From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 4/1/23 20:29, Mark Brader wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > ** Game 5, Round 9 - Entertainment - Kissy Movies   
   >   
   > In honor of Valentine's Day, we give you the year, one or more   
   > stars, and a clue, and you give us the movie title -- which in   
   > all cases includes a form of the word "Kiss".   
   >   
   > 1. 1997, Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd: police hunt a serial killer,   
   >     helped by a victim who manages to escape.   
   >   
   > 2. 1955, Ralph Meeker: a doomed female hitchhiker pulls Mike   
   >     Hammer into a deadly whirlpool of intrigue, revolving around   
   >     a mysterious "great whatsit".  Written by Mickey Spillane.   
   >   
   > 3. 1956, Robert Wagner: a college student resorts to murder in an   
   >     attempt to marry an heiress.   
   >   
   > 4. 1999, Drew Barrymore, Luke Wilson: a reporter goes undercover   
   >     at a high school.   
   >   
   > 5. 1992, Meg Ryan, Alec Baldwin: an old man and a young woman   
   >     magically switch bodies and learn about love and life.   
   >   
   > 6. 1995, Meg Ryan plays a Canadian, Kevin Kline plays a Frenchman:   
   >     a woman flies to France to confront her straying fiancé, but   
   >     gets involved with a charming crook.   
   >   
   > 7. 1964, Elvis Presley: an Army officer returns to convince his   
   >     kinfolk to allow the Army to build a missile site on their land.   
   >     Once he gets there, he discovers he has a lookalike family   
   >     member.   
      
   Kissin' Cousins   
      
   >   
   > 8. 1953, Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Anne Miller: a musical   
   >     loosely based on "The Taming of the Shrew".   
   >   
   > 9. 1996, Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson: an amnesiac woman recovers   
   >     her memories in this thriller directed by Renny Harlin.   
   >   
   > 10. 1985, Raul Julia, William Hurt: they play South American   
   >     cellmates.   
      
   Kiss of the Spider Woman   
      
   >   
   >   
   > ** Game 5, Round 10 - Challenge Round - The Sochi Olympics   
   >   
   > Yes, this is largely a second sports round.  Not my idea!   
   >   
   > * A. History of Sochi   
   >   
   >     A1. The region that includes Sochi came under Russian control   
   >         after the 1829 Treaty of Adrianople ended a war between   
   >         Russia and who?   
      
   Turkey   
      
   >   
   >     A2. Who were the people expelled from the Sochi area in the   
   >         1860s and 1870s, in what some historians consider Europe's   
   >         first modern example of "ethnic cleansing" and genocide?   
      
   Cossacks   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * B. Geographic Extreme Games   
   >   
   >     B1. """Which was""" the southernmost Winter Olympics?  Give the   
   >         city or the year.   
      
   Salt Lake City   
      
   >   
   >     B2. """Which was""" the northernmost summer Olympics?  Give the   
   >         city or the year.   
      
   Lillehammer   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * C. Science of Skates   
   >   
   >     C1. "Rocker" is the skating term for the curve of the bottom   
   >         of the blade. Put the following skates in order, from least   
   >         to most rocker (that is, from straightest to most curved):   
   >         short-track speed skate, long-track speed skate, figure   
   >         skate, hockey skate.  If you give two guesses, please give   
   >         a complete list of four both times.   
   >   
   >     C2. The introduction of skates with the blade hinged at the   
   >         front, in the 1990s, led to a flurry of new speed-skating   
   >         records.  What are these skates called?   
      
   clap skate   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * D. Winter Olympic Movies   
   >   
   >     D1. Kurt Russell plays 1980 US hockey coach Herb Brooks in what   
   >         2004 movie?   
      
   Miracle on Ice   
      
   >   
   >     D2. Will Farrell plays a figure skater banned from competition   
   >         in what 2007 comedy movie?   
   >   
   >   
   > * E. New Olympic Events at Sochi   
   >   
   >     E1. "Team Relay" medals """will be""" awarded for the first   
   >         time in two different Olympic timed sports.  Times for   
   >         both male and female competitors """will be""" combined to   
   >         determine the winners.  Name either sport.   
   >   
   >     E2. For the first time, freestyle skiers """will""" compete in   
   >         what structure that Olympic snowboarders have used since   
   >         1998?   
      
   half pipe   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * F. Calgary 1988   
   >   
   >     F1. In the dark days of yore, Canada settled for silver and   
   >         bronze medalists as national heroes.  It was two figure   
   >         skaters that earned Canada's only silver medals in 1988;   
   >         name either.   
   >   
   >     F2. Alpine skier Karen Percy ("""now""" Karen Percy Lowe) was   
   >         the only Canadian to win any medals in a non-judged sport   
   >         at the Calgary Olympics.  Name either of the two events   
   >         she earned bronze in.   
      
      
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   Dan Tilque   
      
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