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Reply #105 - May 4^th, 2013 at 9:07am

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The "World of Hurt" quiz answers:

Actors Name
Willaim Hurt
Willaim Hurt
Willaim Hurt
Willaim Hurt
Willaim Hurt
Willaim Hurt
John Hurt
John Hurt
John Hurt
John Hurt
John Hurt
John Hurt
John Hurt
Jena Hurt
Dan Payne
Elizabeth Payne
Edward Burns
James C Burns
Tim Burns
Tim Burns
Jennifer Burns

Title
Altered States
Dark City
Lost in Space
Dune
A.I.
The Villiage
The Ghoul
Alien
1984
Spaceballs
Frankenstein Unbound
Contact
V for Vendett
Pirranah 3-DD
Cabin in the Woods, Watchmen, Underworld
Minority Report
A Sound of Thunder
Transformers, Dinocrock vs Supergator
Mad Max
Chain Reaction
Nightfall

Year
1980
1998
1998
2000
2001
2004
1975
1979
1984
1987
1990
1997
2005
2012
2012,2010, 2007
2002
2005
2007, 2010
1979
1980
2000

Thon

24

7,29
33

23
38

28
33
34
6,16,26

19

Next Week's Quiz:
I'm considering the next quiz to be like the board game "Clue". With answers like:

"-Mr. X killed -Dr. Y in -Japan with a -Forklift.

It would naturally have a lot of spoilers, fewer if the movie name were left out. I could put the quiz in the "spoiler only section" and confine my films to older classics that have played the 'thon. Any thoughts? I won't post the quiz until I get some feedback from board members.

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Reply #106 - Sep 10^th, 2013 at 4:03pm

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It's been too long since I posted a quiz.

Hair Today...

The following pictures are actual runway and fashion shots from 2012 and 2013.
They reminded me of hairstyles in some famous and infamous science fiction films. Which one(s)? Can you make the cut?

As usual, most of the films have played the 'thon. There are a couple of answers from the original "Star Trek" series thrown in and at least one has more than one good answer. I'll post multiple choice answers in a couple of days so you won't be pulling your hair out.

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Reply #107 - Sep 12^th, 2013 at 6:31pm

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"Hair Today" Quiz Multiple Choice:

Title	Year
A Clockwork Orange	1971
Alien 3	1992
Barbarella	1968
Blade Runner	1982
Killer Klowns from Outer Space	1988
Queen of Blood	1966
Spaceboy (short)	1966
Star Trek:TOS (T'Pring)	1966-1968
Star Trek:TOS (Ensign Rand)	1966-1968
Star Wars: A New Hope	1977
Star Wars: Phantom Menace	1999
Tank Girl	1995
The Fifth Element	1997
THX-1138	1970
V for Vendetta	2005
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth	1970

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Reply #108 - Sep 13^th, 2013 at 7:48pm

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What? thirty views and no takers? Sad

Sad

I figured it was a hare-brained quiz, especially with the movies listed. Would posting the movie stills help out?

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Reply #109 - Sep 14^th, 2013 at 3:54pm

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It seems our top sci-fi movie experts have logged in and nobody has taken a guess at the quiz.

Hint:

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Reply #110 - Sep 15^th, 2013 at 8:16am

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i'll do the star trek entries. i is persis combatta from star trek the motion picture. k is yeoman rand from tos.

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Reply #111 - Sep 15^th, 2013 at 8:57am

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Kirok:
I take it by "K" you meant "L" and check the multiple choices 4 posts back. I left Persis Khambatta off the multiple choices in favor of an actress who played the 'thon very recently and to her credit never acted in Star Trek I. She did, however play in Star Wars I. (Kirok: As a Star Trek fan you should also look more closely at "J")

I can't believe you guys haven't picked up on "A" "C", "E" and "F". They're not exactly everyday hairstyles. "A" and "C" have played the 'thon multiple times, "E" played the 'thon very recently and was even featured in a brief stage performance. Shocked

Shocked

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Reply #112 - Sep 15^th, 2013 at 11:03am

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yes. how could i miss t'pol. but how could you miss this:

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/images/homage-michelle.jpg#michelle%20obama%20romul...

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Reply #113 - Sep 15^th, 2013 at 1:50pm

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Quote:

Kirok:yes. how could i miss t'pol. but how could you miss this:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/images/homage-michelle.jpg#michelle%20obama%20romul...

Great one! How could I have missed this....

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Reply #114 - Sep 15^th, 2013 at 2:11pm

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HAIR QUIZ ANSWERS

see above for the original questions and hints.

Not surprisingly, the two articles that provided the fashion pictures actually referenced "Barbarella" and "Blade Runner" as inspirations. Not surprisingly, "Killer Klowns" was not referenced.

