1. Which comedy king and legend co-anchored, with Alec Baldwin, the 82nd Annual Academy Awards (Oscars 2009) ? 2. This year 10 movies were nominated in the best movie category. This happened last in 1943 after which the nominations were restricted to 5. Which movie won the best picture award in 1943? 3. Which actress of yesteryears created history to become the person with the highest number of Oscar nominations (16 till now) when she received the best-actress nomination? 4. Michael Giachhino received the Best original score Oscar for the movie Up. Who won the award last year? 5. Which actress won her first Oscar nomination and award for the best actress for the movie, The Blind Side ? 6. The best supporting award was given to Christoph Waltz for his role in Inglorious Bastards. Which unorthodox director wrote the script and directed the movie? 7. Jeff Bridges won the award for the bet actor for which movie? 8. Which short documentary movie by Gregg Helvey, based on the life of a kid in the slums of Dharavi, Mumbai was nominated in the best live action short category? 9. Which movie directed by Katheryn Bigelow won 6 Oscars (including best picture and best director) in all to emerge the movie with the highest number of Oscars this year leaving behind Avatar directed by her ex-husband, James Cameroon? 10. Which Oscar nominated movie is based on the novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire? Oscar awards quiz answers: 1. Steve Martin 2. Casablanca 3. Maryll Streep 4. A.R. Rahman for Slumdog Millionaire 5. Sandra Bullock 6. Quantin … [Read more...]
Quiz on Sachin Tendulkar
1. Dreaming to become a deadly fast bowler, where was Sachin selected to train while he was in school until he was suggested by Dennis Lille to concentrate on his batting? 2. In which tournament did Sachin share a record 664 run partnership with Vinod Kambli in 1988 only to be broken in 2006 at Hyderabad? 3. Sachin became the youngest Indian to score a century on first-class debut for Bombay. Which team did he score the century against? 4. What is unique about the debut achievements of Sachin in Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy? 5. How many one-day internationals did it take for Sachin to make his first one-day century? 6. Which Dronacharya award recipient coached Sachin Tendulkar when introduced by his elder brother, Ajit? 7. In the initial days, Sachin used to wear a head-band. This was inspired by which Tennis legend and Tendulkar’s favourite? 8. Which place in Pakistan did Sachin make his one-day international debut in the second one-day against Pakistan in 1989? 9. Waqar Younis was the bowler who dismissed Sachin for the first time in Tests. Which bowler dismissed Sachin in the first one-day international that he played? 10. Against whom did Sachin score his first first-class double century? Sachin Tendulkar Quiz answers: 1. MRF Pace Foundation 2. Lord Harris Shield Tournament 3. Gujarat 4. He is the only player till date to score centuries on debut in all these three tournaments 5. 79 6. Ramakanth Achrekar 7. John McEnroe 8. Gujranwala 9. Waqar Younis (Sachin scored a duck in his first one-day international) 10. Australia (Colombo, Sri Lanka) Compiled by: Geetanav Ojha, NIT, Kozhikode … [Read more...]
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