Nemesis Game is a film directed and written by Jesse Warn. This New Zealand movie, called Paper, Scissors, Stone in Canada, is a mystery- thriller involving complex riddles.
Tagline: "The only thing more terrifying than playing it...is winning."
Plot summary
The main character of the movie is Sara Novak (played by Carly Pope), a college student who ditches boys & spends her time solving perplexing and complicated mind-games and riddles. Sara answers all the riddles, leaving Sara to survive.
Awards and nominations
2003 - New Zealand Film Awards
Awards:
Makeup - Barbara Barkey
Design - Peter Cosco
Editing - Bruce Lange
Cinematography - Aaron Morton
Nominations:
Best Film
Best Contribution to a Soundtrack - Frank Ilfman
Best Costume Design - Shelley Mansell
Best Director - Jesse Warn
Best Screenplay - Jesse Warn
Some Riddles From The Movie
What demands an answer, yet asks no question?
When is a door not a door?
What eats to live, but never drinks?
What has keys, but no lock, space but no room, you can enter, but never go in?
What has rivers, but no water, forests but no trees, cities but no buildings?
A man is running late for work one day, in his rush he forgets to grab his umbrella and raincoat, But he still manages not to get wet. How?
What do the poor have, that the rich want and GOD fears?
What does a spider weave, that has no eyes and yet can see?
An unopened package explains a man's death (how?)
Describe the color red.
A woman had two sons who were born on the same hour, of the same day, of the same year, but they are not twins. (how?)
A barrel of water weighs 20 lbs., what must you add to it to make it weigh 12 lbs.?
What breaks but does not fall, what falls but does not break
External links
Nemesis Game at the Internet Movie Database
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