Cinema Quiz

June 08, 2013 06:12 pm | Updated 06:12 pm IST

Questions:

1. Which Jack Nicholson character is said to be based on real-life mobster Whitey Bulger?

2. Which Rajesh Khanna-starrer was based on Gujarati play Dhoomas which in turn was adapted from Monte Doyle's play Signpost to Murder ?

3. Which actress received Oscar nominations for Frances and Tootsie before winning for Blue Sky ?

4. Which RGV flick was loosely based on Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita ?

5. In which all-time favourite did Amitabh Bachchan mouth this dialogue: “Gobhi ka phool, phool hokar bhi phool nahi, sabzi hai. Isi tarah gende ka phool phool hokar phool nahi hai..”?

6. What is the more famous screen name of Vijayalakshmi Vadlapati?

7. A 1920s Ford model A named ‘Champion’ is the main character in which flick?

8. Which artist’s paintings paid a tribute to Raj Kapoor's creativity during Henna ’s opening credits?

9. Rajakota Rahasyam is the dubbed Telugu version of which Tamil film?

10. Satyanweshi , Rituparno Ghosh’s final film before his death recently, features which famous character from Bengali fiction?

Answers:

1. Frank Costello in The Departed .

2. Ittefaq .

3. Jessica Lange.

4. Nishabd .

5. Chupke Chupke.

6. Silk Smitha.

7. Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi .

8. M.F. Husain.

9. Ponnar Shankar.

10. Byomkesh Bakshi.

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