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   msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:ic-   
   cnb7NGtkZEpb7nZ2dnZfqn_GdnZ2d@giganews.com:   
      
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2024-02-26,   
   > and should be interpreted accordingly.   
   >   
   > On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give   
   > both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.   
   > Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,   
   > based only on your own knowledge.  (In your answer posting, quote   
   > the questions and place your answer below each one.)  I will reveal   
   > the correct answers in about 3 days.   
   >   
   > All questions were written by members of the Misplaced Modifiers   
   > and are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may   
   > have been retyped and/or edited by me.  The posting and tabulation   
   > of current-events questions is independent of the concurrent posting   
   > of other rounds.  For further information please see my 2023-05-24   
   > companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition   
   > (QFTCI*)".   
   >   
   >   
   > ** 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!!   
      
   planetof 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   
      
   >    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?   
      
   wingsuit   
      
   >   
   > * 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.   
      
   komodo dragon   
      
   >   
   > * 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.   
      
   henri richard   
      
   >    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   
      
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