Quick Oscars Quiz 2021: 8 Fun Academy Awards Questions

Chloé Zhao became the first woman of color to win the best director at the 2021 Academy Awards. She is also the youngest woman to win the award and the second woman to receive it in Oscars history.

Who was the youngest person to win the best director at the Oscars?

The youngest director to receive the Oscar for best director was Damien Chazelle in 2017 for La La Land.

Who was the first Asian to win the best director?

The first Asian to win the best director at the Oscars was Ang Lee for 2005's Brokeback Mountain, making him the first person of color to win the award.

Who was the first woman to win the Oscar for best director?

Kathryn Bigelow is the first woman to have won the Academy Award for best director for 2009's The Hurt Locker.

Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland” won the best picture Sunday, April 25, 2021, at the 93rd Academy Awards.

Which other best picture prizes did it take this year?

Since the beginning of 2021, “Nomadland'' won numerous best film awards - in almost every award ceremony imaginable. Among those is the Alliance of Women Film Journalists, National Society of Film Critics Awards, Gotham Independent Film Awards, San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards, Online Film Critics Society Awards, Toronto Film Critics Association, Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards, Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association, Satellite Awards, Seattle Film Critics Society, and the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards, as well as the Golden Globe Awards, Critics' Choice Awards, USC Scripter Awards, British Academy Film Awards, and the Independent Spirit Awards. “Nomadland” also won the Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion in September 2020.

Frances McDormand won best actress for her performance in “Nomadland” at the 2021 Oscars — her third such win. She also picked the best picture award for “Nomadland” as a producer.

For which pictures was she previously awarded?

Frances McDormand previously won the best actress Academy Awards for "Fargo" in 1997 and "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" in 2018.

Glenn Close was nominated for 8 Oscars over the years, including 2021's "Hillbilly Elegy," but won none. She shares the record with Peter O'Toole (Lawrence of Arabia).

Anthony Hopkins won the best actor Oscar at the 93rd Academy Awards Sunday, April 25, 2021. Hopkins, 83, became the oldest ever acting Oscar winner. The honor was previously held by the late Christopher Plummer, 82 when he won for Beginners in 2011.

What role did Hopkins win the Oscar for in 2021?

Anthony Hopkins won for his performance as an elderly man with dementia in "The Father," directed by French novelist and playwright Florian Zeller.

What was Hopkins's previous Oscar win?

Anthony Hopkins won the best actor Oscar in 1994 for his role as Hannibal Lecter in "The Silence of the Lambs."

Emerald Fennell portrayed Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, in the Netflix series The Crown. She then wrote and directed the comedy thriller film Promising Young Woman and won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay at Sunday's April 25, 2021, ceremony.

Bonus Fact

The second writing award of the evening went to Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton, who took Best Adapted Screenplay for “The Father.”

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross are American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails. Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Trent Reznor was the only permanent band member until the English musician Atticus Ross officially joined the band in 2016.

Which Oscars have they won?

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross won their second Oscar for "Soul" in 2021, a little over a decade after their first win for "The Social Network." They took the prize with Jon Batiste for Best Original Score for their collective work on the Pixar film.