Question 4: Movie title required. Letter not required.. Name one of the movies described below.
- (2016) The story of a British skier who, in 1988, became the first person to represent Great Britain in ski jumping since 1928.
- (1993) Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme, it’s the story of the first bobsleigh team from Jamaica.
- (1992) A star hockey player is injured during the Olympics and forced to give up his chance to be in the NHL, but gets another chance to qualify for the Olympics in pairs figure skating.
- (1981) The story of two British runners, Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams, in the 1924 Olympics. Both face criticism and pressure related to their respective Christian and Jewish faiths.
- (1997) The story of the titular distance runner who attended the University of Oregon, finished fourth in the 5,000-meter in the 1972 Olympics, and died in a car accident in 1975.
- (2005) The story of Operation Wrath of God, the Israeli retaliation against the PLO after the 1972 Olympics.
- (2004) The story of the U.S. men’s hockey team at the 1980 Olympics.
- (2007) The story of Chazz Michael Michaels and Jimmy MacElroy, banned for life from singles skating, reviving their careers as the first same-sex pairs skating team due to a loophole in the rules.
- (2017) The story of the titular skater and an attack on her rival.
- (2014) The story of Louis Zamperini, a former Olympian who survived a plane crash during World War II, only to be taken as prisoners of war by the Japanese.
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twelvefootboy (Raid on Entebbe)
heppm01 (Ice Castles - an oddly similar plot to the movie that I had in mind here, though...)
SHEEP (+9)
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(None)
1992 - The Cutting Edge - 9
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joenguyen90
9021amyers
bev nar
Bipolar Bear
CheezeWhiz
jbeltz
Kirbstar
clt013
floridagator
1993 - Cool Runnings - 8
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guessonguessonguess
colonialrampage
sillymoose
badgerfellow
econgator
MasterCone
classicroadster
clprez
2007 - Blades of Glory - 5
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This is Aoba
Vintsanity
mennoknight
Ironhorse
nklotz
2004 - Miracle - 3
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Tybalteon
MarkBarrett
merica
2014 - Unbroken - 3
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wpwells
coach P
Peachbox
1981 - Chariots of Fire - 2
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Gamawire
Woof
2016 - Eddie the Eagle - 2
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threearruda
casketromance
2005 - Munich - 2
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AFRET CMS
ElendilPickle
SINGLETONS
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1997 - Prefontaine - JayBoston
2017 - I, Tonya - immaf
DROP
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(None)
Standings after Q4:
38. twelvefootboy [d][s] - 39 (-2)
37. mennoknight [d][s] - 33
36. clprez [d][s] - 32 (-3)
33. AFRET CMS [d][s] - 30 (+4)
33. colonialrampage [d][s] - 30 (-5)
33. joenguyen90 [d][s] - 30 (-8)
30. Ironhorse [d] - 27 (-2)
30. Peachbox [d][s] - 27 (+3)
30. nklotz [d][s] - 27 (-2)
29. threearruda [d][s] - 26 (+4)
24. Kirbstar [d][s] - 25 (-6)
24. bev nar [d][s] - 25 (-6)
24. coach P [d][s] - 25 (+4)
24. jbeltz [d][s] - 25 (-6)
24. merica [d][s] - 25 (+4)
22. 9021amyers [d][s] - 24 (-8)
22. wpwells [d][s] - 24 (+3)
18. classicroadster [s] - 23 (-4)
18. heppm01 [s] - 23 (-12)
18. CheezeWhiz [d][s] - 23 (-6)
18. sillymoose [d][s] - 23 (-4)
13. This is Aoba [s] - 22 (+8)
13. badgerfellow [s] - 22 (-1)
13. immaf [s] - 22 (+12)
13. ElendilPickle [d][s] - 22 (+11)
13. floridagator [d][s] - 22 (-2)
10. Tybalteon [s] - 20 (+11)
10. Vintsanity [s] - 20 (+4)
10. casketromance [d][s] - 20 (+13)
7. Bipolar Bear [s] - 18 (-6)
7. clt013 [s] - 18 (-6)
7. guessonguessonguess [d][s] - 18 (-2)
5. econgator [s] - 17 (-4)
5. MasterCone [d][s] - 17 (-4)
4. MarkBarrett [s] - 14 (+2)
2. Gamawire [s] - 13 (+4)
2. Woof [d][s] - 13 (+4)
1. JayBoston [s] - 12 (+5)
I thought Cool Runnings would be the sheep here, and it was pretty close. I thought of this question because I recently saw "The Cutting Edge" because my girlfriend kept switching back and forth between Olympic figure skating and Netflix, and I was a little surprised to see that it ended up being the sheep. This question appeared to be a case of the obvious answer being a good one, as people seemed to think that "I, Tonya" would be too obvious. As a result, immaf gets the singleton and makes a pretty solid leap in the standings. Also with a singleton was JayBoston, who is back in the lead. MasterCone drops out of the top spot with her answer of "Cool Runnings," but still has a drop and sheep.
Stay tuned for Q5 and Q6 around lunchtime.