Trivia Night (Round 1)

Forrest Gump is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks. The film follows the life of Forrest Gump, a simple man with a low IQ, who unwittingly becomes involved in some of the significant events of the 20th century. Forrest Gump attends college on a sports scholarship for which sport?

• Football

• Basketball

• Swimming

• Tennis

What is the Highest grossing movie of all time

• Avatar : Way of Water

• Avengers: End Game

• Avatar

• Titanic

In the movie "Gone with the Wind," which of the following characters is the heroine

Scarlett O'Hara's favorite cousin?

• Melanie Hamilton

• Ashley Wilkes

• Rhett Butler

• Bonnie Blue Butler

What movie is this sound tract from?

• Intestellar

• oblivion

• Inception

• Tenet

Which movie won the award for the Best FILM at the 92nd Academy Awards held last year becoming the first movie not in English language to win this award?

• Knives Out

• Parasite

• Everything Everywhere All at once

• Life of Pi

This classic Sri Lankan film stars Vasanthi Chathurani and late Vijaya Kumaratunga in the lead roles.Which 1980 movie, directed by Sumitra Pieris, and the screenplay written by veteran screenwriter Tissa Abysekara,  was based on a novel of the same name by Letitia Boteju?

• Ahasin Polawata

• Hanthane kathawa

• Beddegama

• ganga addara

This Bahmian was the 1st African American to win an academy award for his role in the movie " Lilies of the field". He is also noted for his work in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and To Sir, with Love which were pivotal in breaking down racial barriers.

• James Earl Jones

• Louis Gossett Jr.

• Sidney Poitier

• Morgan Freeman

This was the first film to be made in the Sinhala language and screened in Sri Lanka; it is generally considered to have heralded the coming of Sinhala Cinema. This film starred, Rukmani Devi and BAW Jayamanne in titular roles. What is the name of this movie?

• Rekawa

• Ranmuthu Duwa

• Babaru Awith

• Kadawuna Poronduwa

Who has won the most number of academy awards ?

• Walt Disney

• Steven Spielberg

• Katharine Hepburn

• John Williams

This 2002 biographical Holocaust war drama film produced and directed by Roman Polanski tsarring Adrian brody tells the story of his life in warsaw, in Nazi occupied poland during WW2. This performance earned Adrian Brody a best actor academy award in 2002. A story about the will to survive during the most despairing times What is the name of this movie?

• Schindler's List

• Saving Private Ryan

• Downfall

• The pianist