From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 1/30/26 16:57, Mark Brader wrote:   
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   >   
   > * Game 9, Round 7 - Entertainment - Sci-Fi Movies After "Star Wars" (1977)   
   >   
   > In each case, name the movie.   
   >   
   > 1. 1979, directed by George Miller, starring Mel Gibson.  In a   
   >     self-destructing world, a vengeful Australian policeman sets   
   >     out to stop a violent motorcycle gang.   
      
   Mad Max   
      
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   > 2. 1982, directed by Steven Lisberger, starring Jeff Bridges and   
   >     Bruce Boxleitner.  When a talented computer engineer finds out   
   >     that an executive at his company has been stealing his work,   
   >     he tries to hack into the system.  However, the engineer is   
   >     transported into the digital world, where he has to face off   
   >     against "Sark", the executive's computerized likeness, and the   
   >     Master Control Program.   
      
   Tron   
      
   >   
   > 3. 1982, directed by Ridley Scott, starring Harrison Ford, Rutger   
   >     Hauer, and Sean Young.  An enforcement agent must pursue and   
   >     terminate four "replicants" who stole a ship in space and have   
   >     returned to Earth to find their creator.   
      
   Blade Runner   
      
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   > 4. 1985, directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Michael J. Fox and   
   >     Christopher Lloyd.  A small-town California teen is thrown back   
   >     into the '50s when an experiment by his eccentric scientist   
   >     friend Doc Brown goes awry.   
      
   Back to the Future   
      
   >   
   > 5. 1989, directed by James Cameron, starring Ed Harris and Mary   
   >     Elizabeth Mastrantonio.  A civilian diving team is enlisted   
   >     to search for a lost nuclear submarine and faces danger when   
   >     encountering an alien aquatic species.   
      
   The Abyss   
      
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   > 6. 1995, directed by Terry Gilliam, starring Bruce Willis, Madeleine   
   >     Stowe, and Brad Pitt.  In a future world devastated by disease,   
   >     a convict is sent back in time to gather information about the   
   >     man-made virus that wiped out most of the human population on   
   >     the planet.   
   >   
   > 7. 1997, directed by Luc Besson, starring Bruce Willis, Milla   
   >     Jovovich, and Gary Oldman.  In the colorful future, a cab driver   
   >     finds himself the central figure in the search for a legendary   
   >     cosmic weapon to keep evil and Mr. Zorg at bay.   
   >   
   > 8. 1999, directed by Dean Parisot, starring Tim Allen, Sigourney   
   >     Weaver, Alan Rickman, and Tony Shalhoub.  The stars of a   
   >     1970s sci-fi TV show are beamed aboard an alien spacecraft.   
   >     Believing the cast's heroic on-screen dramas are historical   
   >     documents of real-life adventures, the band of aliens turn to   
   >     the aging celebrities for help in their plans to overcome the   
   >     oppressive regime in their solar system.   
   >   
   > 9. 2005, directed by Garth Jennings, starring Martin Freeman.   
   >     Arthur Dent is trying to prevent his house from being bulldozed   
   >     when his friend Ford Prefect whisks him into outer space.   
   >     It turns out Ford is an alien who has just saved Arthur from   
   >     Earth's total annihilation.  Ford introduces Arthur to his   
   >     friends, including Zaphod Beeblebrox and Trillian.  Arthur makes   
   >     his way across the stars while seeking the meaning of life,   
   >     or something close to it.   
      
   The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy   
      
   >   
   > 10. 2006, directed by James Cameron, starring Sam Worthington, Zoe   
   >     Saldana, and Sigourney Weaver.  A paraplegic Marine dispatched   
   >     to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between   
   >     following his orders and protecting the world he feels is now   
   >     his home.   
      
   Avatar   
      
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   >   
   > * Game 9, Round 8 - Science - Classical Genetics   
   >   
   > There are lots of shows on TV that make use of what scientists   
   > have learned over the years about genetics.  But the history of   
   > this area of science at the level needed for these TV shows only   
   > goes back a few hundred years.   
   >   
   > 1. Gregor Mendel was a 19th-century scientist who developed   
   >     a process for studying genetics.  What was his other primary   
   >     occupation?   
      
   monk   
      
   >   
   > 2. What plant did Gregor Mendel use as his main focus of study?   
      
   peas   
      
   >   
   > 3. A single gene can govern a single characteristic, such as flower   
   >     color, in a plant.  What is the scientific term used for   
   >     different variations of a single gene?   
      
   allele   
      
   >   
   > 4. Genetically speaking, diseases such as hemophilia and sickle-cell   
   >     anemia are caused by two "doses" of what kind of gene?   
   >   
   > 5. What is the name of the grid used to predict the possible   
   >     outcomes of breeding two plants with respect to two or more   
   >     genes?   
   >   
   > 6. The term "genotype" refers to the genetic make-up of an organism.   
   >     What is the term that is used to describe the appearance of   
   >     that organism?   
      
   phenotype   
      
   >   
   > 7. Name one of the scientists who determined the double-helix   
   >     structure of DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid)?   
      
   Francis Crick   
      
   >   
   > 8. What is the term used to describe a substance that can alter   
   >     a gene and the gene's effect?   
      
   mutagen   
      
   >   
   > 9. What is the collective term for the molecules that genes code   
   >     for and ultimately produce?   
      
   protein   
      
   >   
   > 10. What is the name for the field of study that looks at the   
   >     effects of the environment on gene expression?   
      
      
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