Question 1
Which actor won the Academy Award for Best Actor for playing Peter Warne in It Happened One Night?
- Clark Gable
- Spencer Tracy
- Gary Cooper
- Cary Grant
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Clark Gable
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Best Actor trivia quiz
Best Actor trivia, played live: seven rounds, ten seconds a question. QuizDown has over 120 Best Actor questions, from easy to expert, and you’re matched with a real player who gets the same seven.
What the Best Actor questions cover
- Early Oscars
- Cannes 2016
- Cannes 2023
- Cannes 2015
- Cannes 2018
- Cannes 2019
- Cannes 2021
- Cannes 2022
- Family Drama
- 1940s
- 1970s
- AIDS Drama
Try three Best Actor questions
Question 2
Which actor won the Academy Award for Best Actor for The Philadelphia Story?
- Humphrey Bogart
- James Stewart
- Fredric March
- Henry Fonda
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James Stewart
Question 3
Which actor won the Academy Award for Best Actor for portraying dockworker Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront?
- Rod Steiger
- Paul Newman
- Marlon Brando
- Burt Lancaster
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Marlon Brando
In a real match you’d have ten seconds for each, and faster right answers score more.
How a Best Actor match works
- Seven rounds. The same seven Best Actor questions for you and your opponent.
- Ten seconds each. A right answer in two seconds scores 20; at the buzzer, 11.
- The last round counts double. It’s never over until it’s over.
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