Question

In Janet Maslin’s review for The New York Times, she wrote that this film achieved cult status without touching the audience’s emotions. One character mentions picking coffee beans in Guatemala in this film, (15[1])and also recalls a baritone who he says was “orca fat”. One actor in this film deliberately made most of his lines near unintelligible, and his character is told to (*) “speak in English” by a police officer after reading a card prompt. In this film, a lawyer threatens to castrate the nephew of another character played by Stephen Baldwin. When a detective in this film realises a disabled criminal’s story (10[1])is fake, he drops (10[1])a mug labelled ‘Kobayashi’ on the floor. Five criminals meet in a police line up and are then blackmailed by Keyser Söze (“KAI-zer SO-say”) in, for 10 points, which 1995 film, starring Gabriel Byrne? ■END■

ANSWER: The Usual Suspects
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Seth KendalldoubleplusnegfiveWeird Klaus Barbie3215
Evan BrownBHSUJeff Weiner Fan Club10210
Nicholas TunksOur Job is BuzzPalestrina Sawayama10610

Summary

2023 UMN COOT08/19/2023Y3100%33%0%80.00