2012 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 7, Day 2

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2012 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 7, Day 2

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On we go.
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FICTIONAL SPORTS & GAMES

2: On several occasions in the book series named for him, this character's quidditch skills help him accomplish key tasks.

4: This game, played with a volleyball, hobby horse, and “time fracture wickets” had in one of its playings a score reported by Hobbes of “Q to 12.”

6: Sports played in this Aldous Huxley novel include centrifugal bumblepuppy, electro-magnetic golf, & escalator squash.

8: This ship's operations officer, Ensign Harry Kim, was a three-time Parrises Squares champion at Starfleet Academy.

10: In the climactic scene of this 1975 movie, James Caan's Jonathan character scores the only point of the game, giving Houston a 1-0 victory over New York.

FILMS OF THE 60'S

3: Last name shared by the characters played by Anne Bancroft and Katherine Ross in The Graduate.

6: Thomas More, Thomas Cranmer, and Thomas Cromwell are all characters in this 1966 movie based on a play by Robert Bolt.

9: Before he is hanged, the last words of this 1962 title character played by Terrance Stamp are “God bless Captain Vere.”

12: In this 1962 movie, the Queen of Diamonds playing card is the trigger that causes the brainwashed soldiers to obey post-hypnotic suggestions.

15: Charles Bronson portrays a harmonica-playing gunfighter who kills Henry Fonda in defense of a widowed landowner in this 1969 western “fairy tale.”
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2: Harry Potter
4: Calvin Ball
6: Brave New World
8: clam (not sure if he was on Voyager or Enterprise, not a big Star Trek fan)
10: clam

3: Robinson
6: A Man For All Seasons
9: clam
12: Manchurian Candidate
15: clam
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2: Harry Potter
4: CLAM
6: Brave new world
8: Enterprise?
10: Rollerball?


3: Robinson
6: A man for all seasons
9: Caine?
12: The Manchurian candidate?
15: CLAM
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FICTIONAL SPORTS & GAMES

2. Harry Potter
4. Calvinball
6. "Brave New World"
8. USS Voyager
10. "Rollerball"

FILMS OF THE 60'S

3. Robinson
6. "A Man for All Seasons"
9. ?
12. "The Manchurian Candidate"
15. "Once Upon A Time in the West"
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2 harry potter
4 calvinball
6 brave new world
8 uss voyager
10 rollerball (i hope)
3 robinson
6 a man for all seasons
9 billy budd
12 the manchurian candidate
15 once upon a time in the west
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Re: 2012 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 7, Day 2

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2: Harry Potter
4: Calvinball
6: Brave New World
8: Voyager
10: Rollerball

3: Robinson
6: A Man For All Seasons
9: CLAM
12: The Manchurian Candidate
15: CLAM
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FICTIONAL SPORTS & GAMES

2: Harry Potter
4:
6: Brave New World
8: Voyager
10: Rollerball

FILMS OF THE 60'S

3: Robinson
6: A Man for All Seasons
9:
12: The Manchurian Candidate
15:
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2: Harry Potter

4: clam

6: Brave New World

8: clam

10: Rollerball

3: Robinson

6: A Man For All Seasons

9: Billy Budd

12: The Manchurian Candidate

15: clam
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Spoiler
2: Harry Potter
4: Calvinball
6: Brave New World
8: USS Enterprise
10: Rollerball

3: Robinson
6: A Man for All Seasons
9:
12: The Manchurian Candidate
15: Once Upon a Time in the West
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Re: 2012 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 7, Day 2

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Spoiler
2:Harry Potter
4:Calvin Ball
6:Brave New World
8:Voyager
10:

3:Robinson
6:A Man for All Seasons
9:
12:The Manchurian Candidate
15:Once Upon a Time in the West
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Re: 2012 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 7, Day 2

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Spoiler
2: Harry Potter
4: Calvinball
6: Brave New World
8: Voyager
10: Rollerball

3: Robinson
6: The Lion in Winter
9: Billy Budd
12: The Manchurian Candidate
15: The Wild Bunch
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Re: 2012 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 7, Day 2

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Spoiler
2: Harry Potter
4: Calvinball
6: Brave New World
8:
10: Rollerball

3: Robinson
6: A Man for All Seasons
9:
12: The Manchurian Candidate
15: Once upon a Time in the West
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Re: 2012 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 7, Day 2

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Spoiler
2: Harry Potter
4: Calvinball
6: Brave New World
8: Voyager
10:

3: Robinson
6: A Man for All Seasons
9:
12: The Manchurian Candidate
15: Once Upon a Time in the West
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Re: 2012 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 7, Day 2

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Spoiler
2: Harry Potter
4: Calvniball
6: Brave New World
8: USS Voyager , NCC-74656
10: Rollerball

3: Robinson
6: A Man for All Seasons
9: Billy Budd
12: The Manchurian Candidate
15: Once upon a Time in the West
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Spoiler
2: Harry Potter
4: Calvinball
6: Brave New World
8: Voyager
10: Rollerball

3: Robinson
6: A Man for All Seasons
9: Billy Budd
12: The Manchurian Candidate
15:
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Bad categories for me today.
Spoiler
2: Harry Potter
4: CLAM
6: Brave New World
8: Voyager (of Star Trek: Voyager)
10: CLAM (The Natural?)

3: Robinson
6: A Man For All Seasons
9: CLAM
12: CLAM
15: CLAM
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Re: 2012 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 7, Day 2

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Spoiler
2: Harrypotter
4: CLAM
6: Brave New World
8: Enterprise
10: CLAM

3: Robinson
6: A Man for all Seasons
9: Billy Budd
12: The Manchurian Candidate
15: Once Upon a Time in the West
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Re: 2012 Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 7, Day 2

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Spoiler
2: Harry Potter
4:
6: Brave New World
8: Enterprise?
10: Rollerball?

3: Robinson
6: A Man For All Seasons?
9:
12: The Manchurian Candidate
15:
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