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1. Scene 1 [Adapted from the second Indiana Jones movie]
Seeking the Sankara Stone, Indy, Short Round and Willy are making their way through an eerie, passage beneath Pankot Palace when they find themselves in that most shocking, sinister and secretive of unholy places. Er... what would that place be?
2. Scene 2 [Adapted from J. R. R. Tolkiens "Return of the King"]
Frodo crouches next to the rim of the fiery fissures, beaten in the end. Gollum dances, gleefully clutching Frodo's severed ring finger. But fate intervenes. Gollum stumbles to plunge headlong into the __________ of Doom. With what phrase did Tolkien describe the place of Gollum's doom?
3. Scene 3
There it stands in the Burke museum. But once it towered ten feet above the Australian plain. There the massive, 1000 pound, savage, malevolent avian, scanned its surroundings, seeking for prey. In somber tones a narrator explains, "The eight million year old remains of this creature conjured up such a terrifying image that usually restrained scientists dubbed it _____________." What term have scientists applied to this horrifying prehistoric fiend?
4. Scene 4 [Adapted from the comic strip "Dilbert"]
The loquacious Ted falls silent, shrinking back in fear. A trembling Asok crouches down hoping not to be noticed. Even the usually clueless pointy-haired boss appears worried. With what does Alice threaten them?
5. Scene 5 [Adapted from "Utensil Strength" by Patricia C. Wrede]
Deep in the Enchanted Forest, heroes vie in a cook-off for an enchanted weapon of surpassing power. The wicked uncle discovers his niece, a princess disguised as a scullery maid, and threatens to carry her off and force her into marriage. In desperation, the princess seizes the powerful weapon and strikes her evil uncle. With what powerful weapon has she reduced her conniving uncle to a poached egg?
6. Scene 6 [Adaped from King Henry VI, Part III]
Having stabbed the noble king Henry VI, the iniquitous Gloucester brags,
"I'll throw thy body in another room.
And triumph, Henry, in thy day of doom."
Which English bard penned these fateful words?
7. Scene 7
On December 10, 1950, a Mississippi farmer stood at the podium in his rented suit, his speech nearly unintelligible as he read his acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize in Literature. He described the end of the world, as he believed some modern writers envisioned it, "when the last ding-dong of doom has clanged and faded from the last worthless rock hanging tideless in the last red and dying evening". Which of the following coined the phrase "the last ding-dong of doom".
8. Scene 8 [Adapted from "The Curse of Monkey Island"]
Looming on the tropical hillside stands the diabolical amusement park ride that Guybrush Threepwood's archenemy, the ghost-pirate LeChuck, has constructed. A plunging, twisting, turning ride that our hapless hero Guybrush must conquer in order to find the diamond ring that will dispel the curse that has turned his beloved fiancé Elaine into a gold statue. The dreaded ride known as __________________________.
9. Scene 9 [A barroom in Maine]
On the impromptu stage, Ian Bean weaves a compellingly evocative melody on his accordion to the driving accompaniment of his punk polka band. As the music invades your senses, you can hear the terrified screams, feel the stifling heat, almost smell the smoke as you see in your mind's eye... Milwaukee burning. Which of the following is the band playing?
10. Scene 10 [In the Home of the Author of Doom]
Uglybird sat slumped at his computer, his mood one of despondency. His creative mood always evaporated as he faced the tenth question of any quiz. His mood becoming still gloomier, he reviewed his eight candidate phrases for question 10, phrases he had loved, until the foul mood had taken him, the mood that always accompanied his efforts to compose the tenth question of any quiz, the mood of doom. And suddenly he had it! What does this tenth question prominently feature?
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