HIGH-TECH CINEMA
RALLY TO THE CAUSE
LATIN
LET'S GET PHYSICS-AL
LOOK WHAT YOU'VE WON!
200
'A mech war on the planet Cybertron over the Allspark spills out on Earth in this 2007 film'
Transformers
200
'It's to free this land invaded by China in 1950'
Tibet
200
'Tempus fugit (meaning this) when you're having fun'
time flies
200
'N is the symbol for the unit of force named for him'
Newton
200
'For your third-place finish in the Olympic 200m butterfly, just a bit behind Michael Phelps:
One of these medals'
a bronze medal
400
'Road & Track magazine reviewed the tech-laden Mach 5 of this film'
Speed Racer
400
'We're against this--a '60s slogan says it's "not healthy for children & other living things"'
war
400
'The name of this 100-member body comes from the Latin & means "council of elders"'
the senate
400
'It sounds like a pit crew, but it's the branch of physics concerned with motion & the action of forces on matter'
mechanics
400
'For your expose of the cafeteria:
One of these Columbia University journalism awards'
a Pulitzer
600
'Shia LaBeouf is tracked & controlled with technology of everyday life in this 2008 film'
Eagle Eye
600
'Bring candles--it's for TBTN, "Take Back" this'
the Night
600
'We have grave concerns you'll know that requiescat in pace means "may he" do this'
rest in peace
600
'(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an animated diagram on the monitor.) The distance x that a runner will cover from a standing start is given by the equation x = 1/2 at2, where t is time & a stands for this'
acceleration
600
'For that term paper on the DNA of mice:
One of these in physiology or medicine, just like Sir Martin Evans'
a Nobel Prize
800
'In this Coen Brothers comedy, 2 gym employees find a disk containing the memoirs of a CIA agent'
Burn After Reading
800
'It's organized by this lefty dot-org, motto "Democracy in action"'
MoveOn
800
'This type of phone that you may have heard your parents talk of is from the Latin for "wheel"'
rotary
800
'It's the branch of physics that deals with the relationship between heat, work, temperature & energy'
thermodynamics
800
'For your all-around fabness:
One of these scholarships that have been sending U.S. kids to Oxford since 1904'
a Rhodes Scholarship
1000
'In "Swordfish" John Travolta enlists this Aussie actor to hack billions from the government'
Hugh Jackman
1000
'It's to save equal Internet speed for all, aka "net" this'
neutrality
1000
'Vox dei translates to this--I hear it speaking now'
the voice of God
1000
'In classical physics, laws of conservation cover mass, energy & this, equal to mass times velocity'
momentum
1000
'For your work in college radio:
One of these awards given for radio excellence since 1941; TV shows win them too, now'
the Peabodys
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