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TODAY’S QUESTION
Where is the average American likely to find an agave snout weevil?
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That question, again: What’s the only Pixar movie (so far) to star a princess?
TODAY’S QUESTION
Disney princesses are a dime a dozen. Pixar princesses are a rarer thing. In fact, there’s only one Pixar movie that features a princess as a main character — and in fact, it’s got two. What movie is it?
(And once again, sorry for the unplanned hiatus.)
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That question, again: What car manufacturer’s name means “blacksmith†in the language of its home country?
Heat Miser action figure. He'll melt your heart. So watch out.
TODAY’S QUESTION
In honor of Seattle’s recent heatwave: The Rankin/Bass special Year Without a Santa Claus may be best known for introducing the world to the Heat Miser, a.k.a. Mr. Green Christmas, a.k.a. Mr. Sun.
What’s the Heat Miser’s brother’s name? And who’s their mom?
Answer (or guess) in the comments. Your prize? Public glory.
Come back Monday for the answer.
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That question, again: What recent blockbuster featured a performance by the software program MacinTalk as the villain?
TODAY’S QUESTION:
Since August 1955, what magazine has been home to jovial little creatures known as femlins?
SUNDAY‘S ANSWER:
Round 6 at the Old Pequliar on Dec. 2, 2008
Average score: 4.93/10 (15 teams)
1) “One Night in Bangkok,” the hit single from Chess, featured music by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, former members of what band?
2) The Amar Opening, Réti Opening, and Dunst Opening all start with white moving what piece on their first move?
3) What Lewis Carroll novel takes place on a series of fields resembling a giant chess board?
4) The bishop in modern chess is a modern version of what piece in chaturanga, which represented one of the four classical divisions of the Indian army?
5) Bobby Fischer died in what European country, which had awarded him citizenship because he “put it on the map”?
6) The book Poems and Problems combines chess problems with poems originally written in Russian and translated into English by what author?
7) If you’d like a bunch of bored white-collar workers to transcribe audio, label pictures, or other human-necessary tasks, you could use what Amazon web service, which was named after an 18th-century chess-playing automaton secretly controlled by a human?
8) Pixar’s short film “Geri’s Game” was theatrically released before what film, their second full-length feature?
9) In 1999, MSN Gaming Zone hosted “the greatest game in the history of chess,” where Gary Kasparov spent 4 months playing — and eventually defeating — what credited opponent?
10) In The Seventh Seal, a knight plays a game of chess with Death. During their Bogus Journey, Bill and Ted play four different games with Death, winning them all. Name 1 for one point, and all 4 for two points.
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Round 3 at the Old Pequliar on August 12, 2008
Average score: 4.82/10 (11 teams)
Triangulation is my tip of the hat to Wikipedia’s disambiguation pages and the seldom-used tertiary and sub-tertiary definitions in the dictionary. Given three definitions, tell me the word or phrase that fits them all.
Example: A Canadian music award, a Roman goddess, and Roger Ebert’s favorite film of 2007: Juno
1) a sequel by Alexandra Ripley, a G.I. Joe, and Barack’s email pen pal
2) something you’d yell at a dog, sentimental stuff, and porridge
3) a British car model, a fictional FBI agent, and a Project Mercury astronaut
4) a knotmaking term, a fingerprint pattern, and part of a roller coaster
5) a kind of railway freight car, an American painter, and a Pixar villain
6) an album by Jewel, the crimefighting identity of Denny Colt, and something you’d find at a pep rally
7) a movie about skiing, Jughead’s pet, and the goodbye song on Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
8) a corporate mascot elf; a football term; and an exclamation of dismay, disbelief, surprise, or joy
9) something a Jungian psychologist discusses, a pulp hero played by Orson Welles, and Sonic’s rival
10) a professional degree, a character on MASH, and a TV trucker
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1) Before Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, what was the first third film in a trilogy to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar?
2) The plot for the 2006 Pixar movie Cars bears a curious similarity to the plot of what 1991 Michael J. Fox comedy?
3) What 2001 film stars Brendan Fraser as a cartoonist who returns to life in the body of Chris Kattan?
4) Which Quentin Tarantino film is based on the novel Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard?
5) What 1993 film features Keanu Reeves as the founder of a major world religion?
6) Billy Bob Thornton’s first acting-related Oscar nomination was for Sling Blade. His second was for playing Bill Paxton’s brother in what dark 1999 crime drama?
7) In what 1992 film does a fictional Seattle mayor kill the idea of a “supertrain” to solve mass transit issues?
8) What 1993 film is the American remake of the 1990 French thriller Nikita?
9) A character in what 1992 film is killed when the villain stabs him in the eye with her stiletto heel?
10) What actor or actress appears in all of these movies?
Average score among 13 teams: 7.62. (There were 7 perfect scores; a team that scored 1 brought the average way down.)