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1.	Which distinctive song is heard as the film opens?
		God Bless America
		The U.S. National Anthem
		You Can't Always Get What You Want
		The "Wouldn't You Like to Be a Pepper Too" Dr. Pepper jingle

2.	Steve and Diane Freeling have these children:
		A son and a daughter
		A daughter and two sons
		Two sons and two daughters
		A son and two daughters

3.	This is the question that young Carol Anne first asks the spirits as she gazes into the television:
		Do you want to play with me?
		How many of you are there?
		What do you look like?
		Do you want to see me dolly?

4.	This family pet dies early in the film, leading to a burial in the yard that plays off against future revelations:
		Scraps the dog
		Tweety the parakeet
		Whiskers the cat
		Shamu the goldfish

5.	Aside from the previously mentioned pet burial, there's quite a bit of digging in the backyard of the Freeling place. It's for a:
		Foundation for a new addition
		Septic system
		New garage
		Pool

6.	The 6th Freakiest Clown in Movie History appears in this film, and it's in the room that Robbie and Carol Anne share. Early in the movie, freaked out by the clown, Robbie:
		Tries to burn it
		Puts a jacket over its head
		Shoves it in the closet
		Puts it under Carol Anne's bed

7.	Which family member is most suspicious of the gnarly tree out in the back yard?
		Robbie
		Carol Anne
		Steve
		Dana

8.	The first manifestation of the spirits we see in the movie is in the form of:
		A glowing figure moving down the stairs
		A swirling vortex appearing in the hallway ceiling
		A face pressing out in the room from behind the wallpaper
		A hand reaching out from the TV

9.	The night that the manifestations start to occur, the Freelings experience this - yet are apparently the only family in the neighborhood to do so:
		A blackout
		An earthquake
		A tornado which uproots the troublesome tree
		A blizzard

10.	"They're here...." When she announces their arrival, Carol Anne uses this term to describe the spirits:
		Friends from the Other Side
		The little white children
		The TV people
		The living dollies

11.	Diane first tunes into the fact that something is very unusual in the house when she notices this disturbance in the kitchen:
		Chairs pull away from the table
		Water boils in a pot without being placed over heat
		Cabinet doors open by themselves
		Silverware bends seemingly by itself when Carol Anne holds it

12.	Steve returns home to find that wife Diane has been conducting experiments with the paranormal. What two things does she use to demonstrate the "Watch this slide across the kitchen floor!" phenomenon:
		The kitchen table and Steve's keys
		A knife and a fork
		A chair and Carol Anne
		A potted plant and a jug of milk

13.	None of the Freelings are on hand to witness Carol Anne being taken....because they are all preoccupied with:
		Robbie is being attacked by the tree
		The family dog barking wildly
		Robbie is being attacked by the clown
		Dana is drowning in the pool

14.	Carol Anne disappears from this plane of existence when she is pulled:
		Under the bed
		Into the toy chest
		Into the closet
		Into the pool

15.	When the Freelings hear Carol Anne calling through the television, she's calling for:
		Mommy
		Daddy
		Robbie
		Everyone except for Dana

16.	When Steve brings Dr. Lesh and the parapsychologists to the house, he shows them Carol Anne and Robbie's bedroom, in which:
		Items whirl around the room in midair
		Fire laps out from the closet
		All of the items in the room are affixed to the ceiling
		Evil Clown is destroying everything he can get his hands on

17.	The Freelings and Dr. Lesh's team witness these items falling from a vortex in the ceiling:
		Toys
		Jewelry
		Silverware
		Sewing implements

18.	Of the three people in the parapsychology team, Marty had the most traumatic time in the house. Something took a rather sizable bite out of his:
		Neck
		Let
		Side
		Arm

19.	While the occupants of the house sleep, Marty ventures into the kitchen, where he sees this crawl across the counter and explode into a maggot-fest:
		A whole chicken
		A steak
		A banana
		An ice cream bar

20.	But Marty's bad, bad night isn't over - after vomiting in the bathroom, he hallucinates that he pulls his _________ apart:
		Face
		Throat
		Abdomen
		Hair

21.	Three of the following don't return to the house the following day. Who comes back for more?
		Robbie Freeling
		Marty
		Dana Freeling
		Steve Freeling

22.	The late Zelda Rubnstein is great in the movie as Tangina. When Steve Freeling meets the diminutive medium, he mumbles:
		I thought this was Grown-Ups night
		What is she gonna do, punch me in the knees?
		What side of the rainbow are we working tonight?
		If you are not at least this tall, you may not ride the roller coaster?

23.	Tangina states that the poltergeists are most attracted to Carol Anne's:
		Innocence
		Life force
		Youthful energy
		Exuberance

24.	Tangina states that in addition to the benign spirits, she senses the presence of a malevolent entity, which she calls the:
		Demon
		Beast
		Wraith
		Fury

25.	The presence of a cross-dimensional portal beginning in the closet and ending in the living room ceiling is proven through the use of tennis balls marked with:
		Letters
		Family member names
		Numbers
		Runic symbols

26.	Who ventures into the closet to rescue Carol Anne?
		Diane and Dr. Lesh
		Diane only
		Diane and Steve
		Tangina and Dr. Lesh

27.	The trauma Diane has endured manifests itself physically in that:
		Her face is very gaunt
		She has claw marks on her thigh
		Her hands tremble for days afterward
		Grey streaks run through her hair

28.	In hindsight, the Freelings' decision to linger in the house one last night probably wasn't well thought out. Which of the following does not happen on the last night?
		A half-dressed Diane is dragged up the walls and across the ceiling
		The clown drags Robbie under the bed
		Caskets erupt from under the ground in and around the house
		Dana experiences corpse-a-rama in the pool
		*By way of explanation.....* Daughter Dana was conveniently absent from the house when all hell broke loose the final night

29.	Steve bemoans Unethical Real Estate Practices as he berates his boss specifically for:
		Building the housing development over cursed land
		Not having the land blessed before building commenced
		Not moving the bodies when the cemetery was moved
		Not informing the buyers about the cemetery

30.	Steven Spielberg's exact role in the making of the film is the source of controversy. Officially, he is credited as:
		Producer and writer
		Writer and director
		Writer only
		Producer, writer and director
		*By way of explanation.....* It's widely believed that Spielberg was the de facto director of the film, but he isn't credited as such

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