A Separation Trivia
A Separation trivia explores the acclaimed 2011 Iranian drama written and directed by Asghar Farhadi. Starring Leila Hatami, Peyman Moaadi, Shahab Hosseini, Sareh Bayat, and Sarina Farhadi, the film follows a middle-class couple whose separation sets off a chain of personal and legal conflicts involving their daughter and a caregiver for an elderly father with Alzheimerās disease. Its morally complex story helped make it one of the most internationally celebrated films of contemporary Iranian cinema.
Easy A Separation Trivia
8 questions
These easy A Separation trivia questions are great for beginners and kids around age 12 and under.
Question 1
What kind of scene opens A Separation?
- A.2007
- B.2009
- C.2013
- D.2011
Answer: 2011
The film begins with the couple before a judge, setting up the separation immediately. That opening hearing frames the whole story.
Question 2
What unresolved choice ends A Separation?
- A.Razieh's testimony
- B.Termeh's decision
- C.Simin's divorce petition
- D.Nader's apology
Answer: Termeh's decision
The film cuts away in the final waiting-room scene before Termeh's choice is revealed, leaving the decision unresolved.
Question 3
Which national cinema does A Separation belong to?
Answer: Iranian
A Separation is an Iranian film.
Question 4
Who wrote and directed A Separation?
- A.Majid Majidi
- B.Abbas Kiarostami
- C.Jafar Panahi
- D.Asghar Farhadi
Answer: Asghar Farhadi
Asghar Farhadi is the writer and director of A Separation, the film that opens with a divorce hearing and ends unresolved outside the judgeās room.
Question 5
Which actor is one of the central stars of A Separation and plays Nader?
- A.Babak Karimi
- B.Ali Mosaffa
- C.Peyman Moaadi
- D.Shahab Hosseini
Answer: Peyman Moaadi
Peyman Moaadi is one of the film's stars and plays Nader.
Question 6
Which performer in A Separation plays Hodjat?
- A.Babak Karimi
- B.Ali-Asghar Shahbazi
- C.Shahab Hosseini
- D.Peyman Moaadi
Answer: Shahab Hosseini
Shahab Hosseini appears in the film is Hodjat.
Question 7
Who appears in the film as Razieh?
- A.Sareh Bayat
- B.Leila Hatami
- C.Sarina Farhadi
- D.Kimia Hosseini
Answer: Sareh Bayat
Sareh Bayat appears in A Separation is Razieh.
Question 8
Who portrays Termeh in A Separation?
- A.Sarina Farhadi
- B.Leila Hatami
- C.Sareh Bayat
- D.Taraneh Alidoosti
Answer: Sarina Farhadi
Termeh is the daughter caught between Simin and Nader during the separation. Sarina Farhadi plays Termeh in A Separation.
A Separation Family Trivia
12 questions
These family A Separation trivia questions are built for mixed-age game nights, classrooms, and groups.
Question 1
How does A Separation begin for Nader and Simin?
- A.At an airport
- B.At a wedding
- C.At a school
- D.divorce hearing
Answer: At a divorce hearing
The opening scene places them at a divorce hearing.
Question 2
What does Simin want to do at the start of the film?
- A.Hire a lawyer
- B.Move in with Razieh
- C.leave Iran
- D.Sell the apartment
Answer: Leave Iran
Simin wants to leave Iran.
Question 3
Why does Nader refuse to go with Simin?
- A.His school exams
- B.His passport
- C.his father
- D.His job
Answer: Because of his father
Nader refuses to leave because of his father.
Question 4
After the split, what does Simin do with the family home?
Answer: She moves out
After the separation, Simin moves out of the family home.
Question 5
Compared with Naderās family, what background does Razieh come from?
- A.Middle-class
- B.Working-class
- C.Lower-class
- D.Upper-class
Answer: Lower-class
Razieh is portrayed is coming from a lower-class background in *A Separation*, which contrasts with Naderās family circumstances after Simin moves out.
Question 6
What important condition applies to Razieh during the story?
- A.She is moving abroad
- B.pregnant
- C.She is engaged
- D.She is widowed
Answer: She is pregnant
Razieh is pregnant during the story.
Question 7
Nader's accusation against Razieh involves what kind of failure?
- A.Perjury
- B.neglect
- C.Theft
- D.Fraud
Answer: Neglect
A major conflict begins after Nader accuses Razieh of neglect.
Question 8
The legal clash in the film centers on a dispute over what?
- A.An unpaid rent bill
- B.miscarriage
- C.A lost inheritance
- D.A custody paper
Answer: A miscarriage
The plot includes a legal dispute over a miscarriage.
Question 9
Whose loyalty is pulled in two directions by the adults' conflict?
Answer: Termeh's
Termeh is caught between loyalty to both parents.
Question 10
What level of care does Nader's father need?
