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Topic Challenge: The Arrowverse [completed]
This week and the last one sees the season openings for Arrow, The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow. So due to popular demand we're starting a new topic challenge. From 2016-10-12 12:00 UTC to 2016-10-23 ...
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Topic Challenge: Kate Winslet and her films [completed]
October 5th celebrates the 41st birthday of renowned actress Kate Winslet. So in honour of her and due to popular demand we're starting a new topic challenge. From 2016-10-05 00:00 UTC to 2016-10-11 ...
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Topic Challenge: Musicals [completed]
Due to popular demand we're starting a new topic challenge. From 2016-09-23 00:00 UTC to 2016-10-02 23:00 UTC we're challenging you to all your great questions about Musical films or TV-shows.1
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Topic Challenge: Gene Wilder and his films [completed]
August 29th saw the death of renowned actor Gene Wilder. So in honour of him and due to popular demand we're starting a new topic challenge. From 2016-09-05 00:00 UTC to 2016-09-11 23:00 UTC we're ...
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Topic Challenge: Tim Burton and his films [completed]
August 25th celebrates the 58th birthday of renowned director Tim Burton. So in honour of him and due to popular demand we're starting a new topic challenge. From 2016-08-23 00:00 UTC to 2016-09-03 23:...
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33rd Question Olympics: Sports movies [completed]
In honour of the 2016 Summer Olympics running from August 5th-21st and due to popular demand we're starting a new topic challenge, the 33rd since the modern reinvention of topic challenges. From 2016-...
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Topic Challenge: 50 years of Star Trek [completed]
In addition to the broad release of Star Trek Beyond, the 13th installment in the official Star Trek movie series, this year also celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Star Trek franchise, one of the ...
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Topic Challenge: Movies and TV-shows with animals as primary characters [completed]
The 5th of July 2016 celebrated the 55.5th anniversary of Mister Ed. So in honour of it and due to popular demand we're starting a new topic challenge. From 2016-07-05 00:00 UTC to 2016-07-15 23:00 ...
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Topic Challenge: William Shakespeare [completed]
This year celebrates the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare, who has significantly shaped English literature and, being the famous and appreciated playwright he was, provided the ...
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Topic Challenge: Game of Thrones [completed]
With the start of the 6th season of Game of Thrones and due to popular demand we're starting a new topic challenge. From 2016-04-25 00:00 UTC to 2016-05-06 23:00 UTC we're challenging you to all your ...
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Topic Challenge: Movies/TV-shows set in ancient Rome [completed]
Celebrating the foundation of Rome on April 21st and due to popular demand we're starting a new topic challenge from 2016-04-18 00:00 UTC to 2016-04-24 23:00 UTC asking for any kind of question about ...
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Oscar 2016 Topic Challenge II: The Academy Awards and their workings [completed]
The 88th Annual Academy Awards ("Oscars") have just been held. Like last year this might be a chance to discuss the workings of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the intricacies of ...
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Oscar 2016 Topic Challenge I: The nominees for Best Picture [completed]
Next sunday sees the celebration of the 88th Annual Academy Awards ("Oscars"). Like last year this might be a chance to discuss the contenders for the Oscar for Best Picture of the year beforehand. So ...
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Topic Challenge: TV-shows inspired by films [completed]
In the modern age of TV it has become quite a habit to adapt films into TV-shows, from Bates Motel, over Fargo, to Stargate SG-1 (see Wikipedia for a more extensive list). So due to popular demand we'...
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Topic Challenge: The X-Files [completed]
With the release of the long-awaited new revived season of The X-Files and due to popular demand we're starting a new topic challenge from 2016-01-25 00:00 UTC to 2016-01-31 23:00 UTC asking for any ...
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Topic Challenge: Alan Rickman and his films [completed]
Last week saw the death of renowned actor Alan Rickman. So to honor him and due to popular demand we'll start a weekly topic challenge from 2016-01-18 00:00 UTC to 2016-01-24 23:00 UTC asking for any ...
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Topic Challenge: Quentin Tarantino and his films [completed]
With the release of writer/director Quentin Tarantino's latest film The Hateful Eight and due to popular demand we are starting a topic challenge from 2016-01-09 00:00 UTC to 2016-01-17 23:00 UTC ...
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Topic Challenge: Star Wars [completed]
With the release of the long-awaited continuation of the Star Wars saga in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and due to popular demand we're ending this year with a bang. From 2015-12-18 00:00 UTC to 2015-...
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Topic Challenge: The Hunger Games [completed]
Last week saw the release of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2, the conclusion of the Hunger Games series. So due to popular demand we're starting a topic challenge from 2015-11-25 00:00 UTC to ...
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Topic Challenge: James Bond and his films [completed]
With the release of Spectre as the 24th installment in the EON-produced James Bond film series and due to popular demand we're starting a new biweekly topic challenge from 2015-10-31 00:00 UTC to 2015-...
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Topic Challenge: Time travel in movies and TV [completed]
With the celebration of "Back to the Future Day" on October the 21st 2015 (the day Marty and Doc traveled to in Back to the Future 2) and due to popular demand we're starting a new weekly topic ...
