Question

This male actor’s character is horrified when a bullet breaks his violin during a civil war in the 1968 film Shame. Lute music accompanies a monologue in which this actor asserts he will remember “this moment,” “these strawberries,” and “this bowl of milk.” In a film based on a ballad, this actor flogs himself with branches from a birch tree he uprooted, before killing three goat herders who raped his daughter. This actor’s 11 films for a director include Hour of the Wolf, The Virgin Spring, and a film in which his character invites a family of thespians to shelter in his castle from a plague. (10[1])In that 1957 film, (10[1])this actor plays Antonius Block, (-5[1])who takes part (10[1])in a climactic (10[1])Danse Macabre. For 10 points, what actor played a knight who plays chess with Death (10[1])in Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal? (10[1])■END■ (10[1]0[3])

ANSWER: Max von Sydow (“SEE-dov”) [or Carl Adolf von Sydow]
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Summary

Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y367%0%0%118.50
Midwest2025-02-01Y580%0%40%124.50
Northeast2025-02-01Y250%0%0%114.00
Overflow2025-02-01Y250%0%0%108.00
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y10%0%100%0.00
UK2025-02-01Y1070%0%10%124.14
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y729%0%57%73.00

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Andrew FisherSheffieldCambridge C10510
Cormac BeirneLSECambridge A10910
Zayyan MahmoodSouthampton AOxford B114-5
Justin LeeImperial AOxford A11710
Kai MadgwickManchesterCambridge B12010
Louis CameronCambridge EWarwick B13510
Matt SheldonOxford BSouthampton A14110
Michael WuSouthampton BBristol1420
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYU CImperial B1420
Benjamin WatsonOxford CDurham1420
Chris LevesleyWarwick ACambridge D14210