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1.	The film opens with the interception of a:
		Truck
		Boat
		Missile
		Plane

2.	When we first see Ernesto Escobedo, he is grousing about the theft of his product doing this (he is doing the same thing when he dies later in the film):
		Throwing a football
		Throwing darts
		Swimming laps
		Swinging a baseball bat

3.	Jim Greer is dying from:
		A brain tumor
		A faulty heart valve
		Pancreatic cancer
		Hodgkin’s lymphoma

4.	The illicit operation that Cutter and Ritter launch is code-named:
		Counterblow
		Reciprocity
		Retribution
		Rectitude

5.	On his first trip into the US to meet Moira Wolfson, Felix Cortez tells a US customs agent that that he sells:
		Tractors
		Vending machines
		Copiers
		Carpeting

6.	Harden, the US citizen killed by the cartel at the beginning of the film, is a past associate of the President. Ryan suggests that, to diffuse a potential scandal, the President call Harden a:
		Casual acquaintance
		Lifelong friend
		College compatriot
		Blood brother

7.	Right before the US troops recruited by Clark are dropped in Colombia, Clark has them:
		Swear a vow
		Each swallow a small tracking device
		Remove their dogtags
		Formally disavow their connection to the US military

8.	Receiving confirmation from Clark that the operation has launched, Ritter messages to Cutter: "Congratulations, James,":
		You've begun to make history
		Vengeance begins now
		You've got your own little war
		The chicken is in the pot

9.	President sends Ryan to Colombia. Why?
		To investigate what Clark is doing in the country
		So Ryan is not in the country to watch over Ritter and Cutter
		To pressure the government into acting against the cartels
		To establish the source of Harden's cash

10.	The call signs used between Clark and the troops in the operation are:
		Variable and Knife
		Battleship and Machete
		Eagle Eye and Needle
		Tower and Blowtorch

11.	The first target the US troops take out in Colombia is:
		An underground drug lab
		Escobedo's residence
		An airplane hangar
		A weapon depot

12.	At their meeting in a Bogota hotel lobby, Clark suggests that Ryan look into this particular brand of coffee:
		Lindo
		Columbiana
		Alpina
		Arcadia

13.	An American official named Jacobs sent down to Colombia to meet Jack. What is the ill-fated Jacobs' title?
		FBI Director
		Secretary of State
		CIA Director
		Head of DEA

14.	Felix Cortez returns a call to Moira Wolfson. Her answering machine records this sentence, which is eventually used to identify him:
		The machine is still on, Moira.
		Don't hang up yet, Moira.
		Are you there, Moira?
		Is this the beautiful Moira?

15.	Cortez kills Moira by:
		Smothering her
		Stabbing her
		Poisoning her
		Breaking her neck

16.	Save Jack, virtually the entire American delegation sent to Colombia is killed in an attack. The attack was carried out:
		By Escobedo, without the knowledge of Cortez
		By Escobedo, with the tacit approval of Cortez
		By Cortez, with the tacit approval of Escobedo
		By Cortez, without the knowledge of Escobedo

17.	The fatal attack was largely carried out:
		From rooftops
		From armored vehicles
		In an underground facility
		With roadside bombs

18.	Cutter and Ritter order an air strike, which kills most of the cartel leaders. Escobedo isn't at the residence which is destroyed, largely because:
		The road to residence is hard to navigate
		Cortez gets wind of the attack
		The wrong residence is targeted
		The bridge leading to the residence has been destroyed

19.	Ryan figures out that it wasn't a car bomb that destroyed the cartel gathering by:
		Eavesdropping on a conversation between Clark and Ritter
		Examining photos of detonation
		Analyzing residue found at the site of the detonation
		Finding aerial footage of the explosion

20.	A clandestine meeting takes place between:
		Cortez and Ritter
		Cortez and Cutter
		Escobedo and Cutter
		Escobedo and Ritter

21.	At the meeting, Cortez seeks the means to defeat the American soldiers in exchange for:
		Stopping the drug shipments completely
		Seizing control of and regulating the drug trade
		Assassinating Ryan
		Assassinating Ritter

22.	Ryan tasks a techno-expert with breaking into:
		Ritter's computer system
		Cutter's computer system
		The President's computer system
		Clark's computer system

23.	Scenes showing the American soldiers being routed are inter-cut with scenes of:
		A second American delegation to Colombia being attacked
		Greer's funeral
		Ryan pacing nervously in his office
		Electronic communication between Cutter and Ritter

24.	Cutter and Ritter tell Clark that the operation can resume if Clark:
		Kills Cortez
		Kills Ryan
		Kills Escobedo
		Disavows and dealings with them

25.	Realizing that Ritter, not Ryan, is to blame for his men getting cut off, Clark tells Ryan that he needs:
		Heavy armaments
		A helicopter
		To kidnap Cortez
		Maps of the soldiers's last known location

26.	Ryan meets Escobedo face-to-face by:
		Having Clark arranging a meeting
		Knocking on his door
		Allowing himself to be kidnapped
		Storming Escobedo's residence, guns blazing

27.	Escobedo is killed by:
		Clark
		One of Cortez's associates
		Ryan
		Cortez

28.	Who kills Cortez?
		One of the American soldiers
		Ryan
		Clark
		One of Escobedo's men

29.	In his confrontation with the Ryan in the White House, the President mentions this kind of animal:
		Alley cat
		Rabid mongoose
		Pit viper
		Junkyard dog

30.	As the film closes, Ryan is:
		Visiting Jim Greer's grave
		Visiting the grave of the American soldiers killed
		Before a congressional committee
		Witnessing the birth of his son

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