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Class 8 General Knowledge
Awards And Prizes Of India And World
Quiz 13
Who won the $$64^{th}$$ National Film Award for Best Actor?
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The National Film Awards are the most prominent film award ceremonies in India. It was established in 1954 and is awarded annually.
The National Film Award for Best Actor was given to Akshay Kumar for the movie Rustom.
Which of the following represents the correct chronological order of Indian women who brought home the 'Miss World' crown over the years?
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Diana Hayden, Aishwarya Rai, Yukta Mookhey and Priyanka Chopra
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Aishwarya Rai, Diana Hayden, Yukta Mookhey and Priyanka Chopra
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Priyanka Chopra, Aishwarya Rai, Diana Hayden and Yukta Mookhey
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None of these
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Miss World is the oldest running international beauty pageant and which was created in United Kingdom.
Aishwarya Rai won the title in the year 1994 at the age of 21. Diana Hayden won the title in the year 1997 at the age of 24.
In 1999, Yukta Mookhey won the title at the age of 22 whereas Priyanka Chopra won the title in the year 2000 at the age of 18.
Who has won the 2017 Pulitzer prize in fiction ?
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Colson Whitehead
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Hisham Matar
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Lynn Nottage
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Matthew Desmond
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Colson Whitehead won the 2017 Pulitzer prize in fiction for 'The Underground Railroad'. He is an American novelist, who has authored six novels. He also won the National Book Award for Fiction in 2016.
This Indo-Canadian novelist has written only three novels till date and has been shortlisted for Booker Prize for all three of them. Who is this author?
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Rohinton Mistry is considered to be one of the foremost authors of Indian heritage writing in English.
Mistry’s first novel, Such a Long Journey (1991), brought him national and international recognition.
His second novel, A Fine Balance (1995), won Canada’s Giller Prize, the Commonwealth Writers Award, and the Los Angeles Times Book Award.
His third book Family Matters (2002), was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction. He won the prestigious Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 2012.
Prime minister has declared __________ award for ten achievers from ASEAN countries on the occasion of silver jubilee of India-ASEAN ties and $$69^{th}$$ Republic day.
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Padma Vibhushan
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Padam Bhushan
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Padma Shri
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None of these
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Padma Shri is the fourth highest civilian honour and is given for "distinguished service" in various fields.
On the occasion of 69th Republic Day, PM Modi announced Padma Shri award for one individual from each ASEAN country.
The move to pick awardees from all 10 ASEAN members was aimed at promoting India's ties with the ASEAN countries.
Who became the first Indian origin American to win the Miss America pagent in $$2014$$?
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Nina Davuluri
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Katie Stam
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Kimberly Aiken
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Tara Holland
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Nina Davuluri is an Indian American public speaker. She came into the limelight soon after she became the first Miss America of Indian descent.
Who is the only Indian to have won an Oscar for lifetime achievement in films?
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Mani Ratnam
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Yash Chopra
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Anurag Basu
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Satyajit Ray
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Satyajit Ray, an Indian filmmaker and among the dozen or so great masters of world cinema, is known for his humanistic approach to cinema.
He made his films in Bengali, a language spoken in the eastern state of India - West Bengal. And yet, his films are of universal interest. They are about things that make up the human race - relationships, emotions, struggle, conflicts, joys and sorrows.
In 1992, Satyajit Ray received the honorary Academy Award- Lifetime Achievement.
Who among the following has won the 2017 Pen Printer Prize?
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Michael Longley is a central figure in contemporary Irish poetry. He has received numerous awards for his work, including the American Irish Foundation Award, the T. S. Eliot Poetry Prize, the Whitbread Prize, the Hawthornden Prize, the International Griffin Poetry Prize, and the Ulster Tatler Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015. He served as the Ireland Professor of Poetry and was awarded the 2017 PEN Pinter Prize.
World Radio Day (WRD) is observed every year on February 13 to celebrate radio as the medium for entertainment, information and the mode for communication. What was the theme of the 2018 WRD?
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Youth and Radio
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Radio and sports
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Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in Radio
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Radio is you
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The World Radio Day commemorates the anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations Radio, which is the United Nation’s international broadcasting service.
