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John Allinson

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Jan 29, 2003, 1:12:09 PM1/29/03
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Cryptic Film Quiz

Guess the names of the 60 films from the cryptic clues given.

Example: UPPERMOST PISTOL would be TOP GUN

No two answers are repeated.

1. SHORT MEETING

2. CHINESE RULER MAY BE FOUND AT THE REAR

3. COURAGOUS ORGAN

4. THIS MUSH IS ALL MADE UP

5. A BLUSTERY DEPARTURE

6. HE'S HAPPY HE DIGESTED THE WOMAN

7. NAUTICAL UPRISING MAY HAVE A PRICE ON ITS HEAD

8. WHEN REARRANGED, 'RATION' MAY FOLLOW A SEMESTER

9. IT WON'T GET ANY BETTER

10. NEVER TO BE PARDONED

11. SHARP JOGGER

12. A COMPLETE IRON COAT

13. FELLOWSHIP OF DECEASED TROUBADOURS

14. GENUINE GRAVEL

15. MORRACAN OR ALGERIAN ROYALTY

16. SCARLET WATER THAT MAY COME IN AND OUT

17. MIDDAY IS A LONG WAY UP

18. THIS BAKERS THIRTEEN ARE FILTHY

19. REAR BREEZE

20. HE HAD NO BASIS FOR REVOLUTION

21. SOUNDS LIKE THE BIRDS WOULD BE TAKING A RISK HERE

22. ROMAN ASSIGNMENT

23. LOOKING FOR A CRIMSON LIBRAN

24. RETURN TO A PROSPECTIVE DETSINATION

25. COWARDLY JOG

26. THE ORIENT ENDS UP WITH ALMOST 'NOWT'

27. PASTURAL FANTASIES

28. IMPARTIAL DAME BELONGS TO ME

29. A NORMAN PHONE OPERATOR MAY PROVIDE YOU WITH THIS

30. IMPRISON THE CATTLE WITH A COUPLE OF SMOLDERING KEGS

31. LATE RECEIVING RANCHER

32. SUCCESSFULL UNIVERSITY LEARNER

33. AN IMMENSE EVASION

34. WILLIAM IS HEAD OVER HEELS

35. EVERYDAY FOLKS

36. THE FLOCK SEEM TO HAVE TAKEN A VOW

37. NOAH'S MISPLACED BOAT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN LOCATED

38. IMPULSIVELY INNATE ASSASINS

39. RIGHTEOUS, SINISTER AND REPULSIVE!

40. THIS ONE MAY HAVE HAD 25 HOURS

41. LET WILLIAM GO

42. LECTURER THAT MAY CONTAIN ALMONDS

43. AN UNREALISABLE ASSIGNMENT

44. A DOZEN UPSET GUYS

45. DEMENTED RAINCOATS

46. FOR THEM TO BE ACCUSED OF A CRIME IS UNEXPECTED

47. "I" ALMOST SHRIEK

48. A BIRD FROM VALLETTA, MDINNA OR NAXXAR

49. UNTAME COLLECTION OF FLOWERS OR GRAPES

50. THIS WOULD MARK THE SPOT FOR THE USA'S PAST

51. HE MAY ASK YOU IF YOU HAVE SEEN A DOE

52. A CERTAIN FEW DON'T ENJOY IT COLD

53. CAUCASIAN GUYS STRUGGLE TO LEAP

54. ASSASSINATE THE FEATHERY MIMIC

55. WELL BEHAVED GUYS

56. HAROLD IS FILTHY

57. LOOKING FOR A WELL BEHAVED FINAL TESTAMENT

58. CABBIE

59. SHADES OF CASH

60. FROM THIS PLACE TO A TIME WITHOUT END

Gareth Owen

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Jan 29, 2003, 1:28:47 PM1/29/03
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> 3. COURAGOUS ORGAN

