Mutant Scavenger Hunt 2: The Quickening!

[PoolMan]

Welcome back gang, to The Mutant Scavenger Hunt Part 2: The Quickening!

(I may change that.)

Pay attention, now. There’s some new rules in play. Be sure to read this!

THE (OLD) RULES
(Read the FULL version from the first round here)
- any member of the Forum can play, including Mutants
- I will post a list of five things. Your goal is to name five different movies that contain each item and describe how it appears. I will be cracking down on this rule, as a lot of people just started listing movie titles last time.
- a maximum of FIVE POSTERS can reply once to each List. If you're sixth in line, you get nada
- after five posters have responded (or a reasonable amount of time, usually 24 hours, goes by), I will update the score. I will try and do this at least once a day
- subsequent posters may not repeat answers given already for the same list.
- you may not repeat your OWN answers for the same list.
- repeat movies with the same name are fine if they're unrelated. Sequels are fine
- you get one point per correct item found. If it's in a movie I haven't seen, I may call on the other Mutants for verification, but all decisions by PoolMan are final
- you may not edit your post. This cost people lots of points early on last time.
- further rules may be announced by me if we get into a loophole or tiebreak situation

THE (NEW) RULES
- the fifth item on each list will not be text, it will be a snippet of a screen shot from a movie. You are looking for any movie that has that object in it. Your answer will include the movie, the scene, and what you think the object is.
- if you get the EXACT movie the screen shot is taken from, you get a bonus point on top of the point you got for getting it right
- I will be liberal in the interpretation of what is in the picture, but don’t push it too much
- so if I put up a picture of The Bowler’s bowling ball from Mystery Men, you would get a point for naming a movie with a bowling ball in it (say, The Big Lebowski). You might get a point for naming a movie with a skull in it (say, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade). And if you named Mystery Men as the movie, you’d get two points. (and if you named a movie with a table in it because the ball is pictured on a table, you get nothing, because the focus of the picture is obviously not the table)
- the first person to win each round will get an extra single point (changed from last time)
- therefore, it’s possible to get 7 points in a single round (5 for all correct answers, 1 for first one across the line with all five correct, and 1 for getting the exact movie the screencap is from)
- extra-clever entries may - MAY - earn an extra point. I reward humour.

The first player to 50 points is proclaimed Mutant Scavenger Hunt Champion. If you win, try to actually use this title in conversation or posts (unlike our first round champ, Macaroni & Death, who didn’t even show up to claim his sash, sniff…).

I wanted to give everyone a chance to read this before we started play, so the first list goes up later today. Don’t forget to check back!

[varana]

One question: Are we allowed to use non English speaking movies too? If we provide evidence the movies exist?

[PoolMan]

Ummm... I'm going to say okay IF you submit a link proving it.

But try to stick to the english stuff, please.

[PoolMan]

Okay kids, here we go!

Round 1 - FIGHT!

1) a discarded shoe
2) a plate of Chinese food
3) someone singing a romantic song
4) nosehair or facial hair trimming
5)

[Head Mutant]

1) a discarded shoe

Wag The Dog - they threw shoes on power lines as a type of publicity stunt.

2) a plate of Chinese food

A Christmas Story - the dinner at the end (they ate duck)

3) someone singing a romantic song

Ralph the Dog in Muppet Movie - I hope that something better comes along

4) nosehair or facial hair trimming

Harrison Ford in The Fugative shaving his beard early on

5) [/quote]

Monty Python and the Holy Grail - the troupe carrying around flags

[StarOpal]

1. Speed - the hostage in the beginning loses a shoe.

2. Two Weeks Notice - Snadra Bullock and Hugh Grant eat Chinese food.

3.Ten Things I Hate About You - The big football field scene.

4. The Outsider - The woman helps him cut his beard because he's been shot in the shoulder.

5. LotR The Return of the King - Notice the trees

[Lordmoon]

1) a discarded shoe
Waterworld – The Mariner discarding a skiing boot after his deep-sea salvage dive.

2) a plate of Chinese food
Eat Drink Man Woman – Sunday dinner preparation scene or many others.

3) someone singing a romantic song
The King and I – “We Kiss In A Shadow” or any number of other songs from the Film.

4) nosehair or facial hair trimming
Crocodile Dundee – Paul Hogan using his giant bowie knife to shave.

5) Night Watch – Opening scene with the Light and Dark armies clashing.

[Spiderdancer]

1) The Fugitive: Richard finds his wife's high heels on the stairs with all the rose petals (right?)
2)Lost Boys: Chinese food passes for worms and maggots in the protagonist's head
3)Robin Hood: Men in Tights: Robin sings "The Night is Young, and You're So Beautiful, Lady" (B Flat).
4)The Gunfight at OK Corral: Doc Holliday shaves himself with a straight razor at a barber shop while talking to Wyatt Earp.
5)Lord of the Wu Tang: the Five Elements Flags

[Big T]

1) Big Fish - Shoes of spectre citizens thrown onto a telephone wire.
2) Bladerunner - Harrison ford enjoys some chinese noodles
3) The Bodyguard - And IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII will always love yooooouuuuuuu
4) Beverly Hillbillies - Tyler mistakenly rips out a nosehair with a stick covered in body wax
5) Kingdom of Heaven - The crusaders loved the penants

[Storm_Rider]

1. Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire - Hermione gets one shoe off, after the Yule Ball
2. Around the World in 80 Days (Jackie Chan version) - they eat when they reach his native village
3. Duets - that;s what they do in this movie, karaoke their way through it
4. Barbershop 1 - when the older guy (Cedric the Entertainer) teaches the younguns the trade
5. Excalibur - During war scene

[PoolMan]

All right class, pencils down. You've all done well in your first quiz. Except Justin, who thinks Grond is the Black Beast of AAAAAUUUGH, Shalen, who I caught copying answers, and Storm Rider who came late to class. See me later, you can do better.

Ah, just kidding. The Score!

HeadMutant 6 (first past the wire)
StarOpal 6 (got Return of the King correct)
Lordmoon 5
Big T 5
SpiderDancer 4 (repeated Justin's answer of The Fugitive)

I thought the pointy helmet would have been a dead giveaway on the LotR screencap, but StarOpal has the sharpest eye, spotting the White Tree of Gondor on the banners. For the full screencap, have a look here.

Stormy, I feel bad cutting you off, but rules is rules. Good luck getting in quicker tomorrow.

So it's off to a grand start, with Head Mutant Justin and StarOpal tied for an early lead and a great pack of contenders close at their heels. Stay tuned!

[Storm_Rider]

Yeah five minutes late, darn the luck.

Wow StarOpal I bow in front of your hard-core LOTR watching, I would have been ready to put money on the screen cap beeing from Monty Python and The Holy Grail. I thought the tree was a kind of Templar crucifix.

[StarOpal]

I must be honest, it was hard-core Viggo Mortenson watching. He wears the same emblem at the end when he's all king-ish.

But if you really wanna bow that's okay too!

Whee! All my entries were good! *so happy*

[Spiderdancer]

Darn. I forgot that rule.

I was not EITHER copying answers. My Mom is SO calling your Mom tomorrow.

[Lordmoon]

I was going to call the pic the final battle of LotR:RotK but was to slow thinking of the other answers I'll try to be quicker tomorrow