February is Awards Season, and The Walt Disney Family Museum has been celebrating with film presentations and visitor programs throughout the month. Screening this week in the Museum’s state-of-the-art digital theatre is the final program in our selection of Walt’s award-winning True-Life Adventures films.
Last week, we asked you to brush up on your knowledge on Walt's Academy Awards® for your chance to win tickets to the Museum! Answer the following five questions in the "comments" section (and don't forget to include your e-mail address so we can contact you) by 11:59PM on Sunday, February 26. If you pass the test, we'll throw your name into a drawing for tickets and a special prize from the Museum. Good luck!
1. Walt holds the record for most Academy Awards won—and nominated—by an individual. How many did he win? For how many was he nominated?
2. Walt won his first two Oscars® in 1932. What were they for?
3. Who presented Walt with the special honorary Oscar for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs? How was it special?
4. In 1954, Walt became the first individual to receive the most Oscars in a single year. How many did he win that year?
5. Where can you find the largest collection of Oscars in one place—outside of Hollywood?
On Saturday February 25 at 2:00pm, the special program Walt Disney’s Worlds of Nature will feature and a presentation by renowned producer Don Hahn, about Walt’s pioneering and frequently-emulated True-Life Adventures films, and showing the relationship between that series and the acclaimed Disneynature documentaries. Tickets for all films and programs are available at the Member Services and Reception Desk at the Museum, or online by clicking here.
The Oscar statuettes are copyrighted properties of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and the statuette and the phrases "Academy Award(s)" and "Oscar(s)" are registered trademarks.
*Image above: Walt and Roy pose proudly with the Studio's first Academy honors, November 1932. © Disney.