From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On 3/6/2024 2:28 AM, Mark Brader wrote:   
   >   
   > ** Game 2, Round 9 - Entertainment - Name the Franchise   
   >   
   > A film franchise is a collection of related movies based on the   
   > same fictional universe, or of movies that are marketed as a series.   
   > Each of the franchises in this round consists of at least 5 movies.   
   > For each question, you'll be told which movie in a given franchise   
   > had the highest global box-office revenues, then you name the   
   > movie 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).   
      
   The Twilight Saga   
      
   > 8. 5 movies, including "Minions" ($1,200,000,000 US).   
      
   Despicable Me   
      
   > 9. 5 movies, including "Catching Fire" ($865,000,000 US).   
      
   The Hunger Games   
      
   > 10. 7 movies, including "Fallout" ($791,000,000 US).   
      
   Mission: Impossible   
      
   > ** Game 2, Round 10 - Challenge Round   
   >   
   > * A.  Entertainment: Which Anderson?   
   >   
   >     A1. Which Anderson directed the movies "If...", "Britannia   
   >         Hospital", and "O Lucky Man"?   
      
   Lindsay Anderson   
      
   >     A2. Which Anderson directed the movies "Moonrise Kingdom",   
   >         "The French Dispatch", and "Asteroid City"?   
      
   Wes Anderson   
      
   > * B.  Art: Italian Arias   
   >   
   > We name an aria in Italian and English; you identify *either* the   
   > opera or the composer.   
   >   
   >     B1. "La donna è mobile" ("(The) Woman is Fickle").   
      
   Verdi   
      
   >     B2. "Nessun dorma" ("None Shall Sleep").   
      
   Verdi   
      
   > * 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?   
      
   0.5   
      
      
   > * D.  Sports: All-Season Olympians   
   >   
   >     D2. Clara Hughes has won 6 Olympic medals, most of them in   
   >         speed skating.  In which sport did she win two bronzes at   
   >         the 1996 Summer Games?   
      
   cycling   
      
   > * 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?   
      
   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   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
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