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Mark Brader:

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2025-09-15,
and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
please see my recent companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".

* Game 1, Round 7 - Entertainment - Non-Actors in Movies

This rounds asks about people who appeared in movies -- from
cameos to leading roles -- but whose primary skill/role/job is/was
not acting.

1. In the 1981 movie "Victory", starring Michael Caine, Max von
Sydow, and Sylvester Stallone, soccer legend Pelo also played
a role. But which famous England soccer player also featured
in the movie?

Bobby Moore.

2. Harold Russell was born in Canada and lost two arms fighting
for the US in World War II. He later became involved in
organizations supporting war veterans. He also had acting
roles in a small number of movies. For which movie did he win
two Oscars (one regular Oscar and an honorary award)?

"The Best Years of our Lives". 4 for Joshua and Pete.

3. Former astronaut Jim Lovell plays the role of the captain of the
USS Iwo Jima in which 1995 movie?

"Apollo 13". 4 for Joshua, Pete, and Dan Blum.

4. Although much criticized for her acting abilities for "The
Godfather Part III", she went on to become an accomplished
movie director. Who is she?

Sofia Coppola. 4 for Joshua, Pete, and Dan Blum.

5. This environmental activist played the role of Julia, a waitress,
in this 2000 movie starring Albert Finney and Julia Roberts.
Who is she? First and last name, please.

Erin Brockovich. ("Erin Brockovich".) 4 for Joshua, Pete,
and Dan Blum.

6. Which famous pop star who played the role of Gripweed in the
1967 British movie "How I Won the War?"

John Lennon. 4 for Joshua and Pete.

7. Tip O'Neill was a former speaker of the United States house of
representatives and Paul Simon was a former US senator. In which
1993 movie starring Kevin Kline did they both have small roles?

"Dave". 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.

8. Which movie starring Kirsten Dunst and Paul Bettany featured
appearances by John McEnroe and Chris Evert?

"Wimbledon". 4 for Joshua.

9. In the movie "Midnight in Paris", Carla Bruni plays the role
of a museum guide. Her many day jobs once included the official
role of princess-consort of the Principality of Andorra, held
while being the first lady of France. Name her *husband*.

Nicolas Sarkozy (then president of France and therefore co-prince
of Andorra). 4 for Joshua, Erland, and Dan Blum.

10. Haing Ngor was a doctor born in Cambodia. He survived the
Khmer Rouge regime and eventually became an American citizen.
In which 1984 movie did he play a key role and also won an
Oscar for Best Supporting Actor?

"The Killing Fields". 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.

He moved to the US in 1980 and was murdered on the street in
Los Angeles in 1996.

* Game 1, Round 8 - Sports - Quotes

Name the athlete or coach, all of them champions or on championship
teams, who gave us the following memorable quotes.

1. "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take."

Wayne Gretzky. 4 for Joshua and Pete.

2. "A champion is someone who gets up when he can't."

Jack Dempsey.

3. "Baseball is 90% mental. The other half is physical."

Yogi Berra. 4 for Dan Tilque, Pete, and Dan Blum. 3 for Joshua.

4. "He called me a 'rapist' and a 'recluse'. I'm not a recluse."

Mike Tyson. 4 for Joshua and Dan Blum.

5. "It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand.
I beat people up."

Muhammad Ali (accepting Cassius Clay. 4 for Dan Tilque.

6. "It took me 17 years to get 3,000 hits in baseball. I did it
in one afternoon on the golf course."

Hank Aaron.

7. "Every kid around the world who plays soccer wants to be me.
I have a great responsibility to show them not just how to be
like a soccer player, but how to be like a man."

Pelo. 4 for Dan Tilque and Dan Blum.

8. "Goaltending is a normal job... sure. How would you like it in
your job if every time you made a small mistake, a red light went
on over your desk and 15,000 people stood up and yelled at you?"

Jacques Plante.

9. "Doctors and scientists said that breaking the 4-minute mile
was impossible, that one would die in the attempt. Thus, when
I got up from the track after collapsing at the finish line,
I figured I was dead."

Roger Bannister. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Pete, and Dan Blum.

10. "I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career; I've lost almost
300 games; 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game-winning
shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in
my life. And that is why I succeed."

Michael Jordan. 4 for Joshua and Pete. 3 for Dan Tilque.


Scores, if there are no errors:

GAME 1 ROUNDS-> 2 3 5 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Lit Geo Aud Mis Ent Spo FOUR
Joshua Kreitzer 36 8 15 20 36 19 111
Pete Gayde 8 7 21 16 20 16 73
Dan Blum 16 16 4 12 24 16 72
Dan Tilque 20 16 12 16 0 19 71
Erland Sommarskog 4 4 7 0 4 0 19
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Mark Brader | "It is difficult to get a man to understand something,
Toronto | when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!" msb@vex.net | --Upton Sinclair

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