole (eight nominations)

3.Jeff Bridges (back-to-back winners of the best actor Oscar)

4.The only duos to receive that prize

5.The only actors to win Oscars for foreign-language films

6.Films whose entire casts were nominated for Oscars (James Whitmore; Michael Caine and Laurence Olivier; Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal and Sandy Dennis)

7.Longest winners of best picture. (Though some pundits argue that Gone with the Windis longer than Lawrence of Arabia.)

8. Driving Miss Daisy(directed by Bruce Beresford)

9. Good Night, and Good Luck

10.Charlie Chaplin's Limelight. The 1952 film initially received no release in Los Angeles, so was ineligible until its rerelease in 1972. It won best original score.