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   Joshua Kreitzer to Mark Brader   
   Re: RQFTCINO13 Game 4, Rounds 9-10: Scar   
   28 Oct 22 00:57:39   
   
   From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On Friday, October 28, 2022 at 2:42:11 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > ** Game 4, Round 9 - Canadiana - Scarborough Walk of Fame   
      
   Sorry!   
      
   > ** Game 4, Round 10 - Entertainment Challenge Round - Academy Awards   
   >   
   > * A. History - The First Time   
   >   
   > These two questions are on events associated with the first Academy   
   > Awards in 1929, honoring movies of 1927-28.   
   >   
   > A1. What comic actor won an honorary Oscar for versatility and   
   > genius in acting, writing, directing, and producing the   
   > silent movie "The Circus"?   
      
   Chaplin   
      
   > A2. What movie won the Oscar for Best Picture (or as they said   
   > back then, Outstanding Picture)?   
      
   "Wings"   
      
   > * B. Literature - From the Page   
   >   
   > B1. What movie was adapted from Stephen King's novella   
   > "The Body"?   
      
   "Stand by Me"   
      
   > B2. What movie was adapted from W.P. Kinsella's novel   
   > "Shoeless Joe"?   
      
   "Field of Dreams"   
      
   > * C. Geography - At Least There are Subtitles   
   >   
   > C1. What country """has won""" the most times for Best Foreign   
   > Language Film?   
      
   France   
      
   > C2. What is the name of the 2003 Canadian movie that won for   
   > Best Foreign Language Film and is the sequel to the "The   
   > Decline of the American Empire"?   
      
   "The Barbarian Invasions"   
      
   > * D. Sports - Reach for the Top   
   >   
   > These two questions are about Best Picture winners with sports   
   > themes.   
   >   
   > D1. What movie won the Oscar for Best Picture for 1981?   
      
   "Chariots of Fire"   
      
   > D2. What movie won the Oscar for Best Picture for 2004?   
      
   "Million Dollar Baby"   
      
   > * E. Science - Special Things   
   >   
   > E1. Two disaster movies from 1972 and 1974 each won a Special   
   > Achievement Academy Award for Visual Effects. Name either   
   > one.   
      
   "The Towering Inferno"   
      
   > E2. What 1995 movie won a Special Achievement Academy Award   
   > for being the first feature-length computer-animated film?   
      
   "Toy Story"   
      
   > * F. Miscellaneous - It's All about the Numbers   
   >   
   > F1. Who """holds""" the record for most appearances as host or   
   > co-host of the Academy Awards, at 19?   
      
   Bob Hope   
      
   > F2. What British actor has been nominated 8 times for Best Actor,   
   > but """has""" never won? He was presented with an honorary   
   > Oscar in 2002.   
      
   Peter O'Toole   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
   gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
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