At 22, Jennifer Lawrence would become the second-youngest best actress winner at the Oscars.
The Academy Awards are tonight, and I'll be watching along with the rest of you, as well as live-tweeting (tulsaworld.com/michaelsmithtw).
To get you ready for the star-gazing, here's my Oscar quiz, with questions inspired by this year's candidates but incorporating decades of Oscar history.
If you're throwing a party, perhaps you can use these brain-teasers to give away party prizes - someone should go home with a trophy this Sunday.
Look for the answers below.
1. Adele's best song nominee "Skyfall" would be the first theme song from a James Bond movie to win an Oscar since ...
a. "Goldfinger"
b. "Live and Let Die"
c. "Nobody Does It Better" from "The Spy Who Loved Me"
d. "For Your Eyes Only"
e. Never. "Skyfall" would be the first 007 winner for best song.
2. True or false: If Daniel Day-Lewis wins best actor for "Lincoln," he would be the first performer to win an Oscar for appearing in a film directed by Steven Spielberg.
3. If Anne Hathaway wins best supporting actress for "Les Miserables," she would continue a long tradition of women winning Oscars for playing, ahem, prostitutes. Name the actress who did not win an Oscar for a loose-woman portrayal.
a. Donna Reed
b. Shirley Jones
c. Sissy Spacek
d. Jane Fonda
4. Seven of this year's nominees for best picture were released in November or December. Which of this year's nominees was the only one to first show up in theaters last summer?
a. "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
b. "Argo"
c. "Lincoln"
d. "Amour"
5. John Williams, best known as the composer of Steven Spielberg's films, including "Lincoln," has been nominated for 48 Academy Awards. Name the only person nominated for more Oscars.
a. Alfred Hitchcock
b. Walt Disney
c. Woody Allen
d. Bugs Bunny
6. If Jennifer Lawrence wins best actress at 22 years old, she would be the second-youngest winner in this category, behind Marlee Matlin, who was 21 when she was honored for her work in "Children of a Lesser God." Matlin is also the only acting winner to perform in what language?
7. With Roman Coppola's screenwriting nomination for "Moonrise Kingdom," he becomes the sixth member of the Coppola extended family to be nominated for an Academy Award. From the following past nominees, name the only member of the Coppola family who has not won an Oscar.
a. Francis Ford Coppola
b. Carmine Coppola
c. Talia Shire
d. Nicolas Cage
e. Sofia Coppola
8 "Argo" is rated R. "Lincoln" is rated PG-13. Six of the last seven best-picture winners have been rated R. Name the exception from the winners below.
a. "Crash"
b. "Slumdog Millionaire"
c. "The King's Speech"
d. "The Artist"
9. George Clooney is nominated for best picture as one of the producers of "Argo." Name his "Argo" producing partner who joined Clooney in visiting Oklahoma last fall for the filming of their next movie, "August: Osage County."
a. Brad Pitt
b. Julia Roberts
c. Grant Heslov
d. Harvey Weinstein
10. Clooney has now been nominated for Academy Awards for best picture ("Argo"), directing ("Good Night, and Good Luck"), screenplay ("The Ides of March") and acting ("The Descendants," among others). Who is the only other man nominated in these four categories in his career?
a. Robert Redford
b. Warren Beatty
c. Clint Eastwood
d. Kevin Costner
11. Only two men - Jack Nicholson and Walter Brennan - have won three Academy Awards for acting. Remarkably, three of Sunday night's nominees are going for their third Oscar. From this list, name the 2012 nominee who has not won two Oscars for acting.
a. Robert De Niro
b. Alan Arkin
c. Daniel Day-Lewis
d. Denzel Washington
12. Steven Spielberg is nominated for the eighth time for best picture with "Lincoln." Only one of his films nominated for best picture has won in the past. Name the film.
a. "Jaws"
b. "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial"
c. "Schindler's List"
d. "Saving Private Ryan"
e. "War Horse"
THE OSCAR QUIZ ANSWERS BEGIN BELOW. DON'T PEEK UNTIL YOU'VE FINISHED YOUR QUIZ, AND ENJOY THE ACADEMY AWARDS.
1. e
2. True
3. c
4. a
5. b
6. American Sign Language
7. c
8. d
9. c
10. b
11. b
12. c
