Considered “the single most influential director of his generation”, Quentin Tarantino was born on March 27 in 1963. Here is a quiz on his work

QUESTION 1

One of his films paid homage to the subgenre of blaxploitation films, making it the only featurelength film directed by Tarantino that was based on another work. Name the film.

QUESTION 2

One scene in the cult classic prompted discussion of the film’s highly intertextual style, regarding the dance sequence of John Travolta. However, Tarantino credits the scene to which famous filmmaker?

QUESTION 3

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This film in the spaghetti western subgenre won Tarantino his second Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. The story follows a slave who trains under a German bounty hunter with the ultimate goal of reuniting with his wife. Name the film.

QUESTION 4

What is the name of the 1987 amateur comedy film directed, edited, cowritten, coproduced by and starring Tarantino? Some of the film’s dialogues were used in another film. Name both films.

QUESTION 5

In June 2020, Tarantino became an officially recognised critic on which website, where his reviews are part of the rating?

QUESTION 6

In 2022, Tarantino stated that this film is “the greatest movie of all time. Maybe not the best film, but the best movie ever made”. Which is it?

QUESTION 7

This is the 2021 debut novel by Tarantino, a novelisation of his 2019 film of the same name. What is it called?

Questions and Answers to the previous day’s daily quiz:

1. The importance of PL Handoo’s victory in the 1989 general elections in Anantnag. Ans: Highest margin of victory in percentage terms (97.2%)

2. The importance of K. Ramakrishna’s victory in the 1989 elections from Anakapalle. Ans: Lowest margin of victory in percentage terms (0.0014%)

3. The constituency which had the highest number of electors. Ans: Malkajgiri, Telangana

4. The constituency with the lowest number of electors. Ans: Lakshadweep

5. This person holds the record for the highest victory margin in absolute number terms in Indian elections. Ans: Pritam Munde, Bharatiya Janata Party

Ans: Sukumar Sen, India’s first Chief Election Commissioner Early Birds:

Rajmohan. V| Tamal Biswas| M. Suresh Kumar| Sadhan Kumar Panda

Visual question: Identify this Tarantino film. What genre do these films belong to? Visual question: Identify this gentleman.