Countries and polities which have won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film Quiz

Can you name the countries and polities which have won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film?

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Current and Former Countries are counted. Hints marked with * are countries which no longer exist. View first comment for more information. Updated February 2013
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Oscars Won	Country	Most Recent Winner
13		Life is Beautiful (1998)
12		Indochine (1992)
4		The Sea Inside (2004)
4		Departures (2008)
3		Fanny and Alexander (1983)
3		Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1980)*
3		Character (1997)
3		In a Better World (2010)
2		Amour (2012)
2		The Lives of Others (2006)
2		Closely Watched Trains (1967)*
2		The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)

Oscars Won	Country	Most Recent Winner
2		Journey of Hope (1990)
1		The Tin Drum (1979)*
1		Mephisto (1981)
1		Burnt By the Sun (1994)
1		Z (1969)
1		The Barbarian Invasions (2003)
1		Kolya (1996)
1		Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
1		Tsotsi (2005)
1		No Man's Land (2001)
1		Black and White in Color (1976)
1		A Separation (2011)
9 Nominations	A Separation (2011)
8 Nominations	A Separation (2011)
8 Nominations	A Separation (2011)
6 Nominations	A Separation (2011)
5 Nominations	A Separation (2011)
5 Nominations	A Separation (2011)
4 Nominations	A Separation (2011)
4 Nominations	A Separation (2011)
3 Nominations	A Separation (2011)
2 Nominations	A Separation (2011)
2 Nominations	A Separation (2011)
2 Nominations	A Separation (2011)
1 Nomination	A Separation (2011)
1 Nomination	A Separation (2011)
1 Nomination	A Separation (2011)
1 Nomination	A Separation (2011)
1 Nomination	A Separation (2011)
1 Nomination	A Separation (2011)
1 Nomination	A Separation (2011)
1 Nomination	A Separation (2011)
1 Nomination	A Separation (2011)
1 Nomination	A Separation (2011)
1 Nomination	A Separation (2011)
1 Nomination	A Separation (2011)
1 Nomination	A Separation (2011)
1 Nomination	A Separation (2011)

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Most Foreign Film Oscars by Country Quiz

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Created Feb 11, 2011 in Movies
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	ZapRowsdower:	Feb 28th, 2011 at 19:18 GMT		8 points
	I'm curious why British and Australian films don't seem to count as foreign, but Canada is on this list.

	koipen:	Feb 28th, 2011 at 19:20 GMT		4 points
	Seconded. I lost 3 points on not reading the rule about former countries. Surprised Egypt wasn't here.

	moviegoer74:	Feb 28th, 2011 at 19:24 GMT		83 points
	@Zap...Because the award isn't really for Best Foreign Film. It's for Best Foreign Language Film. The particular Canadian film that won was in French. The word language really should appear in the title or the question for this game, if not both.

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	courtshub91:	Feb 28th, 2011 at 19:26 GMT		4 points
	@Zap most British/Australian films are in English. Even though most of Canada uses English, French is used as well. And the award is for language, not just simply foreign country. @Davidmon Bosnia doesn't give credit because the country is not called Bosnia. It's called Bosnia and Herzegovina. It'd be like expecting United to work for United States of America

	Khazar49:	Feb 28th, 2011 at 19:28 GMT		13 points
	I find it unusual that Iran, a country with one of the premier art-house national cinemas of the world, only has one nomination. Come to think of it... not so unusual. A shame, really. Films of Kiarostami and Panahi certainly deserve larger global audience. Cursed politics.

	rockgolf:	Feb 28th, 2011 at 19:34 GMT		4 points
	@Zap & @koi: Moviegoer is correct. Not only must the film be primarily in a foreign language, it must also at least until recently, be in an official language of the country submitting the film. So for example, a film from Sweden with Dutch dialogue would not qualify, or more realistically, a Canadian film all in Mandarin would not qualify. The rules were recently relaxed, but I wonder if Dances With Horses could, under the new rules, qualify as a foreign language film in the States, since most of the dialogue was in Lakota.

	baconstud01:	Feb 28th, 2011 at 19:35 GMT		4 points
	Surprised to see Kazakhstan with a nod; I didn't think Borat would be the Academy's cup of tea.

	moviegoer74:	Feb 28th, 2011 at 19:37 GMT		7 points
	@courtshub...thanks for repeating my point (I know, I know. I posted while you were reading the other comments and you didn't refresh so you didn't see mine). Also, davidmon obviously knows the name of the country, since he typed it. No need to tell him that it's called Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was simply lamenting that the quiz doesn't accept a shorthand reference and instead makes you type out a long full name. A common Sporcle lament. We all know the correct name of the country. Just let us type Bosnia (or Trinidad or Antigua, etc.) for short. It'snot a typing test. Lastly, calling it Bosnia would definitely NOT be like calling the USA United. For one thing, there's no Bosnia Kingdom or Bosnia Arab Emirates that Bosnia might also refer to. And for another, the word United does not identify an area of the world. It's just an adjective. The word Bosnia certainly does refer to a geographic place.

