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Do you know Oscar?

Published February 20, 2009 at 3 p.m.

Another year, another round of additions to the Oscar record book. But how well do you know Oscar history? Find out by taking our quiz.

1. Heath Ledger was nominated posthumously for an Oscar for The Dark Knight. Name the last performer to win an Oscar posthumously. (Bonus points for knowing the year and the film.)

2. How many voting members are there in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences?

3. What's the title of the official Academy Awards theme song?

4. What year was the first Best Foreign Language Film Oscar presented? What film won?

5. Who is the only person to be nominated posthumously for two acting Oscars?

6.What was the first Best Picture winner?

7. American Beauty led the 1999 Oscars with five awards. What film won the second most awards that year?

8. Only twice have two Best Director Oscars been given in the same year. Can you name the years, the recipients and the films?

9. Has any film won all four Academy Awards for acting?

10. Only two sequels have won Best Picture Oscars. Can you name them?

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Answers: 1. Peter Finch, 1976, Network; 2. About 6,000 members. Several new members are added each year.; 3. Fanfare for Oscar written in 1998 by Jerry Goldsmith; 4. 1956 and La Strada. Previously, foreign films were given "honorary" or "special" awards.; 5. James Dean; 6. Wings in 1927. Bonus points if you know it's the only silent film to win Best Picture.; 7. The Matrix with four statues; 8. Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins in 1961 for West Side Story; Joel and Ethan Cohen in 2007 for No Country for Old Men; 9. No; 10. The Godfather Part II (1974) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

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