Round 10: Tossup 8
In a comedy set in this city, a man asks a woman if she’d like a whiskey, to which she responds, “just a finger.” People like Mike de Leon and Yılmaz Güney (“YULL-mozz goo-NAY”) are interviewed one-by-one in a single hotel room in this city in the 1982 film Room 666. A hobbyist photographer visiting this city investigates the firing of a Korean woman in Hong Sang-soo’s film Claire’s Camera. A group of comedians nicknamed Les Nuls (“lay nyool”) starred in a comedy set in this city whose title translates as The City of (*) Fear. Simon McBurney conceived the story for a 2007 film about a trip to this city undertaken by a character who records himself eating a shrimp platter. In a scene set in this city, people watch the movie Playback Time, which is written, directed, and produced by its star, Carson Clay. For 10 points, Mr. Bean’s Holiday is set in what city home to France’s best-known film festival? ■END■
Buzzes
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | Conv. % | Superpower % | Power % | Neg % | Avg. Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Absolute Cinema - Online (1) | 2025-11-08 | ✓ | 3 | 100% | 0% | 67% | 33% | 84.67 |
| 2025 Absolute Cinema - Online (2) | 2025-11-16 | ✓ | 5 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 40% | 157.20 |