 | Derek O'Brien |
In early January we predicted in these columns that Slumdog Millionaire would win an Oscar. Try this mini Oscar quiz to get into the mood. 1) Name the only “Oscar” to win an Oscar. 2) Titanic was the second film to win 11 Oscars. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King was the third. Which was the first film to have achieved the feat? 3) An easy one: Which Indian was nominated for Best Original Score in the film Gandhi? 4) Who is the only Nobel laureate for Literature to win an Oscar? (Answers below)
YOUR QUESTIONS
1. Who was the director of the Academy Award nominated film Mother India?
Gargi Mullick, Calcutta
2. Who was the only finance minister of India to have had the opportunity to present two budgets on his birthday?
Debashis Dutta, Alipurduar
3. Which state would you be in if you trek along the Kugti Pass?
Dipali Raha, Birbhum
4. In the 2009 IPL, for which team will Zaheer Khan play?
Nishwant Samal, Asansol
5. In classic French culinary nomenclature, the word ‘Argenteuil’ denotes a garnish of which vegetable?
Shambaditya Sen, Malda
6. Which state is the largest producer of coffee in India?
Masoom Raza, Calcutta
7. Who drew upon his experiences as an obstetrician in his first novel Liza of Lambeth?
Sandeep Maurya, Howrah
8. On which flag would you find the temple representing Angkor Wat outlined in black in the centre ?
Madhurima Biswas, Baruipur
9. In 1873, which famous scientist became professor of vocal physiology at Boston University?
Soham Kundu, Jamshedpur
KNOW & GROW WITH DEREK
The answers to the Oscar quiz are: 1. Oscar Hammerstein II (in the 1940s for best original song) 2. Ben Hur (1959) 3. Ravi Shankar (with George Fenton) 4. G.B. Shaw (for the 1938 film Pygmalion)
ANSWER AND WIN
With which famous movement would you associate this slogan: ‘Ecology is permanent economy’?
Send in your answers with your full name and address to: graphitiquiz@gmail.com
Winner of the Answer and Win
Quiz published on 8.2.2009
Soham Kundu, Jamshedpur.
The Shatabdi express was launched to commemorate whose birth centenary?
The answer was Jawaharlal Nehru.
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POINT OF VIEW
1. Identify this actor
2. Name this president of a country
ANSWERS
1 Mehboob Khan
2 Morarji Desai
3 Himachal Pradesh
4 Mumbai Indians
5 Asparagus
6 Karnataka
7 William Somerset Maugham
8 Cambodia
9 Alexander Graham Bell
WHO AM I ? 
Kevin Pietersen
POINT OF VIEW 1 Mickey Rourke
POINT OF VIEW 2 Dmitry Medvedev
