From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > ** Game 2, Round 9 - Entertainment - Name the Franchise   
      
   > 1. There have been 13 movies in this franchise.  The top-grossing   
   >    movie, with global box-office revenues of $1,900,000,000 US,   
   >    is "No Way Home".   
      
   Spider-Man   
      
   > 2. I'll word it more tersely from here on.  5 movies, including   
   >    "Dead Man's Chest" ($1,100,000,000 US).   
      
   Pirates of the Caribbean   
      
   > 3. 7 movies, including "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the   
   >    King" ($1,100,000,000 US).   
      
   Middle-Earth   
      
   > 4. 13 movies, including "Deadpool 2" ($786,000,000 US).   
      
   X-Men   
      
   > 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).   
      
   Batman   
      
   > 7. 5 movies, including "Breaking Dawn Part 2" ($830,000,000 US).   
      
   Twilight   
      
   > 8. 5 movies, including "Minions" ($1,200,000,000 US).   
      
   Despicable Me   
      
   > 9. 5 movies, including "Catching Fire" ($865,000,000 US).   
      
   Hunger Games   
      
   > 10. 7 movies, including "Fallout" ($791,000,000 US).   
      
   Mission: Impossible   
      
   > ** 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   
      
   >    B1. "La donna ? mobile" ("(The) Woman is Fickle").   
      
   Verdi   
      
   >    B2. "Nessun dorma" ("None Shall Sleep").   
      
   Fidelio   
      
   > * 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?   
      
   1/2   
      
   > * 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?   
      
   Somalia   
      
   > * F.  History: Bloodless Revolutions   
      
   >    F1. King James II was bloodlessly deposed in 1688.  What's the   
   >        name of this revolution?   
      
   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?   
      
   Velvet Revolution   
      
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   Dan Blum					         tool@panix.com	   
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