036 - What Kind Of Day Has It Been

Anwar Patel poses the following challenge to his students:

"In television, there are few episodes more important than the finale of the first season.  In addition to the normal drive to achieve high ratings, it also needs to compete against other season finales, leave viewers with a strong impression of the show to drive excitement for a second season, and, in the case of shows not lucky enough to be renewed, serve as a satisfying finale for the show's run."

"Can you match the following season 1 finale titles to the correct plotlines?"

1) The Neutral Zone
2) The Erlenmeyer Flask
3) Exodus
4) These Are The Days
5) Honeymoon
6) Fall Out
7) Kobol's Last Gleaming
8) Some Enchanted Evening
9) Sold Under Sin
10) A World Of His Own

a) Smoke is seen and a hatch is opened.
b) A man is killed while handing over a unique baby.
c) A playwright demonstrates unusual powers - including over a famous narrator.
d) Two men want to swap hearts.
e) An escape by six and an unmasking of one.
f) A parade, and a hardware salesman takes a new job.
g) Nine outposts go silent and three frozen travellers are found.
h) A doctor treats his ex-girlfriend's new husband.
i) A woman finds an arrow and a man visits an opera house.
j) Children match wits with an evil babysitter

022 - Movie Business

Anwar Patel has another challenge for his students.

"In the history of cinema, our filmmakers have created a great many fictional characters. But not all characters are human; over the years we've seen a wealth of memorable corporations brought to the screen. Can you name the movies that these fictional corporations appeared in?"

1) LesterCorp
2) Tyrell Corporation
3) Initech
4) Weyland-Yutani Corporation
5) Jackson Steinem & Co
6) Rekall
7) Cyberdyne Systems Corporation
8) Monumental Pictures
9) Omni Consumer Products
10) Hudsucker Industries

018 - Happy Families

Anwar Patel is Professor of Media at the Serendipity University. He set the following challenge for his students.

"Television has given us a rich history of characters bound by family ties. For each of the families below, can you provide their surname and the television show they come from?"

1) Gomez, Morticia, Pugsley, Wednesday, Fester
2) Ross, Monica, Jack, Judy
3) Willie, Kate, Lynn, Brian
4) Dick, Sally, Harry, Tommy
5) Chris, Meg, Lois, Peter, Stewie
6) Nick, Tony, Joey, Blossom
7) Marcia, Carol, Greg, Jan, Peter, Cindy, Mike, Bobby
8) Danny, D.J., Stephanie, Michelle