Slumdog Millionaire is all over the media and in all the blogs. While the movie has been analysed to death, I think not enough light has been shed on what could have been. So, here goes a simple quiz without any prizes:

1. What if Slumdog had been produced in Bollywood:
a) Vikas Swarup would have been known only as an IFS officer b) It would have lost the Oscar nomination to Ghajini c) Rahman would not have won an Oscar d) All of the above.

2. Slumdog’s extraordinary success will lead to which of the following:
a) Subhash Ghai will begin producing movies such as The Curious Case of Benjamin Button b) Aamir Khan will stop nominating his movies for foreign language Oscars c) fans will mob Resul Pookkutty, instead of Shah Rukh Khan d) None of the above.

3. Amitabh Bachchan would have hailed Slumdog if:
a) It had a Page 3 moment b) It was produced by Amar Singh c) If he had been given the role played by Anil Kapoor d) All of the above.

4. The two Oscars will change Rahman’s life in which of the following ways:
a) he will stop working late into the night b) he will no longer slip into the shadows c) he will move to Hollywood d) none of the above.

5. Slumdog won eight Oscars because:
a) Foreigners like poverty b) Other Hollywood movies put viewers to sleep c) Danny Boyle’s excellent direction d) Fate