Feb 28, 2011
Q.151
Feb 27, 2011
Q.150
Easy one to round things off. If Colin Firth wins the Best Actor Oscar, this will probably be the only time (not a 100% sure) that two characters based on a real-life father-child pair win acting Oscars. So who will be associated with Firth in this way?
(Aside: In the Godfather films, actors playing Vito (father) and Sonny & Michael (sons) were nominated, but only the Vitos won.)
Feb 26, 2011
Q.149
Four nominations in this year's Foreign Language Film category are from Mexico, Greece, Denmark and Algeria. Just like the Algerian film, the languages in the fifth country's film are Arabic and French. Which non-Arabic country is this film "Incendies" representing?
Feb 25, 2011
Q.148
Filmmakers Kevin Brownlow and Jean-Luc Godard are among the three recipients of the Academy "Honorary Award". The third is the actor Eli Wallach, probably best known for playing the role Tuco in an iconic film. What was the unofficial nickname of Tuco?
Feb 24, 2011
Q.147
"Exit Through the Gift Shop" is nominated for Best Documentary, and tells the story of a French street artist. The director of the movie is unlikely to attend the Oscars, though it does seem like he is in Los Angeles already (evidence: sketches on the walls of buildings, like the one above). What is the pseudonym of this artist-director?
Feb 23, 2011
Q.146
Oscar 1
Posing with A.R.Rahman is someone whose middle and last names are 'Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley'. Also co-nominated this year is her brother Rollo. She is named after a Queen of Carthage from Roman myth. She won't be performing at this year's Award ceremony since she is expecting.
Who is this?
Feb 22, 2011
Q.145
Feb 21, 2011
Q.144
So who was inside?
Feb 20, 2011
Q.143
In the end, the members voted not to move at all. So where will this event continue to be held?
Feb 19, 2011
Q.142
Feb 18, 2011
Q.141
On 26th Jan (a day after the first major day of organised protests), he tweeted:
Hey @"[left blank]", #Jan25 proved you wrong. Revolution can be a #Facebook event that is liked, shared & tweeted. http://nyr.kr/bYKeLq
The person he was addressing had written an article in the New Yorker (the url in the tweet points to that article) last year called "Small Change: Why the revolution will not be tweeted.", the main thesis of which being that many exhibit a slack form of activism on new-age social media .
Who was this person with whom he disagreed?
Feb 17, 2011
Q.140
However, he has now bagged the chance to play the lead in a reboot of a major movie franchise. What will he get to act as?
Feb 16, 2011
Q.139
Feb 15, 2011
Q.138
In her honour, the organisers of the prize have instituted a special "Best of " award. An online poll will be held to select a winner among her five earlier nominated novels (The Dressmaker (1973), The Bottle Factory Outing (1974), An Awfully Big Adventure (1990), Every Man for Himself (1996) and Master George (1998)). Who is this author?
Feb 14, 2011
Q.137
* "What so proudly we watched at the twilight’s last gleaming" (sic)
* this little icon, seen accompanying certain tweets on Twitter
* Christina Aguilera who was singing the American national anthem managed to mangle the line "o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming," with the line above.
* Twitter marked every occurence of the phrase 'Super Bowl' in tweets by appending the football icon.
Feb 13, 2011
Q.136
1. The list was released on 6 Feb 2011, to mark the 100th birth anniversary of a former US President, who was included in the list. Which president?
2. Though a list of 25, there are actually 26 people on the list. One entry is a pair of these two medieval leaders. Who are they?
2. Richard the Lionheart and Saladin
Feb 12, 2011
Q.135
Who?
Feb 11, 2011
Q.134
What?
Feb 10, 2011
Q.133
What?
Feb 9, 2011
Q.132
Feb 8, 2011
Q.131
What day and which country?
Feb 7, 2011
Q.130
This phrase has now been applied to a much more recent event. What phrase?
Feb 6, 2011
Q.129
Which former tennis player?
Image: FILA
Feb 5, 2011
Q.128
Feb 4, 2011
Q.127
What famous piece of music?
Feb 3, 2011
Q.126
Feb 2, 2011
Q.125
The previous film is well known in Oscar-trivia circles for something. What?
Feb 1, 2011
Q.124
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