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   Erland Sommarskog to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCIMM24 Game 4, Rounds 9-10: twist   
   02 Apr 24 20:58:38   
   
   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > ** Game 4, Round 9 - Entertainment - Movie Twists, Reveals, and Shockers   
   >   
   > 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   
      
   > 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!   
      
   The Third Man   
      
   > 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!!   
      
   The Man Who Fell to Earth   
      
   > ** Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge - Theme: Leaps   
   >   
   > * A. Miscellaneous: Vertical Leap   
   >   
   >    A2. Some skydivers or ers wear a special suit with   
   >        fabric membranes between the legs and along the arms,   
   >        flanks and thighs to act as an airfoil and allow extended   
   >        airtime and gliding potential.  What is the common name   
   >        given to this type of suit?   
      
   Jumpsuit   
      
   > * C. Sports: Leap Day   
   >   
   >    C1. Leap Day 1936 saw the birth of this hockey player, active   
   >        1955 to '75, who lived in the shadow of his older brother,   
   >        yet still holds the record for most Stanley Cup victories,   
   >        at 11.  Give his first and last name.   
      
   Tony Esposito   
      
   >    C2. On Leap Day 1980, this NHL player scored his 800th career   
   >        goal, at the age of 51.  Name him.   
      
   Gordie Howe   
      
   > * 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.   
      
   The Giant Leap Forwards   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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