Braveheart



> 4. THIS MUSH IS ALL MADE UP

Pulp Fiction

> 5. A BLUSTERY DEPARTURE

Gone With The Wind



> 6. HE'S HAPPY HE DIGESTED THE WOMAN

Glad 'e ate 'er



> 7. NAUTICAL UPRISING MAY HAVE A PRICE ON ITS HEAD

Mutiny On The Bounty

> 11. SHARP JOGGER

Blade Runner

> 13. FELLOWSHIP OF DECEASED TROUBADOURS

Dead Poets Society

> 14. GENUINE GRAVEL

True Grit



> 15. MORRACAN OR ALGERIAN ROYALTY

African Queen



> 17. MIDDAY IS A LONG WAY UP

High Noon



> 18. THIS BAKERS THIRTEEN ARE FILTHY

The Dirty Dozen

> 22. ROMAN ASSIGNMENT

The Italian Job



> 23. LOOKING FOR A CRIMSON LIBRAN

The Hunt For Red October

> 25. COWARDLY JOG

Chicken Run

> 27. PASTURAL FANTASIES

Field Of Dreams

> 30. IMPRISON THE CATTLE WITH A COUPLE OF SMOLDERING KEGS

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

> 32. SUCCESSFULL UNIVERSITY LEARNER

The Graduate

> 35. EVERYDAY FOLKS

Ordianary People

> 37. NOAH'S MISPLACED BOAT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN LOCATED

Raiders Of The Lost Ark

> 38. IMPULSIVELY INNATE ASSASINS

Natural Born Killers

> 39. RIGHTEOUS, SINISTER AND REPULSIVE!

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

> 40. THIS ONE MAY HAVE HAD 25 HOURS

The Longest Day

> 41. LET WILLIAM GO

Free Willy

> 42. LECTURER THAT MAY CONTAIN ALMONDS

The Nutty Professor

> 43. AN UNREALISABLE ASSIGNMENT

Mission Impossible



> 44. A DOZEN UPSET GUYS

Twelve Angry Men

> 45. DEMENTED RAINCOATS

Mad Macs (ouch!)

> 47. "I" ALMOST SHRIEK

Shrek



> 48. A BIRD FROM VALLETTA, MDINNA OR NAXXAR

The Maltese Falcon



> 50. THIS WOULD MARK THE SPOT FOR THE USA'S PAST

American History X

> 51. HE MAY ASK YOU IF YOU HAVE SEEN A DOE

The Deer Hunter



> 52. A CERTAIN FEW DON'T ENJOY IT COLD

Some Like It Hot



> 53. CAUCASIAN GUYS STRUGGLE TO LEAP

White Guys Can't Jump

> 56. HAROLD IS FILTHY

Dirty Harry

> 58. CABBIE

Taxi Driver

> 59. SHADES OF CASH

The Colour Of Money



> 60. FROM THIS PLACE TO A TIME WITHOUT END

From Beer To Maternity
--
Gareth Owen
Looking up is as scary as looking down.

Neil Darroch

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Jan 29, 2003, 2:06:54 PM1/29/03
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I'll add another.


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John Allinson wrote:
>
> Cryptic Film Quiz
>
> Guess the names of the 60 films from the cryptic clues given.
>
> Example: UPPERMOST PISTOL would be TOP GUN
>
> No two answers are repeated.
>
> 1. SHORT MEETING
>
> 2. CHINESE RULER MAY BE FOUND AT THE REAR
>
> 3. COURAGOUS ORGAN
>
> 4. THIS MUSH IS ALL MADE UP
>
> 5. A BLUSTERY DEPARTURE
>
> 6. HE'S HAPPY HE DIGESTED THE WOMAN
>
> 7. NAUTICAL UPRISING MAY HAVE A PRICE ON ITS HEAD
>
> 8. WHEN REARRANGED, 'RATION' MAY FOLLOW A SEMESTER
>
> 9. IT WON'T GET ANY BETTER
>
> 10. NEVER TO BE PARDONED
>
> 11. SHARP JOGGER
>
> 12. A COMPLETE IRON COAT

Full Metal Jacket

>
> 13. FELLOWSHIP OF DECEASED TROUBADOURS
>
> 14. GENUINE GRAVEL
>
> 15. MORRACAN OR ALGERIAN ROYALTY
>
> 16. SCARLET WATER THAT MAY COME IN AND OUT
>

Crimson Tide

> 17. MIDDAY IS A LONG WAY UP
>
> 18. THIS BAKERS THIRTEEN ARE FILTHY
>
> 19. REAR BREEZE
>
> 20. HE HAD NO BASIS FOR REVOLUTION
>
> 21. SOUNDS LIKE THE BIRDS WOULD BE TAKING A RISK HERE
>
> 22. ROMAN ASSIGNMENT
>
> 23. LOOKING FOR A CRIMSON LIBRAN
>
> 24. RETURN TO A PROSPECTIVE DETSINATION

