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1. In 1933 the Oscar for Best Actor was awarded to a British actor playing an English King. Name the actor or the film.
   Charles Laughton in The Private Lives of Henry VIII
   
   
2. In 1948 the Best Actor Oscar went to a British actor playing Shakespeare. Name the actor or the film.
   Laurence Olivier in Hamlet
   
   
3. In 1951 the Oscar for Best Actress went to a Briton playing in the film of an American play. Name the actor or the film.
   Vivien Leigh in A Streetcar named Desire
   
   
4. In 1964 the Best Actor Oscar went to a British actor playing in what was originally an Anglo-Irish play. Name the actor or the film.
   Rex Harrison in My Fair Lady (from George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion)
   
   
5. In 1984 at Cannes the Golden Palm (the Palme d'Or) was awarded to a film by Wim Wenders with a soundtrack featuring blues guitarist Ry Cooder. Name the film.
   Paris, Texas
   
   
6. The 1994 Palme d'Or was won by which Quentin Tarantino film?
   Pulp Fiction
   
   
7. Mike Leigh won the 1996 Palme d'Or with which film?
   Secrets and Lies
   
   
8. In February 2007 The Queen was declared Best Film at the BAFTAs. What was the Best British Film (an award for which The Queen was nominated)?
   The Last King of Scotland
   
   
9. At which festival are Golden Lions awarded?
   The Venice Film Festival (which is part of the Biennale) (Golden Lions = Leone d'Oro: the festival also awards Silver and Special Lions)
   
   
10. What do the initials BAFTA stand for?
    British Academy of Film and Television Arts