Round 2: Tossup 4

A consortium of people with this profession financed Xenogenesis, James Cameron’s debut short film. In Schizopolis, Steven Soderbergh plays a man who takes over the body of his doppelgänger with this profession. Walter Matthau plays a character with this profession who asks his assistant to pretend to be his wife in the film that won Goldie Hawn her Oscar, Cactus Flower. Both a horror film series by Brian Yuzna and a scene in which the protagonist impersonates a villain with this profession in the original The (*) Man Who Knew Too Much are cited by a TV Tropes article that describes this profession with the adjective “depraved.” A former (10[1])Nazi (10[1])with this profession in search of diamonds asks the terrifyingly ambiguous question “is it safe?” in Marathon Man. Audrey II devours the limbs of Steve Martin’s sadistic character with this profession in Little Shop of Horrors. For 10 points, name this profession of P. Sherman, who lives at 42 Wallaby Way in Sydney in Finding Nemo. ■END■

ANSWER: dentists [accept Depraved Dentist; prompt on doctors]
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Buzzes


Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
2025 Spec Script - Canada2025-06-212100%0%0%107.50
2025 Spec Script - Online 12025-06-2110100%20%30%116.70
2025 Spec Script - Online 22025-06-213100%33%0%82.00
2025 Spec Script - VCU2025-06-211100%0%0%115.00