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The complete answer set:

Letter	First Name	Character	Title	Year	Thon
A	Jane Fonda	Barbarella	Barbarella	1968	SF-15,26
A	Victoria Vetri and others	Sanna	When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth	1970	SF-19
B		Record Shop Girl	A Clockwork Orange	1971	SF-21
C	Sean Young	Rachel	Blade Runner	1982	SF-8,10,14,32
D	Natalie Portman	Queen Padme	Star Wars: Phantom Menace	1999
E	Mila Jovovich	Leeloo	The Fifth Element	1997	SF-38
F	Carrie Fisher	Princess Lea	Star Wars: A New Hope	1977	SF-10
G	Lori Petty	Tank Girl	Tank Girl	1995	SF-26
H	Florence Marley	The Queen	Queen of Blood	1966
H	Florence Marley	The Queen	Spaceboy (short)	1966	SF-?
I	Sigourney Weaver	Ripley	Alien 3	1992
I		Everybody	THX-1138	1970	SF-9,30
I	Natalie Portman	Evey	V for Vendetta	2005	SF-38
J	Arlene Martel	T'Pring	Star Trek: TOS	1966-1968
K		A Clown	Killer Klowns from Outer Space	1988	SF-14,32
L	Grace Lee Whitney	Ensign Rand	Star Trek: TOS	1966-1968

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Reply #115 - Oct 8^th, 2013 at 4:48pm

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"What we're dealing with here is a simple failure to communicate." -Strother Martin in "Cool Hand Luke"

Lost In Translation: Foreign Titles of US Movies

Letter	Foreign Title	Country
A	If You Leave Me, I Delete You	Italy
B	Captain Supermarket	Japan
C	He's a Ghost	China
D	Rain of Falafel	Israel
E	A----- ------: The Spy Who Behaved Very Nicely Around Me	Malaysia
F	Meetings and Failures in Meetings	Portugal
G	La folle histoire de l'espace	France
H	Springtime for Frankenstein	Sweden
I	The Teeth from the Sea	France
J	Young People Who Traverse Dimensions While Wearing Sunglasses	France
K	The Eighth Passenger is Death	Hungary
L	The Name of the Planet is Death	Hungary
M	G------: The Port of the Universe	Italy
N	Biochemical Crisis 生化危机	China
O	The Future Demands Your Participation 未來總動員	Taiwan
P	"Staff of the Devil" or "The Devil's Member" 魔鬼總動員	Taiwan
Q	Voyage au centre de la mémoire	Canada (French Title)
S	Mars Men Also Get Hungry	Germany

Can you guess the title of the well-know US movie that was translated above for the overseas market?
Next week: multiple choice

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Reply #116 - Oct 11^th, 2013 at 4:02pm

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"Lost in Translation: Foreign Titles of US Movies"

Here are some hints:

All of the titles are accounted for plus the possibility of a red herring or two. Wink

Wink

There are some really cool posters in various languages at the Movie Poster Database:
http://www.movieposterdb.com/

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Reply #117 - Oct 16^th, 2013 at 10:18am

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"Lost in Translation" Foreign Title Multiple Choice Quiz

U.S. Title

1. Alien

2. Aliens

3. Army of Darkness

4. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

5. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

6. Death Race 2000

7. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

8. GATTACA

9. Jaws

10. Lost in Translation

11. Men in Black

12. Resident Evil

13. Spaceballs

14. The Matrix

15. The Sixth Sense

16. Top of the Food Chain

17. Total Recall

18. Twelve Monkeys

19. Young Frankenstein

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Reply #118 - Oct 18^th, 2013 at 8:39am

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"Lost in Translation": Foreign Titles of U.S. Films

-Answers-

Letter	U.S. Title	Foreign Title	Country
A	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	If You Leave Me, I Delete You	Italy
B	Army of Darkness	Captain Supermarket	Japan
C	The Sixth Sense	He's a Ghost	China
D	Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs	Rain of Falafel	Israel
E	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Behaved Very Nicely Around Me	Malaysia
F	Lost in Translation	Meetings and Failures in Meetings	Portugal
G	Spaceballs	La folle histoire de l'espace	France
H	Young Frankenstein	Springtime for Frankenstein	Sweden
I	Jaws	The Teeth from the Sea	France
J	The Matrix	Young People Who Traverse Dimensions While Wearing Sunglasses	France
K	Alien	The Eighth Passenger is Death	Hungary
L	Aliens	The Name of the Planet is Death	Hungary
M	GATTACA	Gattaca: The Port of the Universe	Italy
N	Resident Evil	Biochemical Crisis 生化危机	China
O	Twelve Monkeys	The Future Demands Your Participation 未來總動員	Taiwan
P	Total Recall	"Staff of the Devil" or "The Devil's Member" 魔鬼總動員	Taiwan
Q	Total Recall	Voyage au centre de la mémoire	Canada (French Title)
R	Top of the Food Chain	Mars à table!	France
S	Top of the Food Chain	Auch Marsmenschen haben Hunger	Germany

Sources:

http://taiwanonymous.blogspot.com/2009/03/movie-titles-translated-into-chinese.h...

http://www.movieposterdb.com/

www.imdb.com

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Reply #119 - Jan 25^th, 2014 at 1:21pm

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Mini Quiz:

The Above Picture is:

A. A DALEK working on his pickup lines.

B. Miss NASA 1968 checking out an Apollo Motor.

C. A Scene from the "Futurama" at the Seattle World's Fair.

D. N.O.M.A.D.: "You are imperfect but..."

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