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Love films and TV shows? This quiz explores BAFTA Award winners and moments, helping you remember names, categories and surprising facts ready for your next conversation.

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Fascinating Fact:

BAFTA winners often go on to win other major awards in the same year, such as Oscars or Golden Globes, although the results do not always match.

In Specialist Talking Points, this quiz uses BAFTA Award winners to spark discussion about films, television and how the British Academy of Film and Television Arts celebrates creative work in many different categories.

Key Terms

BAFTA: The British Academy of Film and Television Arts, which gives awards for achievement in film, television and games.
Category: A group in an awards ceremony, such as Best Film or Best Actor, in which prizes are given.
Nominee: A person or production officially shortlisted for an award, but not necessarily the winner.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

What are the BAFTA Awards?

The BAFTA Awards are honours given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to recognise outstanding work in film, television and games produced in the UK and around the world.

How are BAFTA winners chosen?

BAFTA winners are chosen by academy members, who watch the eligible work, vote in different categories and follow strict rules designed to keep the process fair and independent.

Do BAFTA winners often also win Oscars?

Some BAFTA winners do later win Oscars, especially in major film categories, but there is no guarantee. Voters, rules and tastes differ, so results can match or be completely different.

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The very first BAFTA Award for Best Film was given in which year?

[ ]	1937
[ ]	1947
[ ]	1957
[ ]	1967

In 1962 the Award for Best Film went to an epic British historical drama directed by David Lean. What was it called?

[ ]	Ben-Hur
[ ]	The Ten Commandments
[ ]	Doctor Zhivago
[ ]	Lawrence of Arabia

The title of the 1966 Best Film winner asks us, "Who's Afraid of…" which British writer?

[ ]	Jane Austen
[ ]	Thomas Hardy
[ ]	Virginia Woolf
[ ]	George Orwell

British comedy/drama Educating Rita won the Award for Best Film in 1983. Who were its two main stars?

[ ]	Julie Walters and Michael Caine
[ ]	Jenny Agutter and Bob Hoskins
[ ]	Glenda Jackson and Timothy Spall
[ ]	Helena Bonham Carter and Donald Sutherland

Gladiator won the Best Film Award for the year 2000. Who was its British director, also responsible for classics such as Alien, Blade Runner and Thelma & Louise?

[ ]	Danny Boyle
[ ]	James Cameron
[ ]	Ken Loach
[ ]	Ridley Scott

In 2001, the first film in the Lord of the Rings trilogy won the Award for Best Film. What was it called?

[ ]	The Hobbit
[ ]	The Fellowship of the Ring
[ ]	The Two Towers
[ ]	The Return of the King

In 2008 the Best Film Award went to a British film which told the story of a boy from the backstreets of Mumbai. What is the film called?

[ ]	No Country for Old Men
[ ]	The Reader
[ ]	Slumdog Millionaire
[ ]	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Best Film of 2010 was The King’s Speech. This tells us of the relationship between George VI and his Australian speech therapist, played by who?

[ ]	Geoffrey Rush
[ ]	Russell Crowe
[ ]	Guy Pearce
[ ]	Hugh Jackman

Which French film won the Best Film Award for 2011? It was a comedy/drama shot in the style of a black-and-white silent film.

[ ]	The Help
[ ]	The Artist
[ ]	The Grand Budapest Hotel
[ ]	Les Misérables

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The British war film 1917 won the Best Film Award for 2019. It was based on an account told to director Sam Mendes by who?

[ ]	His father
[ ]	His uncle
[ ]	His grandfather
[ ]	His great-grandfather

Talking Points Quiz - BAFTA Award Winners Quiz (Answers)

The very first BAFTA Award for Best Film was given in which year?

[ ]	1937
[x]	1947
[ ]	1957
[ ]	1967

The award went to The Best Years of Our Lives, an American film telling the story of three servicemen re-adjusting to civilian life after World War II

In 1962 the Award for Best Film went to an epic British historical drama directed by David Lean. What was it called?

[ ]	Ben-Hur
[ ]	The Ten Commandments
[ ]	Doctor Zhivago
[x]	Lawrence of Arabia

The film is based on the life of T. E. Lawrence and begins with his death in 1935

The title of the 1966 Best Film winner asks us, "Who's Afraid of…" which British writer?

[ ]	Jane Austen
[ ]	Thomas Hardy
[x]	Virginia Woolf
[ ]	George Orwell

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a black comedy, adapted from the play of the same name. It stars (at the time) husband and wife, Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor

British comedy/drama Educating Rita won the Award for Best Film in 1983. Who were its two main stars?

[x]	Julie Walters and Michael Caine
[ ]	Jenny Agutter and Bob Hoskins
[ ]	Glenda Jackson and Timothy Spall
[ ]	Helena Bonham Carter and Donald Sutherland

The film tells the story of a hairdresser from Liverpool who tries to better herself by taking an Open University course in English Literature. Walters plays the lead and Caine is her professor

Gladiator won the Best Film Award for the year 2000. Who was its British director, also responsible for classics such as Alien, Blade Runner and Thelma & Louise?

[ ]	Danny Boyle
[ ]	James Cameron
[ ]	Ken Loach
[x]	Ridley Scott

Gladiator is noted for its computer-generated effects. A digital body double was even created for the actor Oliver Reed, who died during filming

In 2001, the first film in the Lord of the Rings trilogy won the Award for Best Film. What was it called?

[ ]	The Hobbit
[x]	The Fellowship of the Ring
[ ]	The Two Towers
[ ]	The Return of the King

Both The Fellowship of the Ring (the first in the trilogy) and The Return of the King (the last) won the Best Film Award. The Two Towers was nominated but lost out to The Pianist. And the less said about The Hobbit, the better!

In 2008 the Best Film Award went to a British film which told the story of a boy from the backstreets of Mumbai. What is the film called?

[ ]	No Country for Old Men
[ ]	The Reader
[x]	Slumdog Millionaire
[ ]	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

In the story, 18-year-old Jamal Malik answers every question correctly in the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? He is accused of cheating and has to explain himself to the police

The Best Film of 2010 was The King’s Speech. This tells us of the relationship between George VI and his Australian speech therapist, played by who?

[x]	Geoffrey Rush
[ ]	Russell Crowe
[ ]	Guy Pearce
[ ]	Hugh Jackman

Rush is probably best known for his role as Captain Barbossa in the Pirates of the Caribbean films