	Djibouti:	Feb 28th, 2011 at 19:38 GMT		6 points
	I'm not sure how I got East Germany and forgot to guess West Germany

	newenglander:	Feb 28th, 2011 at 19:48 GMT		8 points
	Israel-nine nominations and no wins. do the jews really control hollywood?

	zutluvip:	Feb 28th, 2011 at 19:54 GMT		39 points
	Please accept Cote d'Ivoire for Ivory Coast.

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	interstate:	Feb 28th, 2011 at 20:05 GMT		8 points
	@rockgolf: I don't think you can really say that Lakota is a "foreign language."

	TheRiot:	Feb 28th, 2011 at 20:07 GMT		3 points
	West Germany shouldn't count as a country that no longer exists. It's the same government that we call Germany today. The two Germanies didn't cease to exist and form a new one. The west absorbed the east.

	root45:	Feb 28th, 2011 at 20:22 GMT		8 points
	I agree with zutluvip. I missed "Ivory Coast" because I typed in Cote d'Ivoire, the usual spelling.

	crazylegs:	Feb 28th, 2011 at 20:23 GMT		4 points
	@all Sorry for not including the fact that it was a foreign language in the title, but it is unfortunately out of my hands now. Also, I somehow missed accepting the legitimate name for Cote D'Ivoire. I'm sure it will be taken care of and I hope you guys enjoy the quiz.

	PBrosnan:	Feb 28th, 2011 at 20:30 GMT		30 points
	Still blows my mind that "City of God" wasn't even nominated that year

	eab21:	Feb 28th, 2011 at 20:46 GMT		21 points
	We should hold a vote on Sporcle to nominate all films from Kyrgyzstan.

	Everblue:	Feb 28th, 2011 at 20:52 GMT		7 points
	Ivory Coast? But of course

	TitaniumShovel:	Feb 28th, 2011 at 20:53 GMT		2 points
	I forgot Canada was part of the foreign film genre. I didn't even bother typing it in!

	istalkblink182:	Feb 28th, 2011 at 21:20 GMT		7 points
	Das Leben der Anderen (Lives of Others) is really good. just thought i'd endorse it for anyone interested. btw how do you add those bonus questions?

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	triviahappy:	Feb 28th, 2011 at 21:46 GMT		4 points
	@istalkblink182 - Here is the way you add bonus answers to a quiz. After typing all of the data that you want to be in the quiz, type your data for your bonus answers. They must be on the bottom line(s) in the data box. Then, in the "Extra Info" column (the 3rd one), type ee on every space that is a bonus answer. Hope that helps. :)

	TheLuggage:	Feb 28th, 2011 at 21:51 GMT		12 points
	@dknox5: The USSR was what now makes up over 15 current countries. Russia is just one of the former Soviet Socialist Republics.

	Blackfire:	Feb 28th, 2011 at 21:57 GMT		5 points
	@interstate: Fair point that Lakota isn't a "foreign language", but by the same token, English is one, which would rather destroy the point of the award. I think it's implicit that the award is for the best film not in English. @dknox5: If France released a bunch of other countries and changed its name at the same time, then yeah, we probably should consider it a new country.

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	Statto2:	Feb 28th, 2011 at 22:05 GMT		11 points
	QuintFan - well I'm happy to be pretentious then or are you confusing Middle America with the whole of the western world?

	yellowdart5:	Feb 28th, 2011 at 22:06 GMT		22 points
	I'm surprised that India has never won. They have a very large film industry.

	LinkIsCool:	Feb 28th, 2011 at 22:14 GMT		5 points
	Rowsdower!

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	newenglander:	Feb 28th, 2011 at 22:57 GMT		11 points
	@the_snakes-the words of a true sporcle scholar (heavy sarcasm)

	aionis:	Feb 28th, 2011 at 23:06 GMT		17 points
	@the_snakes-- Please stop speaking for Americans. It's no wonder that the rest of world thinks of us the way they do.

	Jon:	Feb 28th, 2011 at 23:07 GMT		3 points
	Excellent quiz, though it kinda devolves into a "name countries you know" quiz. Might be better if it looked for specific answers for each title. But I dug it nevertheless.