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The film begins with a number of people reacting to the news that they have just been fired. The segment ends with "Steve," portrayed by this actor:
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Steve Zahn
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Sean Astin
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Zach Galifianakis
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Jon Favreau
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This object is the central conceit in the lectures that Ryan gives:
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A jukebox
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A backpack
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A kitchen drawer
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A cookbook
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3.
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CTC, the company for which Ryan works is based out of which Midwestern city?
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St. Louis
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Topeka
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Rapid City
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Omaha
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4.
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Meeting in a lounge for the first time, Ryan and Alex first hit it off by discussing the merits of various:
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Frequent flier programs
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Hotel chains
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Rental car companies
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Travel insurance carriers
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5.
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At their first meeting, Alex is most impressed with a certain _________ in Ryan's wallet.
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Business card
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Money clip
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Airport concierge club card
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$2 bill
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6.
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Ryan: "Last year, I spent _____ days on the road - which means I had to spend ______ miserable days at home."
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300 / 65
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322 / 43
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360 / 5
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200 / 165
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7.
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Natalie is fresh out of:
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Cornell
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Georgetown
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Texas A&M
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Bryn Mawr
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8.
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When Ryan first meets Natalie at the airport, he scolds her on her choice of:
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Travel attire
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Choice of security line to stand in
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Luggage
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Airline to travel on
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9.
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Firing people at the first company they visit together, Ryan and Natalie meet a man (J.K. Simmons) who is resistant to being laid off. When the man bristles at Natalie's involvement, Ryan convinces him to accept the termination by:
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Saying he'll eventually make more money in a different job
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Suggesting that the company is about to go under
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Suggesting that he's not doing what makes him happy
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Telling him that a rival company is hiring
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Ryan explains to Natalie that he tries to earn as many miles as possible:
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To benefit him in retirement
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For a trip around the world
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So that he can live an entire year without working
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Just for the sake a accumulating as many miles a possible
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11.
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Natalie fires a person who states that s/he is going to commit suicide. Describe the person.
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A young, red-haired man
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An African American woman
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An older Asian man
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A brunette mother of two
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12.
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How does Natalie's boyfriend dump her?
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By text message
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By changing his Facebook status
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By flying out to the city she was currently in
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Ironically, through a video chat
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When listing traits of her ideal man, Alex offers all the below, except for:
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Earns more money than she does
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Loves dogs
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He'll be taller than she is
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Someone who is not an a$$hole
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14.
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Natalie, Ryan and Alex crash a party at a tech conference. Which has-been rapper performs at the party?
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Vanilla Ice
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Tone Loc
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MC Hammer
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Young MC
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In Detroit, Natalie fires a Mr. Samuels through video (even though he is sitting in the next room). What is Mr. Samuels' ultimate reaction?
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Rage
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He vows to kill Natalie
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He has a heart attack
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He weeps
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Through the movie, Ryan was building up to a certain number of miles accrued. What was the goal that he eventually achieved?
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1 million miles
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10 million miles
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50 million miles
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75 million miles
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Through the movie, Ryan totes around a cardboard cutout of his sister and her fiance. He photographs it each of the following cities, except for:
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Las Vegas
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Miami
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St. Louis
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Washington, D.C.
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18.
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In Wisconsin for Ryan's sister's wedding, Ryan and Alex visit - actually, break into - this place significant in Ryan's past:
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The movie theater where he used to work
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His old school
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The house where he grew up
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The garage that his dad owned
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Jim, the groom-to-be, wants to back out of the wedding. Ryan convinces him to go through with it by telling him:
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That life's better with company
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Marrying Ryan's sister is his only hope for a better life
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That Ryan will bludgeon him if he doesn't go through with it
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Ryan's sister is the most special person he'll ever meet
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Ryan flies to Alex's home to surprise her. But the joke's on him - she's married with a family! When he shows up at her door, who answers the door?
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Alex herself
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Her mother
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Her husband
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Her daughter
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Alex uses this term to describe how Ryan fits into her life:
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A vacation
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A relapse
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A parenthesis
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What's behind the other door
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22.
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Passing his mileage goal, Ryan receives a special card. In addition to his name, the card is engraved with:
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"Excellence"
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"No. 7"
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"Without Limits"
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"Sail On"
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23.
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The woman who threatened suicide earlier in the film ended up:
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Jumping off a bridge
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OD'ing on pills
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Shooting herself
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Walking in front of a train
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24.
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It's suggested that Ryan gives a fairly substantial number of his miles to:
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Natalie
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A man that he never met
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A person that he fired
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His sister and her husband
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25.
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Through the film, the city in which Ryan sets down appears in large letters on the screen. Describe the appearance of the letters:
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Black outlined in white
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Orange outlined in black
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White outlined in black
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Red outlined in black
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