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. NEW! A few questions (√) contain links to resources which you may check to answer that question.
  
• 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/movie 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 Monday, June 29, at 8:00AM EDT to send in answers. The game will begin sometime that week.
  

The Questions


1. S: Name the most powerful person in Hollywood.
   
2. R: Name a movie with a ghost protagonist(s).
   
3. R: Name one of the members of the Fellowship of the Ring.
   
4. R: Name a movie directed by Steven Spielberg whose score was composed by John Williams.
   
5. S: Of the Big Six studios (Disney, Fox, Warner Brothers, Paramount, Universal, Sony), which one has the least exciting movie catalogue?
   
6. R: Name one of the non-CGI Walt Disney Animated Classics.
   
7. R: Name a member of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad from the Kill Bill films.
   
8. S: ×2 Aside from Roger Ebert, name a well-respected movie critic.
   
9. R: Name an animated or CGI movie from 2000 onward that was not produced, released, or distributed by Disney.
   
10. R: ×2 Name a character from The Big Lebowski whose first and last name is given.
    
11. R: Name a 1980s action film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, or Bruce Willis.
    
12. R: Name a movie that takes places almost entirely underwater.
    
13. R: Not counting the Army Men, name a toy that Andy owned in the first two Toy Story movies.
    
14. S: ×2 Name what will be the highest-grossing film of 2010. √
    
15. S: Name a movie from the past ten years that is on the IMDB's Top 250 and shouldn't be. √
    
16. S: Name the most iconic of the classic Universal horror monsters.
    
17. R: Name a series of films that has had at least three installments after 1990. (Remakes count as part of the series).
    
18. S: Name the worst Eddie Murphy movie.
    
19. R: ×3 Name someone who has was nominated for Best Actress or Best Supporting Actor since the 73rd 72nd Academy Awards (in 2000) and hasn't won an Oscar.
    
20. R: Name a movie based on an SNL skit.
    
21. R: Finish the movie title: "The Man W____." The title can be longer than three words, but the third word must begin with a W.
    
22. R: ×3 Name one of the iconic pieces of wardrobe or equipment that Indiana Jones used or wore in each of his films.
    
23. R: Name a movie released between 1985 and 1990 that starred Ted Danson, Steve Guttenberg, and/or Tom Selleck.
    
24. R: Name a film starring Freddy Krueger and/or Jason Vorhees.
    
25. R: ×3 Name one of the six actors who have portrayed 007 in any of the EON-produced James Bond films.
    
26. S: Name the best (or least-worst) Michael Bay movie.
    
27. R: ×4 Name a character that had dialogue in at least two of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.
    
28. R: ×4 Name a movie that grossed at least $70MM during its opening weekend.
    
29. R: ×5 Name one of the awards given at the Academy Awards (not counting special honors, lifetime-achievement or scientific awards).
    
30. S: Name a movie starring Elvis Presley.
    
31. R: ×6 Name one the characters in the group that travels to meet the Wizard in The Wizard of Oz.
    
32. R: ×7 Name one of the Seven Dwarves.
    
    

For questions 1, 5, 8, 8, 14, ,15, 16, 18, 26, and 30, go as obvious as possible.
For the rest, try to pick an answer that others won't have.


A special thank you to all of you who contributed questions I've slightly modified here. You have at least until Monday, June 29, at 8:00AM EDT to send in answers. The game will begin sometime that week.

Good luck!

fumanstan

Nice to have another one up so quickly. Thanks Bus!

Arthur Dent

I'm definitely playing this time!

A-aron

answers sent ... good luck all!

Jeremy517

Multipliers that big basically render a number of the questions meaningless, especially when there are so few possible answers for the high-multiplier questions. A reverse sheep question that has many possible answers and no multiplier is going to get someone maybe four or five points max, which is still less than a one-person difference for the last question.

The Bus

I considered that, but this will makes the end more exciting.

orangecrush

Surley is still a Dwarve right?

JasonF

Awesome! I'll send in my picks over the weekend. My answer to number 12 will be "Water Something (the HUGE recent one, forget the name since I haven't seen it in a while)"

The Bus

wishbone

Recycling jokes from the Simpsons? 2/5.

Arthur Dent

Bus, for #21, must the third word be a word that would be capitalized when adhering to conventions of the English language? You say it must begin with "W"; you don't say it can begin with "W" or "w".

RoboDad

OK, I'm in!

The Bus

It can begin with a "w" or a "W" — the letter is important, not the capitalization.

feenst

Is it OK to use movies we see on the top 250 list to answer other questions?

jjcool

Count me in. had fun on the last one.

The Bus

This is probably a terrible idea, but: http://forum.dvdtalk.com/sports-talk...orum-game.html

The Bus

Sure. Just don't click through to see if they fill the requirements of other questions.

Supermallet

OK, I entered.

Groucho

But he gets +1 for managing to mispell both "Surly" and "Dwarf".

woody5254

My entry is in. Looks like fun.

orangecrush

Hey, at least it wasn't a direct quote.

orangecrush

Quite you.

The Dude

In, worked with the wife, hope that doesn't disqualify me!

gmanca

Sent my answers, guessed on a couple and I can't wait to see the complied answers!

Thanks for doing this TheBus!

wishbone

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