Can you name the Oscar winners for Best Original Screenplay?

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Year - WriterFilm TitleLead Actors
1940 - Preston SturgesBrian Donlevy, Muriel Angelus
1941 - Herman J. MankiewiczOrson Welles, Joseph Cotten
1942 - Ring Lardner Jr.Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy
1943 - Norman KrasnaOlivia de Havilland, Robert Cummings
1944 - Lamar TrottiAlexander Knox, Charles Coburn
1945 - Richard SchweizerJosiane Hegg, Heinrich Gretler
1946 - Muriel & Syney BoxAnn Todd, James Mason
1947 - Sidney SheldonCary Grant, Shirley Temple
1949 - Robert PiroshVan Johnson, Ricardo Montalban
1950 - Charles BrackettWilliam Holden, Gloria Swanson
1951 - Alan Jay LernerGene Kelly, Leslie Caron
1952 - T.E.B. ClarkeAlec Guinness, Stanley Holloway
1953 - Charles BrackettClifton Webb, Barbara Stanwyck
1954 - Budd SchulbergMarlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint
1955 - William LudwigEleanor Parker, Glenn Ford
1956 - Albert LamorissePascal Lamorisse, Georges Sellier
1957 - George WellsGregory Peck, Lauren Bacall
1958 - Nedrick YoungSidney Poitier, Tony Curtis
1959 - Stanley ShapiroRock Hudson, Doris Day
1960 - Billy WilderJack Lemmon, Shirley Maclaine
1961 - William IngeNatalie Wood, Warren Beatty
1962 - Ennio de ConciniMarcello Mastroianni, Daniela Rocca
1963 - James R. WebbCarroll Baker, George Peppard
1964 - Peter StoneCary Grant, Leslie Caron
Year - WriterFilm TitleLead Actors
1965 - Frederic RaphaelJulie Christie, Dirk Bogarde
1966 - Claude LelouchAnouk Aimee, Jean-Louis Trintignant
1967 - William RoseKatharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy
1968 - Mel BrooksZero Mostel, Gene Wilder
1969 - William GoldmanPaul Newman, Robert Redford
1970 - Francis Ford CoppolaGeorge C. Scott, Karl Malden
1971 - Paddy ChayefskyGeorge C. Scott, Diana Rigg
1972 - Jeremy LarnerRobert Redford, Peter Boyle
1973 - David S. WardPaul Newman, Robert Redford
1974 - Robert TowneJack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway
1975 - Frank PiersonAl Pacino, John Cazale
1976 - Paddy ChayefskyFaye Dunaway, Peter Finch
1977 - Woody AllenDiane Keaton, Woody Allen
1978 - Waldo SaltJane Fonda, Jon Voight
1979 - Steve TesichDennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid
1980 - Bo GoldmanJason Robards, Paul Le Mat
1981 - Colin WellandIan Charleson, Ben Cross
1982 - John BrileyBen Kingsley, Candice Bergen
1983 - Horton FooteRobert Duvall, Tess Harper
1984 - Robert BentonSally Field, Ed Harris
1985 - Earl WallaceHarrison Ford, Kelly McGillis
1986 - Woody AllenMia Farrow, Barbara Hershey
1987 - John Patrick ShanleyCher, Nicolas Cage
1988 - Ronald BassDustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise
Year - WriterFilm TitleLead Actors
1989 - Tom SchulmanRobin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard
1990 - Bruce Joel RubinPatrick Swayze, Demi Moore
1991 - Callie KhouriSusan Sarandon, Geena Davis
1992 - Neil JordanStephen Rea, Jaye Davidson
1993 - Jane CampionHolly Hunter, Harvey Keitel
1994 - Quentin TarantinoSamuel L. Jackson, John Travolta
1995 - Christopher McQuarrieKevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne
1996 - Ethan & Joel CoenFrances McDormand, William H. Macy
1997 - Ben AffleckMatt Damon, Minnie Driver
1998 - Marc NormanJoseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow
1999 - Alan BallKevin Spacey, Annette Bening
2000 - Cameron CrowePatrick Fugit, Kate Hudson
2001 - Julian FellowesMichael Gambon, Helen Mirren
2002 - Pedro AlmodovarJavier Camara, Leonor Watling
2003 - Sofia CoppolaBill Murray, Scarlett Johannson
2004 - Charlie KaufmanJim Carrey, Kate Winslet
2005 - Paul HaggisDon Cheadle, Sandra Bullock
2006 - Michael ArndtAbigail Breslin, Greg Kinnear
2007 - Diablo CodyEllen Page, Jason Bateman
2008 - Dustin Lance BlackSean Penn, Josh Brolin
2009 - Mark BoalJeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie
2010 - David SeidlerColin Firth, Geoffrey Rush
2011 - Woody AllenOwen Wilson, Marion Cotillard
2012 - Quentin TarantinoJamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz
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Oscar Original Screenplay Quiz

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