The movie Manjummel Boys shattered records and became the first Malayalam movie to enter the ₹200crore club. Here is a quiz on movies based on real life incidents

QUESTION 1

This 2011 road-action thriller is based on a real-life incident that happened in Chennai. The movie which was remade in Tamil and Hindi pertains to heart transplants. Identify the movie.

QUESTION 2

This film starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monáe is on three African-american women mathematicians at the space agency NASA. Their behind-the-scenes work is responsible for the launch of which astronaut?

QUESTION 3

Air hostess, hijack situation, Ashok Chakra, Shabana Azmi are all key elements of this popular Hindi-language movie. It won two National Film Awards. Identify the film.

QUESTION 4

Identify the non-fiction book based on which the 2016 film was made. The movie starring Dev Patel also has an AR Rahaman song.

QUESTION 5

This Sandra Bullock starrer about the transformation of a homeless kid into a star athlete is said to be based on the life of Michael Oher. It was recently in the news due to the controversy surrounding the athlete and the Tuohy family.

Identify the film.

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

1. In the inner region of the asteroid belt lies an asteroid about 10 km wide, discovered by astronomer Martin Watt in 1982. Name the British philologist and writer for whom Watt named the asteroid. Ans: J.R.R. Tolkien

2. Astronomers discovered two asteroids in 1989 and 1996 and named them right then. Name the asteroids.

Megryan, Tomhanks

3. This asteroid was discovered in 2004 and subsequently given the name of an antagonist from the TV show Star Gate SG-1. Ans: Apophis

4. A Japanese astronomer discovered this asteroid in 1991 and named it after a monster that appears in a famous nonsensical poem. Ans: Jabberwock

5. This asteroid is named for a poem and a warrior of Old English literature. It belongs to a group that also includes the asteroid Bennu, which has a 0.13% chance of smashing into the earth between 2178 and 2290. Name the asteroid.

Ans: Beowulf

Visual: Name this Indian astronomer.

Bappu Early Birds:

Ans: M.K. Vainu

K.N. Vishwanathan | Rajmohan V

Ans:

Visual question: This humorous movie revolves around a young man who experiences retrograde amnesia after a cricket incident two days before his wedding. Identify the movie.