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1.	Sometime in the future, Earth comes under meteor attack from an arachnid race, nicknamed “bugs”. What is the name of the bug home planet?
		Kalgash
		Kelewan
		Klendathu
		Khitomer

2.	Flashback to a year earlier where we meet one Johnny Rico. Rico’s high school teacher Jean Rasczak is played by pulp sci-fi veteran Michael Ironside. Mr Rasczak has only one:
		eye
		ear
		arm
		leg

3.	According to Mr Rasczak, what is the supreme authority from which all other authority derives?
		the people
		justice
		strength
		violence

4.	Rico’s result in the math final is a source of amusement for everyone. What was it?
		20%
		25%
		30%
		35%

5.	Rico’s biology teacher is played by which Golden Girl?
		Bea Arthur
		Betty White
		Rue McLanahan
		Estelle Getty

6.	Rico’s best friend Carl is psychic, and played by:
		Neil Patrick Harris
		Mark-Paul Gosselaar
		Ricky Schroder
		Jared Leto

7.	Carl has a pet ferret named:
		Aramis
		Cyrano
		Fantine
		Arsène

8.	The quarterback of Rico’s football team, who is infatuated with Rico, is named:
		Corky
		Dolly
		Dizzy
		Cookie

9.	Rico signs up for Federal Service in order to impress his girlfriend, Carmen Ibanez, but unfortunately he’s too useless to be anything but fresh meat for the grinder. He is assigned to:
		Mobile Infantry
		Line Infantry
		General Infantry
		Assault Infantry

10.	Carl is assigned to ________________, which means Military Intelligence.
		Strategy and Process
		Games and Theory
		Operations and Analysis
		Philosophy and Tactics

11.	The drill instructor for Rico’s squad, Zim, is played by which veteran of pulp sci-fi?
		Michael Biehn
		Everett McGill
		Clancy Brown
		Rutger Hauer

12.	And who plays Rico’s squad-mate Ace?
		Scott Caan
		Colin Hanks
		Josh Brolin
		Jake Busey

13.	Any time the new recruits think Zim is being too tough, or unfair, they can quit, grab their gear and take a little stroll down:
		Loser Lane
		Failure Lane
		Turkey Lane
		Washout Lane

14.	Ace learns a valuable lesson about something that can be useful in a nuke fight. What is it?
		a knife
		a pugil stick
		a baton
		hand-to-hand combat

15.	Rico’s squad all have one thing in common – they were all stupid enough to sign up for the Mobile Infantry. Of the following, which is not true?
		Shujimi wants to get a scholarship
		Kitten Smith wants to not be a farmer
		Djana’d wants to be a politician
		Katrina wants to have babies

16.	Rico is promoted to squad leader, but quickly de-promoted after something goes wrong with that piece of standard issue Mobile Infantry equipment?
		Federation Body Armour
		Morita Assault Rifle
		M-3 Tactical Helmet
		Nuke Grenade

17.	For his error on the training field, Rico is sentenced to administrative punishment, which is:
		the stocks
		public humiliation
		branding
		ten strokes of the lash

18.	There is a bug meteor attack against Earth and Rico’s home town is destroyed. Nothing lives in what was once called:
		Buenos Aires
		Sao Paulo
		Panama City
		Monterey

19.	The Mobile Infantry is going to war! Rico, Dizzy, Ace and Kitten Smith all get tattoos that say:
		Faithful Until Death
		Fight Today, Die Tomorrow
		Death From Above
		Duty Before Death

20.	Rico’s unit is slaughtered in the attack on Klendathu. Of the following, who is not reported Killed In Action?
		Johnny Rico
		Dizzy Flores
		Shujimi
		Kitten Smith

21.	Dizzy and Ace are all reassigned to a new unit led by Rico’s old history teacher Rasczak. What is the unit called?
		the Roughnecks
		the Hellcats
		the Wildcats
		the Raiders

22.	Johnny kills one of the fire-breathing giant tanker bugs. What colour goo are they filled with?
		yellow
		pink
		orange
		green

23.	Rasczak goves some advise to Rico – never pass up a good thing. Later, when he finds Rico not passing up Dizzy, how long does he give them to report?
		ten minutes
		fifteen minutes
		twenty minutes
		thirty minutes

24.	The bugs set an ambush on Planet P, Rasczak is killed. At the time of his death, what is the only limb he has left?
		his left arm
		his right arm
		his left leg
		his right leg

25.	The Roughnecks arrive at Whiskey Outpost on Planet P, to discover that nearly everyone has been slaughtered. What is unusual about the body of Farley, the radio operator?
		his throat has been sliced open
		his blood has been drained
		his heart has been devoured
		his brains have been sucked out

26.	Carmen pilots a dropship down to the compound to rescue the Roughnecks. What word is frequently used to describe Carmen’s style of flying?
		crazy
		lunatic
		insane
		mental

27.	Planet P is home to a brain bug. How many eyes does a brain bug have?
		6
		8
		10
		12

28.	Which character do we see have their brains sucked out by the brain bug?
		Captain Deladier
		General Owen
		Zander Barcalow
		Carl Jenkins

29.	One day it'll be over, and everyone will forget that this was the moment. This is when it turned. And it wasn't the mighty Fleet, it wasn't any fancy new weapon, it was a cap trooper named _________ who captured a brain...
		Levy
		Bronski
		Zim
		Rico

30.	Bonus Question: Director Paul Verhoeven undoubtedly wanted to make some sort of statement by casting actors who were at the time best known for their stints on soap operas. Which actor / soap opera pairing is not true?
		Neil Patrick Harris / Doogie Howser M.D.
		Denise Richards / Melrose Place
		Dina Meyer / Beverly Hills 90210
		Amy Smart / Models Inc.