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Topic Challenge: Lone survival movies [completed]
With the release of The Martian and due to popular demand we're starting a new weekly topic challenge from 2015-10-03 00:00 UTC to 2015-10-11 23:00 UTC asking for any kind of question about films that ...
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Topic Challenge: Biographical Dramas [completed]
With the release of Pawn Sacrifice and due to popular demand we're starting a new weekly topic challenge from 2015-09-21 00:00 UTC to 2015-09-27 23:00 UTC asking for any kind of question about ...
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Topic Challenge: Wes Craven and his films [completed]
Last sunday saw the death of Wes Craven, who looked back upon more than 4 decades of contributing to the shape of the horror and thriller genres, from creating iconic figures like Nightmare on Elm ...
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Topic Challenge: Tom Cruise and his films [completed]
This and the next week see the broad release of Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, the 5th installment in a movie series largely known for and carried by Tom Cruise. So due to popular demand we're ...
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Topic Challenge: Steven Spielberg and his films [completed]
Last week saw the 40th anniversary of the release of Jaws, the movie that marked Steven Spielberg's breakthrough onto the blockbuster olympus. This might be a good chance to give his large body of ...
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Topic Challenge: Christopher Lee and his films [completed]
Last sunday saw the death of Christopher Lee, who counts to his many achievements being a successful and renowned actor for nearly 70 years. So to honor him we decided to start a weekly topic ...
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Topic Challenge: Original stand-alone movies [completed]
This year sees the continuation of various established movie franchises, along with many other book and comic adaptations. This way it is continuing a modern trend of rebooting/remaking, sequeling/...
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Topic Challenge: Movies/TV-shows with post-apocalyptic settings [completed]
Last week saw the release of Mad Max: Fury Road, continuing the Mad Max series after 30 years. So we're starting a new weekly topic challenge from 2015-05-18 00:00 UTC to 2015-05-24 23:00 UTC asking ...
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Monthly Answer Challenge 2015-2017: Solve old unanswered questions! [duplicate]
Due to the success of our previous challenge for answering unanswered pre-graduation questions, We've decided to make it a monthly habit to reward the best answer to any old unanswered question in ...
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Topic Challenge: The Marvel Cinematic Universe [completed]
This and the next week see the broad release of Avengers: Age of Ultron, the newest movie of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), particularly their flagship movie putting together most of the ...
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Topic Challenge: Paul Walker and his films [completed]
Last week saw the release of Furious 7, the newest installment in the Fast & Furious franchise and the last film featuring the late Paul Walker. So we're starting a new weekly topic challenge from ...
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Answer Challenge: Solve unanswered pre-graduation questions! [completed]
40 days ago this site finally graduated to a full-fledged SE site. We want to celebrate this event by closing some loose ends from this site's more than 3 years of beta history. So due to popular ...
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Oscar Topic Challenge Part II: The Academy Awards and their workings [completed]
The 87th Annual Academy Awards ("Oscars") have just been held. This might be a chance to discuss the workings of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the intricacies of choosing the ...
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Oscar Topic Challenge Part I: The nominees for Best Picture [completed]
Next sunday sees the celebration of the 87th Annual Academy Awards ("Oscars"). This might be a chance to discuss the contenders for the Oscar for Best Picture of the year beforehand. So due to popular ...
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Topic Challenge: The Wachowskis and their films [completed]
Last week saw the release of The Wachowskis' new movie Jupiter Ascending. This might be a chance to recapitulate the whole oeuvre of the Wachowski brothers siblings, from bound over the-matrix and v-...
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Topic Challenge: Johnny Depp and his films
Last week saw the release of Mortdecai with Johnny Depp in a seemingly typical role. So due to popular opinion we're starting a new weekly topic challenge from 2015-01-26 00:00 UTC to 2015-02-02 01:00 ...
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Topic Challenge: Michael Mann and his films
Last week saw the release of Michael Mann's new movie Blackhat and due to popular opinion we're starting a new weekly topic challenge from 2015-01-19 00:00 UTC to 2015-01-26 01:00 UTC asking for any ...
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Topic Challenge: The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings
Coinciding with the release of The Lord of the Rings: Episode III The Hobbit - The Battle of the Five Armies and due to popular opinion we're starting a new biweekly topic challenge asking for any ...
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Weekly Topic Challenge - Ideas
Quite a while ago we had a so called Topic of the Week where users were encouraged to ask questions about a specific topic and compete for the best question. In an effort to revive this kind of ...
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Topic Challenge 11/05/14 - 11/19/14: Bring on your Interstellar questions!
As the inclined cinema enthusiast might have noticed, this week sees Christopher Nolan's Interstellar opening in theatres in many parts of the world. And I thought this might be a good chance for a ...
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Should we reopen topic of the week?
I think we should reopen the Topic of the week?.
I know that the last three week of TOW doesn't got any question. But we should retry it with some broader topics such as the-hobbit week should be ...
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Topic of the Week
This is a quick way to expand the scope of the site and generate new questions and answers.
How it works: - One topic will be designated each week starting Friday 0:00 (EST) and ending Thursday 23:59 ...