# One sentence summaries - THE GAME **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 23, 2003, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589 "2003-04-23T14:24:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/141 "2003-04-25T22:07:38Z")
_On The Beach_? ---
**Author:** ![Kantalooppi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@Kantalooppi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kantalooppi)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/142 "2003-04-25T22:08:05Z")
Monkeymensch: No and no. jr8: No. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/143 "2003-04-25T22:08:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scupper \* > \*\ ***MonkeyMensch** : > > I want to change my guess to _North by Northwest._ \*\* Ding! Bang on. ---
**Author:** ![knock\_knock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/22d042/32.png) [@knock\_knock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knock_knock)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/144 "2003-04-25T22:10:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scupper \* > \*\*4. _The Waterboy_? > > 1. _The Lost World_? > > 2. _Return of the King_? > Here’s another: > > Lost explorer befriends natives, attracts unwelcome attention from authorities. \*\* No, no, and no. No worries about #6 though, it looks like the clue might not be specific enough. I won’t give an answer for **jr8** ’s because I saw it in the other thread. I won’t give an answer for any of the others because I can’t come up with any good guesses. ( **HoviBaby** - even Any Given Sunday?) ---
**Author:** ![Scupper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Scupper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scupper)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/145 "2003-04-25T22:17:01Z")
**knock knock** : Phooey. **jr8** : Older than that. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/146 "2003-04-25T23:44:35Z")
jr8’s is, of course, twoz. But I love the description. Just to help me think, here’s an easy one while I work on the hard ones: Thracian malcontent leads thousands on rampag; crucifixions ensue. ---
**Author:** ![Scupper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Scupper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scupper)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/147 "2003-04-25T23:54:24Z")
_Spartacus_ ---
**Author:** ![knock\_knock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/22d042/32.png) [@knock\_knock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knock_knock)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/148 "2003-04-26T00:08:18Z")
1. Hooligans foil a plan a genius has for cognitive improvement of his compatriots. How about Apocalypse Now? I’ll edit mine a bit: 4. A precocious student-athlete works with a teacher and classmates to fix a problem in his school’s plumbing system. 5. The success of British & American hunters brings about the extinction of a recently discovered species. 6. Monarchy changes “hands” in a nearly bloodless coup after the return of a member of the original dynastic line who was exiled in his youth. ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/149 "2003-04-26T03:06:01Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Diane > Big crash then frozen food for supper. > > Alive ? Yep. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/150 "2003-04-26T03:39:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scupper \* > Small island community struggles with a decline in tourism. Is it _Jaws_? ---
**Author:** ![Kantalooppi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@Kantalooppi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kantalooppi)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/151 "2003-04-26T07:40:12Z")
knock knock: No no no. ---
**Author:** ![Scupper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Scupper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scupper)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/152 "2003-04-26T07:43:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ellen Cherry \* > \*\*Is it _Jaws_? \*\* Yup! **knock knock** : 1. _Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets_ ---
**Author:** ![Scupper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Scupper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scupper)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/153 "2003-04-26T07:47:04Z")
I’ve still got two floating: 1. Lost explorer befriends natives, attracts unwelcome attention from authorities. 2. Confused young man befriends lunatic, learns a lot about himself. ---
**Author:** ![Kantalooppi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@Kantalooppi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kantalooppi)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/154 "2003-04-26T09:54:29Z")
Is 1 E.T.? ---
**Author:** ![knock\_knock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/22d042/32.png) [@knock\_knock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knock_knock)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/155 "2003-04-26T16:56:05Z")
My #4: A precocious student-athlete works with a teacher and classmates to fix a problem in his school’s plumbing system. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scupper \* > 4) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Right on. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/156 "2003-04-26T18:12:36Z")
> [@](#): > > i]Originally posted by Ellen Cherry \* > \*\*Is it Jaws? \*\* > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scupper \* > **Yup!** I’m confused. In what way is [Jaws](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0073195) (1976) older than [On the Beach](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0053137) (1959)? Or did you think I meant Leo Di Caprio’s [The Beach](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0163978) (2000)? ---
**Author:** ![knock\_knock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/22d042/32.png) [@knock\_knock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knock_knock)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/157 "2003-04-27T15:11:12Z")
I’ll give away my answers now, along with my hypotheses on why no one got them right. 1. The success of British & American hunters brings about the extinction of a recently discovered species. **Reign of Fire**. I thought this one would be fairly easy, but there might have been one minor problem: no one else saw the movie. 2. Monarchy changes “hands” in a nearly bloodless coup after the return of a member of the original dynastic line who was exiled in his youth. **The Lion King**. It appears that too many movies fit this description, and my subtle hints (putting “hands” in quotation marks because lions don’t really have hands; telling Scupper “No worries about #6”) may have been a bit too subtle. ---
**Author:** ![Kantalooppi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@Kantalooppi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kantalooppi)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589/158 "2003-04-28T05:50:30Z")
I’ll give away mine, too. 1. Powerpuff Girls: The Movie 2. South Park: The Movie (I’d have though someone would get this one, at least…) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-the-game/170589.md?page=7)