2. 1. Time marches on
For the 1941 Novel Pulitzer, Advisory Board elected to overrule the jury
and recommended Y by X. However, Columbia University president, ex
officio head of the committee, implored the committee to reconsider,
citing the potential association between the University and the novel's
frank sexual content; instead, no award was given.
You may have heard of the book’s title in a musical context.
Twelve years later, X was awarded the 1953 Pulitzer Fiction Prize for Z.
ID X,Y,Z.
11. 4. Of timber, empires and war
X’s publishers had submitted his novel Y for the Z Writer’s Prize,
without asking X. Y won in the Eurasian region, and was to be
considered for the final prize. However, when X came to know of this,
he withdrew Y from consideration, as he took objection to the term
“Z”.
According to X, "So far as I can determine, Y is eligible for the Z Prize
partly because it was written in English and partly because I happen to
belong to a region that was once conquered and ruled by ________
_______. Of the many reasons why a book's merits may be recognized
these seem to me to be the least persuasive.“
5 for X & Y. 5 for Z.
13. X – Amitav Ghosh
Y – The Glass Palace
Z - Commonwealth
14. 5. Not too supporting
Amrish Puri couldn’t win this
award for, possibly, his most
famous role (in a late 80s movie)
because this category was only
instituted in 1992.
He was nominated 7 times since,
but unfortunately, never won it.
Other recipients include Kajol and
Sunil Shetty, among others.
Which award?
17. 6. The American way
Considering that he is a respected reporter for a long established
broadcast newspaper, it shouldn’t be too surprising to realize that he is
a talented writer.
In fact, he has actually won two Pulitzer prizes. He has even written
two award-winning novels, The Janus Contract and Under a Yellow
Sun.
Who?
20. 7. God’s Own Servant
Written by Y in 1917 when he was only 17 years of age, X has been
adapted many times in Indian cinema, most recently in 2009.
The most famous Hindi adaptations are of 1955, and that of 2002, both
of which won their actors remarkable accolades, including the Filmfare
award.
ID X and Y.
Bonus points (10) for directors of the 1955 and 2002 versions.
25. Countries with films nominated for, and films
winning the, Best Foreign Language Film at the
Oscars
26. 9. What’s in a name?
Of the 9 animated features nominated for the 2017 Oscars, surprisingly,
X, from the country _____, was not one, despite having been named
the best animated feature of 2015 by the LA critics association.
The academy doesn't really hide its considerable favouritism towards
the company Y, so perhaps this snub was not too surprising after all. In
fact, of the 5 animated features from the X’s country of origin that have
ever been nominated at the Oscars, all were distributed in America by
Y.
ID X and Y.
29. 10. Memory
The competitive category Academy Award for Best ____-__ was
created after the Academy received complaints that the ____-__ work
in X was not going to be honored. Although no award was given to X,
an entire category dedicated to honoring ____-__ in film was created
for subsequent ceremonies.
The film X, by the director Y, is a historical drama about the life of a
severely deformed man in late 19th century London.
ID X and Y, and the category of awards thus created.
32. 11. A Clean Sweep
X’s friend ______ ______ was instrumental in getting publishers for his
first few books. The fictional town of _______ that he introduced in his
works has become ingrained in collective Indian memory. His work Y,
got him a Sahitya Akademi Award in 1960, and was adapted into a
1965 film which won Best Picture, Director, Actor and Actress at the
Filmfare awards.
ID X and Y.
35. 12. House and Identity
X was the first Indian-origin man to win the Man Booker prize, in 1971
for his novel __ _ ____ _____.
Another of his famous works is the novel 1961 Y, the story of Mohun
______, a man who sets the goal of owning his own house.
ID X and Y.
38. 13.
X won the Man Booker prize for Y in 2009.
Y is the fictionalized biography of Thomas Cromwell and his rise to
power in the court of Henry VIII. Y is named after Seymour family’s
seat of ________ in Wiltshire.
X again won the Man Booker in 2012, for Y’s sequel Z.
ID X, Y, Z.
40. X – Hilary Mantel
Y – Wolfhall
Z – Bring up the Bodies
41. 14.
Harold Pinter won the Nobel prize in 2005.
Of how he wrote his plays, he had this to say -
“I always start a play by calling the __________ _, _ and _.
The first line of Old Times is ‘Dark’.
'Dark.' A large window. Evening sky. A man, _ (later to become Deeley),
and a woman, _ (later to become Kate), sitting with drinks. 'Fat or thin?'
the man asks. Who are they talking about? But I then see, standing at
the window, a woman, _ (later to become Anna), in another condition
of light, her back to them, her hair dark.”
So, how would he start thinking about a play? Or, FITB.
44. 15.
X won the Nobel prize for literature in 1953.
The theme of the first of his 4 volume book, “History of the _______
________ _______”, was about the invasions to X’s country, twice in
history, in 55 and 54 BC, by Y.
ID X and Y.
