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| 1. | As usual, George Clooney is playing George Clooney in The Descendants but just to see if you are paying attention, what is his character's name? | ||
| Kai Mitchell | |||
| Mark Mitchell | |||
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Matt King | ||
| Mike King | |||
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By way of explanation.....
The Mitchells are married "friends" while Mike King is someone I just made up. |
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| 2. | The start of the movie features the only shot of Matt's wife wherein she isn't in a hospital bed. While the accident isn't shown on camera, what do we learn puts her in a coma? | ||
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Boating accident | ||
| Car accident | |||
| Water Buffalo stampede | |||
| Water skiing accident | |||
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By way of explanation.....
Elizabeth King is shown happily water skiing at the start of the film but we later learn a boating accident is the cause of her coma. |
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| 3. | Youngest daughter Scottie (don't judge) is acting out a bit in the wake of her mother's tragedy. Which of these actions is she not guilty of displaying? | ||
| Creepy hospital pictures | |||
| Insincere apologies | |||
| Mean-spirited tweets to a classmate | |||
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(Waaaaay) Underage drinking | ||
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By way of explanation.....
The insincere apology is made to the classmate she sends the vicious tweets. |
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| 4. | Explaining the title of the film, Matt King is a direct descendant of... | ||
| Abraham Lincoln | |||
| Brigham Young | |||
| John D. Rockefeller | |||
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King Kamehameha | ||
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By way of explanation.....
King's great-great-grandmother was Princess Margaret Ke'alohilani, one of King Kamehameha's last direct descendants. |
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| 5. | These are going to sound made up but each of the following is the name of one of Matt King's cousins except... | ||
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Gaius | ||
| Milo | |||
| Six | |||
| Wink | |||
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By way of explanation.....
Milo is a person, not a cat while Six and Wink's parents must have been hippies. Gaius (Baltar) is the guy who Admiral Adama hates. |
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| 6. | Don Holitzer is the favorite to win the land rights bid for Matt King's family land. What is the appeal of his candidacy? | ||
| Holitzer would sell them back 49% of the land rights. | |||
| Matt wants an outsider in charge of the land for a change. | |||
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The money would come from Hawaii and stay in Hawaii. | ||
| There are...certain documents the family would rather not see the light of days. | |||
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By way of explanation.....
Holitzer is from Kauai and earned his fortune in Silicon Valley. His nativity appeals to the other Hawaiians. |
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| 7. | Blonde-haired surfer dude Troy walks over to Matt and Scottie and offers them a sincere apology. What is his transgression? | ||
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Troy's driving fatally injured Elizabeth. | ||
| Troy's inebriation forced Elizabeth to drive that day. | |||
| Troy was the other man in the relationship. | |||
| What, the hair isn't reason enough to dislike him? | |||
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By way of explanation.....
Men with crow's feet should not bleach their hair. |
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| 8. | Alexandra is not in her dorm room late at night when her father arrives to retrieve her. Who/what is Alexandra doing? | ||
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Drinking | ||
| Sid | |||
| Smoking Weed | |||
| Winona | |||
| 9. | What does Alex reveal to her father? | ||
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Her mother was cheating on him | ||
| She didn't get into college | |||
| She flunked out of school | |||
| She is pregnant | |||
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By way of explanation.....
If you want to see the actress as a pregnant teen, watch The Secret Life of the American Teenager. |
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| 10. | Upon hearing the news of his wife's infidelity, what does Matt do? | ||
| Breaks the television | |||
| Runs over to the home where Alex saw them cheating | |||
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Runs over to the home of his wife's best friend | ||
| Slaps his daughter for lying | |||
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By way of explanation.....
What we learn from this scene is that it's hard to run in loafers. |
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| 11. | Matt's father-in-law, Scott, is an angry man. Who does he punch when they laugh at an inappropriate moment? | ||
| Alex | |||
| The mailman | |||
| Matt | |||
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Sid | ||
| 12. | Cheater Brian Speer takes time out from his busy schedule of cuckolding George Clooney to work as a... | ||
| Lawyer | |||
| Photographer | |||
| Pool Cleaner | |||
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Real Estate Agent | ||
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By way of explanation.....