Back to the Future

Wild Bunch (not right I know but I just can't think right just now)


>
> 50. THIS WOULD MARK THE SPOT FOR THE USA'S PAST
>
> 51. HE MAY ASK YOU IF YOU HAVE SEEN A DOE
>
> 52. A CERTAIN FEW DON'T ENJOY IT COLD
>
> 53. CAUCASIAN GUYS STRUGGLE TO LEAP
>
> 54. ASSASSINATE THE FEATHERY MIMIC
>
> 55. WELL BEHAVED GUYS
>
> 56. HAROLD IS FILTHY
>
> 57. LOOKING FOR A WELL BEHAVED FINAL TESTAMENT
>
> 58. CABBIE
>
> 59. SHADES OF CASH
>
> 60. FROM THIS PLACE TO A TIME WITHOUT END

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other trees make fun of it?

Gareth Owen

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Jan 29, 2003, 3:02:34 PM1/29/03
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Neil Darroch <Neil.D...@cis.strath.ac.uk> writes:

> > 49. UNTAME COLLECTION OF FLOWERS OR GRAPES
>
> Wild Bunch (not right I know but I just can't think right just now)

Looks right to me
--
Gareth Owen
I don't want to play golf.
When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.

Steve Gomori

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Jan 29, 2003, 3:48:06 PM1/29/03
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I'll try some others

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> 2. CHINESE RULER MAY BE FOUND AT THE REAR

Last Emperor

>
> 19. REAR BREEZE

Backdraft

>
> 20. HE HAD NO BASIS FOR REVOLUTION

Rebel Without a Cause

>

> 32. SUCCESSFULL UNIVERSITY LEARNER

The Graduate

>
> 35. EVERYDAY FOLKS

Ordinary People

>
> 39. RIGHTEOUS, SINISTER AND REPULSIVE!

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

>
> 46. FOR THEM TO BE ACCUSED OF A CRIME IS UNEXPECTED

Unusual Suspects


mUs1Ka

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Jan 29, 2003, 4:01:25 PM1/29/03
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"John Allinson" <john_a...@freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:na6g3vc0ic580dk97...@4ax.com...

> Cryptic Film Quiz
>
> Guess the names of the 60 films from the cryptic clues given.
>
> Example: UPPERMOST PISTOL would be TOP GUN
>
> No two answers are repeated.

1. SHORT MEETING - BRIEF ENCOUNTER

2. CHINESE RULER MAY BE FOUND AT THE REAR - THE LAST EMPEROR

8. WHEN REARRANGED, 'RATION' MAY FOLLOW A SEMESTER - TERMINATOR

9. IT WON'T GET ANY BETTER

10. NEVER TO BE PARDONED - UNFORGIVEN

12. A COMPLETE IRON COAT - FULL METAL JACKET

16. SCARLET WATER THAT MAY COME IN AND OUT - CRIMSON TIDE

19. REAR BREEZE - BACKDRAFT

20. HE HAD NO BASIS FOR REVOLUTION

21. SOUNDS LIKE THE BIRDS WOULD BE TAKING A RISK HERE - WHERE EAGLES DARE

24. RETURN TO A PROSPECTIVE DETSINATION - BACK TO THE FUTURE

26. THE ORIENT ENDS UP WITH ALMOST 'NOWT'

28. IMPARTIAL DAME BELONGS TO ME

29. A NORMAN PHONE OPERATOR MAY PROVIDE YOU WITH THIS

31. LATE RECEIVING RANCHER

33. AN IMMENSE EVASION

34. WILLIAM IS HEAD OVER HEELS

36. THE FLOCK SEEM TO HAVE TAKEN A VOW

46. FOR THEM TO BE ACCUSED OF A CRIME IS UNEXPECTED

49. UNTAME COLLECTION OF FLOWERS OR GRAPES

54. ASSASSINATE THE FEATHERY MIMIC

55. WELL BEHAVED GUYS - GOODFELLAS

mUs1Ka

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Jan 29, 2003, 4:02:20 PM1/29/03
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"Steve Gomori" <sgo...@no.spam.yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:b19em7$igc$1...@news.cis.ohio-state.edu...
The Usual Suspects


Bruce Bowler

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Jan 29, 2003, 4:04:25 PM1/29/03
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Filling in a few more...

