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1.	What is this?
		A bugger
		A ruffian
		A minion
		A pixie

2.	The remake of The Karate Kid transported the action from California in the original to this exotic location:
		China
		Thailand
		Vietnam
		Newark

3.	Justin Timberlake won general acclaim for his acting in The Social Network. The same Justin Timberlake earned scorn for providing the voice of a CGI:
		Bear
		Chicken
		Goat
		Ogre

4.	Angelina Jolie starred as Evelyn Salt in Salt. The film was originally written for a male lead, as this actor was supposed to play the role of Edwin A. Salt:
		Pierce Brosnan
		Ryan Reynolds
		Gerard Butler
		Tom Cruise

5.	Toy Story 3 topped $1 billion in worldwide gross box office. Which other 2010 release listed below also passed this mark?
		Inception
		The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
		Iron Man 2
		Alice in Wonderland

6.	Which film boasted a curiously diverse cast, including Richard Dreyfuss, Jerry O'Connell, Ving Rhames, Dina Meyer, Eli Roth and Kelly Brook?
		Easy A
		The American
		Jonah Hex
		Piranha 3D

7.	Elizabeth Gilbert's work was brought to the screen as the film:
		Eat Pray Love
		The Expendables
		Diary of a Wimpy Kid
		The Girl on the Train
		*By way of explanation.....* Gilbert also turned in a draft of the script of The Expandables. Stallone thought it was a bit pretentious and rejected it

8.	Rooney Mara arguably scored the coup of the year when she landed the role in the lead of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Mara also played a small but pivotal role in which 2010 release?
		The Social Network
		The Town
		Paranormal Activity 2
		127 Hours

9.	Each of the below followed a colon in the title of a 2010 wide release, except for:
		The Lightning Thief
		Afterlife
		New Moon
		Money Never Sleeps
		*By way of explanation.....* These were subtitles for Percy Jackson, Resident Evil, and Wall Street; Twilight: Eclipse was released in 2010, but New Moon was a 2009 film

10.	Natalie Rushman proves to be quite the badass in this film:
		Iron Man 2
		Kick-Ass
		Losers
		Red
		*By way of explanation.....* You know her better as her alter-ego Black Widow

11.	Three out of these four movies starred male actors who have won Oscars. Choose the other one.
		Iron Man 2
		The Wolfman
		Solitary Man
		The Extra Man
		*By way of explanation.....* The final three choices starred Oscar winners Benecio del Toro, Michael Douglas and Kevin Kline; please excuse our bad form in doing two back-to-back Iron Man 2 questions

12.	"Nobody follow us or I kill myself and then her!" was a memorable line from the trailer for:
		Killers
		Knight and Day
		The Wolfman
		From Paris with Love

13.	Which film begins with the note: "There are over 300 bank robberies in Boston every year...."
		Despicable Me
		MacGruber
		Please Give
		The Town

14.	According to the subtitle of a film, who was "A Piece of Work?"
		Michael Moore
		Bill Clinton
		Lindsay Lohan
		Joan Rivers

15.	Amanda Seyfried's up-and-comingness kept up-and-coming in 2010. Which of the following is not an Amanda Seyfried joint?
		Letters to Juliet
		Charlie St. Cloud
		Chloe
		Dear John

16.	This film has the tagline of "1,000,000 tons, 100,000 lives, 100 minutes."
		The A-Team
		The Expendables
		Faster
		Unstoppable

17.	A Viagra salesman is the semi-sympathetic lead character in this film:
		Due Date
		Love and Other Drugs
		Morning Glory
		Winter's Bone (God, we're funny.)

18.	What is the opposite of Inception?
		Inflection
		Extraction
		Reduplication
		There is no opposite of Inception

19.	Which reviled political figure was the subject of both a documentary and a biopic this year?
		Jack Abramoff
		Elliot Spitzer
		John Ensign
		John Edwards
		*By way of explanation.....* Make sure that you eventually treat yourself (if you haven't already) to both Casino Jack and the United States of Money and Casino Jack!

20.	A TV spot laughably referred to this film as "This Generation's 'Heat'":
		Takers
		Lottery Ticket
		Killers
		The Losers

21.	A giant hand layeth the smack down in the trailer for:
		Faster
		Jackass 3D
		Megamind
		The Other Guys

22.	After watching this film, you may have doubted the professionalism of some of the security force at the Pittsburgh airport:
		She's Out of My League
		Jackass 3D
		The Crazies
		You Again
		*By way of explanation.....* ....and this was before the pat-down ridiculousness.

23.	Which person involved with The Runaways was unhappy with their depiction in The Runaways movie?
		Cherie Currie
		Lita Ford
		Kim Fowley
		Joan Jett

24.	The Cast of Valentine's Day is ridiculous. Which of these celebrities is not in the film?
		Jennifer Aniston
		Ashton Kutcher
		Julia Roberts
		Taylor Swift
		*By way of explanation.....* Jen was somehow not among the cast which numbered approximately 347

25.	Which of these people is not a member of the new A-Team?
		Bradley Cooper
		Sharlto Copley
		Quinton Jackson
		Brock Lesnar