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1.	Paul Blart is a ______________. (This is a nice softball to get you warmed up. The questions will get a bit more difficult......)
		Texas Ranger
		Navy SEAL
		Mall Cop
		Pet Detective

2.	Which Pixar character reported to Henry J. Waternoose?
		Bob Parr
		Carl Fredricksen
		Anton Ego
		James P. Sullivan

3.	He's played a football coach, an astronaut (sorta), a rancher and a space travel administrator:
		James Garner
		Billy Bob Thornton
		Owen Wilson
		Clive Owen
		*By way of explanation.....* In the films Friday Night Lights, Astronaut Farmer (for the 2nd and 3rd items) and Armageddon

4.	For which agency did Tom Clancy movie hero Jack Ryan primarily work?
		FBI
		CIA
		Secret Service
		DEA

5.	Michael Keaton plays a somewhat dense character named Ray Nicolette in Out of Sight. As the t-shirt he wears rather blatantly proclaims, this is Ray's profession:
		Bank robber
		FBI agent
		Substitute teacher
		Money launderer

6.	This actress played a character that worked at a fashion magazine called Poise:
		Renee Zellweger in Bridget Jones's Diary
		Anne Hathaway in The Devil Wears Prada
		Kate Hudson in How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
		Jennifer Garner in 13 Going on 30

7.	In Clerks, Dante Hicks is "not even supposed to be here today." What store is "here"?
		Try-n-Save
		Food-n-Stuff
		Quick Stop
		Go Mart

8.	Larry Daley tried to survive the chaos that unfolded every night in which museum in the original Night at the Museum?
		American Museum of Natural History in New York
		The Smithsonian National History Museum of American History in Washington, DC
		National History Museum in Philadelphia
		J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles

9.	In Say Anything...., as Diane Court dates Lloyd Dobler, she becomes aware that her father is being investigated for tax evasion in conjunction with his job:
		As a state treasurer
		Running a nursing home
		As a boxing promoter
		Running a philanthropic foundation

10.	Actresses Kerri Russell, Bridget Fonda, Kirsten Dunst and Jessica Simpson have all played what profession in movies?
		Prostitute
		Waitress
		Police officer
		Nanny
		*By way of explanation.....* For the films Waitress, It Could Happen to You, Spider-Man and The Dukes of Hazzard

11.	Johnny Castle, Honey Daniels, Nina Sayers and Pierre Dulaine were all accomplished:
		Journalists
		Hair stylists
		Politicians
		Dancers
		*By way of explanation.....* In the movies Dirty Dancing, Honey, Black Swan and Take the Lead

12.	In a 2000 comedy, what is the profession of a man named Gaylord, who has a girlfriend named Pam who teaches school?
		Male gigolo
		School superintendent
		Nurse
		Crossing guard

13.	The main character of this musical romantic comedy owns a hotel on a Greek island:
		Grease
		Mamma Mia!
		Hairspray
		Singin' in the Rain

14.	Throughout the majority of Saving Private Ryan, the stateside occupation of Captain Miller (Tom Hanks) is a mystery to the men in his company. Miller eventually discloses that he teaches:
		Physical Education
		Biology
		French Literature
		English Composition

15.	To be a super villain, it's not enough to do evil - inevitably, you also have to supervise others. To whom did Frau Farbissina, Mustafa, Patty O'Brien and Random Task all answer?
		Gru ( Descpicable Me)
		Dr. Evil (Austin Powers)
		Goldfinger (Goldfinger)
		The Joker (The Dark Knight)

16.	In Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Del Griffith (John Candy) sells rather unusual items. What are they?
		Replacement toothpaste caps
		Shower curtain rings
		Shoelaces
		Hydroponic gardens

17.	At the beginning of Ocean's 11 (2001), we see a down-on-his-luck Rusty Ryan (Brad Pitt) making money by:
		Consulting with banks on security
		Teaching movie stars how to play cards
		Being a bouncer in a strip club
		Selling used cars

18.	Three of these women won a Best Actress Oscar for playing a singer. Which won did not?
		Marion Cotillard
		Sissy Spacek
		Nicole Kidman
		Reese Witherspoon
		*By way of explanation.....* Cotillard played Edith Piaf in La Vie en Rose; Spacek was Loretta Lynn in Coal Miner's Daughter; Witherspoon played June Carter Cash in Walk the Line; Kidman played writer Virginia Woolf in The Hours

19.	At Initech, Peter Gibbons comes in at least fifteen minutes late and spaces out for about an hour before and after lunch. This leads him to conclude: "I'd say in a given week I probably only do about _____ of real, actual, work."
		15 minutes
		an hour
		two hours
		half a day

20.	As the title character Norma Rae, Sally Field tries to unionize the workers in what industry?
		Coal
		Automobile
		Steel
		Textiles

21.	In Gung Ho, what is the name of the automobile company that buys the factory, closes it and then re-opens it?
		Assan Motors
		Gedde Motorworks
		Hugo Auto
		Kia

22.	Before trying to "be all he could be...in the Army," John Winger held what job at the beginning of Stripes?
		Pizza Delivery
		Courier
		Cabbie
		Teacher

23.	Which of these guys has not portrayed a character that had a job working as an insurance agent or with an insurance company?
		Jack Nicholson
		Craig T. Nelson
		Jim Carrey
		Matt Damon
		*By way of explanation.....* Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt, Craig T. Nelson in The Incredibles and Jim Carrey in The Truman Show (even though he just believed he was an insurance salesman and not a TV star.)

24.	What position does math genius Will Hunting (Matt Damon) hold at MIT?
		Groundskeeper
		Admissions clerk
		Advisor
		Janitor

25.	If you are having to pick between a job and college, consider this wisdom from what movie?"But I'd just as soon keep workin', though, keep a little change in my pocket. Better than listenin' to some dipshi!, doesn't know what the hell he's talkin' about, anyway!"
		Animal House
		Good Will Hunting
		Dazed and Confused
		Clerks

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