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QUESTION : 1
The clip is from the movie, The Untouchables. Which famous reference is

being drawn here?

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ANSWER

The Oddessa Steps sequence from the 1927 Einsenstein movie,

Battleship Potemkin.

QUESTION : 2
The author X credits the invention of the material Y to Irving Langmuir, who pioneered the study of thin films and interfaces. While working in the public relations office at General Electric, X came across a story of how Langmuir, who won the 1932 Nobel Prize for his work at General Electric, was charged with the responsibility of entertaining the author H.G. Wells, who was visiting the company in the early 1930s. Langmuir is said to have come up with an idea about a form of solid water that was stable at room temperature in the hopes that Wells might be inspired to write a story about it. Apparently, Wells was not inspired and neither he nor Langmuir ever published anything about it. After Langmuir and Wells had died, X decided to use the idea in his book Z. Give me Y for half points, X and Z for half points. All three variables for full points.

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X Kurt Vonnegut Y Ice Nine Z Cats Cradle

QUESTION : 3

On Sept. 9, 2009, someone calling himself James Richards created a

website on which he put a story. He said that he went to an alternate dimension where he met a man named Jonas with whom he discussed popular music common between their worlds, especially a famous band.
When their name was brought up Jonas mentioned that his brother just

got back from seeing them perform at a concert recently, which I gave a weird look to and said "you mean they are still together?", and he said yea. - From website
He stole a tape(picture next slide) and brought it back to this dimension. Which band?

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The Beatles never broke up

QUESTION : 4
A Shepard tone, named after Roger Shepard, is a sound consisting of a

superposition of sine waves separated by octaves. When played with the base pitch of the tone moving upward or downward, it is referred to as the Shepard scale. This creates the auditory illusion of a tone that continually ascends or descends in pitch, yet which ultimately seems to get no higher or lower. It has been described as a "sonic barber's pole".

In a certain franchise, a Shepard tone was used to create the sound of the

_____, that the filmmakers didn't want to change gear and tone abruptly but to constantly accelerate.

Give me the franchise.

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ANSWER
Batpod in The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises

QUESTION : 5

Who directed this short? (Play video)

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Terry Gilliam

QUESTION : 6
Many American presidents have written books, but only Franklin Roosevelt has

contributed to a mystery novel. At a White House dinner in 1935, Roosevelt pitched his story idea to author Fulton Oursler. Roosevelts tale started like this: A man named Jim Blake is trapped in a stale marriage and a boring job. He dreams of running off with $5 million and starting over with a new identity.
Unfortunately, the President hadnt worked out one major plot point: How does

a man with $5 million disappear without being traced?

To solve the problem, Oursler formed a committee of five other top mystery

writers. Despite being the work of a Washington committee, the end result was surprisingly successful. Each author wrote a chapter and ended it with Jim Blake in a terrible situation, which the next author was left to resolve. The Presidents Mystery Story was serialized in a magazine, published as a book, and even turned into a movie in 1936.
Yet, the writers never came up with a solution to Roosevelts original problem.

That didnt happen until 1967, when X wrote a final chapter to a new edition of the book. In it, the secret to Jim Blakes mysterious disappearance is discovered by Xs most famous character, Y.

Give me X and Y.

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Erle Stanley Gardner Perry Mason

QUESTION : 7

This is a map depicting the various events/places which occur in a certain

movie. Which movie is being depicted?

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QUESTION : 8

The sandwich emporium frequented by the primary protagonists of the series, X, is a real caf on Gower Street, near Euston. The fans who flock there from all over the world can now enjoy specially created X - themed snacks, specifically the X wrap (chicken, bacon, cheddar cheese, lettuce, peppers, red onion, cucumber, chilli sauce all "wrapped up as tightly as Xs personality") or the ___ Wrap (roasted vegetables, spinach, tomatoes, spring onion, Brie, sour cream "safe, warm, and comforting, like his personality").

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Sherlock