Never buy a home from the killer in Scream. It's just common sense, people. |
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| 13. | What is the final insult Matt hurls at his comatose wife before he brings his daughters in to visit her? | ||
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Daddy's Little Girl | ||
| I only asked you to marry me because you were pregnant | |||
| Mayor of Whore Island | |||
| Your diet wasn't working | |||
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By way of explanation.....
That's right. He called her a Tyler Perry movie. Now -that- is low. |
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| 14. | When Matt and his daughters take a mini-vacation, they bump into Cousin Ralph at the airport. Where does he take them? | ||
| Camping | |||
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The family land | ||
| Sea World | |||
| The zoo | |||
| 15. | In a strange turn of events, Matt asks for parenting advice from... | ||
| Alice, the mother-in-law suffering from dementia | |||
| Brian Speer, the homewrecker | |||
| Elizabeth, the comatose wife | |||
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Sid, the stoner friend of his daughter | ||
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By way of explanation.....
Asking Sid for parenting advice is like asking Enron for financial advice. |
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| 16. | What killed Sid's father? | ||
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Drunk drivers. Two of them. | ||
| Gunshot wound to the leg | |||
| Lung cancer | |||
| Water buffalo stampede | |||
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By way of explanation.....
This makes me feel guilty about the Sid joke in question 15. |
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| 17. | Where does Matt see Brian Speer in person for the first time? | ||
| Eating at the hotel restaurant | |||
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Jogging at the Beach | ||
| Riding the Airport Tram | |||
| Surfing at the Beach | |||
| 18. | Matt's cousin Hugh (Beau Bridges) informs him that Brian Speer will... | ||
| impregnate a goat if there is money in it | |||
| lose a lot of money if they deal with Holitzer | |||
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make a lot of money if they deal with Holitzer | ||
| never understand how to play poker | |||
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By way of explanation.....
As the real estate agent for the deal, Speer will clean up in commissions if they choose Holitzer. |
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| 19. | Alex: "Why would she go for him?" Matt: "Beats me. Well..." | ||
| Alcohol leads to poor judgment. Like you with Sid. | |||
| Any port in a storm, honey. | |||
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He's very articulate. | ||
| Her self-esteem was at an all-time low. | |||
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By way of explanation.....
The best part of the articulate statement is that the gentleman in question is stammering incoherently at the time. |
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| 20. | How did Brian and Elizabeth meet for the first time? | ||
| eHarmony (nice product placement, jerks) | |||
| Karaoke bar | |||
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Super Bowl party | ||
| Supermarket shopping | |||
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By way of explanation.....
There is no eHarmony product placement...but they're still jerks. The Super Bowl party was hosted by the Mitchells, who were pretty lousy friends to Matt. |
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| 21. | Which of the following statements is untrue? | ||
| Brian has been in Matt's bedroom | |||
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Brian loved Elizabeth | ||
| Elizabeth loved Brian | |||
| Elizabeth wanted a divorce | |||
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By way of explanation.....
Brian was in Matt's bedroom twice while Elizabeth loved Brian and wanted a divorce from Matt. For Brian, the illicit relationship was just about sex, not love. |
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| 22. | What is the last thing does to Julie Speer before leaving their vacation home? | ||
| Asks her to come visit his dying wife in the hospital | |||
| Feels her up | |||
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Kisses her | ||
| Reveals the truth about the affair | |||
| 23. | Who is the first to defend Matt when his jerk father-in-law blames him for the boating accident and virtually everything else bad in the world? | ||
| Alex | |||
| Julie Speer | |||
| Kai | |||
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Sid | ||
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By way of explanation.....
This is quite brave considering Sid still has the black eye from the last time the old man got mad at him. |
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| 24. | What does Matt finally decide to do with the land? | ||
| He flips a coin | |||
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He keeps it for the seven more years | ||
| He sells it to the Chicago group | |||
| He sells it to the Holitzer group | |||
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By way of explanation.....
The Descendants 2: Angry Cousins |
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| 25. | What does Julie, Brian's wife, tell Elizabeth? | ||
| I am glad you are in pain. | |||
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I forgive you. | ||
| I hope you rot in Hell. | |||
| I will never forgive you. | |||
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By way of explanation.....
Any of these replies would have been valid. I forgive you is the most impressive. |
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