From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On 4/1/2024 11:54 PM, Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > ** Game 4, Round 9 - Entertainment - Movie Twists, Reveals, and Shockers   
   >   
   > Spoiler Alert!  Each question gives away the shocking twist that   
   > you didn't see coming.  You might want to plug your ears for all   
   > but your question.  On the other hand, if you haven't seen these   
   > classics, where the heck have you been?   
   >   
   > In each case, we'll give you the twist.  You give us the *title*.   
   >   
   > 1. Psychologist Malcolm realizes that his wedding ring is not on   
   >     his finger; he realizes he didn't survive the gunshot.  And you   
   >     realize: HE'S A GHOST?!?!!   
      
   "The Sixth Sense"   
      
   > 2. The camera pans over a room filled with the collections of   
   >     the dead title character.  You see workers tossing junk into   
   >     the incinerator.  What did they just throw in?  The camera   
   >     moves in closer and -- IT'S HIS SLED!  His last dying word was   
   >     the name of his childhood sled!  It all makes sense now!   
      
   "Citizen Kane"   
      
   > 3. The movie's moving along nicely -- British soldier is kidnapped   
   >     by a reluctant IRA gunman.  Soldier dies; gunman seeks out the   
   >     soldier's girlfriend.  But then, just as they're going to get   
   >     it on, it turns out -- the GIRLFRIEND HAS A PENIS!!!  Whoa!   
      
   "The Crying Game"   
      
   > 4. So Brice tells the authorities that Pritchard was Yuri but   
   >     you're not completely satisfied.  Cut to our protagonist in   
   >     conversation with his landlord -- and it dawns on you --   
   >     clean-cut all-American naval officer Tom Farrell WAS A RUSSIAN   
   >     SPY ALL ALONG!  You've GOT to be kidding me!   
      
   "No Way Out"   
      
   > 5. The camera slowly tracks toward the photo on the wall.   
   >     What is it?  A new Year's Eve party in the ballroom -- 1921?   
   >     The camera gets in a little closer and you see -- JACK TORRANCE!   
   >     Front and center!  Leaping lizards!  That's incredible but   
   >     I still don't understand.   
      
   "The Shining"   
      
   > 6. After all the shenanigans our two protagonists have gotten up   
   >     to, one of them -- the narrator -- realizes that TYLER DOESN'T   
   >     EXIST!  He's the other side of his split personality!!  Or he   
   >     exists in his head... or... something!  It doesn't matter now   
   >     because buildings are blowing up in the final scene.   
      
   "Fight Club"   
      
   > 7. We're on the beach.  They managed to get away, but where are   
   >     they going to go?  What's going to happen to them?  And then   
   >     the camera slowly pans to a shocking sight down the beach and   
   >     your mind is blown -- HE'S BEEN ON EARTH ALL THIS TIME!!   
      
   "Planet of the Apes"   
      
   > 8. Lila has snuck into the house.  She turns the old lady's chair   
   >     around and discovers --- the MUMMIFIED BODY OF NORMAN'S MOTHER!!!   
   >     Suddenly, Norman bursts in dressed in women's clothing,   
   >     brandishing a knife and ready to kill.  Whaaaat?  So his mother's   
   >     been dead all this time and he's an insane killer!!!!   
      
   "Psycho"   
      
   > 9. Verbal Kint walks away from the police station.  His limp   
   >     suddenly disappears and he enters the car driven by Kobayashi.   
   >     And it dawns on you -- HE'S KEYSER SOZE!!!!!   
      
   "The Usual Suspects"   
      
   > 10. There they are in the middle of nowhere.  Cops everywhere.   
   >     What's that in the distance?  A delivery truck is driving up?   
   >     John Doe has arranged for a delivery.  Of what?  A package?   
   >     What's in it?  OMFG, it's Tracy's head.  No... effing... way!!!!   
      
   "Se7en"   
      
   > ** Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge - Theme: Leaps   
   >   
   > To celebrate February 29, Leap Day, the categories are:   
   >   
   >      A. Miscellaneous: Vertical Leap   
   >      B. Science: Lizards!   
   >      C. Sports: Leap Day   
   >      D. Entertainment: Time Leap   
   >      E. History: Misc. Leap   
   >      F. Literature: Leap Idioms   
   >   
   >   
   > * A. Miscellaneous: Vertical Leap   
   >   
   >     A1. What is the name given to the sport of jumping from fixed   
   >         objects, such as buildings, antennas, bridges, or high   
   >         cliffs, using a parachute to descend safely to the ground   
   >         after optionally free-falling?   
      
   BASE jumping   
   > * B. Science: Lizards!   
   >   
   >     B1. When threatened, the North American horned lizard can squirt   
   >         blood up to 3.5 m -- from which part of its body?   
      
   eyes   
      
   >     B2. The only venomous lizard found north of Mexico -- and   
   >         also the largest lizard -- is not aggressive, despite its   
   >         fearsome name.  Name it.   
      
   Gila monster   
      
   > * C. Sports: Leap Day   
   >   
   >     C2. On Leap Day 1980, this NHL player scored his 800th career   
   >         goal, at the age of 51.  Name him.   
      
   Gordie Howe   
      
   > * D. Entertainment: Time Leap   
   >   
   >     D1. In H.G. Wells's 1895 novel "The Time Machine", and in its   
   >         1960 and 2002 film adaptations, the protagonist travels to   
   >         the distant future.  There he meets two species of humans --   
   >         one peaceful, the other warlike.  Name either species.   
      
   Eloi; Morlocks   
      
   >     D2. In 1979's "Time After Time", Malcolm McDowell plays author   
   >         H.G. Wells, who chases a villain who has escaped from London   
   >         in 1893 into the year 1979, using an actual time machine.   
   >         Which villain does he chase?   
      
   Jack the Ripper   
      
   > * E. History: Miscellaneous Leaps   
   >   
   >     E1. Chairman Mao sought to reform agriculture and bring industry   
   >         to the countryside in a 5-year campaign from 1958 to   
   >         '62 that caused widespread famine, millions of deaths,   
   >         and economic recession.  Name the disastrous campaign.   
      
   Great Leap Forward   
      
   >     E2. On February 29 of what year did Prime Minister Pierre   
   >         Trudeau announce his retirement?   
      
   1980; 1984   
      
   > * F. Literature: Leap Idioms   
   >   
   > We give the definition; you provide the idiom or expression   
   > containing the word "leap".   
   >   
   >     F1. Consider the consequences before you act.   
      
   look before you leap   
      
   >     F2. A belief in, or an attempt to do, something whose existence   
   >         or outcome cannot be proved.   
      
   leap of faith   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
   gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
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