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Quiz about Indians at the Oscars
Quiz about Indians at the Oscars

Indians at the Oscars Trivia Quiz


Indians haven't made much of an impression at the Academy Awards barring a few exceptions. There was just about enough material for this quiz though.

A multiple-choice quiz by zorba_scank. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
zorba_scank
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
254,162
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
1211
Last 3 plays: Guest 49 (7/10), Guest 152 (9/10), Guest 49 (6/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Satyajit Ray is one of the greatest Indian filmmakers. His first film was "Pather Panchali" which won numerous international awards including Best Human Document at the Cannes Film Festival. Which Academy Award did he win in 1992? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. "Mother India" (1957) was the first Indian film to be nominated for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Language film category. Which film did it lose the award to? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. An Indian documentary film titled "An Encounter with Faces" was nominated for an Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject in 1979.


Question 4 of 10
4. This woman was the first Indian to win an Oscar. Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Which famous Indian classical musician was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Original Score category in 1982 for the film "Gandhi"? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. This film was only the second Indian film to be nominated in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the Oscars. It is based on the lives of street children in Bombay and most of the young actors featured in the movie were actual street children. Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Another Oscar nominated film was "Lagaan" (2001) which was set in 19th century India. The plot of the film centered on a sport. Which sport was it? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. "Little Terrorist" was a short film written, directed and produced by Ashvin Kumar. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film.


Question 9 of 10
9. Fifty-six songs were under consideration in the Original Song category for the "79th Annual Academy Awards". Three among them were by A. R. Rehman, a famous Indian music composer. Which of these was not one of them? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. One of the nominees for Best Foreign Language film at the "79th Annual Academy Awards" was "Water". This movie was shot in both Hindi and English and had a predominantly Indian cast and crew. Which country did it represent at the Oscars? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Satyajit Ray is one of the greatest Indian filmmakers. His first film was "Pather Panchali" which won numerous international awards including Best Human Document at the Cannes Film Festival. Which Academy Award did he win in 1992?

Answer: Lifetime Achievement

Ray has also been awarded the Legion d'Honneur by the Government of France and the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. He also did the scripting, editing, scoring, casting, cinematography and art direction of his own films. Apart from filmmaking, Ray was also a writer, publisher, illustrator, graphic designer and film critic.
2. "Mother India" (1957) was the first Indian film to be nominated for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Language film category. Which film did it lose the award to?

Answer: Nights of Cabiria

"Nights of Cabiria" was an Italian film directed by Federico Fellini.
"Mother India" starred Nargis, Sunil Dutt and Rajendra Kumar. During the filming, Sunil Dutt saved Nargis during a fire sequence and the two married within a year. Their marriage had to be kept under wraps for a while because Dutt played her son in the movie. The opening sequence of the movie showed the producer's logo, which was a hammer and a sickle. It had to be edited out for the Oscars since the Cold War was on at the time.
3. An Indian documentary film titled "An Encounter with Faces" was nominated for an Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject in 1979.

Answer: True

"An Encounter with Faces" was one of Vidhu Vinod Chopra's first attempts at filmmaking. He also won the National Award for Best Short Experimental Film for "Murder at Monkey Hill" (1977).
4. This woman was the first Indian to win an Oscar.

Answer: Bhanu Athaiya

Bhanu Athaiya won an Oscar for Best Costume Design for her work in the film "Gandhi" (1982). The award was shared with John Mollo.
5. Which famous Indian classical musician was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Original Score category in 1982 for the film "Gandhi"?

Answer: Ravi Shankar

Ravi Shankar and George Fenton secured a joint nomination for their work in the 1982 film "Gandhi". They lost to John Williams for "E.T.".
Ravi Shankar is the father of famous singer, Norah Jones.
6. This film was only the second Indian film to be nominated in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the Oscars. It is based on the lives of street children in Bombay and most of the young actors featured in the movie were actual street children.

Answer: Salaam Bombay!

"Salaam Bombay!" was directed by Mira Nair and the film was released in 1988. Mira Nair wrote the screenplay in collaboration with Sooni Taraporewala. It was filmed on location in Bombay. Though the film didn't win the Oscar, it did win the Golden Camera award at the Cannes Film Festival. The Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film (1988) went to a Danish film "Pelle the Conqueror".
7. Another Oscar nominated film was "Lagaan" (2001) which was set in 19th century India. The plot of the film centered on a sport. Which sport was it?

Answer: Cricket

In the film, the British captain in charge of the village challenged the villagers to a game of cricket. If they won, they wouldn't have to pay taxes for three years but if they lost, they'd have to pay three times the amount.
"Lagaan" lost out to the Bosnian film "No Man's Land".
8. "Little Terrorist" was a short film written, directed and produced by Ashvin Kumar. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film.

Answer: True

The movie was shot in Rajasthan on a shoestring budget. The plot revolved around a 10-year-old Pakistani Muslim boy who wandered across the Indian border. He was sheltered from the border security forces by a Hindu Brahmin family. Julfuqar Ali, who played the small boy, was a street child and none of the other lead actors had acted in a movie prior to this.
9. Fifty-six songs were under consideration in the Original Song category for the "79th Annual Academy Awards". Three among them were by A. R. Rehman, a famous Indian music composer. Which of these was not one of them?

Answer: "Barso Re" from "Guru"

"Rang De Basanti" was India's entry in the Best Foreign Language film category but it didn't make the short list. The Oscar for Best Original Song went to "I Need To Wake Up" from "An Inconvenient Truth".
10. One of the nominees for Best Foreign Language film at the "79th Annual Academy Awards" was "Water". This movie was shot in both Hindi and English and had a predominantly Indian cast and crew. Which country did it represent at the Oscars?

Answer: Canada

This is the final film in Deepa Mehta's elemental trilogy which includes "Fire" (1996) and "Earth" (1998). She initially began filming it in 2000 with a different cast in Varanasi, India. Shooting was disrupted by Hindu fundamentalists because the movie portrayed the plight of widows in India in a negative light. Mehta later resumed filming in Sri Lanka after four years. George Lucas had taken out a full-page advertisement in "Variety" magazine to support Mehta in her struggle to make this film.
Source: Author zorba_scank

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