Cinema Quiz

1. In one of the most ambitious projects, which legend’s mansion located in Le Manoir de Ban at Corsier-sur-Vevey in Switzerland is being converted into a museum?

2. Whose name became Adela Dazeem at this year’s Oscar ceremony, thanks to John Travolta’s goof-up?

3. Which hit recently became only the second animated feature to top $1 billion in gross takings at the box office worldwide?

4. Which Oscar host once likened the event to the

Titanic , saying “We are huge, we are expensive and everyone wants us to go faster”?

5. Name the two films that Satyajit Ray made in 1958 which broke the sequence of the Apu Trilogy .

6. Who wrote the book

Rudaali that was adapted by Kalpana Lajmi for the screen?

7. Who recently took the photograph, featuring many Hollywood stars, that has set the record for the most retweets on Twitter?

8. Whose directorial debut was Firaaq that chronicles the aftermath of the Gujarat 2002 carnage and its impact on different sections of society?

9. The Kannada film Kwatle Sathisha is going to be a remake of which hit Tamil flick of recent vintage?

10. About which Mira Nair flick did Roger Ebert write ‘…one of those joyous films that leaps over national boundaries and celebrates universal human nature’?

Answers

1. Charlie Chaplin.

2. Broadway star Idina Menzel.

3. Disney’s Frozen .

4. Billy Crystal.

5. Parash Pathar and Jalsaghar .

6. Mahasweta Devi.

7. Bradley Cooper.

8. Nandita Das.

9. Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanum .

10. Monsoon Wedding .