African American Oscar Winners

Question 1

1963 Best Actor- Lilies of the Field

Answer 1

Sidney Poitier

Question 2

2001 Best Actor- Training Day

Answer 2

Denzel Washington

Question 3

2004 Best Actor- Ray

Answer 3

Jamie Foxx

Question 4

2006 Best Actor- The Last King of Scotland

Answer 4

Forest Whitaker

Question 5

2001 Best Actress- Monster’s Ball

Answer 5

Halle Berry

Question 6

1982 Best Supporting Actor- An Officer and a Gentleman

Answer 6

Louis Gossett, Jr.

Question 7

1989 Best Supporting Actor- Glory

Answer 7

Denzel Washington

Question 8

1996 Best Supporting Actor- Jerry Maguire

Answer 8

Cuba Gooding, Jr.

Question 9

2004 Best Supporting Actor- Million Dollar Baby

Answer 9

Morgan Freeman

Question 10

1939 Best Supporting Actress- Gone with the Wind

Answer 10

Hattie McDaniel

Question 11

1990 Best Supporting Actress- Ghost

Answer 11

Whoopi Goldberg

Question 12

2006 Best Supporting Actress- Dreamgirls

Answer 12

Jennifer Hudson

Question 13

2009 Best Supporting Actress- Precious

Answer 13

Mo’Nique

Question 14

2010 Best Supporting Actress- The Help

Answer 14

Octavia Spencer

Question 15

2013 Best Supporting Actress- Twelve Years a Slave

Answer 15

Lupita Nyong’o (She’s actually an African from Kenya.)