Question
In a 1971 film, a laundry strike in this city thwarts a man trying to wash his only suit for an interview. In a film set in this city, a bored woman peers through her house’s blinds at its streets, then stares at her oblivious husband, all through opera glasses. A woman wears sunglasses and lipstick for her new job as a saleswoman in this title “big city” of a 1963 film. A jobless aspiring novelist in this city marries his cousin on a whim in a 1959 film titled for his “world.” Two parks in this city are themed on a director’s characters Professor (*) Shonku and Feluda. 1960s films about this city’s women include The Cloud-Capped Star and Charulata. A director from this city, who began as location scout for The River by Jean Renoir, shot in this city’s film hub of Tollygunge (“TAW-lee-gunj”) for urban scenes in the two sequels to Pather Panchali (“POH-thair PAHN-chah-lee”). For 10 points, Satyajit Ray (“rye”) was from what city in West Bengal? ■END■
Summary
2024 Chicago Open | 07/28/2024 | Y | 12 | 100% | 17% | 50% | 137.75 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Anwen Kelleher | NJTRANSit (and anwen, I guess) | it's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brown | 67 | -5 |
Naveed Chowdhury | Lisan al-Quib | Are You There, Chat? It's Me, Margaret | 73 | 15 |
Matt Lafer | when you look this good, you don’t have to know anything | LMM's LLM MLM | 84 | 15 |
Rohan Kher | var merchants | Punished "Venom" BHSU | 107 | -5 |
Ved Muthusamy | First Cause, First Cause, make me young! | AMOGH QUIZ HACK? 英雄联盟 400 PPG 24 TUH | 110 | 10 |
William Golden | The Dyatlov Passement incident | sticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zone | 118 | -5 |
Victor Pavao | Lying on a Mattress at Lou’s Apartment in Pilsen, Chicago | Read slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: A | 119 | 10 |
Tejas Raje | BHSU B | There are buzzable clues everywhere for those with eyes to see | 119 | 10 |
Ryan Rosenberg | A Nervy Liberal Nanny Hence | The Empire Bikes Back | 140 | -5 |
Matt Weiner | SAYYID QUTB, DRIVING THE LONGEST CAR YOU’VE EVER SEEN THROUGH TAHRIR SQUARE | Les Missourables | 141 | -5 |
Jim Fan | Mindgoblin of Little Hobbes | NJTRANSit (and bobby, i guess) | 152 | 10 |
Chris Ray | We Need New Names | genAI this, genAI that, have you found your 真爱 yet | 153 | -5 |
Swapnil Garg | it's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brown | NJTRANSit (and anwen, I guess) | 166 | 10 |
Andrew Hart | Punished "Venom" BHSU | var merchants | 166 | 10 |
Charles Hang | Les Missourables | SAYYID QUTB, DRIVING THE LONGEST CAR YOU’VE EVER SEEN THROUGH TAHRIR SQUARE | 166 | 10 |
Tracy Mirkin | sticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zone | The Dyatlov Passement incident | 166 | 10 |
Gareth Thorlakson | The Empire Bikes Back | A Nervy Liberal Nanny Hence | 166 | 10 |
Richard Yu | genAI this, genAI that, have you found your 真爱 yet | We Need New Names | 166 | 10 |