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   Joshua Kreitzer to Mark Brader   
   Re: RQFTCICR14 Game 5, Rounds 9-10: kiss   
   01 Apr 23 20:37:31   
   
   From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On Saturday, April 1, 2023 at 10:29:46 PM UTC-5, 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.    
      
   "Kiss the Girls"   
      
   > 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.    
      
   "Kiss Me Deadly"   
      
   > 4. 1999, Drew Barrymore, Luke Wilson: a reporter goes undercover    
   > at a high school.    
      
   "Never Been Kissed"   
       
   > 5. 1992, Meg Ryan, Alec Baldwin: an old man and a young woman    
   > magically switch bodies and learn about love and life.    
      
   "Prelude to a Kiss"   
      
   > 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.    
      
   "French Kiss"   
      
   > 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".    
      
   "Kiss Me Kate"   
      
   > 9. 1996, Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson: an amnesiac woman recovers    
   > her memories in this thriller directed by Renny Harlin.    
      
   "The Long Kiss Goodnight"   
      
   > 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    
   >    
   > * 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?    
      
   Ottoman Empire   
      
   > 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?    
      
   Tatars   
      
   > * B. Geographic Extreme Games    
   >    
   > B1. """Which was""" the southernmost Winter Olympics? Give the    
   > city or the year.    
      
   Sochi   
      
   > B2. """Which was""" the northernmost summer Olympics? Give the    
   > city or the year.    
      
   Lillehammer   
       
   > * D. Winter Olympic Movies    
   >    
   > D1. Kurt Russell plays 1980 US hockey coach Herb Brooks in what    
   > 2004 movie?    
      
   "Miracle"   
       
   > D2. Will Farrell plays a figure skater banned from competition    
   > in what 2007 comedy movie?    
      
   "Blades of Glory"   
      
   > * E. New Olympic Events at Sochi    
   >    
   > E2. For the first time, freestyle skiers """will""" compete in    
   > what structure that Olympic snowboarders have used since    
   > 1998?    
      
   half-pipe   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
   gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
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