Can You Score 20/20? The Ultimate Bosnia Entertainment Expert Trivia Quiz!

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Think you’re an expert on Bosnia’s cinematic gems and war-related blockbusters? This 20-question quiz dives into Bosnian films, directors, stars, and iconic movies tied to the region’s turbulent history – from easy warm-ups to devilish deep cuts. Grab a pen, no Googling, and test your knowledge!

20 Trivia Questions on Bosnia Entertainment

Question 1: Which Bosnian-Herzegovinian film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 74th Oscars?

A. Grbavica
B. No Man’s Land
C. Perfect Circle
D. Quo Vadis, Aida!

Question 2: Who directed the Oscar-winning Bosnian film No Man’s Land (2001)?

A. Jasmila Žbanić
B. Admir Glamočak
C. Angelina Jolie
D. Danis Tanović

Question 3: In No Man’s Land, what deadly device is trapped beneath the soldier in the iconic scene?

A. Grenade
B. Tank shell
C. Landmine
D. Booby trap wire

Question 4: Which film festival awarded the Golden Bear to Grbavica in 2006?

A. Cannes
B. Venice
C. Berlin
D. Toronto

Question 5: Who plays the single mother Esma in Grbavica (2006)?

A. Jasna Đuričić
B. Zana Marjanović
C. Mirjana Karanović
D. Luna Mijović

Question 6: Angelina Jolie’s directorial debut feature film, set during the Bosnian War, is titled?

A. Unbroken
B. Land of Blood and Honey
C. By the Sea
D. First They Killed My Father

Question 7: Behind Enemy Lines (2001) was loosely inspired by the real-life ordeal of which US pilot shot down over Bosnia?

A. Chris Burnett
B. Jessica Lynch
C. Scott O’Grady
D. Michael Durant

Question 8: Who directed the 1997 film Welcome to Sarajevo, starring Woody Harrelson?

A. Michael Winterbottom
B. Danis Tanović
C. Jasmila Žbanić
D. Admir Glamočak

Question 9: In which year was Perfect Circle (Savršeni krug) nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film?

A. 2001
B. 1997
C. 2006
D. 2020

Question 10: Who directed the Bosnian Oscar-nominated film Perfect Circle (1997)?

A. Danis Tanović
B. Dino Mustafić
C. Admir Glamočak
D. Ibrahim Spahić

Question 11: Quo Vadis, Aida! (2020) was nominated for an Oscar in which category?

A. Best Director
B. Best Actress
C. Best International Feature Film
D. Best Screenplay

Question 12: Which actress portrays the UN interpreter Aida in Quo Vadis, Aida!?

A. Mirjana Karanović
B. Zana Marjanović
C. Jasna Đuričić
D. Tatjana Trbović

Question 13: No Man’s Land won how many César Awards in 2002?

A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four

Question 14: What is Esma’s profession in Grbavica?

A. Teacher
B. Doctor
C. Exotic dancer
D. Journalist

Question 15: Who plays the Bosnian Serb soldier Čiki in No Man’s Land?

A. Mustafa Nadarević
B. Georges Siatidis
C. Branko Đurić
D. Rene Bitorajac

Question 16: The Whistleblower (2010), starring Rachel Weisz, dramatises a UN sex trafficking scandal in post-war?

A. Serbia
B. Croatia
C. Kosovo
D. Bosnia

Question 17: Which Bosnian director helmed both Grbavica and Quo Vadis, Aida!?

A. Danis Tanović
B. Admir Glamočak
C. Jasmila Žbanić
D. Pjer Žalica

Question 18: In Behind Enemy Lines, Owen Wilson plays which character?

A. Admiral Reigart
B. Lt. Chris Burnett
C. Scott O’Grady
D. Stackhouse

Question 19: In the Land of Blood and Honey spans which years of the Bosnian War?

A. 1991-1992
B. 1992-1995
C. 1995-1999
D. 1989-1991

Question 20: What real massacre does Quo Vadis, Aida! depict through the eyes of a translator?

A. Sarajevo siege
B. Operation Storm
C. Srebrenica
D. Markale market

Answers

  1. B. No Man’s Land – Directed by Danis Tanović, it won Best Foreign Language Film at the 2002 Oscars; the others were nominated or awarded elsewhere but not this Oscar.
  2. D. Danis Tanović – The Zenica-born director wrote and helmed the satirical war thriller; Žbanić and Glamočak directed other Bosnian entries, Jolie an American film.
  3. C. Landmine – The film’s central absurdity features a Bosniak soldier balanced atop an active anti-tank mine; others are not featured that way.
  4. C. Berlin – Grbavica took the Golden Bear for Best Film at the 2006 Berlinale; the others hold different accolades.
  5. C. Mirjana Karanović – The Serbian actress earned critical acclaim as the traumatised Esma; the others appear in different Bosnian films.
  6. B. Land of Blood and Honey – Full title In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011) marks Jolie’s debut as writer-director; others are her later works.
  7. C. Scott O’Grady – His 1995 F-16 shoot-down over Bosnia inspired the plot; Burnett is the fictional lead, others from different conflicts.
  8. A. Michael Winterbottom – The British director captured the Sarajevo siege; others are Bosnian filmmakers.
  9. B. 1997 – Released in 1997, it was Bosnia’s 1998 Oscar nominee; dates match other films incorrectly.
  10. C. Admir Glamočak – He directed this orphan-focused drama; others helmed different Bosnian classics.
  11. C. Best International Feature Film – Nominated at the 2021 Oscars (formerly Foreign Language); other categories un-nominated.
  12. C. Jasna Đuričić – The Serbian actress leads as the frantic Aida; others star in prior films.
  13. D. Four – It swept Best Film, Director, Screenplay, and Editing at the 2002 Césars; fewer for others.
  14. C. Exotic dancer – Esma works nights at a club to support her daughter; not the other professions shown.
  15. C. Branko Đurić – The Slovenian-born actor embodies the wisecracking Čiki; others play supporting roles.
  16. D. Bosnia – Based on Kathryn Bolkovac’s memoir about 1990s Sarajevo trafficking; others different regions.
  17. C. Jasmila Žbanić – The director’s Golden Bear winner and Oscar nominee both tackle Bosnian trauma; others different.
  18. B. Lt. Chris Burnett – Wilson is the downed navigator; Reigart is Hackman, O’Grady real-life basis.
  19. B. 1992-1995 – The film covers the war’s core years from a Muslim-Croat romance; others misalign.
  20. C. Srebrenica – It portrays the 1995 genocide via Aida’s UN vantage; others key but different events.

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