| ANORA | Best picture winner at the 2025 Academy Awards (5) |
| MIKEYMADISON | Best actress winner at the 2025 Academy awards for her performance in Anora (5,7) |
| CONAN | ___ O'Brien, host of the 2025 Academy Awards (5) |
| CRASH | Best Picture winner at the 2006 Academy Awards, directed by Paul Haggis (5) |
| OBAMA | First First Lady to announce the Best Picture winner at an Academy Awards ceremony |
| SALDANA | Zoe _, winner of the 2025 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (7) |
| PEREZ | Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy and Best Motion Picture - Non-English Language at the 2025 Golden Globe Awards (6,5) |
| VIRTUE | The full name of the recent Best Picture winner at the Oscars is Birdman or (The Unexpected ___ of Ignorance). (6) |
| LALALAND | Musical incorrectly named best picture winner at the 2017 Academy awards |
| RUPAL | Identify the first name of this Indian athlete who won the 4x400m women's relay and 4x400m mixed relay golds and silver in 400m at the 2025 Asian Athletic Championships in Gumi, in May 2025. (5) |
| SPEECH | The King's ___ , 2010 Best Picture winner at the 83rd Oscars (6) |
| KRAMER | Name of the family in a 1979 film about a bitter divorce struggle, Best Picture winner at the 1980 Oscars (6) |
| MOONLIGHT | Last year's Best Picture winner at the Oscars |
| ARGO | Best Picture winner at the Oscars in 2013, directed by Ben Affleck (4) |
| PARASITE | Best Picture winner at the 92nd Oscars in 2020 (8) |
| GANDHI | Best Picture winner at the 1983 (55th) Oscars (6) |
| THEHURTLOCKER | Best Picture winner at the 2009 Oscars, directed by Kathryn Bigelow |
| FELIX | Canadian tennis player; the runner-up at the 2025 Dubai Tennis Championships, _ Auger-Aliassime (5) |
| MARIA | Tatjana ___, German tennis player who won the women's singles at the 2025 Queen's Club Championships (5) |
| OPRAH | Cynthia Erivo gifted her a (toy) car at the 2025 Tonys |