On Wed, 29 Jan 2003 14:06:54 -0500, Neil Darroch put fingers to keyboard
and said:
> I'll add another.
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> John Allinson wrote:
>>
>> Cryptic Film Quiz
>>
>> Guess the names of the 60 films from the cryptic clues given.
>>
>> Example: UPPERMOST PISTOL would be TOP GUN
>>
>> No two answers are repeated.
>>
>> 1. SHORT MEETING
>>
>> 2. CHINESE RULER MAY BE FOUND AT THE REAR

Last Emperor

>> 3. COURAGOUS ORGAN
>>
>> 4. THIS MUSH IS ALL MADE UP
>>
>> 5. A BLUSTERY DEPARTURE
>>
>> 6. HE'S HAPPY HE DIGESTED THE WOMAN
>>
>> 7. NAUTICAL UPRISING MAY HAVE A PRICE ON ITS HEAD
>>
>> 8. WHEN REARRANGED, 'RATION' MAY FOLLOW A SEMESTER
>>
>> 9. IT WON'T GET ANY BETTER
>>
>> 10. NEVER TO BE PARDONED
>>
>> 11. SHARP JOGGER
>>
>> 12. A COMPLETE IRON COAT
>
> Full Metal Jacket
>
>
>> 13. FELLOWSHIP OF DECEASED TROUBADOURS

Dead Poets Society

>> 14. GENUINE GRAVEL

True Grit

>> 15. MORRACAN OR ALGERIAN ROYALTY


>>
>> 16. SCARLET WATER THAT MAY COME IN AND OUT
>>
>>
> Crimson Tide
>
>> 17. MIDDAY IS A LONG WAY UP

High Noon

>> 18. THIS BAKERS THIRTEEN ARE FILTHY

Dirty Dozen

>> 19. REAR BREEZE

Back Draft

>> 20. HE HAD NO BASIS FOR REVOLUTION
>>
>> 21. SOUNDS LIKE THE BIRDS WOULD BE TAKING A RISK HERE
>>
>> 22. ROMAN ASSIGNMENT
>>
>> 23. LOOKING FOR A CRIMSON LIBRAN

Hunt for Red October

>> 24. RETURN TO A PROSPECTIVE DETSINATION
>
> Back to the Future
>>
>> 25. COWARDLY JOG
>>
>> 26. THE ORIENT ENDS UP WITH ALMOST 'NOWT'
>>
>> 27. PASTURAL FANTASIES

Field of Dreams

>> 28. IMPARTIAL DAME BELONGS TO ME
>>
>> 29. A NORMAN PHONE OPERATOR MAY PROVIDE YOU WITH THIS
>>
>> 30. IMPRISON THE CATTLE WITH A COUPLE OF SMOLDERING KEGS
>>
>> 31. LATE RECEIVING RANCHER
>>
>> 32. SUCCESSFULL UNIVERSITY LEARNER
>>
>> 33. AN IMMENSE EVASION
>>
>> 34. WILLIAM IS HEAD OVER HEELS
>>
>> 35. EVERYDAY FOLKS
>>
>> 36. THE FLOCK SEEM TO HAVE TAKEN A VOW
>>
>> 37. NOAH'S MISPLACED BOAT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN LOCATED
>>
>> 38. IMPULSIVELY INNATE ASSASINS
>>
>> 39. RIGHTEOUS, SINISTER AND REPULSIVE!

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

>> 40. THIS ONE MAY HAVE HAD 25 HOURS

Longest Day

>> 41. LET WILLIAM GO

Free Willy

>> 42. LECTURER THAT MAY CONTAIN ALMONDS


>>
>> 43. AN UNREALISABLE ASSIGNMENT
>>
>> 44. A DOZEN UPSET GUYS

12 Angry Men

>> 45. DEMENTED RAINCOATS
>>
>> 46. FOR THEM TO BE ACCUSED OF A CRIME IS UNEXPECTED
>>
>> 47. "I" ALMOST SHRIEK
>>
>> 48. A BIRD FROM VALLETTA, MDINNA OR NAXXAR
>>
>> 49. UNTAME COLLECTION OF FLOWERS OR GRAPES
>
> Wild Bunch (not right I know but I just can't think right just now)
>>
>> 50. THIS WOULD MARK THE SPOT FOR THE USA'S PAST
>>
>> 51. HE MAY ASK YOU IF YOU HAVE SEEN A DOE

Uncle Buck (?)

