Question

Montréal’s snow sweepers served as inspiration for a vehicle in this film. At the beginning of this movie, a close-up of a green eye (-5[1])cuts to a circular array of solar panels. In this film, a slow zoom-in on a shivering woman accompanies the arrival of five small, intimidating drones. A harsh yellow palette and large, cubical skylights mark a location in this film dominated by shallow water: the office of (*) Niander Wallace. The main character of this film must repeat quotes from Nabokov’s Pale Fire during its baseline (-5[1])test scenes, (10[1]-5[1])especially the words “cells” and “interlinked.” (10[2])Officer K “retires” a Nexus-8 replicant at the start of this movie. (0[1]-5[2])For 10 points, name this Denis Villeneuve-directed sequel (10[1])to a 1982 film in which Ryan Gosling’s character must reunite Rick Deckard with his daughter. ■END■ (10[2]0[1])

ANSWER: Blade Runner 2049 [do NOT accept or prompt on just “Blade Runner”]
<JC, Other Fine Arts>
= Average correct buzz position

Back to tossups

Summary

2023 ILLIAC (Cornell)2023-10-21Y450%0%100%131.00
2023 ILLIAC (Mainsite)2023-10-21Y875%0%63%110.67

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ben TytellChicago DOhio State B23-5
Nermeen RahmanChicago COhio State C88-5
Nolan JonesPurdue AOhio State A9010
Eric YangPurdue BMissouri90-5
Dennis ReppenChicago BPurdue C9610
Ryan HappelSIUE BMichigan B9610
Robert CondronChicago AWUSTL108-5
Drew McIlveenOhio State BChicago D1080
Danielle WebbSIUE AMichigan A108-5
Drew ScheinerMissouriPurdue B11610
Vedul PalavajjhalaWUSTLChicago A13310
Yashwanth BajjiMichigan ASIUE A1330
Jacob GoodsonOhio State CChicago C13310