Quiz: Test your Oscar knowledge

An Oscar statue stands on the red carpet as preparations are made for the 86th Academy Awards in Los Angeles.

By Mark Caro

Feb. 18, 2015 8:15 AM PT

Welcome to the silver statuette edition of the Os-Caro Quiz as it marks 25 years of taunting — we mean challenging — you with oh-so-beguiling Academy Awards trivia. This thing has been going on for so long, we’re kicking ourselves for not asking “Boyhood” director Richard Linklater to film it every year. But do you have to be as brilliant as Alan Turing or Stephen Hawking to ace it?

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Mark Caro

Mark Caro is a former Chicago Tribune entertainment reporter who wrote about movies, music, food and the local arts scene. After joining the staff in 1992, he covered Chicago Symphony Orchestra European tours, the Oscars, film and music festivals, and a presidential campaign. Major projects include a three-part series on the late renowned chef Charlie Trotter. His book “The Foie Gras Wars” (Simon & Schuster) won the 2009 Great Lakes Book Award for general nonfiction.

Quiz: Test your Oscar knowledge

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