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tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Aug 15 01:44PM


> * Game 10, Round 4 - Sports - Board Games
 
> 1. Puerto Rico.
 
15
 
> 2. Carcassonne.
 
17
 
> 3. Catan (formerly called Settlers of Catan).
 
5
 
> 4. Risk.
 
4
 
> 5. Clue.
 
14
 
> 6. King of Tokyo.
 
13
 
> 7. Codenames.
 
2
 
> 8. Forbidden Island.
 
9
 
> 9. Ticket to Ride.
 
8
 
> 10. Pandemic.
 
6
 
 
> 6. Atom Egoyan filmed this 1997 bummer about life in a small BC
> town after most of their children are lost in a school-bus
> accident. What is its title?
 
The Sweet Hereafter
 
> TV program that specializes in mutilation, torture, and murder.
> He sets out to find more about it but finds himself morbidly
> changed. Name the film.
 
Videodrome
 
> Minor, a stagecoach robber who is released from prison in 1901
> and goes on a tear to commit more robberies, this time on trains.
> What is it called?
 
The Great Train Robber
 
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"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Aug 15 01:47PM

> > He sets out to find more about it but finds himself morbidly
> > changed. Name the film.
 
> Videodrome
 
After checking I am pretty sure this is the correct answer, but it
came out in 1983. According to IMDB Cronenberg did not have any movie
come out in 1997.
 
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Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Aug 15 10:44AM -0500

In article <nK-dnbdo2fQaHA_EnZ2dnUU7-THNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says...
 
> 1. Puerto Rico.
> 2. Carcassonne.
> 3. Catan (formerly called Settlers of Catan).
5
 
> 4. Risk.
4
 
> 5. Clue.
14
 
 
> 6. Atom Egoyan filmed this 1997 bummer about life in a small BC
> town after most of their children are lost in a school-bus
> accident. What is its title?
The Sweet Hereafter
 
> TV program that specializes in mutilation, torture, and murder.
> He sets out to find more about it but finds himself morbidly
> changed. Name the film.
Videodrome (wrong year in question)
 
> Minor, a stagecoach robber who is released from prison in 1901
> and goes on a tear to commit more robberies, this time on trains.
> What is it called?
Grey Fox
 
 
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Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Aug 15 08:58PM +0200

> * Game 10, Round 4 - Sports - Board Games
 
> 1. Puerto Rico.
 
18
 
> 2. Carcassonne.
 
14
 
> 3. Catan (formerly called Settlers of Catan).
 
5
 
> 4. Risk.
 
4 (The only one I know)
 
> 5. Clue.
 
2
 
> 6. King of Tokyo.
 
3
 
> 7. Codenames.
 
2
 
> 8. Forbidden Island.
 
15
 
> 9. Ticket to Ride.
 
6
 
> 10. Pandemic.
 
13
 
 
> * Game 10, Round 6 - Canadiana - Canadian Movies
 
Not bad! I've seen two out of ten, definitely above average!

> 4. Released in 1989, this Denys Arcand comedy-drama revolves around
> a group of actors who perform the Passion Play in a Quebec
> church. What is it called?
 
Jésus de Montréal
 
> 6. Atom Egoyan filmed this 1997 bummer about life in a small BC
> town after most of their children are lost in a school-bus
> accident. What is its title?
 
The Sweet Hereafter
 
(BC? I got the impression that it was actually in Northern US, which
surprised me when I learnt about it.)
 

 
 
 
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Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
"Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Aug 15 08:58PM

Mark Brader wrote:
 
> use this version of the handout:
 
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/G10R4/games2.jpg
 
> 1. Puerto Rico.
15
> 2. Carcassonne.
> 3. Catan (formerly called Settlers of Catan).
5
> 4. Risk.
4
> 5. Clue.
14
> 6. King of Tokyo.
> 7. Codenames.
2
> 8. Forbidden Island.
> 9. Ticket to Ride.
8
> 10. Pandemic.
6
> 16. Agricola.
> 17. Exploding Kittens.
> 18. Arkham Horror.
 
Peter Smyth
Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Aug 16 01:23AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:nK-dnbdo2fQaHA_EnZ2dnUU7-
> use this version of the handout:
 
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/G10R4/games2.jpg
 
> 1. Puerto Rico.
 
15
 
> 2. Carcassonne.
> 3. Catan (formerly called Settlers of Catan).
> 4. Risk.
 
4
 
> 5. Clue.
 
3
 
> 6. King of Tokyo.
 
12
 
> 7. Codenames.
> 8. Forbidden Island.
 
5
 
> 9. Ticket to Ride.
 
8
 
> Minor, a stagecoach robber who is released from prison in 1901
> and goes on a tear to commit more robberies, this time on trains.
> What is it called?
 
Pete Gayde
Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Aug 16 03:46AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:nK-dnbdo2fQaHA_EnZ2dnUU7-
> identify the picture on the handout:
 
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/G10R4/games3.jpg
 
> 1. Puerto Rico.
 
15; 3
 
> 2. Carcassonne.
 
1; 3
 
> 3. Catan (formerly called Settlers of Catan).
 
5; 15
 
> 4. Risk.
 
4
 
> 5. Clue.
 
14
 
> 6. King of Tokyo.
 
13
 
> 7. Codenames.
 
2
 
> 8. Forbidden Island.
 
13; 18
 
> 9. Ticket to Ride.
 
8
 
> 10. Pandemic.
 
6
 
> in recent years. Dolan was already acclaimed as a director
> when he made this 2014 feature about familial angst. It won
> the Jury Prize at Cannes that year. Name it.
 
"C.R.A.Z.Y."
 
> 2. Directed by Bruce McDonald and released in 1996, this
> mockumentary is about a fictional punk rock band touring
> western Canada. What is its title?
 
"Hard Core Logo"

> Lepage is set in 1952 and concerns Quebec City as it awaits
> the arrival of Alfred Hitchcock to shoot his movie "I Confess".
> Name it.
 
"Le confessionel"
 
> 4. Released in 1989, this Denys Arcand comedy-drama revolves around
> a group of actors who perform the Passion Play in a Quebec
> church. What is it called?
 
"Jesus of Montreal"

> 6. Atom Egoyan filmed this 1997 bummer about life in a small BC
> town after most of their children are lost in a school-bus
> accident. What is its title?
 
"The Sweet Hereafter"
 
> an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay for this
> 2006 film about a husband dealing with his wife's Alzheimer's.
> Name it.
 
"Away with Her"

--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Aug 15 10:31PM -0700

Mark Brader wrote:
> use this version of the handout:
 
> http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/G10R4/games2.jpg
 
> 1. Puerto Rico.
 
15
 
> 2. Carcassonne.
> 3. Catan (formerly called Settlers of Catan).
 
5
 
> 4. Risk.
 
4
 
> 5. Clue.
> 6. King of Tokyo.
 
13
 
> 7. Codenames.
 
2
 
> 8. Forbidden Island.
 
18
 
> 9. Ticket to Ride.
 
8
 
> 10. Pandemic.
 
6
 
 
--
Dan Tilque
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Aug 15 09:23PM -0500

This is a reminder that Rotating Quiz #264, based on the following
array of images:
 
http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/rq/264.jpg
 
, is now in its last 21 hours.
 
The more the merrier! See the original posting for further details.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "... pure English is de rigueur"
msb@vex.net -- Guardian Weekly
 
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