- A.Weekly check-ins
- B.No assistance
- C.Only financial help
- D.constant supervision
Answer: Constant supervision
Nader's father requires constant supervision.
Question 11
During the family crisis, whom does Simin keep trying to shield?
Answer: Termeh
Simin continues trying to protect Termeh.
Question 12
What social contrast runs through the story's two households?
Answer: A middle-class family versus a poorer family
The film contrasts a middle-class family with a poorer family.
Fun A Separation Trivia
12 questions
These fun A Separation trivia questions highlight surprising moments and playful facts for game-night groups.
Question 1
Which award did A Separation win at the Oscars?
- A.Best Director
- B.Best Editing
- C.Best Foreign Language Film
- D.Best Picture
Answer: Best Foreign Language Film
The film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Question 2
What historic first did A Separation achieve for Iranian cinema at the Academy Awards?
Answer: It was the first Iranian film to win the foreign-language Oscar
It became the first Iranian film to win the foreign-language Oscar.
Question 3
Which major Hollywood prize did A Separation also win?
- A.Critics' Choice Award
- B.Golden Globe
- C.BAFTA
- D.SAG Award
Answer: Golden Globe
A Separation won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, alongside its Oscar recognition. This is a broad awards fact tied to the film.
Question 4
At Berlin, A Separation took home which top festival prize?
- A.Grand Jury Prize
- B.Golden Bear
- C.Palme d'Or
- D.Golden Lion
Answer: The Golden Bear
The film won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Question 5
Which numbered edition of the Berlin festival honored the film with the Golden Bear?
- A.62nd
- B.61st
- C.59th
- D.60th
Answer: The 61st
The festival was the 61st edition.
Question 6
What Berlin prize did the film's male leads share?
- A.Golden Bear
- B.Jury Prize
- C.Best Actor
- D.Silver Bear
Answer: Silver Bear
At the Berlin Film Festival, the male leads were honored with the Silver Bear. That award is the correct prize, not the festival's top Golden Bear.
Question 7
Which writing category also recognized A Separation at the Academy Awards?
- A.Best Director
- B.Best Cinematography
- C.Best Original Screenplay
- D.Best Adapted Screenplay
Answer: Best Original Screenplay
The movie was nominated for Best Original Screenplay.
Question 8
At which Academy Awards ceremony did the film compete?
- A.86th Academy Awards
- B.Academy Awards
- C.80th Academy Awards
- D.82nd Academy Awards
Answer: The 84th Academy Awards
It competed at the 84th Academy Awards.
Question 9
After Simin moves out, whom does Nader hire as a caregiver?
Answer: Sony Pictures Classics
After the opening hearing, Simin moves out, and Nader hires Razieh to care for his elderly father, who has Alzheimer's disease. This plot turn sets up the later conflict in the film.
Question 10
In what city is the story set?
- A.Shiraz
- B.Isfahan
- C.Tabriz
- D.Tehran
Answer: Tehran
The story is set in contemporary Tehran.
Question 11
How long is A Separation?
- A.136 minutes
- B.123 minutes
- C.98 minutes
- D.110 minutes
Answer: 123 minutes
The running time is 123 minutes.
Question 12
Who portrays the judge in A Separation?
- A.Leila Hatami
- B.Babak Karimi
- C.Peyman Moaadi
- D.Shahab Hosseini
Answer: Babak Karimi
Babak Karimi plays the judge who appears in the opening hearing and the final waiting-room sequence.
Funny A Separation Trivia
11 questions
These funny A Separation trivia questions highlight playful moments, odd facts, and inside jokes.
Question 1
What event starts the film's central conflict in A Separation?
- A.Simin's separation request
- B.Termeh's move
- C.Nader's apology
- D.Razieh's claim
Answer: Simin's separation request
The story opens with Simin asking for a separation in the courtroom-style hearing, which sets the whole plot in motion.
Question 2
Instead of revving engines, the movie opens with what kind of scene?
- A.A concert
- B.A street protest
- C.A courtroom conversation
- D.A rooftop chase
Answer: A courtroom conversation
Its first big scene is a courtroom conversation, not an action set piece.
Question 3
Which mostly off-screen family figure still looms large over the story?
Answer: Nader's father
One of the most important off-screen presences is Nader's father.
Question 4
The central family blowup starts over what big life decision?
Answer: Leaving Iran
The argument begins over leaving Iran.
Question 5
A missing caregiver plus what household detail becomes a full-on crisis?
- A.locked door
- B.A broken sink
- C.A lost keychain
- D.A burned dinner
Answer: A locked door
The film turns a missing caregiver and a locked door into a major crisis.
Question 6
Nader spends a lot of the movie insisting on what?
Answer: That he is telling the truth
Nader repeatedly insists he is telling the truth.
Question 7
For guidance on her moral dilemma, Razieh reaches out to whom?