The theme for 2018 WRD was Radio and Sports. It meant to promote the inseparable relationship between sports and gender, as well as how improved gender equality in sports broadcasting could lead to greater freedom of expression for all.
Which country hosted the united Nations Day of Vesak 2017?
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Malaysia
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Indonesia
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Sri Lanka
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Myanmar
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The 14th edition of United Nations International Day of Vesak was held at Colombo in Sri Lanka from May 12-14, 2017 under the theme "Buddhist Teachings for Social Justice and Sustainable World Peace".
World Press Freedom Day is observed on which of the following dates?
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August 18
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May 9
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May 3
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July 1
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Every year, 3rd May is a date which celebrates the fundamental principles of press freedom, to evaluate press freedom around the world, to defend the media from attacks on their independence and to pay tribute to journalists who have lost their lives in the exercise of their profession.
World Press Freedom Day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 1993.
When was the prestigious award Pulitzer Prize established?
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1901
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1899
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1911
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1917
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A Pulitzer Prize is an American prize awarded to Americans for distinction in the arts. It's named after the Jewish, Hungarian-born, American newspaper publisher, Joseph Pulitzer , who awarded the prizes, home of Columbia University, with two million dollars to help create a journalism school. It was established in 1917.
The Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is celebrated in India in January every other year to mark the contribution of the overseas Indian community to the development of India. In which city was the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas celebrated in $$2017$$?
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Hyderabad
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Kochi
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Bhopal
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Bengaluru
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The 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas was celebrated in Bengaluru, Karnataka. The theme of the edition was " Redefining Engagement with the Indian Diaspora".
The legendary American author Ernest Hemingway won the Nobel Prize in Literature inWhich of these is a famous novel by this eminent writer?
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The Old Man and the Sea
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The Grapes of Wrath
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The Great Gatsby
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Europe
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The Old Man and the Sea is a short novel written by the American author Ernest Hemingway in 1951 in Cuba, and published in 1952. It was the last major work of fiction by Hemingway that was published during his lifetime.
Who has won the 2017 Sahitya Akadami Bal Sahitya Puraskar award (English)?
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Paro Anand is a Bal Sahitya Puraskar winner. She has written books for children, young adults and adults.
She also works with children in schools and NGOs, through her program Literature in Action and holds a world record for helping over three thousand children make the world’s longest newspaper.
She has been awarded for her contribution to children’s literature by The Russian Centre for Science and Culture.
For his scientific work, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in $$1954$$. In $$1962$$, for his peace activism, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. This makes him the only person to be awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes. Who is this incredible gentleman?
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Linus Pauling
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Frederic Joliot
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Richard Feynman
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Aage Bohr
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Linus Carl Pauling was an American chemist, biochemist, peace activist, author, educator, and husband of American human rights activist Ava Helen Pauling. He published more than 1,200 papers and books, of which about 850 dealt with scientific topics
For his scientific work, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in
1954
Which of the following countries was the host country for 2017 World Environment Day celebrations?
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South Korea
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Canada
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France
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South Africa
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World Environment Day was inaugurated in 1972 following the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm, Sweden.
The host country for 2017 year’s celebration was Canada. Canada had chosen the theme “Connecting People to Nature” for 2017, which invited people to enjoy the outdoors and to take forward the call to protect the Earth that the people share.
Mahatma Gandhi Seva Award was instituted in $$2014$$ by the Karnataka government. Who among the following was the first winner of this award?
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Channamma Hallikeri
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S. N. Subba Rao
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N. S. Hardikar
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K. G. Subramanyan
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S.N. Subba Rao was the first recipient to receive the Mahatama Gandhi Sev Award. He joined the Quit India Movement when he was 13 and went on to dedicate his life to Gandhian principles. He is credited with reforming 654 dacoits.
This multi-award-winning movie about a poverty-stricken woman who, in the absence of her husband, struggles to raise her sons and survive many troubles, was India's first entry for the Academy Award inBut, it lost the Oscar by one vote. What is the name of the movie?
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Garam Hawa
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Mother India
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Aurat
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Jagte Raho
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India's first-ever submission to Oscars was Mother India in 1957. Directed by Mehboob Khan starring Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar, and Raaj Kumar. It lost the Oscar by one vote to 'Nights of Cabiria'.
