| The only... | Answer | Info |
| ...posthumous Best Actor winner? | |
| ...competitive 1930s Oscar winner still living? | |
| ...Best Director winner for the only film he ever directed? | |
| ...major studio never to win Best Picture? | |
| ...divorced couple nominated for Best Actor and Actress, in the same film? | |
| ...singer to perform at the ceremony five times? | |
| ...actor whose every feature film was nominated for Best Picture? | |
| ...Best Picture produced outside the USA or UK (1987)? | |
| ...female Best Director winner? | |
| ...Oscar winners who have played James Bond and Bond villain in the same film? | |
| ...Best Actress to play another Best Actress (in separate films)? | |
| ...Best Picture winner based on a newspaper article(s)? | |
| ...Shakespeare play that won Best Picture? | |
| ...director with four Best Director Oscars? | |
| ...Oscar winner for Acting and Writing (in different films)? | |
| ...Shakespeare play that won Best Picture? | |
| ...German Best Actress winner? | |