Award Shows Trivia
Award Shows trivia explores the ceremonies that have honored achievement in film, television, music, and theater for more than a century. From major winners and record-setting performances to infamous surprises and red-carpet lore, it offers a lively way to revisit pop-culture history and see how tastes, trends, and prestige have evolved over time.
Easy Award Shows Trivia
13 questions
These easy Award Shows trivia questions are great for beginners and kids around age 12 and under.
Question 1
What are the Academy Awards commonly called?
Answer: The Oscars
The Academy Awards are commonly called the Oscars.
Question 2
Which major award show honors achievements in music?
- A.The Tony Awards
- B.The Primetime Emmy Awards
- C.The Academy Awards
- D.Grammys
Answer: The Grammy Awards
The Grammy Awards honor achievements in music.
Question 3
Which awards are known for recognizing excellence in Broadway theater?
- A.The Grammy Awards
- B.The Screen Actors Guild Awards
- C.Tonys
- D.The Golden Globe Awards
Answer: The Tony Awards
The Tony Awards recognize excellence in Broadway theater.
Question 4
U.S. prime-time television is honored by which awards?
- A.Primetime Emmys
- B.The Academy Awards
- C.The Tony Awards
- D.The Grammy Awards
Answer: The Primetime Emmy Awards
The Primetime Emmy Awards honor U.S. prime-time television.
Question 5
At the Oscars, what is the name of the major category for the top film prize?
Answer: Best Picture
Best Picture is a major category at the Academy Awards.
Question 6
Which Grammy category is aimed at breakout performers?
- A.Best Original Song
- B.Best New Artist
- C.Best Picture
- D.Best Musical
Answer: Best New Artist
Best New Artist is a Grammy Award category.
Question 7
What headline Tony category celebrates the top musical on Broadway?
Answer: Best Musical
Best Musical is a headline category at the Tony Awards.
Question 8
Which awards have included both film and television categories?
- A.The Kennedy Center Honors
- B.Golden Globes
- C.The Tony Awards
- D.The Grammy Awards
Answer: The Golden Globe Awards
The Golden Globe Awards have included both film and television categories.
Question 9
If an award show focuses on acting in film and television, which one is it?
- A.SAG Awards
- B.The MTV Video Music Awards
- C.The Tony Awards
- D.The Kennedy Center Honors
Answer: The Screen Actors Guild Awards
The Screen Actors Guild Awards focus on acting in film and television.
Question 10
Which honor celebrates lifetime contributions to American performing arts?
- A.The Golden Raspberry Awards
- B.The Primetime Emmy Awards
- C.The Grammy Awards
- D.Kennedy Center Honors
Answer: The Kennedy Center Honors
The Kennedy Center Honors celebrate lifetime contributions to American performing arts.
Question 11
What are the Golden Raspberry Awards also called?
Answer: The Razzies
The Golden Raspberry Awards are also known is the Razzies.
Question 12
The MTV Video Music Awards are often abbreviated by what three-letter name?
Answer: VMAs
The MTV Video Music Awards are often abbreviated is the VMAs.
Question 13
In what year was the first Academy Awards ceremony held?
Answer: 1929
The Academy Awards first ceremony was held in 1929.
Award Shows Family Trivia
12 questions
These family Award Shows trivia questions are built for mixed-age game nights, classrooms, and groups.
Question 1
Which organization presents the AFI Life Achievement Award?
Answer: The American Film Institute presents it.
The AFI Life Achievement Award is presented by the American Film Institute.
Question 2
The Laurence Olivier Awards celebrate professional theater in which city?
Answer: London.
The Laurence Olivier Awards honor professional theater in London.
Question 3
Before they were renamed, what were the Laurence Olivier Awards originally called?
Answer: The West End Theatre Awards.
The Laurence Olivier Awards were originally called the West End Theatre Awards.
Question 4
At the Venice Film Festival, what is the name of the top prize?
Answer: The Golden Lion.
The Venice Film Festival's top prize is the Golden Lion.
Question 5
Which festival gives out the Golden Bear as its highest prize?
Answer: The Berlin International Film Festival.
The Berlin International Film Festival's top prize is the Golden Bear.
Question 6
Spain's major national film awards are known by what name?
Answer: The Goya Awards.
The Goya Awards are Spain's major national film awards.
Question 7
The Goya Awards are named after which artist?
Answer: Francisco Goya.
The Goya Awards are named after artist Francisco Goya.
