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   Joshua Kreitzer to Mark Brader   
   Re: RQFTCIFFF12 Game 1, Rounds 7-8: movi   
   26 Apr 22 21:26:40   
   
   From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, April 26, 2022 at 12:16:21 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > * Game 1, Round 7 - Entertainment - Movie Deaths   
   >   
   > Given the year of release and the method of death, name the *movie*   
   > it occurs in. *Note*: In some cases the characters involved are   
   > minor ones.   
   >   
   > 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"   
      
   > 6. 1994; accidentally shot in the face in a car.   
      
   "Pulp Fiction"   
      
   > 7. 1998; fed to baby birds by the birds' mother.   
      
   "A Bug's Life"   
      
   > 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   
      
   > 4. Real. Twins Tiki and Ronde both played football at Virginia   
   > and were drafted in the second and third round respectively.   
   > They had impressive single-team careers, with the Giants   
   > and the Buccaneers. Give their last name.   
      
   Barber   
      
   > 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   
      
   > 9. Fictional. It was revealed in the third movie of a series   
   > in 2002 that the hero and his arch-nemesis were actually   
   > twins. Name both twins.   
      
   Austin Powers and Dr. Evil   
      
   > 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   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
   gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
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