Can You Score 20/20? The Ultimate Bolivian Movies and Series Trivia Quiz Challenge

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Discover the rich, often overlooked world of Bolivian cinema with this thrilling trivia quiz! From pioneering indigenous films by Jorge Sanjinés to modern Oscar hopefuls like Utama, test your knowledge of Bolivia’s movies and series. Questions span easy warm-ups to expert-level challenges – how many can you get right?

20 Trivia Questions on Bolivian Movies and Series

Question 1: Which Bolivian film was shortlisted for the Best International Feature Film at the 2023 Academy Awards?

A. La Nación Clandestina
B. Chuquiago
C. Utama
D. American Visa

Question 2: Who directed the 2022 Bolivian film Utama?

A. Jorge Sanjinés
B. Juan Carlos Valdivia
C. Antonio Eguino
D. Alejandro Loayza Grisi

Question 3: The dialogue in Utama is primarily in which indigenous language?

A. Quechua
B. Guarani
C. Spanish
D. Aymara

Question 4: Who plays the role of Virginio, the elderly herder, in Utama?

A. Santos Calcina
B. Luisa Quispe
C. José Calcina
D. Alejandro Loayza Grisi

Question 5: Utama is set in which region of Bolivia?

A. Yungas valleys
B. Uyuni Salt Flats
C. Altiplano highlands
D. Amazon basin

Question 6: What film collective did Jorge Sanjinés found in 1969 to promote Bolivian indigenous cinema?

A. Grupo Cine Liberación
B. UKAMPO
C. Grupo Ukamau
D. Cine Nuevo

Question 7: What is the English title of Jorge Sanjinés’ landmark 1969 film Yawar Mallku?

A. The Courage of the People
B. The Secret Nation
C. Blood of the Condor
D. Chuquiago

Question 8: The release of Blood of the Condor prompted the withdrawal of which US organisation from Bolivia?

A. USAID
B. CIA
C. Peace Corps
D. Fulbright Program

Question 9: Jorge Sanjinés’ 1971 film El Coraje del Pueblo depicts the miners’ resistance of which year?

A. 1952
B. 1942
C. 1967
D. 1980

Question 10: Which Jorge Sanjinés film won the Grand Coral award at the 1989 Havana Film Festival?

A. Yawar Mallku
B. El Coraje del Pueblo
C. La Nación Clandestina
D. El Camino de la Muerte

Question 11: Antonio Eguino’s 1977 film Chuquiago commemorates the 450th anniversary of which city?

A. Cochabamba
B. Sucre
C. Santa Cruz
D. La Paz

Question 12: Which 2007 Bolivian film is an adaptation of Jesús Urzagasti’s novel, directed by Antonio Eguino?

A. Coroico
B. Los Andes No Creen en Dios
C. Zona Sur
D. Socavón

Question 13: Who directed the 2005 Bolivian drama American Visa?

A. Antonio Eguino
B. Alejandro Loayza Grisi
C. Jorge Sanjinés
D. Juan Carlos Valdivia

Question 14: American Visa is primarily set in which Bolivian city?

A. Cochabamba
B. Potosí
C. Santa Cruz
D. La Paz

Question 15: Which 2015 Bolivian film, known as The Shameless in English, was Bolivia’s Oscar submission?

A. Sin Verguenza
B. Utama
C. Zona Sur
D. Socavón

Question 16: Who directed the 2015 film Sin Verguenza (The Shameless)?

A. Juan Carlos Valdivia
B. Andrés Marroquín Velarde
C. Marcos Loayza
D. Kaveh Daneshmand

Question 17: In The Shameless, what is the street name of the protagonist played by Rosmery Valles?

A. La Chola
B. La Bruja
C. La Reina
D. La Mapache

Question 18: Juan Carlos Valdivia’s 2008 film Zona Sur explores class divides in which Bolivian city?

A. Cochabamba
B. La Paz
C. Sucre
D. Tarija

Question 19: What documentary film highlights child labour in Bolivia’s Potosí tin mines?

A. Blood of the Condor
B. The Devil’s Miner
C. Utama
D. La Nación Clandestina

Question 20: Which Bolivian disaster film from 2016 is based on a real mining collapse incident?

A. Zona Sur
B. Socavón
C. American Visa
D. Chuquiago

Answers

  1. C. Utama – Directed by Alejandro Loayza Grisi, it was Bolivia’s 2023 Oscar entry and made the shortlist; the others are earlier Bolivian classics not nominated recently.
  2. D. Alejandro Loayza Grisi – His debut feature premiered at Sundance; the others are veteran Bolivian directors.
  3. D. Aymara – The film uses mostly Aymara with subtitles, authentic to the highland setting; Spanish appears later.
  4. C. José Calcina – Non-professional actor José Calcina portrays Virginio; Luisa Quispe is Sisa, Santos his grandson.
  5. C. Altiplano highlands – Shot in the remote Bolivian Andes, emphasising drought and tradition; others are different regions.
  6. C. Grupo Ukamau – Founded by Sanjinés for politically engaged, indigenous-focused films; others are unrelated groups.
  7. C. Blood of the Condor – Direct translation of Yawar Mallku, a foundational New Latin American Cinema work.
  8. C. Peace Corps – The film’s portrayal of forced sterilisations led to their 1971 withdrawal from Bolivia.
  9. C. 1967 – Focuses on miners at Catavi-Siglo XX resisting the Barrientos dictatorship; others are different events.
  10. C. La Nación Clandestina – It won top prize at Havana; earlier films predate the festival edition.
  11. D. La Paz – Chuquiago (old name for La Paz) marks its 450th founding anniversary in 1977.
  12. B. Los Andes No Creen en Dios – Eguino’s adaptation of Urzagasti’s novel about rural-urban migration.
  13. D. Juan Carlos Valdivia – He wrote and directed this tale of visa desperation starring Jorge Asís.
  14. D. La Paz – The story unfolds in seedy La Paz locales; others are different cities.
  15. A. Sin Verguenza – Bolivia’s entry for the 88th Oscars in 2016, about female sex workers.
  16. B. Andrés Marroquín Velarde – His directorial debut screened at Cannes; others directed different films.
  17. D. La Mapache – Rosmery Valles plays “La Mapache” (the raccoon), a resilient sex worker.
  18. B. La Paz – Contrasts wealthy Zona Sur with indigenous realities in Bolivia’s capital.
  19. B. The Devil’s Miner – 2005 doc follows 12-year-old Basilio in Potosí; others are fiction.
  20. B. Socavón – Inspired by the 2006 Aquila mine tragedy, directed by José Carlos Valdivia.

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