Question 8
If you're watching Australian television awards, which awards are you probably seeing?
Answer: The Logie Awards.
The Logie Awards are Australian television awards.
Question 9
What famous Australian building has hosted major award events?
Answer: The Sydney Opera House.
The Sydney Opera House has hosted major Australian award events.
Question 10
At the Oscars, what is the name of the segment that honors film figures who died in the previous year?
Answer: In Memoriam.
The Oscars include an In Memoriam segment honoring film figures who died in the previous year.
Question 11
What are advance viewing copies sent to eligible voters for consideration called?
Answer: Screeners.
Awards screeners are advance viewing copies sent to eligible voters for consideration.
Question 12
In what decade did the Golden Globes add television categories?
Answer: The 1950s.
The Golden Globes added television categories in the 1950s.
Fun Award Shows Trivia
13 questions
These fun Award Shows trivia questions highlight surprising moments and playful facts for game-night groups.
Question 1
If you time-traveled to the very first Grammy Awards, what year would your invitation need to say?
- A.1961
- B.1959
- C.1949
- D.1955
Answer: 1959
The first Grammy Awards ceremony took place in 1959.
Question 2
Which year kicked off the Tony Awards on Broadway’s honor roll?
- A.1947
- B.1944
- C.1949
- D.1951
Answer: 1947
The first Tony Awards were presented in 1947.
Question 3
The Primetime Emmy Awards first took the spotlight in what year?
- A.1947
- B.1953
- C.1959
- D.1949
Answer: 1949
The first Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony was held in 1949.
Question 4
Before many modern award shows existed, the Golden Globes had already begun. In what year did they start?
- A.1950
- B.1944
- C.1939
- D.1947
Answer: 1944
The Golden Globe Awards began in 1944.
Question 5
The Screen Actors Guild Awards arrived comparatively late to the party. What year did they launch?
- A.1990
- B.1998
- C.1995
- D.1984
Answer: 1995
The Screen Actors Guild Awards launched in 1995.
Question 6
Big hair, big videos, big debut: the MTV Video Music Awards started in which year?
- A.1984
- B.1981
- C.1986
- D.1990
Answer: 1984
The MTV Video Music Awards debuted in 1984.
Question 7
The Kennedy Center Honors began saluting artists in what year?
- A.1978
- B.1973
- C.1976
- D.1981
Answer: 1978
The Kennedy Center Honors were first awarded in 1978.
Question 8
Which year marks the beginning of the Golden Raspberry Awards, cinema’s famously cheeky anti-awards?
- A.1984
- B.1987
- C.1981
- D.1978
Answer: 1981
The Golden Raspberry Awards began in 1981.
Question 9
The AFI Life Achievement Award first entered the scene in what year?
- A.1978
- B.1983
- C.1973
- D.1968
Answer: 1973
The AFI Life Achievement Award was first presented in 1973.
Question 10
Spain’s Goya Awards handed out their first honors in which year?
- A.1987
- B.1981
- C.1984
- D.1991
Answer: 1987
The Goya Awards were first presented in 1987.
Question 11
True or false: The Academy’s Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award is an honorary Oscar.?
Answer: True
The Academy's Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award is an honorary Oscar.
Question 12
What exactly is the Emmy statuette holding while striking its winged pose?
- A.A torch
- B.A laurel wreath
- C.An atom
- D.A globe
Answer: An atom
The Emmy statuette is a winged woman holding an atom.
Question 13
The Oscar statuette isn’t just shiny for show. What is it plated in?
- A.24-karat gold
- B.Sterling silver
- C.Bronze
- D.Platinum
Answer: 24-karat gold
The Oscar statuette is plated in 24-karat gold.
Funny Award Shows Trivia
13 questions
These funny Award Shows trivia questions highlight playful moments, odd facts, and inside jokes.
Question 1
Who created the Razzies, proving that even bad movies can get a red-carpet moment?
Answer: John J. B. Wilson
The Razzies were created by John J. B. Wilson.
Question 2
The Razzies usually drop their winners around what glamorous Hollywood calendar marker?
Answer: Oscar weekend
The Razzies traditionally announce winners around Oscar weekend.
Question 3
Which actor actually showed up in person to accept a Razzie for All About Steve in 2010?
Answer: Sandra Bullock
Sandra Bullock accepted her Razzie in person for All About Steve in 2010.
