Gena Rowlands - 2024 ACF Winter at UBC

Question

This actor insists on hearing her husband’s African-American coworker sing during a painfully awkward scene in which she serves a breakfast of spaghetti. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this actor who used muttering tics in a 1974 film that ends with her helping clean a trashed dining room with Peter Falk.

ANSWER: Gena Rowlands [or Virginia Cathryn Rowlands]

[10e] Gena Rowlands and Peter Falk played a troubled couple in A Woman Under the Influence, a landmark film in this category. This term refers to a film produced outside a major studio.

ANSWER: independent film [or indie film]

[10m] The real-life Peter Falk reveals that he was once an immortal being in this film, which features a performance by Nick Cave in a Berlin bar. This Wim Wenders film uses black-and-white shots to show the perspective of angels.

ANSWER: Wings of Desire [or Der Himmel über Berlin]

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Summary


2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley	2024-11-16	Y	3	20.00	100%	67%	33%
2024 ACF Winter at Clemson	2024-11-16	Y	5	12.00	100%	20%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern	2024-11-16	Y	6	15.00	100%	33%	17%
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State	2024-11-16	Y	1	30.00	100%	100%	100%
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State	2024-11-16	Y	7	14.29	100%	29%	14%
2024 ACF Winter at Online	2024-11-16	Y	7	14.29	100%	29%	14%
2024 ACF Winter at UBC	2024-11-16	Y	3	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida	2024-11-16	Y	4	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Oxford	2024-11-16	Y	9	12.22	100%	22%	0%

Data


SFU	Alberta	10	10
UBC B	UBC A	10	10
UW B	UW A	10	10