Mixed General Knowledge Quiz

Mauro Fiore won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for 'Avatar' (2009) at the 82nd Academy Awards.

Ouagadougou is the capital city of Burkina Faso in West Africa. The other options are capitals of different African countries.

Shah Rukh Khan's sister is named Shahnaz (or Shehnaaz). Note: The spelling in option C appears to be 'shahnaaz' which may be a transliteration variation.

The Hurt Locker won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing at the 82nd Academy Awards in 2010. Chris Innis and Bob Murawski were recognized for their tense, immersive editing work on this Iraq War drama, which also won Best Picture and Best Director.

Samvedna was Jagjit Singh's album featuring poems by Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Shah Rukh Khan appeared in the music video for the song 'Kya Khub Lagti Ho' from this 2002 album, which combined Vajpayee's Hindi poetry with Singh's ghazal compositions.

The Secret in Their Eyes (El secreto de sus ojos) from Argentina won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film at the 82nd Academy Awards. Directed by Juan José Campanella, this thriller about a decades-old murder investigation also received widespread critical acclaim.

Shah Rukh Khan was born on November 2, 1965 at Talwar Nursing Home in Delhi. This is a well-documented biographical fact about the Bollywood superstar. His parents were Meer Taj Mohammed Khan and Lateef Fatima Khan.

Mark Boal won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Hurt Locker at the 82nd Academy Awards. Boal, a journalist who embedded with bomb disposal units in Iraq, wrote the screenplay based on his firsthand experiences of the Iraq War.

All of Jane Austen's major novels feature women as their central characters and protagonists - from Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice to Emma Woodhouse in Emma, Anne Elliot in Persuasion, Catherine Morland in Northanger Abbey, and the Dashwood sisters in Sense and Sensibility.

Shah Rukh Khan's father was Meer Taj Mohammed Khan (also spelled Mir Taj Mohammed Khan), a Pashtun Indian independence activist and lawyer. He was born in Peshawar and moved to Delhi after Partition. SRK was very young when his father died.

In the 1988 television series Fauji, Shah Rukh Khan played Lieutenant Abhimanyu Rai. This was SRK's first major acting role and launched his television career before he moved to films. The show followed the training and operations of an army commando unit.

Mr. Darcy's defining character trait in Pride and Prejudice is pride - the novel's title explicitly references this flaw. His excessive pride and social arrogance initially prevent him from recognizing Elizabeth Bennet's worth, and his character development arc centers on overcoming this pride to become worthy of her love.

In Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennet visits Pemberley, Mr. Darcy's estate, with her Aunt and Uncle Gardiner during their summer tour of Derbyshire. This visit marks a turning point in her relationship with Mr. Darcy as she sees him in a new light through the eyes of his servants and the beauty of his estate.

Dreamz Unlimited was the production company founded by Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla, and director Aziz Mirza in 1999. It later evolved into Red Chillies Entertainment, which is owned by SRK and Gauri Khan.

In the Phantom comic strip mythology, there is a lineage of Phantoms, and each generation passes the mantle to their son. The current Phantom in the modern continuity is referred to as the 21st Phantom, continuing the legacy that began in 1536 when the first Phantom swore to fight piracy and injustice.

In Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, the two central protagonists are the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne, who represent the 'sense' and 'sensibility' of the title respectively. The novel explores their contrasting approaches to love, life, and emotional expression through their romantic experiences.

The Phantom, a comic strip superhero created by Lee Falk, is the 21st in a line of crime-fighters who all adopt the same secret identity. The birth name of each Phantom is Kit Walker, and this name is passed down through generations along with the Phantom identity.

In the movie 'Sholay', Jai (Amitabh Bachchan) asks this humorous and redundant question to Basanti (Hema Malini) while they are riding in her carriage, despite already knowing her name.

This is another famous line from 'Sholay' spoken by Gabbar Singh to his henchmen Jai and Veeru. It is used sarcastically to comment on their close friendship or 'yarana'.

This iconic dialogue is spoken by Thakur Baldev Singh (played by Sanjeev Kumar) in the classic Bollywood film Sholay. The full Hindi dialogue 'Yeh haath nahi, bhai faansi ka funda hai' is a powerful moment where the Thakur reveals his vulnerability after losing his arms to the villain Gabbar Singh.