>> 52. A CERTAIN FEW DON'T ENJOY IT COLD

Some Like it Hot

>> 53. CAUCASIAN GUYS STRUGGLE TO LEAP

White Men Can't Jump

>> 54. ASSASSINATE THE FEATHERY MIMIC

To Kill a Mocking Bird

>> 55. WELL BEHAVED GUYS
>>
>> 56. HAROLD IS FILTHY

Dirty Harry

>> 57. LOOKING FOR A WELL BEHAVED FINAL TESTAMENT
>>
>> 58. CABBIE

Taxi Driver

>> 59. SHADES OF CASH

The Color of Money

>> 60. FROM THIS PLACE TO A TIME WITHOUT END

From Here to Eternity

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1.207.633.9600 | you look for a rock. - Wynn Catlin
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Gareth Owen

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"mUs1Ka" <mUs...@NOSPAMexcite.com> writes:


> 28. IMPARTIAL DAME BELONGS TO ME

My Fair Lady

> 54. ASSASSINATE THE FEATHERY MIMIC

To Kill A Mocking Bird
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Todd Dashoff

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Neil Darroch <Neil.D...@cis.strath.ac.uk> wrote in message news:<3E38264E...@cis.strath.ac.uk>...

> I'll add another.
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> 2. CHINESE RULER MAY BE FOUND AT THE REAR

The Last Emperor
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> 9. IT WON'T GET ANY BETTER

As Good As It Gets

10. NEVER TO BE PARDONED

Unforgiven

Mark Brader

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Jan 29, 2003, 10:57:59 PM1/29/03
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Okay, there are 7 left that I haven't seen answers posted to, and
one where what was posted ("The U(nu)sual Suspects") didn't make
sense. I don't have answers to these two:

> 26. THE ORIENT ENDS UP WITH ALMOST 'NOWT'

> 31. LATE RECEIVING RANCHER

But I can pick off the other 6:

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> 29. A NORMAN PHONE OPERATOR MAY PROVIDE YOU WITH THIS

The French Connection

> 33. AN IMMENSE EVASION

The Great Escape

> 34. WILLIAM IS HEAD OVER HEELS

Shakespeare in Love

> 36. THE FLOCK SEEM TO HAVE TAKEN A VOW

Silence of the Lambs

> 46. FOR THEM TO BE ACCUSED OF A CRIME IS UNEXPECTED

The Innocents

> 57. LOOKING FOR A WELL BEHAVED FINAL TESTAMENT

Good Will Hunting
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Fritz Briggs

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m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in message news:<bp1_9.180$UB6.17...@news.nnrp.ca>...

> Okay, there are 7 left that I haven't seen answers posted to, and
> one where what was posted ("The U(nu)sual Suspects") didn't make
> sense. I don't have answers to these two:
>
> > 26. THE ORIENT ENDS UP WITH ALMOST 'NOWT'
Chinatown
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> > 31. LATE RECEIVING RANCHER
Midnight Cowboy
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>
Fritz

Venky

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m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in message news:<bp1_9.180$UB6.17...@news.nnrp.ca>...
> Okay, there are 7 left that I haven't seen answers posted to, and
> one where what was posted ("The U(nu)sual Suspects") didn't make
> sense. I don't have answers to these two:
>
> > 26. THE ORIENT ENDS UP WITH ALMOST 'NOWT'
>
> > 31. LATE RECEIVING RANCHER

Could this be "Midnight Cowboy"?

Glenn C. Rhoads

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John Allinson <john_a...@freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message news:<na6g3vc0ic580dk97...@4ax.com>...

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>33. AN IMMENSE EVASION

The Great Lie
(Someone else had "The Great Escape" but this fits the clue a little better)


>43. AN UNREALISABLE ASSIGNMENT

Mission Impossible


>51. HE MAY ASK IF YOU HAVE SEEN A DOE

The Deer Hunter

Gareth Owen

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Thanks to John Allinson for the quiz.
Solutions by :
Bruce Bowler, Fritz Briggs, Gareth Owen, Glenn C. Rhoads, Mark Brader,
mUs1Ka, Neil Darroch, Steve Gomori, Todd Dashoff, Venky