Question 4
Who accepted a Razzie in person for Catwoman in 2005, turning self-roasting into an art form?
Answer: Halle Berry
Halle Berry accepted her Razzie in person for Catwoman in 2005.
Question 5
At the 2013 Tony Awards, Neil Patrick Harris kicked things off with which opening number?
- A.Tonight!
- B.Bigger!
- C.Louder!
- D.Broadway!
Answer: Bigger!
Neil Patrick Harris began the 2013 Tony Awards with the opening number 'Bigger!'.
Question 6
The Emmy Awards have often tapped hosts from the alumni ranks of which sketch-comedy institution?
Answer: Saturday Night Live
The Emmy Awards have repeatedly used comedy hosts from Saturday Night Live alumni ranks.
Question 7
Which phrase replaced 'And the winner is...' on the Oscar telecast in 1989?
- A.Here is your Oscar...
- B.And our choice is...
- C.The Academy selects...
- D.And the Oscar goes to...
Answer: And the Oscar goes to...
In 1989, 'And the Oscar goes to...' replaced 'And the winner is...' on the Oscar telecast.
Question 8
What may happen at the Oscars if a speech starts stretching longer than a prestige miniseries finale?
Answer: Orchestral music may play the speaker off the stage.
Oscar speeches are timed, and orchestral music may play people off the stage.
Question 9
Which Razzie category sounds like an award for two people and one regrettable screenplay?
Answer: Worst Screen Combo
The Razzies have a category called Worst Screen Combo.
Question 10
The Razzies once used what gloriously savage category name for a film that really tested everyone's patience?
Answer: Worst Excuse for an Actual Movie
The Razzies once had a category called Worst Excuse for an Actual Movie.
Question 11
What Razzie honor was created to celebrate a comeback instead of a cinematic face-plant?
Answer: Redeemer Award
The Razzies created a Redeemer Award to honor career comebacks.
Question 12
If you wanted to plan a mock-Hollywood anti-party around the Razzies, which weekend would fit tradition best?
Answer: Oscar weekend
The Razzies traditionally announce winners around Oscar weekend.
Question 13
Which star took the 'if I'm going down, I'm showing up' route by accepting a Razzie for All About Steve?
Answer: Sandra Bullock
Sandra Bullock accepted her Razzie in person for All About Steve in 2010.
Hard Award Shows Trivia
14 questions
These hard Award Shows trivia questions are for expert fans who want a real challenge.
Question 1
Which organization presents the Academy Awards?
Answer: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
The Academy Awards are presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Question 2
Name the body responsible for presenting the Grammy Awards.?
Answer: The Recording Academy.
The Grammy Awards are presented by the Recording Academy.
Question 3
The Primetime Emmy Awards are presented by what academy?
Answer: The Television Academy.
The Television Academy presents the Primetime Emmy Awards.
Question 4
Which two organizations jointly present the Tony Awards?
Answer: The American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League.
The Tony Awards are jointly presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League.
Question 5
Before changes in stewardship, which association formerly presented the Golden Globe Awards?
Answer: The Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association formerly presented the Golden Globe Awards.
Question 6
At what venue did the very first Academy Awards ceremony take place?
Answer: The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.
The first Academy Awards ceremony was held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.
Question 7
Which film captured the first Academy Award for Outstanding Picture?
Answer: Wings.
Wings won the first Academy Award for Outstanding Picture.
Question 8
Which category was already part of the Grammys at their very first ceremony?
Answer: Album of the Year.
Album of the Year was added at the first Grammy Awards ceremony.
Question 9
The Emmy’s name traces back to what nickname for an image orthicon camera tube?
Answer: Immy.
The name Emmy came from 'Immy,' a nickname for an image orthicon camera tube.
Question 10
The Tony Awards take their name from which producer and actress?
Answer: Antoinette Perry.
The Tony Awards are named for theater producer and actress Antoinette Perry.
Question 11
Which actor gives the Olivier Awards their name?
Answer: Laurence Olivier.
The Olivier Awards are named after actor Laurence Olivier.
Question 12
Who was the very first recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award?
Answer: John Ford.
John Ford was the first recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award.
Question 13
Spain’s Goya Awards are presented by which academy?
Answer: Spain's Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences.
The Goya Awards are presented by Spain's Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences.
Question 14
The Logie Awards are named after which Scottish engineer?
Answer: John Logie Baird.
The Logie Awards are named after Scottish engineer John Logie Baird.
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