The Golden Age of Hollywood-Awards Season Edition

It’s been a while since we challenged your knowledge of the Golden Age of Hollywood that brought cinema and music to the great attention of people around the globe.  With awards season in full swing, it’s fun to remember some of the iconic films and people that made history.  We have 10 questions for our readers and the answers are at the end of the quiz!

1)  Which movie won “Best Musical Score” in 1942?

a) Holiday Inn
b) Yankee Doodle Dandy
c) My Gal Sal
d) Flying with Music

2)  What famous Hollywood couple were both nominated in 1939 for Best Actor and Best Actress?

a) Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall
b) Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn
c)  Sir Lawrence Olivier and Vivien Leigh
d)  Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth

3)  How many Academy Award nominations did Alfred Hitchcock have? 

a) 3
b) 5
c) 7
d) 2

4)  This costume designer holds the most Academy Awards for dressing some of the biggest stars.

a) Adrian
b) Edith Head
c) Travis Banton
d) Givenchy

5)  When was the first Golden Globe Award Ceremony honoring achievements in filmmaking?

a) 1939
b) 1944
c) 1948
d) 1952

6)  In 1939, this actor was presented with an Academy Juvenile Award.

a) Mickey Rooney
b) Shirley Temple
c) Judy Garland
d) Natalie Wood

7) This actor was nominated for eight Oscars and won two.  His career took off during the Golden Age of Hollywood.

a)  George Raft
b)  James Cagney
c)  Marlon Brando
d)  Jimmy Stewart

8)  The first Academy Award ceremony was held as a banquet in what year? 

a)  1929
b)  1933
c)  1938
d)  1940

9)  What actress did not attend the 1945 Academy Awards when she won “Best Actress.”

a)  Audrey Hepburn
b)  Bette Davis
c)  Katherine Hepburn
d)  Joan Crawford

10)  What film that was originally a Golden Age hit has been remade 4 times to date?

a) Sunset Boulevard
b) A Star is Born
c) Dracula
d) Top Hat

Answers:

1) Yankee Doodle Dandy

2) Sir Laurence Olivier (Wuthering Heights) Vivien Leigh (Gone with the Wind)

3) 5-While nominated, Hitchcock never won the award.

4)  Edith Head won 8 Academy Awards.

5) 1944

6) Judy Garland for her work in The Wizard of Oz

7) Marlon Brando

8) 1929

9) Joan Crawford for her work in Mildred Pierce

10) A Star is Born

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