1. SHORT MEETING - Brief Encounter
2. CHINESE RULER MAY BE FOUND AT THE REAR - The Last Emperor
3. COURAGOUS ORGAN - Braveheart
4. THIS MUSH IS ALL MADE UP - Pulp Fiction
5. A BLUSTERY DEPARTURE - Gone With The Wind
6. HE'S HAPPY HE DIGESTED THE WOMAN - Gladiator
7. NAUTICAL UPRISING MAY HAVE A PRICE ON ITS HEAD - Mutiny On The Bounty
8. WHEN REARRANGED, 'RATION' MAY FOLLOW A SEMESTER - - Terminator
9. IT WON'T GET ANY BETTER - As Good As It Gets
10. NEVER TO BE PARDONED - Unforgiven
11. SHARP JOGGER - Blade Runner
12. A COMPLETE IRON COAT - Full Metal Jacket
13. FELLOWSHIP OF DECEASED TROUBADOURS - Dead Poets Society
14. GENUINE GRAVEL - True Grit
15. MORRACAN OR ALGERIAN ROYALTY - African Queen
16. SCARLET WATER THAT MAY COME IN AND OUT - Crimson Tide
17. MIDDAY IS A LONG WAY UP - High Noon
18. THIS BAKERS THIRTEEN ARE FILTHY - The Dirty Dozen
19. REAR BREEZE - Backdraft
20. HE HAD NO BASIS FOR REVOLUTION - Rebel Without A Cause
21. SOUNDS LIKE THE BIRDS WOULD BE TAKING A RISK HERE - - Where Eagles Dare
22. ROMAN ASSIGNMENT - The Italian Job
23. LOOKING FOR A CRIMSON LIBRAN - The Hunt For Red October
24. RETURN TO A PROSPECTIVE DETSINATION - Back to the Future
25. COWARDLY JOG - Chicken Run
26. THE ORIENT ENDS UP WITH ALMOST 'NOWT' - Chinatown
27. PASTURAL FANTASIES - Field Of Dreams
28. IMPARTIAL DAME BELONGS TO ME - My Fair Lady


29. A NORMAN PHONE OPERATOR MAY PROVIDE YOU WITH THIS

- The French Connection


30. IMPRISON THE CATTLE WITH A COUPLE OF SMOLDERING KEGS

- Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
31. LATE RECEIVING RANCHER - Midnight Cowboy
32. SUCCESSFULL UNIVERSITY LEARNER - The Graduate
33. AN IMMENSE EVASION - The Great Lie / The Great Escape
34. WILLIAM IS HEAD OVER HEELS - Shakespeare In Love
35. EVERYDAY FOLKS - Ordinary People
36. THE FLOCK SEEM TO HAVE TAKEN A VOW - The Silence Of The Lambs


37. NOAH'S MISPLACED BOAT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN LOCATED

- Raiders Of The Lost Ark
38. IMPULSIVELY INNATE ASSASINS - Natural Born Killers
39. RIGHTEOUS, SINISTER AND REPULSIVE! - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
40. THIS ONE MAY HAVE HAD 25 HOURS - The Longest Day
41. LET WILLIAM GO - Free Willy
42. LECTURER THAT MAY CONTAIN ALMONDS - The Nutty Professor
43. AN UNREALISABLE ASSIGNMENT - Mission Impossible
44. A DOZEN UPSET GUYS - Twelve Angry Men
45. DEMENTED RAINCOATS - Mad Max
46. FOR THEM TO BE ACCUSED OF A CRIME IS UNEXPECTED - The Innocents
47. "I" ALMOST SHRIEK - Shrek
48. A BIRD FROM VALLETTA, MDINNA OR NAXXAR - The Maltese Falcon
49. UNTAME COLLECTION OF FLOWERS OR GRAPES - The Wild Bunch
50. THIS WOULD MARK THE SPOT FOR THE USA'S PAST - American History X
51. HE MAY ASK YOU IF YOU HAVE SEEN A DOE - The Deer Hunter
52. A CERTAIN FEW DON'T ENJOY IT COLD - Some Like It Hot
53. CAUCASIAN GUYS STRUGGLE TO LEAP - White Men Can't Jump
54. ASSASSINATE THE FEATHERY MIMIC - To Kill A Mocking Bird
55. WELL BEHAVED GUYS - Goodfellas
56. HAROLD IS FILTHY - Dirty Harry
57. LOOKING FOR A WELL BEHAVED FINAL TESTAMENT - Good Will Hunting
58. CABBIE - Taxi Driver
59. SHADES OF CASH - The Colour Of Money
60. FROM THIS PLACE TO A TIME WITHOUT END - From Here To Eternity

--
Gareth Owen
A Contrived Regime Of Nomenclature, Yielding Mnemonics.

