Question

In a film, a character with this profession visits a man who hangs paper cranes on his yacht after looking for the Complete Works of Shakespeare in a library. After a rival shoves a meal off a table, a character with this profession tells a story about two men competing over a kidney transplant by guessing a card put in their pocket by the other. To celebrate spending “a quarter of a century on this planet,” a character with this profession jogs in the rain and receives a birthday message from a (*) blonde wig-wearing woman he met at a bar. (10[2])A man with this profession chases a character in a scene that uses the step-printing effect to generate motion blur. In a 1994 film, two men with this profession played by Takeshi Kaneshiro and Tony Leung recover from romantic breakups. (10[1])For 10 points, what profession is held by the leads of Chungking Express and by the undercover Chan in Infernal Affairs? ■END■

ANSWER: Hong Kong policeman [or officer; or cop; accept detective, accept police inspector; accept police superintendent; prompt on gang member, mole, spy, or double agent AFTER “Chan” is read by asking “What is their actual profession?”] (The first line is from John Woo’s film Hard Boiled.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Vincent Dunumber of tang poems = 75 times number of lines in a shi = 100 times number of lines in a haikuA is for Amy Robsart who fell down the stairs9910
Taylor HarveyCry of the Common LoonBerkeley9910
Allan LeeStanford+Where are the ACF Nationals recordings?13910

Summary

2024 ARGOS @ Stanford02/22/2025Y3100%0%0%112.33
2024 ARGOS @ Chicago11/23/2024Y683%0%17%124.20
2024 ARGOS @ Columbia11/23/2024Y3100%33%33%120.00
2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College12/14/2024Y3100%0%0%119.67