The Oscars Best Picture Trivia Questions

No completely silent film has ever been nominated for Best Picture. Even 'The Artist' (2011) had music and sound effects, plus one line of dialogue at the end.

'Titanic' (1997) won 11 Oscars including Best Picture, but no acting nominations. This is rare for a winner—only 'The Last Emperor' and 'Wings' also did it.

'Wings' won the inaugural Best Picture Oscar in 1929. It's a silent war epic featuring aerial combat, surprising many who assume the first winner was a talkie or a different genre.

Actually, 'The Sound of Music' lost to 'Doctor Zhivago' at the 38th Oscars. The musical is iconic, but the epic romance took the top prize.

'12 Years a Slave' won in 2014, three years before 'Moonlight' (2017). Both have predominantly Black casts, so the statement is false.

No Best Picture winner has ever been disqualified. The closest scandal was 'Crash' (2005) facing backlash, but it remains an official winner.

Only one pure horror movie, 'The Silence of the Lambs' (1991), has ever won Best Picture. 'The Exorcist' and 'Get Out' were nominated but lost.

'Marty' (1955) is the shortest Best Picture winner at just 91 minutes. It beat epics like 'The Rose Tattoo' and 'Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing.'