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No. 293: "Sporting Life"

This weekend, 6,500 Canadians will jam Montreal's Olympic Stadium to share in a timeless spectacle involving bravery, farm animals, and Velcro. What is it?

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Wednesday's Question (No. 292)--Military-Industrial Cineplex:

Porcine screenwriter John Milius praises it as "another link between Hollywood and the military that seems to have broken down over the years." What is it?

"The dismal failure of Planet USO."--Beth Sherman

"Both 'institutions' are now 'forced' to 'admit' 'women.' "--Seth Mnookin

"Manly homosexual love. If you don't believe me, watch any John Milius-written screenplay, like Conan the Barbarian."--Dan Ricci

"Putting some teeth into the drug war, Colombia's right-wing paramilitary death squads will now be aided by apple-cheeked American teen-agers. Wolverines! Wooo!"--Daniel Radosh

"Bob Hope."--Brian Jacobsmeyer (Colleen Werthmann had a similar answer.)

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Chris Kelly writes for Politically Incorrect With Bill Maher. Regular "News Quiz" host Randy Cohen will return on Aug. 30.