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At the 41st Academy Awards, “Oliver!” became the 4th musical of the 1960s to win the Oscar for Best Picture, a fact which the Jeopardy! cluewriters took notice of with...

The Best Picture Oscar for 1967 went to “In the Heat of the Night”, which won 5 of its 7 nominations at the 40th Academy Awards. Rod Steiger won Best...

“A Man for All Seasons” won Best Picture at the 39th Academy Awards. It won 5 other Oscars, including Best Actor (Paul Scofield) and Best Director (Fred Zinneman). The other...

The Best Picture winner at the 38th Academy Awards was “The Sound of Music”, starring Julie Andrews, 1964’s Best Actress winner for “Mary Poppins.” But it was Julie Christie who...

Best Picture of 1964 and other Academy Award winners; Jeopardy! clues on 1964 films and stars

1963 is one of those years in film where movies that were not nominated for Best Picture have fared better with the passage of time than those that were. “Tom...

1962’s Best Picture was “Lawrence of Arabia”. At the 35th Academy Awards, it won 7 Oscars out of 10 nominations. The other Best Picture nominees that year were: “The Longest...

Best Picture of 1961 and other Academy Award winners; Jeopardy! clues on 1961 films and stars

“The Apartment”, starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine and Fred MacMurray, was the most nominated (10) film at the 33rd Academy Awards. It won Best Picture and 4 other Oscars, as...

Just one year after “Gigi” set a new record at the 32nd Academy Awards, “Ben-Hur” beat it by winning 11 Oscars out of 12 nominations. The only one it lost...