Which 2003 film won all 11 Oscars it was nominated for, tying the all-time record?

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Oscar Winners Quiz: Best Picture, Records and the 2026 Oscars

This Oscar winners quiz runs from Wings, the first Best Picture, to The Return of the King, Parasite and the 2026 ceremony won by One Battle After Another, with questions on Kathryn Bigelow, Meryl Streep and Sinners. Ten questions, 90 seconds.

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2026 Oscars
Which film won Best Picture at the 98th Academy Awards in March 2026?
History
Which film won the very first top award at the Academy Awards in 1929?
Records
Which 2003 film won all 11 Oscars it was nominated for, tying the all-time record?
Actors
Who is the only actor to win three Oscars for Best Actor in a leading role?
Milestones
Which South Korean film became the first non-English-language Best Picture winner in 2020?
Milestones
Who became the first woman to win the Oscar for Best Director, in 2010?
Records
Which actress holds the record for the most acting nominations, with 21?
2026 Oscars
Jessie Buckley won Best Actress in 2026 for playing Agnes in which film?
Records
Which film set a new record with 16 Oscar nominations in 2026?
Hosts
Who hosted the Academy Awards a record 19 times?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which film won Best Picture at the 98th Academy Awards in March 2026?
Answer: One Battle After Another
Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another won six Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director. It was Anderson's first Oscar win after many nominations.
Q2: Which film won the very first top award at the Academy Awards in 1929?
Answer: Wings
Wings, a silent film about World War I fighter pilots, won Outstanding Picture at the first ceremony in May 1929. The whole event lasted about 15 minutes.
Q3: Which 2003 film won all 11 Oscars it was nominated for, tying the all-time record?
Answer: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Return of the King tied Ben-Hur and Titanic with 11 Oscars and is the only one of the three to win every category it was nominated in. It was also the first fantasy film to win Best Picture.
Q4: Who is the only actor to win three Oscars for Best Actor in a leading role?
Answer: Daniel Day-Lewis
Daniel Day-Lewis won for My Left Foot, There Will Be Blood and Lincoln. Jack Nicholson also won three acting Oscars, but one was for a supporting role.
Q5: Which South Korean film became the first non-English-language Best Picture winner in 2020?
Answer: Parasite
Bong Joon-ho's Parasite won four Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best International Feature. It had already won the Palme d'Or at Cannes.
Q6: Who became the first woman to win the Oscar for Best Director, in 2010?
Answer: Kathryn Bigelow
Kathryn Bigelow won for The Hurt Locker, which also won Best Picture. Chloé Zhao and Jane Campion later became the second and third women to win the award.
Q7: Which actress holds the record for the most acting nominations, with 21?
Answer: Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep has 21 acting nominations and three wins, for Kramer vs. Kramer, Sophie's Choice and The Iron Lady. Katharine Hepburn holds the record for wins, with four.
Q8: Jessie Buckley won Best Actress in 2026 for playing Agnes in which film?
Answer: Hamnet
Hamnet, directed by Chloé Zhao, is based on Maggie O'Farrell's novel about the family of William Shakespeare. Jessie Buckley plays Agnes, Shakespeare's wife.
Q9: Which film set a new record with 16 Oscar nominations in 2026?
Answer: Sinners
Ryan Coogler's Sinners passed the old record of 14 nominations shared by All About Eve, Titanic and La La Land. It won four Oscars, including Best Actor for Michael B. Jordan.
Q10: Who hosted the Academy Awards a record 19 times?
Answer: Bob Hope
Bob Hope hosted the ceremony 19 times between 1940 and 1978, often joking that he never won an Oscar himself. Billy Crystal is second, with nine.

Oscar Winners Quiz – Nearly a Century of Academy Awards

The Academy Awards began in 1929 as a short dinner at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, with winners announced months in advance. Today the Oscars are the most famous film awards in the world, watched by millions and debated for weeks before and after the ceremony. Winning one can change an actor's career and bring a small film to a huge new audience.

Every year the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which has around 10,000 voting members, picks winners in more than 20 categories. Best Picture gets the most attention, but awards for acting, directing, writing and craft categories such as editing and cinematography often tell the more interesting stories.

The history of the Oscars is full of records and firsts. Three films share the record of 11 wins, one actress has 21 acting nominations and it took 82 years for a woman to win Best Director. In 2020, Parasite showed that a film in another language could win the top prize.

The 2026 ceremony was one of the most watched races in years. Sinners broke the all-time record for nominations, but One Battle After Another took Best Picture, while Michael B. Jordan and Jessie Buckley won the lead acting awards.

This quiz moves from the first ceremony to the latest one, testing both classic film history and recent winners.

What This Quiz Teaches

This quiz is made for film fans, award-season watchers and anyone who enjoys debating who should have won.

Which film won Best Picture at the 2026 Oscars
Which film took home the very first Academy Award
Which films share the record for most wins
Who made history in acting and directing categories
How Parasite and Sinners broke records
Who hosted the ceremony most often

Quick Facts About the Oscars

The Oscar statuette is 13.5 inches tall and weighs about 8.5 pounds.
During World War II, Oscars were made of painted plaster because of metal shortages.
Walt Disney won 22 competitive Oscars, more than any other person.
The youngest competitive winner was Tatum O'Neal, who was 10 when she won for Paper Moon.
Best Casting was presented as a new competitive category for the first time in 2026.
Ben-Hur (1959) was the first film to win 11 Oscars.