From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On Sunday, May 21, 2023 at 12:10:24 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:   
       
   > ** Game 9, Round 9 - Entertainment - Russells in Entertainment    
   >    
   > We give some clues and in each case you must answer with the first    
   > *and* last name -- one of which is always some form of Russell.    
   >    
   > 1. Australian actor: "The Insider" (1999), "Robin Hood" (2010).    
      
   Russell Crowe   
       
   > 2. "The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes" (1969), "Escape From New York"    
   > (1981), "Escape From L.A." (1996).    
      
   Kurt Russell   
      
   > 3. One of the wealthiest hip-hop executives, net worth over    
   > $300,000,000. Founder of Def Jam records, Def Jam comedy, Phat    
   > Farm clothing line. Brother of Reverend Run of Run DMC. Vegan.    
   > Gay-rights activist. UN goodwill ambassador. Participated in    
   > Occupy Wall Street.    
      
   Russell Simmons   
      
   > 4. Oscar-winning film director of "Women in Love" (1969), the Who's    
   > "Tommy" (1975), "Altered States" (1980).    
      
   Ken Russell   
      
   > 5. Married to film director Nicholas Roeg. "Bad Timing/A Sensual    
   > Obsession" (1980); "The Razor's Edge" (1984); "Black Widow"    
   > (1987) with Debra Winger.    
      
   Theresa Russell   
      
   > 6. British, once married to Katy Perry. "Forgetting Sarah Marshall"    
   > (2008), "Get Him to the Greek" (2010), "Despicable Me" (2010),    
   > "Despicable Me 2" (2013).    
      
   Russell Brand   
      
   > 7. Director of low-budget sexploitation films with campy humor:    
   > "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" (1965). Autobiography:    
   > "A Clean Breast".    
      
   Russ Meyer   
      
   > 9. "The Outlaw" (1943); Howard Hughes designed her bra. "Gentlemen    
   > Prefer Blondes" (1953). Founded World Adoption International    
   > Fund after a scandal that she paid to adopt an Irish baby    
   > (mentioned in the 2014 film "Philomena").    
      
   Jane Russell   
       
   > 10. "His Girl Friday" (1940), Howard Hughes screwball comedy.    
   > "My Sister Eileen" (1942). "Auntie Mame" (1958), film and    
   > Broadway.    
      
   Rosalind Russell   
       
   > ** Game 9, Round 10 - Challenge: All Things Spring    
   >    
   > In honor of the equinox, the following questions all have something    
   > to do with spring. But remember, "spring" has more than one    
   > meaning...!    
   >    
   > * B. Entertainment    
   >    
   > B1. A lavish production of the song "Springtime for Hitler"    
   > is featured in which movie?    
      
   "The Producers"   
      
   > B2. Which writer of popular 20th century songs and show tunes    
   > penned "I Love Paris", whose well-known chorus begins    
   > with the line "I love Paris in the spring time"? It was    
   > introduced in the musical "Can-Can", and covered by such    
   > famous mid-20th Century singers as Frank Sinatra and Ella    
   > Fitzgerald, as well as many, many others.    
      
   Cole Porter   
      
   > * C. Sports & Leisure    
   >    
   > C2. According to the autobiography of former Cleveland Indians    
   > owner Bill Veeck, what was the issue with spring training    
   > in Florida that motivated his role in the formation of the    
   > Cactus League in Arizona?    
      
   racial discrimination against black players   
      
   > * D. Arts & Literature    
   >    
   > D1. In which city did the 1913 debut of Igor Stravinsky's    
   > "The Rite of Spring" cause a riot to break out in the    
   > audience due to the the avant-garde nature of the music    
   > and choreography?    
      
   Paris   
      
   > D2. Which 1962 book by Rachel Carson about the detrimental    
   > effects of indiscriminate pesticide use is credited with    
   > starting the modern environmental movement?    
      
   "Silent Spring"   
       
   > * F. History    
   >    
   > F1. In what year did Czechoslovakia's failed uprising against    
   > Soviet domination, known as the Prague Spring, take place?    
      
   1968   
       
   > F2. The series of uprisings known as the Arab Spring were    
   > sparked when street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi set himself    
   > on fire to protest police corruption and ill treatment in    
   > which country?    
      
   Tunisia   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
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