Question

While in a diner, this actor’s character is interrupted mid-kiss as the “crazies” who run a city’s underground pull Chock Full o’ Nuts girl through the floorboards. In another film, characters played by this actor and Dennis Dun battle spirits attempting to sacrifice a green-eyed woman to break (15[1])an ancient curse. The Duke, (15[1])who drives a car with chandeliers on both fenders, pursues the protagonist, played by this actor, across a mine-laden (*) bridge at the end of a film. After a stomach opens and eats the arms of a man using a defibrillator, (10[2])this actor’s character uses a flamethrower (10[1])on the emerging alien. This star of Big Trouble in Little China starred in a film in which an alien imitates various life forms on an Antarctic base. A For 10 points, name this actor who starred in John Carpenter’s Escape from New York and The Thing. ■END■

ANSWER: Kurt Russell
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Paul SteeplesOld London TownFoucault's Penndulum4715
Adam Jones3HK1MMEdinburgh5215
Oliver HargraveBetrayed by Rita IzzatdustFour Neg Omelette9210
Frances Clark-MurrayScottish, Irish, Both or NeitherYes, Moderator9210
Matt Bliss10 Negs that Shook the QuizTabearnacle9810

Summary

2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard)10/21/2023Y1100%0%0%146.00
2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite)10/21/2023Y729%0%29%141.00
2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal)10/28/2023Y250%0%50%126.00
2023 Penn Bowl (South Central)10/28/2023Y250%0%0%92.00
2023 Penn Bowl (UK)10/28/2023Y5100%40%0%76.20
2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo10/28/2023Y450%25%75%89.00
2023 Penn Bowl @ UNC10/28/2023Y30%0%100%0.00
2023 Penn Bowl @ FSU10/28/2023Y2100%0%0%123.50