All That Glitters

Misshapen Weather Vane

The red carpet fest of frock fuelled tear stained mom thanking that is the Oscars may be a few months off yet, but thanks to yesterday's announcement of the Golden Globe nominees, we are a little closer to being able to predict who and what on glitzy planet film is likely to be honoured by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. This is because the Golden Globes, the winners of which will be announced in the middle of January, are generally considered to be reasonably reliant weather vanes as to how the Hollywood wind is blowing. The Golden Globes themselves are in the circumstances strangely un-American in that they are awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, a cabal of around a hundred journalists reporting for an array of media outlets outside the USA. 'The King's Speech' is the most nominated film gathering seven nods in all, including one for best actor for Colin Firth. Interestingly, despite turning in a masterful performance in the exquisite 'A Single Man', Firth lost out last year in the Oscar for best actor to Jeff Bridges, while Bridge's much touted performance this time around in 'True Grit' didn't get a Golden Globe nomination. Caught up in all the current movie hype, we at Highly Questionable? have adopted film awards as the theme of today's quiz by inviting readers to identify where in the world five particularly sought after golden gongs are awarded.   

Film Awards Quiz

In which country are each of the following film awards made:-

1 Golden Lion?

2 Golden Bear?

3 Golden Tulip?

4 Golden Tanit?

5 Golden Rooster?

Answers will be published along with tomorrow's quiz questions.

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1 'The China Syndromme'.

2 Three Mile Island.

3 Homer Simpson.

4 Mr Burns.

5 U.