Young World Quiz (March 24, 2001)

V.V. RAMANAN

They are the most coveted awards in the world of films. An Oscar assures a performer or a film a permanent place in cinematic history. Come, take centrestage and quiz yourself on the eve of the 73rd Academy Awards.

1. Which organisation is responsible for the awards in different areas of filmmaking?

2. The winners get an 8 1/2 pound statuette of a man standing, with a crusader's sword, on a reel of film. What is his height and who designed the statuette?

3. Though technically called the Academy Award, the statuette is famous by its informal name, Oscar. Why Oscar?

4. Which films are eligible to be considered for the awards?

5. Simple. How many nominees are there in any particular category?

6. The first awards were given away at Hollywood's Roosevelt Hotel on May 16, 1929. Where is the glittering, glamorous ceremony now held?

7. Getting one award is an achievement by itself. But which two films have each won a record 11 Oscars?

8. Which is the only film and its sequel to have won the Best Picture award?

9. Why is Walt Disney in the Oscar record books?

10. Who is the only person to win four Oscars for a starring role?

11. Family business. Which is the only family to have three generations of Oscar winners?

12. What "shocking" thing did Best Actor winners George C. Scott and Marlon Brando do?

13. To date, only two Indians have won the Oscars. Name them.

14. All Academy Award winners since 1950 have been required by the Academy to sign releases indicating what?

15. At its best, the Oscar acceptance speech is its own kind of art form. So which famous director, after years of being passed over by the Academy, made this remark on winning the Best Director award: "Oh, wow. This is the best drink of water after the longest drought of my life."?

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