CINEMA QUIZQuizmaster – Aakash Vasa

Which actor’s real name is Muhammad Yusuf Khan?

Answer: Dilip Kumar

Maurice Joseph Micklewhite is a knight of the OBE and has appeared in over 115 films. How de we know him more commonly as?

Answer: Sir Michael Caine

Krishna Pandit Bhanji is an Academy Awardee, a BAFTA Awardee and a Golden Globe Awardee, all for the same film.

How do we know him has, and what film was this?

Answer: Ben Kingsley, Gandhi

A is a former American professional tennis player who has been a 21-time Women’s Doubles Grand Slam title winner. A was married to B, a movie star, from 2002-2008. B is best known for being the youngest person to portray C, an iconic character of a franchise that has collected more than USD 7 billion till date. Identify A, B and C.

Answer:

A. Pamela Shriver

B. George Lazenby

C. James Bond

A is a World War II movie set around the Battle of Leros, which starred Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn and B. A was adapted from an Alistair Maclean book of the same name. B played the character of Sir Charles Lytton in the very first movie of the C franchise. The C franchise is best remembered for its theme music. A popular Indian actor and Miss World titleholder, D, starred in the latest movie of the C franchise.

Identify A, B, C and D.

Answer:

A. The Guns of Navarone

B. David Niven

C. The Pink Panther

D. Aishwarya Rai

The person ‘B’ in the previous two questions have a unique common link.

They are the only two people who played the role of James Bond in just one film each.

Name each of those two films.

Answer:

George Lazenby: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

David Niven: Casino Royale (1967)

Maine Pyaar Kiya – RaamlaxmanHum Aapke Hai Koun – RaamlaxmanHum Saath Saath Hain – RaamlaxmanMain Prem Ki Deewani Hoon – X.Vivah – Ravindra JainEk Vivah Aisa Bhi – Ravindra JainPrem Ratan Dhan Payo – Y.

What is this a list of? Identify X and Y.

Answer:

List of Sooraj Barjatya’s filmography and his music directors.

Main Prem Ki Deewani Hoon – Anu Malik.Prem Ratan Dhan Payo – Himesh Reshammiya.

Guess the funda.

Answer: Hazel Keech, who made her Bollywood debut with the 2012 film, Bodyguard. She started her acting career as a child artist playing extras in a few Harry Potter films. She is a former Bigg Boss contestant, and recently married Yuvraj Singh.

Released in 1994, this movie was based on William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Set in Africa, it boasts of actors like James Earl Jones and Rowan Atkinson in the star cast. Add to that, original songs by Elton John and the original music score by Hans Zimmer.

What movie are we referring to here?

Answer: The Lion King

ID him.

Ilaiyaraaja has composed more than 6000 songs and more than 1000 films.

Name JUST two such soundtracks!

Richard RodgersHelen HayesRita MorenoJohn GielgudAudrey HepburnMarvin HamlischJonathan TunickMel BrooksMike NicholsWhoopi GoldbergScott RudinRobert Lopez

This is an exclusive list of people. Give funda.

Answer:

They are the only individuals in history to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony (abbreviated EGOT) award in individual, competitive categories.

Fill in the blanks. What is this a list of?

Answer:List of films directed by Yash Chopra.

Martin Scorsese’s 2013 venture did not win Leonardo DiCaprio his elusive first Oscar, but the much-acclaimed project set a rather (in)famous record for a feature film at that point of time, beating 1999 film Summer Of Sam on its way, along with Scorsese’s own Casino.

What was the record?

Answer:

The movie set the record for the most frequent use of the word f**k in a feature film. The word was mentioned 569 times on a total runtime of 180 minutes, resulting in an average of 3.16 *f**ks per minute.

Fun fact: Since then, 2014 Canadian movie, Swearnet, has shattered the record by using the word 935 times over 112 minutes at a staggering rate of 8.35 uses per minute.

What is happening in the photo? ID the person.