Answer: A religious authority
Razieh's dilemma includes asking a religious authority for guidance.
Question 8
What surprisingly thrilling thing does the movie make feel suspenseful?
Answer: Paperwork
It makes paperwork, signatures, and testimony feel suspenseful.
Question 9
Which everyday location turns into a highly consequential spot in the story?
Answer: An apartment stairway
An apartment stairway becomes one of the film's most consequential locations.
Question 10
Whose temper gives several scenes pressure-cooker energy?
Answer: Hodjat's
Hodjat's temper heightens the tension in multiple scenes.
Question 11
In this film, a simple question about what turns explosive?
Answer: Money
A simple question about money becomes explosive in the story.
Hard A Separation Trivia
14 questions
These hard A Separation trivia questions are for expert fans who want a real challenge.
Question 1
In the final scene, where do Simin and Nader wait?
- A.waiting outside the judge's room
- B.outside the hospital
- C.in Termeh's classroom
- D.at Nader's apartment
Answer: waiting outside the judge's room
The final waiting-room sequence ends with Simin and Nader outside the judge's room. The film cuts away before Termeh's choice is revealed.
Question 2
Berlinās acting honors for A Separation recognized what type of performance?
- A.ensemble
- B.solo lead
- C.supporting cameo
- D.voice cast
Answer: ensemble
The award recognition was for the filmās ensemble rather than a single performer, matching its courtroom-and-family conflict across Simin, Nader, and Termeh.
Question 3
Which prize from the Independent Spirit Awards did A Separation win?
- A.Best Director
- B.Best First Feature
- C.Best Documentary
- D.Independent Spirit Award
Answer: Best International Film
The film won the Independent Spirit Award for Best International Film.
Question 4
What is never revealed in the final waiting-room scene?
- A.Nader's verdict
- B.Termeh's choice
- C.the judge's ruling
- D.Simin's decision
Answer: Termeh's choice
The film cuts away while Simin and Nader wait outside the judge's room, so Termehās choice is left unresolved.
Question 5
Which Satellite Awards category did the film win?
- A.Satellite Award
- B.Best Ensemble
- C.Best Screenplay
- D.Best Director
Answer: Best Foreign Language Film
The film won the Satellite Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Question 6
A Separation picked up which Swedish film award for foreign film?
- A.Amanda Award
- B.Robert Award
- C.The Guldbagge Award for Best Foreign Film
- D.Bodil Award
Answer: The Guldbagge Award for Best Foreign Film
It won the Guldbagge Award for Best Foreign Film.
Question 7
Which Italian prize did A Separation win for foreign film?
- A.Goya Award
- B.David di Donatello for Best Foreign Film
- C.Nastro d'Argento
- D.Golden Ciak
Answer: David di Donatello for Best Foreign Film
The film won the David di Donatello for Best Foreign Film.
Question 8
Which major newspaper's list of the 25 best films of the 21st century includes A Separation?
- A.New York Times
- B.The Guardian
- C.Le Monde
- D.The Washington Post
Answer: The New York Times
A Separation appears on the New York Times list of the 25 best films of the 21st century.
Question 9
On BBC Culture's 2016 list of the 100 greatest films of the 21st century, where was A Separation placed?
- A.Twenty-first
- B.ninth
- C.Third
- D.Twelfth
Answer: Ninth
BBC Culture ranked it ninth on that 2016 list.
Question 10
In which country was the film produced, matching both its setting and language?
- A.Turkey
- B.Afghanistan
- C.Iran
- D.Iraq
Answer: Iran
The film was produced in Iran, matching its setting and primary language.
Question 11
Where are Simin and Nader waiting in the final scene?
- A.at the apartment door
- B.outside the judge's room
- C.outside the hospital
- D.in Termeh's classroom
Answer: outside the judge's room
In the final waiting-room sequence, the film ends with Simin and Nader outside the judge's room. It cuts away before Termeh's choice is revealed.
Question 12
Berlin honored the filmās acting as what kind of performance?
- A.ensemble cast
- B.lead performance
- C.supporting cast
- D.solo performance
Answer: ensemble cast
The clue points to collective acting rather than a single star. Berlin recognized the filmās cast is an ensemble, not an individual performance.
Question 13
What confrontation becomes the plot's turning point in A Separation?
- A.hospital discharge
- B.airport farewell
- C.staircase confrontation
- D.courtroom confession
Answer: staircase confrontation
A key source anchor identifies the staircase confrontation between Nader and Razieh is the film's major turning point. The later hospital visit escalates its consequences.
Question 14
Which award did A Separation win for Best Feature Film?
- A.Palme d'Or
- B.BAFTA Award
- C.Asia Pacific Screen Award
- D.Golden Bear
Answer: Asia Pacific Screen Award
A Separation was recognized with the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Feature Film. This is a regional film accolade, not a festival prize like the Golden Bear or Palme d'Or.
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