Packet 5: Tossup 11

An instance of this activity in the wake of Bernardo Bertolucci’s fallout with his mentor Pier Paolo Pasolini involved a boy from Reggio Calabria, who later grew up to cameo in Star Trek due to his friendship with Zoe Saldaña’s husband. Werner Herzog wrote the script for Aguirre in 3 days while on a road trip for this activity. (15[2])Philippe (15[1])Parreno and Douglas Gordon had Mogwai compose their debut film score for a film about this activity with the subtitle “A 21st-Century Portrait.” (15[1])A postman searches for a man with the same (*) first name (10[1])known (-5[1])for (-5[1])performing this activity (-5[1])in the film Looking (-5[1])for Eric. (10[1])Text appears on the screen as Billy’s teacher forces his classmates to participate in this activity in a scene from Loach’s film Kes. For 10 points, Iranian women disguise themselves (10[1])as men (10[1])to circumvent a ban (10[1]-5[1])on watching what activity (10[1])in Jafar (10[1])Panahi’s film Offside? ■END■ (10[6])

ANSWER: association football [or soccer; or calcio; or fussball; prompt on sports by asking “what sport?”; reject “American football”] (The boy was Carlo Ancelotti, who when he was a teenager surreptitiously played in a football game between the crews of the films 1900 and Salò, or the 120 days of Sodom. The Parreno–Douglas film is Zidane: A 21st-Century Portrait.)
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Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Superpower %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
2025 Absolute Cinema - Canada2025-11-082100%0%0%100%150.00
2025 Absolute Cinema - Chicago Open2025-11-085100%0%20%40%130.40
2025 Absolute Cinema - Minnesota2025-11-082100%0%0%0%148.00
2025 Absolute Cinema - Online (1)2025-11-083100%0%0%33%129.00
2025 Absolute Cinema - Online (2)2025-11-165100%0%60%0%83.80