John Allinson

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Jan 30, 2003, 3:35:06 PM1/30/03
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Glad you liked the quiz, already working on a sequel as this seemed to
go down well.
I had 'Great Esape' for AN IMMENSE EVASION but 'Great Lie' works so
yeah why not. Extra point awarded.

All other answers are correct.

Regards

John A.
London UK.

On 30 Jan 2003 15:10:57 +0000, Gareth Owen

Neil Darroch

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I thought that too but can't see why for them to be accused would be
UNexpected.

ND.

mUs1Ka

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"Neil Darroch" <Neil.D...@cis.strath.ac.uk> wrote in message
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>
> mUs1Ka wrote:
> >
> > "Steve Gomori" <sgo...@no.spam.yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:b19em7$igc$1...@news.cis.ohio-state.edu...
> > > > 46. FOR THEM TO BE ACCUSED OF A CRIME IS UNEXPECTED
> > >
> > > Unusual Suspects
> > >
> > The Usual Suspects
>
> I thought that too but can't see why for them to be accused would be
> UNexpected.
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> ND.

I only put that because I had heard of the film. Is there a film called
Unusual Suspects? If so, then I would agree with that answer.
m.


mUs1Ka

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"mUs1Ka" <mUs...@NOSPAMexcite.com> wrote in message
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Just did a google and couldn't find anything. Must be a typo. There were
others.
m.


Kris148

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May 1, 2020, 9:35:46 PM5/1/20
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1: white house in espaniol

2: civilian Orson

3: great to be alive

4: an Australian magician

5: a wet trill

6: parent to our Lord

7: joining a gust

8: a few may get scalded

9: Larry lost in the desert

10: journey to the cosmos in the Millenium

11: looking thru behind

12: my girl at end of the week

13: male placegetter

14: odd affectionate medical man

15: a single occurence after dark

Mark Brader

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May 1, 2020, 10:19:49 PM5/1/20
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"Kris148":
> 1: white house in espaniol

"Casablanca".

> 2: civilian Orson

"Citizen Kane".

> 3: great to be alive

"It's a Wonderful Life".

> 4: an Australian magician

"Crocodile Dundee"?

> 5: a wet trill

"Singin' in the Rain"?

> 6: parent to our Lord

"The Godfather".

> 7: joining a gust

"Gone with the Wind"?

> 9: Larry lost in the desert

"Lawrence of Arabia".

> 10: journey to the cosmos in the Millenium

"2001: A Space Odyssey".

> 11: looking thru behind

"Rear Window".

> 12: my girl at end of the week

"His Girl Friday".

> 14: odd affectionate medical man

"Dr. Strangelove".

> 15: a single occurence after dark

"It Happened One Night".
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Mike Terry

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May 1, 2020, 10:43:24 PM5/1/20
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On 02/05/2020 03:19, Mark Brader wrote:
> "Kris148":
>> 1: white house in espaniol
>
> "Casablanca".
>
>> 2: civilian Orson
>
> "Citizen Kane".
>
>> 3: great to be alive
>
> "It's a Wonderful Life".
>
>> 4: an Australian magician
>
> "Crocodile Dundee"?

I think: "The wizard of OZ".

Eric Sosman

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May 2, 2020, 7:18:17 AM5/2/20
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On 5/1/2020 9:35 PM, Kris148 wrote:
>
> 1: white house in espaniol
> [...]
> 15: a single occurence after dark

16: boxing federation

17: noisier back East

18: umpire, no batter, no catcher

19: diet sandwich

20: bare-arsed and battered


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Kris148

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May 4, 2020, 1:09:25 AM5/4/20
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Here are 10 more from Kris148

1: Next to vertically

2: The bovine is not happy

3: Gone to decipher

4: Grandfather does not belong here

5: This shovelbum is all out of expeditions

6: This realm aint finished yet

7: Vertical closeness

8: Foxtrot in mud

9: This hare is in the picture

10: A fantasy on this leafy road.

Good luck.

Kris148

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May 4, 2020, 1:18:55 AM5/4/20
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Sorry I have doubled up 1 & 7.
New one for 7: Mischievous spectre.

Kris148

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May 5, 2020, 8:15:22 PM5/5/20
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No takers?

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