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   Dan Blum to Mark Brader   
   Re: RQFTCIFFF12 Game 1, Rounds 7-8: movi   
   26 Apr 22 21:45:06   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > * Game 1, Round 7 - Entertainment - Movie Deaths   
      
   > 1. 1939; falls off a pony.   
      
   Gone With the Wind   
      
   > 2. 1958; falls from a bell tower.   
      
   Vertigo   
      
   > 3. 1975; head bitten off by a rabbit.   
      
   Monty Python and the Holy Grail   
      
   > 4. 1981; chopped up by a plane propeller.   
      
   Raiders of the Lost Ark   
      
   > 5. 1948; strangled by two of his friends.   
      
   Rope   
      
   > 6. 1994; accidentally shot in the face in a car.   
      
   Pulp Fiction   
      
   > 8. 1981; head explodes from a telekinetic attack.   
      
   Scanners   
      
   > 10. 1988; immersed in a mixture of caustic chemicals known as   
   >    "the Dip".   
      
   Who Framed Roger Rabbit?   
      
   > * Game 1, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Real and Fictional Twins   
      
   > 1. Real.  This famous singer's older twin by 35 minutes,   
   >    whose given names were Jesse Garon, died at birth in 1935.   
   >    Name the celeb -- first and last name.   
      
   Elvis Presley   
      
   > 2. Fictional.  In the 7th movie of a series, one of a set   
   >    of twins loses an ear.  In the 8th movie, the other dies.   
   >    Name both twins by first and last name.   
      
   Fred and George Weasley   
      
   > 5. Real.  At one point, twins Jaroslaw and Lech Kaczynski were   
   >    Prime Minister and President, respectively, of the same   
   >    country.  Name the country.   
      
   Poland   
      
   > 6. Fictional?  They were said to be twin sons of a god, and   
   >    were raised wild before getting into real estate development.   
   >    Who are these twins?  Name both.   
      
   Romulus and Remus   
      
   > 7. Real.  Two founding members of this band, Robin and Maurice,   
   >    were twins.  Name the *band*.   
      
   Bee Gees   
      
   > 8. Fictional.  This character in a top-rated 1994-2004 sitcom   
   >    had numerous visits from her twin sister Ursula Buffay.  Name the   
   >    character.  (First name required if the surname is Buffay.)   
      
   Phoebe Buffay   
      
   > 10. Fictional.  It was revealed in the third movie of a series   
   >    in 1983 that two of the main protagonists were actually twins.   
   >    Name both twins by first and last name.   
      
   Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa   
      
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   "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."   
      
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