What is Oscar made of?
Updated February 23, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
The Question:
Are Oscar Awards made of gold?
The Answer:
Not solid gold, no. Currently, the Academy Award statuettes are made of gold-plated britannium, an alloy that's mostly made of tin.
The very first Oscar statuettes were made of gold-plated solid bronze. During World War II, when metal was scarce, they were made of plaster; these plaster statuettes were traded in for the usual models after the war.
For more information on the Academy Awards, see Infoplease Goes to the Oscars.
-The Fact Monster
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