A. R. Rahman - 2025 ACF Fall

Question

This composer scored a film where villagers earn a cancellation of a land tax for two years by beating British colonizers at a game of cricket. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this composer for Lagaan. This composer was Oscar-nominated for work on the survival film 127 Hours a year after winning Oscars for Best Original Score and Song for his work on Slumdog Millionaire.

ANSWER: A. R. Rahman [or Allah Rakha Rahman or A. S. Dileep Kumar or Dileep Kumar Rajagopala]

[10m] This British actor of Indian descent starred in Slumdog Millionaire, Lion and The Last Airbender, as Prince Zuko. This actor directed an action movie produced by Jordan Peele and set in India, Monkey Man.

ANSWER: Dev Patel

[10e] Rahman and Patel worked on Slumdog Millionaire with director Danny Boyle, who depicted a virus that turns people into these creatures in 28 Days Later. These reanimated shambling corpses also feature in Shaun of the Dead.

ANSWER: zombies

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Northern California	Main	Y	4	22.50	100%	75%	50%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	15.71	100%	43%	14%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	5	16.00	100%	60%	0%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	8	18.75	100%	75%	13%
Florida	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	12	15.00	100%	33%	17%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	16.67	100%	67%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	10	19.00	100%	70%	20%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	2	25.00	100%	100%	50%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	16.67	100%	44%	22%
North	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	11	17.27	100%	55%	18%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	21.25	100%	88%	25%
South Central	Main	Y	7	12.86	100%	29%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	13	17.69	100%	54%	23%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	16.00	100%	60%	0%
UK (South)	UK	Y	7	21.43	100%	86%	29%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	20.00	100%	100%	0%

