1. Yes, the Academy Award of Merit is made from 10K gold.
   No, it's gold-plated.
2. No, it's actually bronze.
   Yes, but it's hollow.

The award was originally gold-plated bronze. Today it's made from britannia metal and then plated in copper, silver, and finally, 24-karat gold.

1. 1915
   1929
2. 1960

The first Academy Awards ceremony was held on May 16, 1929 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Douglas Fairbanks was the host.

1. It took place over 2 days
   6 hours
2. 15 minutes

The first Academy Awards lasted 15 minutes, and 15 statuettes were given out.

1. An Academy librarian thought it looked like her uncle.
   A Hollywood columnist came up with it as a shorthand term for the award.
2. Bette Davis thought its posterior resembled her husband's, and named it after him.

All three of these stories claim to be the source of the nickname, but number one has made it onto the Academy website.

1. Bob Hope
   Johnny Carson
2. David Niven
   Billy Crystal

Bob Hope has hosted a record 18 times. Billy Crystal is second with eight.

1. All about Eve
   Ben-Hur
2. Titanic
   Both 1 and 3.

All about Eve received 14 nominations in 1951, and Titanic received 14 nominations in 1998. The popularity of the film also made that ceremony the highest-rated broadcast in Oscars history.

1. Jack Nicholson
   Katherine Hepburn
2. Meryl Streep
   Marlon Brando

Meryl Streep is the all-time leader, with 19 nominations. Jack Nicholson is the most-nominated male, with twelve nods.

1. Moses
   Hamlet
2. Henry VIII

Three portrayals of King Henry VIII of England have received Oscar nominations.

1. William Wyler
   John Ford
2. Billy Wilder
   Martin Scorsese

William Wyler holds the record with twelve, followed by Billy Wilder, who has received eight nominations.

1. There has never been a tie for Best Actress!
   Barbra Streisand and Katherine Hepburn
2. Vanessa Redgrave and Patricia Neal

In the first and only tie for Best Actress, Katherine Hepburn won the award for The Lion in Winter, and Barbra Streisand won as well, for Funny Girl.

1. Walt Disney
   John Williams
2. Edith Head

Walt Disney has won 22 Oscars. He also won the most Oscars in one year, with four in 1954, and holds the records for most nominations of all time, with 59.

1. Midnight Cowboy
   Cabaret
2. East of Eden

Midnight Cowboy was the first X-rated film to be nominated for Best Picture, and the only one to win it.

1. Three
   Just one
2. No film has won 11 Oscars.

Three fims have won 11 Oscars: Titanic, Ben-Hur, and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

1. Ben-Hur
   Titanic
2. The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) won all 11 categories for which it was nominated: Best Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Original Score, Original Song, Sound Mixing, Art Direction, Makeup, Costume Design, Film Editing, and Visual Effects.

1. Meryl Streep
   Daniel Day-Lewis
2. Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn won a record four Oscars, all for Best Actress.

1. Henry Ford
   Christopher Plummer
2. Gloria Stewart

In 2011, Christopher Plummer won Best Supporting Actor for Beginners at the age of 82. Gloria Stewart is the oldest nominee. She was nominated at age 85.

1. Shirley Temple
   Tatum O'Neal
2. Quvenzhane Wallis

Shirley Temple won the (now-retired) Academy Juvenile Award at age 6. Tatum O'Neal is the youngest winner of an acting award. She won Best Supporting Actress at age 10, for Paper Moon.

1. Woody Allen
   Martin Scorsese
2. Steven Spielberg

Martin Scorsese has directed 20 actors to Oscar nominations.

1. Tom Hanks
   Kevin Klein
2. Jennifer Lawrence

Tom Hanks thanked his high school drama teacher Rawley Farnsworth during his acceptance speech for Philaldelphia for being a "fine gay American." Unfortunately, Farnsworth wasn't out yet.

1. "You like me, you really like me!"
   "I can't deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!"
2. You must really like me!"

"You like me, you really like me!" is a misquote.

1. Jean Dujardin
   Ang Lee
2. Roberto Begnini

Roberto Begnini climbed over seatbacks to accept the Oscar for Best Foreign Film. Upon winning Best Actor, he said, "I would like to be Jupiter, and kidnap everybody, and lie down in the firmament making love to everybody."

1. Cuba Gooding, Jr.
   Mel Gibson
2. Jack Palance

When Jack Palance won Best Supporting Actor for City Slickers in 1991, he managed to slam Billy Crystal, do several one-armed pushups, and bring the house down, all in two minutes.

1. 1964
   1974
2. 1984

David Niven was co-hosting when Robert Opel streaked the stage. Niven then remarked, "Isn't it fascinating to think that probably the only laugh that man will ever get in this life by stripping off and showing his shortcomings?"

1. Al Pacino
   Woody Allen
2. Marlon Brando

Sacheen Littlefeather accepted Marlon Brando's Best Actor statue for The Godfather in 1973. Brando sent her in protest of Native American depictions in films, but she was not allowed to read his speech, and the rules were changed soon after.

1. Alfred Hitchcock
   Christian Bale
2. Charlton Heston

Alfred Hitchcock won the Irving Thalberg award for creative excellence and said "Thank you."

1. The Turning Point
   The Color Purple
2. Cabaret
   Both 1 and 2

The Turning Point and The Color Purple were both nominated for 11 awards without winning any. Cabaret holds the record for most Oscars without winning Best Picture.

1. Kevin O'Connell
   Richard Burton
2. Glen Close

Sound recording engineer Kevin O'Connell has been nominated 20 times and has never won.

1. Meryl Streep
   John Williams
2. Woody Allen

Walt Disney has the most nominations of all time, but composer John Williams is the living person with the most nominations, with 49.

1. Gone with the Wind
   War and Peace
2. Othello

Gone with the Wind was the longest film to win Best Picture. War and Peace was longer, but it won Best Foreign Film.

1. Christian Bale
   Sandra Bullock
2. Jennifer Lawrence

Sandra Bullock won an Oscar for The Blind Side and a Razzie for All About Steve in the same year, 2010.