The Bus

Never played before? Here's some praise for the game:

Rules


• The object of the game is to out-think everyone by picking answers to questions that are the most common (Sheep) or least common (Reverse Sheep), but still correct.
  
• Example Sheep question: "Name a movie starring Sacha Baron Cohen." A good answer would be Borat and a bad answer might be Spyz.
  
• Example Reverse Sheep question: "Name a movie with killer robots on Earth". Transformers might be a bad answer, but The Stepford Wives might be a good answer. (Unless everyone is trying to go as obscure as possible).
  
• Sheep scores are tallied as negative numbers. Reverse Sheep scores are tallied as positive numbers. The lowest score wins.
  
• The answers to each question are tallied up. Wrong answers in Reverse Sheep are scored two points above the most common answer. This penalty is multiplied by the Lightning Round Multiplier. Wrong answers in Sheep are not penalized.
  
• Certain rounds are considered Lightning Rounds (designated by a multiplier, such as ×2). In these rounds, scores are adjusted by the number on the multiplier. A wrong answer still gets a +4 penalty in a x2 round and a +6 penalty in a x3 round. In a sheep round, a wrong answer scores normally.
  
• You may not cheat by using Google, Wikipedia, IMDB, etc. Use only what's in your head.
  
• Please send in your answers to me via PM. Place only one answer per line, without numbers or the question itself. Those who do not do this will be penalized 7 points right off the bat.
  
• For your convenience, I've made an Excel file where you can prepare your answers. When finished, just select the column of answers and send that in as text via PM. Don't email me the Excel file, that would be silly. (Google version here).
  
• Note: Unless specifically mentioned in the question, all "film" answers have to be theatrically released films, not straight-to-DVD releases, TV films, promotional films, TV episodes, etc. Foreign films are always OK as long as they fit the question.
  
• Sheep questions are marked by an S:, Reverse Sheep questions are marked by an R:.
  
• You have until at least Tuesday, June 23, at 9:00AM EDT to send in answers. The game will begin sometime that week.
  

The Questions


1. S: Name a Western than does not star Clint Eastwood.
   
2. R: Name a Western that stars Clint Eastwood.
   
3. R: Name a Best Picture winner awarded since 1980.
   
4. R: Name a film starring Tom Cruise.
   
5. R: Name one of the big six studios.
   
6. S: Name what will end up being 2009's top-grossing movie.
   
7. S: Name a film with a great car chase scene.
   
8. S: Name a company that often gets product placements in films.
   
9. R: Name a Cary Grant film.
   
10. R: ×2 Name a romantic comedy starring Tom Hanks and/or Meg Ryan.
    
11. R: Name a movie directed by Peter Jackson.
    
12. R: Name a film released by Jerry Bruckheimer Films.
    
13. R: Name a movie whose title is a conjunction: i.e. two words with "and" "&" or "+" in the middle.
    
14. S: Name a bad Star Trek film.
    
15. R: Name a film based on a comic book or video game.
    
16. S: ×2 Name the best movie Criterion ever released on DVD.
    
17. R: Name a rapper who has had at least two roles in theatrically released films.
    
18. R: ×2 Name a home video format that was supported by at least two major studios at its peak.
    
19. R: Name one of the major international film festivals (as defined by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations).
    
20. R: Name an Alfred Hitchcock film that only has one word in the title.
    
21. R: Name a 2000s-era film or documentary that had to do primarily with the Middle East and/or the US's involvement with Iraq.
    
22. R: Name a car driven by James Bond.
    
23. R: ×2 Name a horror movie remake.
    
24. R: Name one of the sports that Buddy the Golden Retriever from the "Air Bud" film/DVD series has played.
    
25. R: ×2 Name a theatrically-released movie from 1990 onwards that is over three hours long.
    
26. R: ×3 Name a full-length Pixar film.
    
27. S: Name a 1970s disaster film.
    
28. R: ×3 Name a character who dies in any of the three Godfather films.
    
29. R: ×4 Name a non-droid character who has had a speaking role in at least two of the six main Star Wars films (even if they were played by different actors).
    
30. R: Name a TV series that became a film, or vice-versa.
    
31. R: ×5 Name a movie that has, as of June 18, 2009, grossed over $250MM domestically (not adjusted for inflation).
    

For questions 1, 6, 7, 8, 14, 16, and 27, go as obvious as possible.
For the rest, try to pick an answer that others won't have.


A special thank you to orangecrush18, who both contributed questions I've slightly modified here. You have at least until Tuesday, June 23, at 9:00AM EDT to send in answers. The game will begin sometime that week.

Good luck!

arminius

What no spreadsheet?
OOps forget it.

The Bus

There's a spreadsheet.

frenchy

Bottom third or bust!

The Bus

I know nobody's sent in answers yet, but please note that 27 is a Sheep question. I had it down as a Reverse Sheep question initially. Thanks.

orangecrush

I may be over-weight, but I am not that fat.

Palaver

You've got 31 questions listed above but 32 in the excel spreadsheet.

Mordred

While the question on the first line ("The Question") might look difficult, the answer space is already filled out with "The Answer", so presumably we'll all get the same number of points for that one.

orangecrush

I answered it as a Reverse Sheep question, but as I gueesed, I will keep my answer.

maxfisher

I filled out my answers and sent them before seeing that 27 was sheep instead of reverse sheep, but seeing as how I could only remember one disaster film and it's very well known, I think that'll work out just fine. Nice job on putting yet another of these together Bus. That x5 on the last question could be a real killer.

Palaver

I see that now. I had glanced up to see what #27 was in the post and then noticed that #27 was different on the excel. My world got discombobulated.

Groucho

Yo, I just sent in my answers. Then I read about the spreadsheet. That would have made it easier. WHOOPS.

jjcool

This looks like fun. Not sure exactly how the game works, but the gist I get is for the Sheep questions, I want my answer to match the most people, and my non sheep answers to be correct, and not match anyones. Correct?

The Bus

That's it!

orangecrush

That is the gist of it. Unless you match my answers, then I will cut you.

Th0r S1mpson

No way. Okay, I'm in. Not sure i've been in this part of the forum in years.

RoboDad

OK, my answers are in. This should be interesting!

islandclaws

Answers in. Interesting game, indeed.

Rockmjd23

Sent answers in.

The Bus : I sent in a correction to one of my answers right after sending in the original list.

wishbone

PM sent. Thanks again Bus!

JasonF

I'm in.

The Bus

We need to get Pharoh up in this bi'ch.

JasonF

Why bother? Just cut and paste my answers.

jjcool

Bring it.

The Bus

We had a surge of applicants but now everything is quiet. I'd like to get a dozen or so more entries, please.