Data


Berkeley Archer Queen	Berkeley Mighty Miner	10	10	10	30
Berkeley Boss Bandit	Stanford B	10	10	10	30
UCSC	Stanford A	0	0	10	10
Berkeley Little Prince	Berkeley Skeleton King	0	10	10	20
UC Irvine	Claremont C	0	0	10	10
UC Santa Barbara	UCLA C	10	10	10	30
UCLA A	USC B	0	0	10	10
UCLA B	Claremont B	0	0	10	10
Claremont A	UCLA D	0	10	10	20
UCSD A	UCSD B	0	0	10	10
USC A	UCLA E	0	10	10	20
Carleton A	McGill E	0	0	10	10
McGill C	McGill A	0	10	10	20
Ottawa D	McGill B	0	10	10	20
Ottawa A	Ottawa B	0	10	10	20
Carleton B	Ottawa C	0	0	10	10
Toronto E	Guelph A	0	10	10	20
McMaster C	Toronto F	0	10	10	20
Toronto A	Waterloo A	0	10	10	20
Florida Tech A	Florida B	0	0	10	10
Florida State A	ERAU Daytona A	0	10	10	20
South Florida A	Florida Tech B	0	0	10	10
Florida A	UCF A	0	0	10	10
CWRU A	CWRU B	10	0	10	20
Kentucky	Pittsburgh	10	10	10	30
Ohio State A	Louisville B	0	0	10	10
Louisville C	Michigan State D	0	0	10	10
Michigan A	Michigan B	0	0	10	10
Michigan C	CWRU D	0	0	10	10
CWRU C	Michigan D	0	0	10	10
Michigan State A	Louisville A	0	10	10	20
Michigan State B	Ohio State B	0	0	10	10
Louisville D	Ohio State C	0	0	10	10
Michigan State C	Ohio State D	0	10	10	20
WVU B	WVU A	0	10	10	20
William & Mary A	NCSU A	0	10	10	20
Liberty B	NCSU B	0	10	10	20
Liberty C	Tusculum A	0	0	10	10
Virginia Tech A	UNC A	0	10	10	20
UNC B	UNC C	0	0	10	10
Virginia A	Virginia Tech B	0	10	10	20
Virginia Tech C	UNC D	0	10	10	20
JMU A	William & Mary B	0	10	10	20
William & Mary C	Liberty A	0	0	10	10
Rutgers B	Lehigh A	10	10	10	30
George Mason A	Maryland B	0	10	10	20
George Mason C	Columbia B	0	10	10	20
Johns Hopkins	George Mason B	0	10	10	20
NYU B	Lehigh B	10	10	10	30
Maryland A	Rutgers A	0	10	10	20
NYU A	Maryland C	0	10	10	20
Columbia A	Princeton	0	0	10	10
Rowan	Vassar B	0	0	10	10
Rutgers C	NYU C	0	0	10	10
Penn	Rutgers D	10	10	10	30
Vassar A	Stony Brook	0	10	10	20
Toronto C	Toronto B	0	10	10	20
Toronto D	McMaster A	0	10	10	20
Toronto I	Toronto H	10	10	10	30
Waterloo B	Toronto G	0	0	10	10
McMaster B	Waterloo C	0	0	10	10
Chicago A	WashU Grizzlers	0	0	10	10
Purdue A	Chicago B	0	10	10	20
Illinois Champaign	Iowa B	0	0	10	10
Illinois Orange	Indiana B	10	10	10	30
Illinois Canada	Purdue B	10	10	10	30
Purdue C	Iowa A	0	0	10	10
Rose-Hulman A	Purdue D	0	0	10	10
Indiana A	WashU Grolars	0	0	10	10
Illinois Blue	William Woods University A	0	10	10	20
Wisconsin B	Minnesota	0	10	10	20
St. Thomas	Macalester	0	10	10	20
Iowa State	Wisconsin A	0	10	10	20
Wisconsin C	Michigan Tech	0	0	10	10
Boston University B	Amherst B	0	10	10	20
Brandeis Mozart	Boston College A	0	10	10	20
Dartmouth A	Brown A	0	0	10	10
MIT A	Brown B	10	10	10	30
Harvard	Brandeis Beethoven	0	0	10	10
Amherst A	Tufts A	10	0	10	20
Vermont A	Tufts B	0	10	10	20
Boston University A	UConn A	0	10	10	20
Williams A	Vermont B	0	10	10	20
Williams B	Dartmouth B	0	0	10	10
Dartmouth C	Williams C	0	0	10	10
Alberta A	Washington Atlantic	0	10	10	20
Alberta B	Washington Chum	0	0	10	10
Washington Sockeye	Arizona State A	10	10	10	30
British Columbia B	Texas	0	10	10	20
British Columbia C	Washington State	0	10	10	20
Washington Steelhead	Washington Chinook	10	10	10	30
British Columbia A	Washington Coho	0	10	10	20
Washington Pink	Washington Masu	0	10	10	20
Central Oklahoma B	Tulsa B	0	0	10	10
Kansas State A	Kansas State B	0	10	10	20
Murray State College A	Murray State College B	0	0	10	10
Nebraska B	Nebraska A	0	0	10	10
Oklahoma	Nebraska C	0	10	10	20
Rose State	Harding	0	0	10	10
Tulsa A	Central Oklahoma A	0	0	10	10
Alabama A	Vanderbilt A	0	10	10	20
Auburn A	Tennessee Tech	0	10	10	20
Vanderbilt C	Auburn C	0	0	10	10
Clemson A	Chipola College	0	0	10	10
Clemson B	Montevallo	0	0	10	10
Sewanne	Clemson C	0	0	10	10
Emory A	Georgia A	0	10	10	20
Auburn B	Georgia Tech B	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech A	Georgia Tech C	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech F	Georgia Tech E	10	10	10	30
Mississippi State A	Vanderbilt B	0	10	10	20
Tennessee A	South Carolina A	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech D	Tennessee B	10	0	10	20
Durham B	Edinburgh B	0	10	10	20
Durham D	Edinburgh D	0	10	10	20
Edinburgh A	Sheffield A	0	0	10	10
Sheffield B	Durham C	0	10	10	20
Southampton	Cambridge A	0	10	10	20
Cambridge C	Cambridge E	0	0	10	10
Imperial A	Cambridge D	0	10	10	20
Imperial B	Birmingham	10	10	10	30
Bristol	Imperial C	0	10	10	20
LSE	Warwick	10	10	10	30
Oxford	Imperial D	0	10	10	20
Binghamton C	Rochester	0	10	10	20
Cornell A	Cornell D	0	10	10	20
Cornell C	Binghamton B	0	10	10	20
Durham A	Edinburgh C	0	0	10	10
ESF	RIT A	0	10	10	20
RIT B	Binghamton A	0	10	10	20