Entertainment quiz
Oscar winning performances of the 1940s: actor to film
Every acting Oscar from the ceremonies of 1940 to 1949: 40 wins across the lead and supporting awards. Each round deals ten; join each winner to the film.
- Format
- Join the pairs
- Items
- 10 pairs
- Limit
- 2:30
- Level
- Hard
- Checked
- 2026.10.03
- Pairs
- 10 of 40, drawn fresh each round
- Time limit
- 2:30
- A wrong join
- Costs one of 5 lives
- Pick a button in either column, then its partner in the other.
- Changed your mind? Tap the picked button again to put it down, or pick another in the same column.
- Keyboard: the arrow keys walk the columns and Enter picks.
- Pause whenever you like (Esc). The board hides while the clock is stopped.
Join each winner to the film they won for. The two columns appear when you start.
About this quiz
Four acting awards are given at every ceremony: Best Actor, Best Actress and the two supporting awards. This match up covers all of them from 1940 to 1949.
- 40 wins are in the pool and a round deals ten of them.
- The year beside each name is the ceremony year, which is the year after the film came out.
- Two winners from the same film have the same right hand tile, and either copy counts.
- Five wrong joins end the round.
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