From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > * Game 5, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)   
      
   > Answer these 2013 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.   
      
   > 1. Who was the actress who tripped and said the F word, while   
   > walking to the stage to accept her Oscar at the Academy Awards   
   > ceremony?   
      
   Jennifer Lawrence   
      
      
   > * Game 5, Round 2 - Entertainment - One-Season Wonders   
      
   > 1. This 1999 show about misfits in a 1980 Michigan high school   
   > was run by Judd Apatow and starred Seth Rogen, James Franco,   
   > and Jason Segel.   
      
   Freaks & Geeks   
      
   > 2. This 2003 show was a sequel to a popular movie starring Nia   
   > Vardalos.   
      
   My Big Fat Greek Marriage   
      
   > 4. This 2006 show was about a behind-the-scenes look at a fictional   
   > sketch-comedy TV show. It starred Matthew Perry, Amanda Peet,   
   > and Bradley Whitford.   
      
   60 Sunset Strip   
      
   > 5. This 2002 show was an oddball Western/SF mash-up -- about a   
   > crew of bandits working jobs on the frontier of a new solar   
   > system. The creative force behind the show was Joss Whedon.   
      
   Firefly   
      
   > 7. This 1982 show was a comedy that starred Leslie Nielsen and had   
   > the same puns and sight gags that would be found in the "Naked   
   > Gun" movies that followed.   
      
   Police Squad   
      
   > 8. This 1966 crime-fighting show starred Van Williams and Bruce Lee.   
      
   The Green Hornet   
      
   > 9. This 1994 show starring Claire Danes looked at the experiences   
   > of a teenage girl. This show was run by the same creative team   
   > that was behind "thirtysomething".   
      
   My So-Called Life   
      
   > 10. This British-made TV show aired in the UK during the 1967-68   
   > season and in the US in 1968-69, and starred Patrick McGoohan.   
      
   The Prisoner   
      
   > * Game 5, Round 3 - Geography - French Regions   
      
   > 4. Name it.   
      
   Brittany   
      
   > 5. Name it.   
      
   Alsace   
      
   > 8. Name it.   
      
   Paris   
      
   > 17. Name it.   
      
   Provence   
      
   > 18. Name it.   
      
   Provence   
      
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   Dan Blum tool@panix.com    
   "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   
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