Question

A wordless sequence in this film shows an official through binoculars as he stands in a riverbed and in a rearview mirror as he parks by the ocean. This (10[1])film opens on a retro Paramount logo in sepia (10[1])set to a “Love Theme” (-5[1])for trumpet by Jerry Goldsmith. (10[1]-5[1])Robert Towne wrote the screenplay for this film, (10[1])in which a (10[1])pair of glasses is discovered (10[1])at the bottom (10[1])of (10[1])a saltwater koi pond. (10[1])In this film, (10[1])an elderly tycoon (10[1])repeatedly (10[1])mispronounces the name (10[1])of (10[1])a man with (10[1])a cut nose (-5[1])as (10[1])“Mr. Gits.” (10[3]-5[1])Between slaps in this film, a widow calls a girl “my daughter, my sister, my daughter!” In this (10[1])film, a private eye who discovers a conspiracy (10[2])to divert the water supply (10[2])in 1930s Los Angeles (10[2]-5[1])is told (10[6])“Forget it, Jake.” (10[3])For 10 points, (10[1])Roman (10[1])Polanski (10[1])directed what neo-noir film titled for (-5[1])an ethnic enclave? (10[3])■END■ (10[14]0[4])

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Ben LaFondCambridge BCambridge A2810
Jack CaseyUIUC CPurdue B3710
Bob FreedmanGeorgia AGeorgia Tech C42-5
MitchPenn State ALehigh47-5
Alvin GuoUChicago CUChicago A4710
Jeffry XuGeorgia Tech BAuburn A5510
Zach TsengGeorgia Tech EGeorgia Tech A5810
Swapnil GargBerkeley ABerkeley B6310
Ian McDowellCambridge COxford A6610
Wren Buehler (D2)Vassar ACentral Oklahoma6710
Biniam AlaroUF BUF E7110
Tianyu XuGeorgia Tech AGeorgia Tech B7410
Danielle WebbSIUE AUIUC B7710
Ruchir Bodicherla (UG)NYU BMississippi State7810
Luke ZhangEmory AGeorgia Tech D8110
Ian LuGeorgia Tech FGeorgia Tech C8210
Britton WebsterAlabama AClemson A8510
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltDurham B88-5
Aneesh ShrotriyaPurdue CWashU C8910
Barkot BelayEmory BAlabama A9110
Anirudh BharadwajPenn ARutgers C9110
Owen IredaleImperial ABristol A91-5
James CarrigyEdinburghLSE B9110
Bob FreedmanGeorgia AEmory B10910
Nolan JonesPurdue AUChicago D11710
Jackson Hopper (UG)Mississippi StateMcGill E11710
Justin WytmarUIUC AWashU D12210
Anthony LovegrenUCF AFlorida Tech B12210
Ryan FangStanford AStanford L12610
Parker Knudson (D2)Texas COle Miss126-5
Benjamin WatsonOxford BWarwick A12610
Coy MierAuburn CAuburn B12810
John John GrogerWashU BMiami12810
Cyrus ZhouWUSTL ACentral Oklahoma12810
Cyrus ZhouWUSTL ACentral Oklahoma12810
Elle Lee (D2)NYU ATexas D12810
Alexander NicholsUCF BFlorida Tech A12810
Will HughesAuburn AEmory A13110
Piers MarchantCambridge DBirmingham13110
Cormac BeirneLSE AManchester13110
Greta HongBard AJohns Hopkins B13410
Ayan GuhaGeorgia Tech DGeorgia Tech E13510
Ian LuGeorgia Tech FClemson A13610
Thomas FlexerPenn State BRutgers A142-5
Michal GerasimiukStanford MBerkeley C14510
Aditya ShivaswamyJohns Hopkins AHaverford A14510
Danny FisherWarwick BBristol B14510
Monish JampalaGeorgia Tech CGeorgia A14610
Coy MierAuburn CTusculum A1460
Malachi LedfordTusculum AAuburn C1460
Alex WongRutgers APenn State B14610
Vincent ZhangPenn BRowan A14610
WillLehighPenn State A14610
Olin BoseColumbia BPrinceton A14610
Sam McNameeNotre DameUIUC D14610
Davis JohnsonPurdue DIndiana B14610
Jisoo YooTexas AMcGill E14610
Claire Harvey (D2)Vassar BArkansas14610
Sam Macchi (D2)Vassar AIowa14610
Devito Stevanus (UG)McGill ETexas A1460
Owen Gilroy (D2)Texas BColorado College1460
Nicholas NguyenUF DFlorida State University A14610
Leo LawUF AUF F14610
Michael WuSouthampton BImperial B14610
Lewys JenkinsBristol AImperial A14610