He was awarded with Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership in 2001 for his extensive work on water conservation in drought prone Eastern Rajasthan by building water harvesting structures. Who is he?
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Dr. Rajendra Singh
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Fateh Singh Rathore
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Valmik Thapar
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Chewang Norphel
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Rajendra Singh, popularly known as “Jal Purush” or “Waterman of India” is an inspirational icon, has changed the life of people in over 1000 villages of Aravalli Hills.
He organises Pani Pachayat or Water Parliament in remote villages of Rajasthan. Rajendra Singh’s efforts to educate people about the importance of conservation of water eradicated the scarcity of water in the rural areas of Rajasthan.
He also won the Stockholm Water Prize, an award known as “the Nobel Prize for water”.
Lord of the Flies is a novel about a group of British boys stuck on an Uninhabited island, who try to govern themselves with disastrous result. It was the Noble Prize winning author's first book and is considered one of the top 100 books of the twentieth century. Who wrote this novel?
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British novelist William Golding wrote the critically acclaimed classic Lord of the Flies, and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983.
Though he is best known for his novel Lord of the Flies (1954), he first published poetry before turning to novels and plays.
He was awarded the Booker Prize in 1980.
Who has won the $$2017$$ Pulitzer Prize in fiction?
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Colson Whitehead
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Lynn Nottage
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Hisham Matar
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None of these
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The 2017 Pulitzer Prize in fiction was won by Colson Whitehead for his novel " The Underground Railroad". The same novel also received the 2016 National Book Award of the US. The novel portrays the life of a young woman that runs away from slavery via a fantastical train system
The $$89^{th}$$ Academy Awards commonly referred to as Oscars honoured the best films ofIt took place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Who hosted the Academy Awards Ceremony?
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Comedian Jimmy Christian Kimmel hosted the 89th Academy Award ceremony for the first time. He is the most and executive producer of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, it is a late-night talk show.
The Golden Bear is the highest prize awarded for the best film at the Berlin International Film Festival. Which film has won the Golden Bear Award at the $$67^{th}$$ Berlin International Film Festival $$2017$$?
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The Other Side of Hope
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On Body and Soul
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Close-Knit
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None of these
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The Golden Bear Award at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival, 2017 was won by the Hungarian drama film "On Body and Soul". It also won the International Federation of Film Critics Prize and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury. The film was directed by Ildiko Enyedi.
The Man Booker Prize for Fiction is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original novel, written in the English language, and published in the UK. Many Indians have won this prestigious award. Which Indian writer won it for her book entitled 'The God of Small Things'?
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Kiran Desai
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Anita Brookner
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Arundhati Roy
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Anita Desai
At the $$2018$$, Grammy Awards, an extraordinary event happened : Reading of a popular book by Cher, Snoop Dogg, Cardi B, John Legend, DJ Khaled and Hillary Clinton. Which book is this?
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Artemis
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Fire and Fury
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Thanks, Obama
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Forest Dark
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Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House is a book written by Michael Wolff in 2018. The book which highlights Trump's behavior, chaotic interaction among senior White House Staff. At the Grammy Awards, 2018, this book was read by Cher, Snoop Dogg, Cardi B, John Legend, DJ Khalid and Hillary Clinton.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry, $$2015$$ was awarded to __________ for "mechanistic studies of DNA repair".
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Tomas Lindahl
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Paul L. Modrich
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Aziz Sancer
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All of these
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015 was awarded jointly to Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar "for mechanistic studies of DNA repair".
Their work provided fundamental knowledge of how living cell functions and how it can be used for the development of new cancer treatments.
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus is a UNESCO World Heritage site and a historic railway station in Mumbai, which serves as the headquarters of the Central Railways. In which style form was it built?
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Corinthian
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Classical Greece-Roman
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Victorian Gothic Revival
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Dorian
$$2017's$$ winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace received it "for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and its ground breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons".
Identify this organisation.
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Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet
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Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
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International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) is an organization founded on 23 April 2007 in Australia. It won Nobel Peace Prize 2017. ICAN is promoting nuclear disarmament. It is because of the efforts of the campaign that led to the adoption of the Treaty of the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
He is an American actor and film producer who was acclaimed for his performances in several films including 'The Departed' and 'Inception'. He has won his first ever Oscar Award in the yearName him.
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