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Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 2, Round 7 - Entertainment - Pre-"Star Wars" Sci-Fi Movies
> 1. 1927, directed by Fritz Lang. Starring Brigitte Helm, Alfred
> Abel, Gustav Fr?hlich, and Rudolf Klein-Rogge. This movie
> presents a highly stylized futuristic city where a beautiful
> and cultured utopia exists above a bleak underworld populated
> by mistreated workers.
Mreopolis
> 3. 1951, directed by Robert Wise. Starring Michael Rennie, Patricia
> Neal, Hugh Marlowe, and Sam Jaffe. When a UFO lands in
> Washington, DC, bearing a message for Earth's leaders, all human
> activity stops. Klaatu has come on behalf of alien life who
> have been watching Cold-War-era nuclear proliferation on Earth.
> But it is Klaatu's robot Gort that presents a more immediate
> threat to onlookers.
The Day the Earth Stood Still
> 4. 1956, directed by Fred M. Wilcox. Starring Walter Pidgeon,
> Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, and Warren Stevens. A spacecraft
> travels to the distant world Altair IV to discover the fate of a
> group of scientists sent there decades earlier. When Commander
> John J. Adams and his crew arrive, they discover only two people:
> Dr. Morbius and his daughter Altaira.
Forbidden Planet
> 5. 1960, directed by George Pal. Starring Rod Taylor, Alan Young,
> and Yvette Mimieux. A man's vision for a utopian society is
> disillusioned when travelling forward into time reveals a dark
> and dangerous society. Based on a story by H.G. Wells.
The Time Machine
> 6. 1966, directed by Richard Fleischer. Starring Stephen Boyd,
> Raquel Welch, Edmond O'Brien, and Donald Pleasence. A brilliant
> scientist develops a way to shrink humans, and other objects,
> for brief periods of time. In order to save this scientist,
> who has developed a blood clot in his brain, a team of his
> colleagues in a nuclear submarine is shrunk and injected into
> the scientist's body. The team has a limited period of time
> to fix the clot and get out before the miniaturization wears off.
Fantastic Voyage
> 7. 1968, directed by Stanley Kubrick. Starring Keir Dullea, Gary
> Lockwood, and William Sylvester. When a mysterious artifact
> is uncovered on the Moon, a spacecraft manned by two humans
> (plus others in suspended animation) and one supercomputer is
> sent to Jupiter to find its origins.
2001: A Space Odyssey
> 8. 1968, directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. Starring Charlton
> Heston, Roddy McDowall, and Kim Hunter. After being kept
> in hyper-sleep during a long expedition into deep space, an
> astronaut crew crash-lands in the 40th century on a planet
> where highly intelligent non-human simians are dominant and
> humans are enslaved.
Planet of the Apes
> 9. 1976, directed by Michael Anderson. Starring Michael York,
> Jenny Agutter, and Richard Jordan. A police officer in
> the future uncovers the deadly secret behind a society that
> worships youth.
Logan's Run
> 10. 1976, directed by Nicolas Roeg. Starring David Bowie, Candy
> Clark, Buck Henry, and Rip Torn. Thomas Jerome Newton is an
> alien who has come to Earth in search of water to save his
> home planet. He uses his knowledge of advanced technology
> to create profitable inventions. While developing a method
> to transport water, he meets a quiet hotel clerk, and begins
> to fall in love with her. Just as he is ready to leave Earth,
> Thomas is intercepted by the US government, and his entire plan
> is threatened.
The Man Who Fell to Earth
> * Game 2, Round 8 - Science - Useful Plants
> 1. One type of this plant is used to make ropes, as well as
> hard-wearing, sunlight resistant rugs. Another type produces
> alcohol. This plant is native to southern Mexico and northern
> South America
jute
> 2. Please decode the rot13 for this question only after you
> have completed the previous one. Guvf cynag jnf bevtvanyyl
> nffbpvngrq jvgu grkgvyrf, fuvcf' ebcrf, naq gur unatzna'f abbfr.
> Vg vf fbzrgvzrf nyfb nffbpvngrq jvgu anepbgvpf, naq bevtvangrq
> va Prageny Nfvn.
hemp
> 3. This fast-growing, woody evergreen grass can be used in many
> ways, including construction and tea ceremonies. It can be
> found in most hot, tropical regions, especially East Asia.
bamboo
> 4. This is one of the oldest fiber plants in cultivation. Used by
> the ancient Egyptians to wrap their mummies, and by Neolithic
> tribes in Switzerland to make linen.
flax
> 5. This is a wetland sedge that originated in the river basins of
> Ethiopia. The Egyptians began writing on it about 4,000
> years ago. It is native to Egypt, Ethiopia, and tropical Africa
papyrus
> 6. A biennial with purple or white flowers, that in large doses
> can kill people, it was developed into one of the world's most
> valuable cardiac drugs. It is native to Western Europe.
foxglove
> 7. These plants are also known as "gum trees", and can grow to 10 m
> to 60 m tall. Products of this plant are used in antiseptics,
> balms, diuretics and disinfectants, as well as in perfumes.
> Found mostly in Australia.
eucalyptus
> 8. This rain-forest tree was sometimes known as "weeping wood".
> This "weeping" substance was eventually used to erase mistakes,
> and allow cars and bicycles to roll smoothly. Native to South
> America.
rubber
> 9. Historically, the leaves of this shrub were used to produce a
> blue dye for a variety of fabrics, including denim. Originally
> native to India; also still found and used in West Africa.
indigo
> 10. This pretty, fast-growing, upright annual is thought to be both
> a blessing and a curse. One product of the seeds of this
> plant is used to ease pain, while another has had "nightmare
> consequences" in many parts of the world. Grown in Turkey,
> Afghanistan, India, Myanmar, Thailand.
poppy
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