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IIE's International IQ Test - Oscar 2008 Edition Answers Good for you, you've finished the test! Now it's time to see how you did and calculate your International IQ.
Scoring: (Questions are worth 2 points each.) 1. The policy of aiding anti-communist resistance forces in Afghanistan, depicted in Charlie Wilson’s War, enjoyed considerable bipartisan support in the United States. What did the policy come to be known as? Was Charlie Wilson a Democrat or Republican? Answer: The Reagan Doctrine. Wilson was a Democrat. 2. The policy's broader and highly controversial application around the world was largely opposed by U.S. Democrats. Where were some of the other countries where this policy was applied, with a more divided response in the U.S.? Who does the movie suggest the U.S leave-taking inadvertently strengthened? Answer: Angola, Cambodia, and Nicaragua. Emerging Taliban and future Al Queda leaders. 3. The movie "In the Valley of Elah," starring Best Actor Nominee Tommy Lee Jones, is about a father searching for his son, who disappears upon his return from duty in Iraq. Where is the Valley of Elah, and what is it famous for? Answer: Israel. It is widely known as the battlefield where David slew Goliath 3,000 years ago. 4. "La Vie en Rose" is the film about French singer Edith Piaf's life, part of which revolves around German-occupied France. The liberation of France began on D-Day in June 1944. What previous Academy Award winning Hollywood film focuses on this World War II Allied invasion, and where was the beach where they landed? Answer: "Saving Private Ryan" opens with a graphic depiction of the landings on "Omaha Beach" in Normandy, France. 5. A key scene in "Atonement" portrays James McAvoy's Robbie taking part in the evacuation of Allied solders from France, a scene that is perhaps instrumental in earning the film its nomination for Best Cinematography. What was the beach and battle called, and what concept did it inspire in modern British parlance? Answer: The Battle of Dunkirk (codenamed Operation Dynamo), during which than 300,000 French and British soldiers were rescued from the beaches around Dunkirk, France. The "Dunkirk spirit" became a British phrase used to describe pulling together to overcome times of adversity. 6. A centerpiece of "Eastern Promises" is Best Actor Nominee Viggo Mortensen's attack in a London bathhouse by Armani-clad hit men bent on killing him. What separatist republic are these thugs from, and what recent conflicts was their homeland involved in? Answer: They are Chechen; Chechnya fought Russia for independence in the First and Second Chechen Wars of the mid- and late-1990s. 7. When "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" opens, what country's king is planning to make war on England, and who will become England's Queen if he succeeds? Answer: King Philip of Spain, then (1585) the most powerful country in Europe, intends to make war on England and make his daughter Isabella the Queen of England. 8. In order to protect England, Cate Blanchett as Queen Elizabeth is encouraged to marry one of the crowned heads of Europe; she is presented with portraits of which monarchs and princes as potential bridegrooms? (Which languages might the English world be speaking today?) Which famous seafarer, played by Clive Owens, captures her attention instead? Answer: Ivan the Terrible, Erik of Sweden, a French prince, and an Archduke of Austria who has become infatuated with her. (Russian, Swedish, French, German). She begins an affair with Sir Walter Raleigh, who has just returned from the New World. 9. "Persepolis," a nominee for Best Animated Feature, is based on an autobiographical graphic novel set in a war torn Middle Eastern country in the 1980s. What country does the author/central character leave, and what war is she escaping? Where does she go, based on her study of French? Answer: Marjane grows up in Iran in the aftermath of the Islamic Revolution, leaving during the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988). She was able to leave the country to study at the French Lycee of Vienna; she eventually emigrated to Paris. 10. Best Picture nominee "No Country for Old Men" depicts increasing violence taking place on the border of which two countries? What conflict is Best Supporting Actor nominee Javier Bardem embroiled in? Answer: The U.S.-Mexican border. The movie depicts drug-related violence in Texas and across the Rio Grande. Bonus: When Oscar makes movies, where does he do the filming?
--"Black Hawk Down" about Somalia Answer: Morocco (for all)
Although language and cultural skills are increasingly valued by employers and vital to America's national interest, the vast majority of U.S. college students still graduate without study abroad experience. The opportunity for more young Americans to study abroad is a goal shared by the President, the Secretary of State, and leaders in Congress, industry and academia. Making study abroad available to students from all backgrounds and all types of institutions, and in all fields of study, will strengthen America's competitiveness and our national security and increase our citizens' understanding of the world. Allan E. Goodman is President and CEO of the Institute of International Education (www.iie.org), an independent, nonprofit organization founded in 1919 that administers international scholarship and educational and cultural exchange programs for public and private sponsors and provides resources to the higher education community.
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