1. | The film begins with the A's losing the 2001 ALDS elimination game to the: | ||
Twins | |||
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Yankees | ||
White Sox | |||
Red Sox | |||
2. | Billy Beane faces an offseason in which he loses three key players. Which of the following is not among them? | ||
Jason Giambi | |||
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Miguel Tejada | ||
Johnny Damon | |||
Jason Isringhausen | |||
3. | In an example of the conventional wisdom Billy tries to jettison, one of his advisers knock a prospective player because: | ||
He doesn't have a dog | |||
His baseball card doesn't fetch much on the market | |||
He has a weird goatee | |||
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He has an ugly girlfriend | ||
4. | Billy meets Peter Brand when he visits his counterpart for which team? | ||
Kansas City Royals | |||
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Cleveland Indians | ||
Toronto Blue Jays | |||
Florida Marlins | |||
5. | After the meeting between the GMs, Billy seeks Peter out: | ||
In the parking garage | |||
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In his cubicle | ||
In the elevator lobby | |||
In the cafeteria | |||
6. | The job with the Indians is Peter's first job anywhere. He went to school at _________ to study ________: | ||
Dartmouth / architecture | |||
Georgetown / computer science | |||
Cornell / American naval history | |||
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Yale / economics | ||
7. | Billy calls Pete late at night and asks him a question. After Pete answers, Billy offers him a job. What is the question Billy asks? | ||
Would you have re-signed Jason Giambi? | |||
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Would you have drafted me in the first round? | ||
How do you define greatness? | |||
How many wins can we get with our payroll? | |||
8. | The changing of the team guard in Oakland is reflected in a clip in which: | ||
Programs from the previous season are shredded | |||
Sod is removed and then replaced on the field | |||
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Banners are cut down | ||
Name tags are removed from lockers | |||
9. | Billy and Peter consider a pitcher Chad Bradford who is overlooked my most teams because: | ||
He never listens to his catcher | |||
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He throws funny | ||
He can't field | |||
He is old | |||
10. | The initial meeting in the film between Billy and Art Howe concerns: | ||
The team not matching an offer for Johnny Damon | |||
The possibility that the team will be relocated | |||
Art's friendship with the lead scout, who Billy despises | |||
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Art's contract | ||
11. | The general relationship between Art and Billy throughout the film can best be described as: | ||
Supportive | |||
Congenial | |||
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Disharmonious | ||
Father-son-like | |||
12. | Billy's advisers don't like Jason Giambi's brother. What is the knock on Jeremy Giambi? | ||
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He has off-the-field troubles | ||
He is coming off shoulder surgery | |||
He can't hit a curve ball | |||
He doesn't respect authority | |||
13. | Scott Hatteberg is clearly the single most important player in the storied history of the Oakland A's. Where does Billy visit Scott to offer him a contract? | ||
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At Scott's house | ||
At Scott's agent's house | |||
In Billy's office | |||
In the parking lot of a supermarket | |||
14. | "It's incredibly hard." The plan to bring Scott onboard is contingent on teaching the former catcher how to play: | ||
Left field | |||
Third base | |||
Shortstop | |||
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First base | ||
15. | Billy takes his teenage daughter out to buy: | ||
A video camera | |||
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A guitar | ||
Her first pair of earrings | |||
A puppy | |||
16. | In a flashback montage, we see Billy washing out through several levels of baseball. Do we see him playing for the A's? | ||
Yes, at the beginning, as the A's were the team that drafted him | |||
Yes, in the middle | |||
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Yes, at the end of the montage | ||
No | |||
By way of explanation.....
The final team Billy played for was the A's |
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17. | David Justice confronts the financial constraints the team operates under when he finds, to his amazement, that: | ||
Players have to buy their own uniforms | |||
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Players have to pay for sodas from the vending machine | ||
Some of the players have second jobs | |||
Players have to "pay" for complimentary team tickets | |||
18. | Billy follows the game action on Opening Day by: | ||
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Having Peter text him play-by-play | ||
Sitting in the stands | |||
Watching from the tunnel | |||
Listening to the game on the radio as he drives around town | |||
19. | Billy is irked to find a jovial atmosphere in the locker room while the team is mired in a losing streak. Which player is dancing on a chair when Billy comes in? | ||
Carlos Pena | |||
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Jeremy Giambi | ||
Scott Hatteberg | |||
Chad Bradford | |||
20. | Billy trades Carlos Pena. Which of the following is not true? | ||
Soda was part of the deal | |||
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Pena reacts furiously to the news | ||
Billy initiates the trade to force Art Howe's hand | |||
Billy has Peter inform Pena | |||
21. | A scene set just before the trade deadline shows Billy madly working the phones to acquire a premiere: | ||
Right fielder | |||
Starting pitcher | |||
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Set-up man | ||
Closer | |||
22. | On the game in which the A's try to set the all-time winning streak record, where is Billy when he learns that the team is up 11-0 early in the game? | ||
In an electronics store | |||
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In his truck | ||
At the airport | |||
In the tunnel to the field | |||
23. | Who do the A's play on the game in which they try to set the winning streak record? | ||
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Kansas City Royals | ||
Detroit Tigers | |||
Toronto Blue Jays | |||
Chicago White Sox | |||
24. | Despite their remarkable late-season run, the A's season ends again with a loss in the ALDS. Who brought Oakland's season to an end in 2002? | ||
The Yankees, again | |||
The Orioles | |||
The Angels | |||
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The Twins | ||
25. | The film ends with Billy considering but ultimately rejecting a job with the: | ||
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Red Sox | ||
Rangers | |||
Blue Jays | |||
Tigers | |||