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... that
Nepal declared a national day of mourning after the
2019 Taplejung helicopter crash ?
... that
a documentary film of
Aretha Franklin 's (pictured)
Amazing Grace concert in 1972 languished in a studio vault for decades because the director did not use a
clapperboard ?
... that Nepalese student
Sangita Magar became a human rights activist after she survived an
acid attack at the age of 16?'
... that Nepalese Prime Minister
Khadga Prasad Oli praised the 2019 sports drama
Captain for "delivering patriotism"?
... that
Pema Dhondup studied filmmaking at the
University of Southern California so he could use the medium to tell the story of his "lost generation" of Tibetan youth?
... that
Binod Chaudhary is the first Nepali to be listed on
Forbes 's billionaire list?
... that
Starting for the Hunt by
Aelbert Cuyp is an early example of an
equestrian portrait of someone who was not a member of court?
... that
Vicky Knight , who played an acid-attack victim in her
debut film role , works as a healthcare assistant in the hospital where she was treated as a child?
... that the novel
Trust Exercise was inspired by discussions about sexual abuse which followed the publication of the
Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape ?
... that
Samragyee RL Shah (pictured) is the highest-paid actress in
Nepali cinema as of 2019?
... that
Aama was the first Nepalese film to be produced in Nepal?
... that
a 2018 documentary depicts
Nadia Murad (pictured) , who escaped
sexual enslavement by the
Islamic State , alerting politicians and journalists to the atrocities being committed in her native Iraq?
... that the 2019 film
Ask Dr. Ruth features Holocaust survivor
Ruth Westheimer reflecting on her career as a
sex therapist ?
... that director
Avi Belkin said the title of his 2019 documentary
Mike Wallace Is Here once constituted "the four most-dreaded words in the English language"?
... that before becoming a film director, Nepal's
Nischal Basnet went to Australia to study
3D animation , but ended up studying
hospitality and becoming a chef?
... that for their 2019 documentary film
The Elephant Queen , the two directors followed elephant herds for four years?
... that
Memory: The Origins of Alien defines the
Alien franchise as "a collective art form" inspired by
H. P. Lovecraft ,
Francis Bacon , and the
Greek Furies ?
... that the director of
a 2018 documentary uncovered evidence of
FBI surveillance of
Arab American families in her hometown outside
Chicago ?
... that
Nepal's first highway tunnel was constructed by the country's first
civil engineering graduate?
... that according to
a 2001 documentary ,
Ron Jeremy became a pornographic actor after his girlfriend sent a nude photo of him to
Playgirl magazine?
... that the developers of the
indie video game
A Story About My Uncle had to teach themselves how to use
Unreal Engine to produce it?
... that Indian lyricist
Gulzar wants his patriotic song "
Ae Watan " to become the "song of our nation"?'
... that the player controls a
smiley face in
868-HACK ?
... that the 2018 American superhero film
Deadpool 2 was
nominated for fifteen Golden Trailer Awards ?
...that "
The Night We Met ", a song by indie-folk band
Lord Huron , was certified
two-times platinum nearly two years after its initial release?
... that the 2018 indie video game
Past Cure was developed by a team from Turkey, Belgium, Egypt, Romania, England, and North Macedonia?
... that
Newsweek described the
Goucher College campus in
Towson, Maryland , as "unusually bucolic"?
... that composer
Payal Dev used multiple instruments in the 2019 Hindi ballad "
Tum Hi Aana " to "give it the right amount of emotions"?
... that a man suspected of carrying
coronavirus in Nepal ran away from the hospital?
... that
a 2020 documentary about
Pepe the Frog raises the question of whether Pepe can be redeemed?
... that
James Blunt wrote "
Monsters " to express his feelings about his father and his father's illness?
... that in the film
Dick Johnson Is Dead , director
Kirsten Johnson has her elderly father act out different ways – some of them violent "accidents" – in which he could die?
... that
Ayushmann Khurrana learned to play the piano and make omelettes blindfolded for one of
his performances ?
... that the idea for the documentary film
Crip Camp came to the directors after an "off-hand comment at lunch"?
... that
Karan Johar launched the pop song "
Genda Phool " on social media during
India's coronavirus lockdown ?
... that actor
Ranveer Singh was slapped 21 times while filming the music video for "
Ude Dil Befikre "?
... that
Camp Jened , a summer camp for disabled people, was heavily influenced by the
1960s counterculture and
hippie values?
... that
Awkwafina is the
first woman of Asian descent to win a Golden Globe Award for best actress in a film ?
... that Nepali actress
Swastima Khadka holds a three-year diploma in
architectural engineering ?
... that Nepali director
Nischal Basnet based
Loot 's lead character on himself?
