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   Dan Tilque to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCI23 Game 5, Rounds 4,6: cult mov   
   25 Nov 23 02:32:30   
   
   From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 11/24/23 17:13, Mark Brader wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 5, Round 4 - Entertainment - Cult Movies   
   >   
   > Most of these movies did poorly when first released, but have   
   > developed a cult following over the years.  Name them.   
   >   
   > 1. Starring Kevin Bacon.  A remote desert town is attacked by   
   >     tongue-like underground creatures.   
   >   
   > 2. Starring David Carradine.  A car chase results in masses of   
   >     blood, gore, and other mayhem.   
   >   
   > 3. Starring Bela Lugosi.  Aliens arrive in hubcap-like flying   
   >     saucers and resurrect corpses to convince Earth's idiotic,   
   >     militaristic people not to explode the universe.   
      
   Plan 9 from Outer Space   
      
   >   
   > 4. Starring William Hurt.  A scientist on LSD enters a sensory   
   >     isolation chamber.   
   >   
   > 5. Starring Kurt Russell.  A trucker loses his rig in Chinatown   
   >     and goes to great lengths to recover it.   
   >   
   > 6. Starring David Bowie.  An alien makes gobs of money and has   
   >     sex with many women.   
      
   Earth Girls are Easy  ??   
      
   >   
   > 7. Starring Robert Mitchum.  A phony preacher pursues two children   
   >     who have hidden the proceeds from a robbery.   
   >   
   > 8. Starring Tim Curry.  A sweet young couple knock on the door of   
   >     a mansion housing multiple weirdos.   
      
   Rocky Horror Picture Show   
      
   >   
   > 9. Starring John Belushi.  In the days after Pearl Harbor, Japanese   
   >     aircraft and submarines are spotted near Los Angeles.   
      
   1941   
      
   >   
   > 10. Starring Spencer Tracy.  A one-armed stranger arrives in a small   
   >     town looking for a resident who turns out to have been murdered.   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 5, Round 6 - Sports - Lesser-Known Sports and Recreations   
   >   
   > In each case name them.   
   >   
   > 1. This pastime involves leaners and ringers.   
      
   horseshoes   
      
   >   
   > 2. In which activity might you be called out for "LBW"?   
      
   cricket   
      
   >   
   > 3. The basic version of this board game is centered on controlling   
   >     the real-estate market in Atlantic City.   
      
   Monopoly   
      
   >   
   > 4. This board game is centered on controlling the world.   
      
   Risk   
      
   >   
   > 5. The term "life list" was coined in connection with this activity.   
   >   
   > 6. Categories of this activity include Nordic (or cross-country), Alpine,   
   >     and freestyle.   
      
   skiing   
      
   >   
   > 7. The movie "A River Runs Through It" was centered on this   
   >     activity.   
   >   
   > 8. TV coverage of this game is often punctuated by cries of "180".   
      
   figure skating   
      
   >   
   > 9. Going up a steep cliff or mountain without ropes or other   
   >     equipment.   
      
   free climbing   
      
   >   
   > 10. A mistake in this game may result in the dreaded 7-10 split.   
      
   tenpin bowling   
      
   --   
   Dan Tilque   
      
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