Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2018-01-29,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information see
> my 2017-09-25 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
> * Game 3, Round 7 - Sports Movies
This was the hardest round in the original game.
> 1. What 1980 golf movie was directed by Harold Ramis?
"Caddyshack". 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Peter, Marc, Pete, Jason,
Joshua, Bruce, and Dan Tilque.
> 2. A rare romantic-comedy sports film, what 1992 movie was about
> a rich figure skater and a has-been hockey player?
"The Cutting Edge". 4 for Joshua.
Two people tried "Blades of Glory". That is a figure-skating movie,
but it's a non-romantic comedy from 2007 about the first male-male
team to compete in pairs.
> 3. What 2009 movie was directed by Drew Barrymore and stars Ellen
> Page, whose character joins a roller-derby team?
"Whip It". 4 for Jason.
> 4. What 2004 sports film won its lead actress, Hilary Swank,
> an Oscar?
"Million Dollar Baby". (She plays a boxer.) 4 for Dan Blum, Marc,
Jason, and Joshua.
> 5. What 1978 movie was co-directed by Warren Beatty and Buck Henry?
> It starred one of them as well as Jack Warden and Julie Christie.
"Heaven Can Wait". (Beatty plays a football player.) 4 for Marc,
Pete, and Joshua.
> 6. What 2005 movie starred Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon and
> was loosely based on Nick Hornby's best-selling memoir?
"Fever Pitch". (He plays a baseball fan.) 4 for Peter, Marc, Pete,
Jason, and Joshua.
This was a remake. Hornby adapted his own memoir for a 1997 movie
starring Ruth Gemmell and Colin Firth. For the remake, the sport that
"pitch" puns on was changed -- in the original, it's soccer.
> 7. What 1993 movie has a 12-year-old Little Leaguer join the
> Chicago Cubs as a pitcher after he breaks his arm and it heals
> a little too tight?
"Rookie of the Year"? 4 for Jason.
> 8. What 2001 movie stars Marla Sokoloff, Mena Suvari, and James
> Marsden and features bank-robbing high-school cheerleaders?
"Sugar & Spice".
> 9. A rare sailing movie, what 1992 film stars Matthew Modine and
> Jennifer Grey?
"Wind". 4 for Joshua.
> 10. What 1977 movie stars Paul Newman and Michael Ontkean as
> minor-league hockey hooligans?
"Slap Shot". 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Pete, Jason, Joshua, and Bruce.
> * Game 3, Round 8 - Science - Exotic Fruit
> I have rearranged the round in order of the picture numbers on
> the handout:
>
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/3-8/exot.pdf
> In each case, please name the fruit. There are two decoys, which
> you may answer if you wish for fun, but for no points.
> 1. Name it.
Rambutan. 4 for Pete.
> 2. Name it.
Mangosteen.
> 3. Name it.
Ackee.
> 4. Name it.
Pitaya or dragonfruit. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Bruce, and Dan Tilque.
> 5. Name it.
Breadfruit. 4 for Bruce.
> 6. Name it.
Durian. 4 for Dan Blum, Marc, Pete, Joshua, and Bruce.
> 7. Name it.
Soursop.
> 8. Name it.
Carambola or starfruit. 4 for Dan Blum, Peter, Marc, and Bruce.
> 9. Name it.
Tamarind. 4 for Bruce.
> 10. Name it.
Kumquat. 4 for Marc and Bruce.
> 11. (Decoy.)
Lychee. Peter and Bruce got this.
> 12. (Decoy.)
Pomegranate. Peter, Pete, and Bruce got this.
Scores, if there are no errors:
GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> His Ent Art Spo Sci THREE
Joshua Kreitzer 20 40 8 28 8 88
Dan Blum 40 32 8 12 12 84
Pete Gayde 12 28 -- 16 8 56
Marc Dashevsky 16 16 -- 20 12 52
Jason Kreitzer 0 16 -- 24 0 40
Dan Tilque 28 0 -- 4 4 36
Bruce Bowler -- -- -- 8 24 32
Peter Smyth 12 12 -- 8 4 32
Erland Sommarskog 12 0 -- -- -- 12
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