... that the 2017 romantic thriller
You Go to My Head does not use any artificial lighting?
... that Indian child actress
Taruni Sachdev was nicknamed the "
Rasna girl"?
... that
Martin Scorsese created his first film,
What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? , as part of a summer program?
... that
PewDiePie 's first YouTube video, "
Minecraft Multiplayer Fun ", has been viewed more than 14 million times?
... that
Martin Scorsese filmed
It's Not Just You, Murray! in his apartment?
... that
Scarlett Johansson
was nominated for two
Academy Awards in the same year?
... that
Robert De Niro won the first of his two Academy Awards for
his portrayal of the young
Vito Corleone in
The Godfather Part II ?
... that actress
Natalie Portman was
nominated for an Oscar for playing
the First Lady of the United States ?
... that the 2019 romantic comedy
Kabaddi Kabaddi Kabaddi set the record for the highest-grossing opening of a film in Nepal?
... that a comedian was jailed for his negative video review of the 2019 Nepali romantic comedy
Bir Bikram 2 ?
... that the 2018 Nepali comedy-drama
Mr. Virgin was criticised for its title?
... that the
Film Development Board of Nepal refused to issue a production license to
Gaja Baja because its title alluded to marijuana?
... that in Nepal,
it is against the law to beg ?
... that
Bandana Nepal achieved the
Guinness World Record for "longest dance marathon by an individual" by dancing for 126 hours continuously?
... that the 14-year-old lead actress in the 1931 British Indian film
The Last Kiss was brought from a
brothel in Dhaka ?
... that Nepali actor
Jayanendra Chand Thakuri starred in more than 100 films?
... that on the first few days of the launch of the
internet bench (pictured) , two teenagers phoned
the local council and
Bill Gates after discovering it could be used to make international calls?
... that most Nepali families disapprove of
inter-caste marriage because they are afraid of becoming
social outcasts ?
... that the 1997 historical drama
Balidaan (Sacrifice ) was banned in 2005 by
King Gyanendra 's government for its portrayal of
Nepal's communist movement ?
... that the title of the 2020 Nepali comedy-drama film
Senti Virus was changed from Anti Virus upon the advice of an
astrologer ?
... that for
its 2020 tourism campaign , the Government of Nepal proposed building 108 sculptures of the
Yeti painted by 108 different artists?
... that the 379-year-old
dance musical play
Kartik Naach (video clip featured) is performed every year in Nepal?
... that on
National Paddy Day in Nepal, people splash each other and play in the mud (pictured) , plant rice seedlings, eat
curd and
beaten rice , and sing folk songs?
... that Nepal's first woman
auto rickshaw driver,
Laxmi Sharma , went on to start the first button factory in the country?
... that the song and visual images in the music video for "
Bola Maya " express the pain of those who lose their loved ones in foreign lands?
... that King
Ram Shah of
Gorkha introduced
criminal codes to the kingdom?
... that
Ghansi created a well so he could be remembered after his death?
... that in 1911,
George V (pictured)
killed 21 tigers, 8 rhinos, and 1 bear in Nepal ?
... that construction of the 195 m (640 ft)
Gorkha Bridge in Nepal, reconnected seven remote villages and reestablished a portion of a popular hiking trail?
... that a print of
Badnam Basti , often described as India's first
gay film , was discovered in 2019 after being
lost for 40 years?
... that residents of
Devdaha , Nepal, decided that
a 13-year-old girl should marry her 25-year-old alleged rapist?
... that according to legend,
Swayambhunath (pictured) , one of the oldest
stupas in Nepal , came out of a
sacred lotus at the centre of Kathmandu when the city was
a lake ?
... that the queen and others apparently used to watch
Malla kings taking baths in the
Tusha Hiti ?
... that Nepali author
Krishna Lal Adhikari (pictured) was sentenced to nine years in prison for publishing a book about
the cultivation of corn ?
... that the 2013 Nepali historical drama
Badhshala was briefly banned by the
Nepali Army because the actors wore military uniforms without permission?
... that
the film roles of Nepali actor
Dayahang Rai include a crime boss, a
Maoist , the suspected killer of
a popular communist leader , a police officer, and a bank robber?
... that on the second day of
Tihar each year, Nepali people
worship dogs (example pictured) to please
Yama ?
... that
Hamro Lok Sanskriti (Our Folk Culture ) was one of three books to win the first issuance of
Madan Puraskar , Nepal's highest literary honour?
... that
Tribhuvan and
Gyanendra each became
King of Nepal twice?
... that women are prohibited from entering the
Chisapani Gadhi in Nepal due to the belief that this could bring them bad luck or even death?