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   Dan Tilque to Mark Brader   
   Re: RQFTCIFFF12 Game 1, Rounds 7-8: movi   
   28 Apr 22 17:35:40   
   
   From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 4/26/22 10:16, 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.   
      
   Hunchback of Notre Dame   
      
   > 3. 1975; head bitten off by a rabbit.   
      
   Monty Python and the Holy Grail   
      
   > 4. 1981; chopped up by a plane propeller.   
   > 5. 1948; strangled by two of his friends.   
   > 6. 1994; accidentally shot in the face in a car.   
   > 7. 1998; fed to baby birds by the birds' mother.   
   > 8. 1981; head explodes from a telekinetic attack.   
   > 9. 2006; impaled by a booby-trap used to kill tapirs.   
   >   
   > 10. 1988; immersed in a mixture of caustic chemicals known as   
   >     "the Dip".   
   >   
   >   
   > * 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.   
   >   
   > 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.   
   >   
   > 3. Real.  Between them, twins Ron and Richard played for the   
   >     Flyers, Blues, Nordique, Islanders, Bruins, Sharks, Penguins,   
   >     Canucks, Lightning, Maple Leafs, Blackhawks and Flames.   
   >     Give their last name.   
   >   
   > 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.   
   >   
   > 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*.   
   >   
   > 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.)   
   >   
   > 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.   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   Princess Leia Organa and Luke Skywalker   
      
      
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   Dan Tilque   
      
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