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Wednesday, September 09, 2009

No Prawns Allowed

The name and premise of which recent movie is based on an event in whose memory we have the plaque shown here.



Answered correctly by varun, Shuleo, siddharth and Navin Pai. Samir went off on a tangent.

Answer: District 9 based on the forced removal of the inhabitants of District Six, Cape Town during the 1970s.

6 comments:

varun said...

we love District 9 ...dont we ???

well jokes apart the movie which supposedly is about some alien discrimination derives its premises from district 6 some place in south africa

Anonymous said...

A town in florida with a significant black population which was razed to ground by whites after some alleged murders took place there in the early 20th century.can't recall the exact name though.

Shuleo said...

Movie District 9....Event is evacuation of coloured people from District 6 in Cape town

Samir said...

Leading anti apartheid campaigner, 71 year-old Nelson Mandela was released from prison and made his first ever public appearance. He also give a speech in Cape Town when he was released announcing the freedom of blacks in South Africa.

siddharth said...

d9

navinpai said...

District 9?? (No Prawns Allowed is a huge clue)

the concept of sharing of the planet with extra terrestrials

Wednesday, September 09, 2009

No Prawns Allowed

The name and premise of which recent movie is based on an event in whose memory we have the plaque shown here.



Answered correctly by varun, Shuleo, siddharth and Navin Pai. Samir went off on a tangent.

Answer: District 9 based on the forced removal of the inhabitants of District Six, Cape Town during the 1970s.

6 comments:

varun said...

we love District 9 ...dont we ???

well jokes apart the movie which supposedly is about some alien discrimination derives its premises from district 6 some place in south africa

Anonymous said...

A town in florida with a significant black population which was razed to ground by whites after some alleged murders took place there in the early 20th century.can't recall the exact name though.

Shuleo said...

Movie District 9....Event is evacuation of coloured people from District 6 in Cape town

Samir said...

Leading anti apartheid campaigner, 71 year-old Nelson Mandela was released from prison and made his first ever public appearance. He also give a speech in Cape Town when he was released announcing the freedom of blacks in South Africa.

siddharth said...

d9

navinpai said...

District 9?? (No Prawns Allowed is a huge clue)

the concept of sharing of the planet with extra terrestrials