From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at 11:22:10 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:   
   >    
   > ** Game 7, Round 9 - Literature - In the Voice of Animals    
   >    
   > This round is about books where animals speak or otherwise make    
   > their thoughts known.    
   >    
   > 2. Give the *specific type of animal* featured in the fantasy series    
   > "Guardians of Ga'Hoole", written by Kathryn Lasky. Published by    
   > Scholastic from 2003 to 2013, the series has 15-plus books.    
   > A successful 2010 movie was made from part of the series.    
      
   owls   
      
   > For the remaining questions, in each case give the title.    
   >    
   > 3. A 1945 dystopian novel by George Orwell, an allegory for events    
   > from the Russian Revolution of 1917 through the Stalin era.    
      
   "Animal Farm"   
      
   > 4. A 1952 children's novel by American author E.B. White, which    
   > tells the story of a pig named Wilbur and his friends.    
      
   "Charlotte's Web"   
      
   > 5. A 1972 adventure novel, written by English author Richard Adams.    
   > Set in south-central England, the story features a small group    
   > of rabbits. Evoking epic themes, the novel is the "Aeneid"    
   > of the rabbits, as they escape the destruction of their warren    
   > and seek a place to establish a new home, encountering perils    
   > and temptations along the way.    
      
   "Watership Down"   
      
   > 6. A 1981 psychological horror novel about the eponymous rabid dog.    
   > The author has said that the sequences from the dog's point of    
   > view about violent headaches may have been influenced by the    
   > author's own raging alcoholism at the time.    
      
   "Cujo"   
      
   > 7. A book written in 1877 by English author Anna Sewell, about a    
   > carriage horse, and animal welfare in general. With 50,000,000    
   > copies sold, it is one of the best-selling books of all time.    
      
   "Black Beauty"   
      
   > 8. This 1906 novel by American author Jack London is titled after    
   > a wild wolf-dog. The story takes place during the Klondike gold    
   > rush and details the dog's journey to domestication. Much of    
   > the book is written from the dog's viewpoint, enabling London    
   > to examine the violent world of wild animals and the equally    
   > violent world of humans.    
      
   "White Fang"   
      
   > 9. Give the name of the graphic novel released in 1991 by American    
   > cartoonist Art Spiegelman. It depicts the Holocaust experiences,    
   > with humans depicted as different kinds of animals: Jews as    
   > mice, Germans as cats, non-Jewish Poles as pigs. In 1992 it    
   > became the first graphic novel to win a Pulitzer Prize.    
      
   "Maus"   
      
   > ** Game 7, Round 10 - Entertainment Challenge Round - Movies    
   >    
   > In honor of the Oscars, here are questions on movies.    
   > For Categories A-E, in each case name the movie.    
   >    
   > * Science    
   >    
   > A1. Name the 1990 movie based on a true account from neurologist    
   > Oliver Sacks. A doctor uses a new drug to revive a catatonic    
   > patient, who regains normal functioning for a brief interval.    
      
   "Awakenings"   
       
   > A2. Name the 1955 movie, based on a true story, that follows    
   > the RAF's development of a bomb to attack dams in the Ruhr    
   > Valley and hinder Germany's industry during World War II.    
      
   "The Dam Busters"   
      
   > * Entertainment    
   >    
   > B1. In this Oscar-winning short film, Norman McLaren applies    
   > the methods normally used to animate drawings or puppets    
   > to live actors instead. The story is a parable about two    
   > people who come to blows over the possession of a flower.    
      
   "Neighbours"   
      
   > B2. This Oscar-winning short film is an impressionistic record    
   > of a dance class given to senior students of the National    
   > Ballet School of Canada by two great teachers from Spain,    
      
   "He Makes Me Feel Like Dancing" (?)   
      
   > * Sports    
   >    
   > C1. This 1981 movie follows two 1924 Olympic runners, a Christian    
   > and a Jew, as they race for spiritual and political    
   > reasons. At the time of its theatrical run, it became the    
   > highest-grossing foreign film of all time.    
      
   "Chariots of Fire"   
      
   > C2. Christian Bale and Melissa Leo each took home an Oscar for    
   > their work on this critically acclaimed 2010 boxing movie.    
   > Bale owes his award more to his character's crack cocaine    
   > addiction than his boxing skills.    
      
   "The Fighter"   
      
   > * Literature    
   >    
   > D1. Name the 1996 romantic drama directed by Anthony Minghella,    
   > based on the novel of the same name by Michael Ondaatje.    
   > The movie's invocation of fate, romance, and tragedy unfolds    
   > in World War II Italy through the story of a burn victim,    
   > a once dashing archeologist whose sacrifices to save the    
   > woman he loves spell his end.    
      
   "The English Patient"   
      
   > D2. Name the 1999 American movie based on the 1996 novel of the    
   > same name by Chuck Palahniuk. The film was directed by    
   > David Fincher and stars Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, and Helena    
   > Bonham Carter. Norton plays the unnamed protagonist, an    
   > "everyman" who is discontented with his white-collar job.    
      
   "Fight Club"   
      
   > * History    
   >    
   > E1. Americans hidden in the Canadian embassy escape from Iran    
   > during the 1979 hostage crisis.    
      
   "Argo"   
      
   > E2. A German businessman saves the lives of more than 1,000    
   > Jewish refugees, mostly Polish, during the Holocaust by    
   > employing them in his factories.    
      
   "Schindler's List"   
      
   > * Geography    
   >    
   > In this category we give you the movie and you name the *US state*    
   > where it is set.    
   >    
   > F1. "Pulp Fiction" (1994).    
      
   California   
      
   > F2. "Scarface" (1983).    
      
   Florida   
      
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