Question

Alex Colville’s painting Pacific inspired a scene in which a man with this profession stares out of a blue window in a Michael Mann film. A positive Pauline Kael review may have swayed public opinion on a film about two characters (20[1])in this profession (20[1])that ends with a gory death scene. (20[1])Al Pacino (0[2])yells “Attica! Attica!” (20[1]0[1])while (0[1])playing a man engaged in this job in (*) Dog Day Afternoon. (10[2]0[1])A man with this job (0[1])dances to “Stuck in the Middle (10[1])With (0[1])You” (10[1])and cuts off Nash’s ear in a film by Quentin Tarantino. (0[1])Robert (0[1])De Niro’s character in Heat (0[1])has this job. (0[1])Mr. Blonde in Reservoir Dogs has this job, (0[2])as do lovers played by Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty (10[1]0[1])who are ambushed in a shootout by their car. (10[1])For 10 points, name this profession (0[1])of the title characters in Bonnie and Clyde. (10[6]0[3])■END■ (10[8]0[6])

ANSWER: bank robbers [prompt on criminals; prompt on robbers, burglars, thief, or heist man by asking, “Stealing from where?”]
<Michael Bentley, Fine Arts - Film&gt; ~26006~ &lt;Editor: Young Lee>
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2023 PACE NSC06/10/2023Y3177%13%0%112.79

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Joshua FanRichard MontgomeryKinkaid4020
Alvin GuoWinston Churchill ARockford Auburn A4320
Matt MokrzyckiCarl SandburgMidtown5020
Ken ArnoldWoodlandWilliam Fremd520
Moxie StromHunter BWashington520
Luca BalescuMercer CountyRockford Auburn B5520
Ethan KralNorthmont AParkway West550
Will CarstensDetroit Catholic Central AUniversity Lab560
Monit KarmakerStevenson AWinnebago670
Elliott LeeThomas Jefferson AHunter A6710
Julian Halpern-SmithBelmontDetroit Country Day6710
Matias RoaWalter PaytonNew Brighton720
Jeffrey LiuHinsdale CentralThomas Jefferson D7810
Yaj JhajhriaCanyon CrestMaggie Walker A790
Arjun KalaUniversity LabDetroit Catholic Central A8010
Owen GibbsHeightsChoate Rosemary Hall910
Alec RisoThomas Jefferson BDunbar920
Ryan DaiCarbondaleMaggie Walker C970
David ScottLincoln-Way EastInnovation Academy A1000
Kyunghwan LimChattahoochee AIrvington A1080
Leon LuoPlymouthTroy1080
Braden BoothDallas CountySolon11810
Ben HorningWaukeeNorman1180
Aditya ShivaswamySt. Mark'sBarrington A12710
Lynda MaBarrington BChattahoochee B1330
Charlie BorkElkhorn NorthBelvidere14110
Luke PuttnamInnovation Academy BNorris1410
Kaden WuChoate Rosemary HallHeights14110
Sam AsplundWinnebagoStevenson A14110
Chris GoolsbyDetroit Catholic Central CWest Point1410
Yashwanth BajjiTroyPlymouth14110
Mason SeversonNorrisInnovation Academy B14110
Grace SunStevenson BCincinnati Hills Christian14110
John Davis YovinoWest PointDetroit Catholic Central C1410
Martin AmesChattahoochee BBarrington B1420
Kaiwen XiaoIrvington AChattahoochee A14210
Timothy PorterMaggie Walker ACanyon Crest1420
Nate StewartMaggie Walker CCarbondale14210
Rohan DalalJohns Creek BWinston Churchill B14210
C. SchenkelWashingtonHunter B1420
Colette KendrickWinston Churchill BJohns Creek B1420
Genevieve LakeSaint JosephLake Highland1420
Owen ArnesonParkway WestNorthmont A14210
Dominic AielloDetroit Catholic Central BNorthmont B14210
Alex StumburDunbarThomas Jefferson B14210
Lucas ArdeleanInnovation Academy ALincoln-Way East1420
Puna EkkaNew BrightonWalter Payton14210
Ren GiustiNormanWaukee14210