From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > ** Game 2, Round 9 - Entertainment - Name the Franchise   
   >   
   > 3. 7 movies, including "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the   
   >    King" ($1,100,000,000 US).   
      
   I'm surely missing something here, but why would the name be   
   anything else than "The Lord of the Rings"?   
      
   > 5. 27 movies, including "Skyfall" ($1,100,000,000 US).   
      
   James Bond   
      
   > 6. 17 movies, including "The Dark Knight Rises" ($1,100,000,000 US).   
      
   Star Wars   
      
   > 7. 5 movies, including "Breaking Dawn Part 2" ($830,000,000 US).   
      
   Breaking Dawn?   
      
   > ** Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge Round   
   >   
   > * A.  Entertainment: Which Anderson?   
   >   
   >    A2. Which Anderson directed the movies "Moonrise Kingdom",   
   >        "The French Dispatch", and "Asteroid City"?   
      
   Wes Anderson   
      
   > * B.  Art: Italian Arias   
   >   
   >    B2. "Nessun dorma" ("None Shall Sleep").   
      
   Puccini   
      
   > * C.  Science: Mathematical Indices   
   >   
   >    C1. What natural number equals 8 to the power of 0?   
      
   1   
      
   >    C2. What rational number equals 2 to the power of -1?   
      
   ½   
      
   > * E.  Geography: The Equator   
   >   
   >    E1. What is the largest Asian country, in area and population,   
   >        through which the Equator passes?   
      
   Indonesia   
      
   >    E2. In which country does the Equator intersect with the east   
   >        coast of Africa?   
      
   Kenya   
      
   > * F.  History: Bloodless Revolutions   
   >   
   >    F1. King James II was bloodlessly deposed in 1688.  What's the   
   >        name of this revolution?   
      
   The Glorious Revolution   
      
   >    F2. On 1989-11-24, in response to street protests, the entire   
   >        top leadership of the Czechoslovak communist party resigned.   
   >        Democratic elections were held the following June.  What was   
   >        this revolution called?   
      
   The Velvet Revolution   
      
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