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   Dan Blum to Mark Brader   
   Re: RQFTCINO13 Game 4, Rounds 9-10: Scar   
   28 Oct 22 22:01:53   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > ** Game 4, Round 10 - Entertainment Challenge Round - Academy Awards   
      
   > * A. History - The First Time   
      
   >    A1. What comic actor won an honorary Oscar for versatility and   
   >        genius in acting, writing, directing, and producing the   
   >        silent movie "The Circus"?   
      
   Buster Keaton; Charlie 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?   
      
   Italy   
      
   > * D. Sports - Reach for the Top   
      
   >    D1. What movie won the Oscar for Best Picture for 1981?   
      
   Chariots of Fire   
      
      
   > * 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 Poseidon Adventure   
      
   >    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.   
      
   Michael Caine   
      
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