From: tool@panix.com
Mark Brader wrote:
> ** Game 4, Round 9 - Entertainment - Movie Twists, Reveals, and Shockers
> 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
> 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
> * 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
> 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?
squirrel suit
> * 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
> * 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
> 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
> 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
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