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   Dan Blum to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCIMM24 Game 3, Rounds 9-10: movie   
   20 Mar 24 23:54:35   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > ** Game 3, Round 9 - Entertainment - Movies and Cars with the Same Name   
      
   > 1. Movie, 2000; vehicle by Jeep.   
      
   Patriot   
      
   > 3, Movie, 2011; vehicle by Kia.   
      
   Rio   
      
   > 7. TV-movie, 2019; vehicle by Chevrolet.   
      
   El Camino   
      
   > 8. Movie, 2008; vehicle by Ford.   
      
   Gran Turismo   
      
   > 11. Movie, 2017; vehicle by Porsche.   
      
   9/11   
      
   > 12. Movie, 1986; vehicle by Toyota.   
      
   Highlander   
      
   > 13. TV series debuted in 2014; vehicle by Mitsubishi.   
      
   Outlander   
      
   > 14. Movie, 1994; vehicle by Ford (who also recently revived the   
   >    name for a new pick-up truck, not shown).   
      
   Maverick   
      
   > 16. Movie, 2007; vehicle by Chrysler.   
      
   300   
      
   > 17. Movie, 2020; vehicle by Kia.   
      
   Soul   
      
      
   > ** Game 3, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Secrets and Lies   
      
   > * B. Noms de Plume   
      
   >    B1. This popular author is so prolific that between 1977 and   
   >        1985, his publisher insisted that he write under the name   
   >        Richard Bachman to avoid saturating the market.  Who is he?   
      
   Steven King   
      
   >    B2. She's a legend in her area of genre fiction, but wrote   
   >        literary novels under the name of Mary Westmacott, and   
   >        considered them to be her best work.  Who is she?   
      
   Agatha Christie   
      
   > * C. Based on a True Story   
      
   >    C1. This 1998 political thriller starring John Travolta and   
   >        Emma Thompson is a thinly veiled dramatization of Bill   
   >        Clinton's presidential campaign.  What is the title?   
      
   Primary Colors   
      
   >    C2. This 2003 indie comedy-romance starring Scarlett Johansssen   
   >        is a fictionalization of director Sophia Coppola's failing   
   >        marriage.  What is the title?   
      
   Lost in Translation   
      
   > * D. Unsolved Mysteries   
      
   >    D1. He hijacked a plane in 1971, demanded $200,000 US in   
   >        ransom money, and parachuted out into the wilds of   
   >        southwestern Washington.  He's never been identified,   
   >        no remains have ever been found, and the money has never   
   >        been recovered.  What name is he known by?   
      
   D. B. Cooper   
      
   >    D2. It was 1990 when this fine art museum in Boston was robbed   
   >        of 12 valuable paintings by thieves disguised as police   
   >        offers.  The artworks have never been recovered and the   
   >        museum has a $10,000,000 US reward for any information   
   >        leading to their return.  What museum was it?   
      
   Gardner   
      
   > * E. Secret Identities   
      
   >    E1. He's arguably the world's most famous street artist, as well   
   >        as a social activist and filmmaker.  Although he's made   
   >        plenty of money through sales of his books and authenticated   
   >        prints, his true identity remains unknown.  What name is   
   >        he known by?   
      
   Banksy   
      
   >    E2. He's not the founder of Bitcoin, but he was fundamental   
   >        in its development, and he also devised the first blockchain   
   >        database.  People suspect he's Asian, and educated in   
   >        Britain, but apart from that, we only know him by this   
   >        pseudonym.   
      
   Nakamoto   
      
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   Dan Blum					         tool@panix.com	   
   "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."   
      
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