Answer: Richard Edlund, cinematographer of Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope preparing to shoot the now-iconic opening crawl.

What is this is a list of?

Answer:

Reservoir Dogs – Mr. Brown

Pulp Fiction – Jimmie Dimmick

Jackie Brown – Answering Machine Voice

Kill Bill – Crazy 88 Member

Inglourious Basterds – First Scalped Victim

Django Unchained – The LeQuint Dickey Mining Co. Employee, Member of Big Daddy’s Mob

The Hateful Eight – Narrator

Give Funda.

Answer:

List of cameos/characters Quentin Tarantino played in all films directed by him.

Identify the movie, and name the actor on the rightmost side and the character he plays.

Identify the movie, and name the actor as well as character whose hand this is.

Identify the movie, and name the actor on the left and character he plays.

Identify the movie, and name the actor & character to whom the child says this line.

Identify the movie, and name the actor and the character who says this line.

Identify the movie, and name the actor and the character who says this line.

Waiter: Would you like to hear today’s specials? Character: Not if you want to keep your spleen.

The Usual SuspectsMementoFight ClubThe Sixth SenseThe Perks of Being A WallflowerAmerican Pyscho

Give Funda.

Answer: SPOILER ALERT.

All these movies have an unreliable narrator.

R. D. Burman - 3Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy - 3Anu Malik – 3Nadeem-Shravan – 4Laxmikant – Pyarelal – 7?? – 9?? – 10

Fill in the blanks. What is this a list of?

Answer:

Shankar-Jaikishan – 9A. R. Rahman – 10

List of most Filmfare Awards for Best Music Director.

The Seven Year Itch is a 1955 American romantic comedy film based on a three-act play by George Axelrod. It starred Tom Ewell and X in the lead roles. The movie was a box-office success, and Tom Ewell won a Golden Globe for Best Actor as well. However, the movie is known for one particular moment, involving X, touted as one of the most iconic moments in cinema history.

Who is X and what are we talking of here?

Answer: Marilyn Monroe and the iconic flying skirt.

A is an Indian actor who was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. One of A’s first breaks, right back in 2006, was in the music video of a famous song B, composed by C. C, arguably, is one of those rare Indian auteurs who is an actor, producer, music director, singer, lyricist and distributor. Song B was a part of C’s most famous album D, which, to this date, is the largest selling non-film music album in the country.

ID A to D.

Answer:A – Deepika Padukone, B – Naam Hai Tera C – Himesh Reshammiya, D – Aap Kaa Surroor

Complete the pairings, and give funda.

?? – IruvarAlan Rickman - ???? - Leon: The ProfessionalShah Rukh Khan - ???? – Dazed and ConfusedRani Mukerji - ??

Answer: Feature film debuts.

Aishwarya Rai – IruvarAlan Rickman – Die HardNatalie Portman - Leon: The ProfessionalShah Rukh Khan - DeewanaMatthew McConaughey – Dazed and ConfusedRani Mukerji – Raja Ki Aayegi Baaraat

What is the significance of this scene?

Answer:

Han shot first.

In the original release of Star Wars: Episode IV, in the scene where Han Solo confronts Greedo, Han is the one who shoots Greedo and kills him. George Lucas was dissatisfied with the climax as he believed that it depicted Solo, the film’s protagonist as a ‘cold-blooded killer’. In a subsequent release of the movie in 1997, Lucas ensured that some SFX and a few extra frames and were inserted which made it seem like Greedo shoots first at Solo and misses, prompting Solo to return fire ‘in self-defense’, thus ensuring the moral slate of Han Solo is clean.

Star Wars loyalists do not accept Lucas’ retroactive edits, and maintain that it was Han who indeed shot Greedo first, in line with his anti-hero elements that were evident through the Original Trilogy.

Five Indians in history have won the Academy Award. Two of them are, of course, are A. R. Rahman and Gulzar (for Slumdog Millionaire). The third, and the first one to do so, was Bhanu Athaiya (for Gandhi).

Who were the other two people?

Answer:

Resul Pookutty (won the Oscar for Best Sound Mixing, also for Slumdog Millionaire)

Satyajit Ray (was awarded an Honorary Oscar for Lifetime Achievement in contribution to Cinema)

X is a 1957 movie, which was notable for its almost exclusive use of a single set. Out of the 96 minutes of run time, only three minutes takes place outside of a single room. No names are ever mentioned in the film; instead people are identified by their ‘number’. The movie was remade in India as Ek Ruka Hua Faisla.

Which movie is X?

Answer: 12 Angry Men

Identify these two people and the movie.

Answer: Donald Trump and Macaulay Culkin – Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

American Film Industry – HollywoodHindi Film Industry – BollywoodBhojpuri Film Industry - ??Telugu Film Industry - ???? - SandalwoodTamil Film Industry - ???? - Lollywood

Answer:

American Film Industry – HollywoodHindi Film Industry – BollywoodBhojpuri Film Industry - BhollywoodTelugu Film Industry - TollywoodKannada Film Industry - SandalwoodTamil Film Industry - KollywoodLahore Film Industry - Lollywood

The American Film Institute (AFI), in 2005, released a list of the top 100 most memorable movie quotes of all time. A few of them were as follows. ID the movie they are from.

1. “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.”

17. “Rosebud.”

21. “A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.”

33. “I’ll have what she’s having.”

56. “A boy's best friend is his mother.“

58. “Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.”

64. “Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room.”

Answer:

1. “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.” – Gone With The Wind

17. “Rosebud.” – Citizen Kane

21. “A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.” – The Silence of the Lambs

33. “I’ll have what she’s having.” – When Harry Met Sally

56. “A boy's best friend is his mother.“ - Psycho

58. “Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.” – The Godfather Part II

64. “Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room.” – Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.

The Palme d’Or (earlier called the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film) is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival. Only one Indian film has managed to win this award. Name that movie.

Answer: Neecha Nagar, directed by Chetan Anand, won in 1946.

What is this a list of? Fill in the three empty spaces.

Answer: India’s resident plagiarist, Sanjay Gupta’s filmography.

Needless to say, Christian Bale is a method actor. Fill in the blanks.

Answer:

Imitations and parodies of this song have been created, including versions in different Indian languages, a female version, and versions about current events at that time. The song became CNN's Top Song in the year it was released. Its rapid spread to nightclubs and discos in Tokyo, Japan were reported soon after release, and a viral video of Japanese women dancing to it spread soon afterwards. Police officers in India used versions of the song and its title to combat road rage and encourage bike riders to wear helmets. The popularity of the song was also reported by international media like BBC and Time magazine, who attributed its major crossover world appeal to its universal theme, catchy tune and unique lyrics. Top business schools like Indian Institutes of Management conducted studies to figure out the popularity of this song.

What song is this?

Answer:

Give Funda.

Answer: All of them have been adapted from Stephen King’s works.

A and B starred in the lead roles of C’s first movie D. C initially wanted E to star in the role that eventually went to A, but was dissuaded to do so by his father F. E’s most famous roles came in the G series of films, five of which have been released as of 2016. E had been married to H from 2006-2012. H played a pivotal role in the first movie of a rebooted franchise I, which starred J in the lead role. Another of J’s films, K, released in 2013, for which J famously grew a paunch. K was nominated for 10 Oscars but did not manage to win a single one. L was the Best Supporting Actress nominee for K; and L had just won the Oscar for Best Actress for the movie M in the previous year. N starred in movie M, and also in movie D wherein he played the role of A’s father.

Identify A to N.

Answer:

A – Shah Rukh KhanB – KajolC – Aditya ChopraD – Dilwale Dulhania Le JayengeE – Tom CruiseF – Yash ChopraG – Mission ImpossibleH – Katie HolmesI – Christopher Nolan’s BatmanJ – Christian BaleK – American HustleL – Jennifer LawrenceM – Silver Linings PlaybookN – Anupam Kher