| 1. | Let's start with the simple stuff. What race of people's collective asses did Odin kick back in the day? | ||
| Dark Elves | |||
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Frost Giants | ||
| Hill Giants | |||
| Hobbits...because God knows those little punks deserve it. | |||
| 2. | Thor swings a massive hammer, and I am not making a sex joke right now. Demonstrate your knowledge of either this movie, the Thor comic or basic Norse mythology by providing the name of the giant hammer. | ||
| Grendel | |||
| Jormungand | |||
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Mjolnir | ||
| Sledge | |||
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By way of explanation.....
Grendel isn't Norse, Jormungand is a serpent and Sledge is...a forgotten ABC tv show character. |
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| 3. | What did Odin lose in the Frost Giant (did you get it right?) War? | ||
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His eye | ||
| His ring finger | |||
| His left hand | |||
| Mjolnir | |||
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By way of explanation.....
Even Anthony Hopkins looks cooler with an eye patch. |
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| 4. | Papa don't preach. Hey, who is the birth father of Loki? | ||
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Laufey | ||
| Odin | |||
| Thor | |||
| Virgin birth | |||
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By way of explanation.....
I fully expect Thor to be revealed as his real, *real* father in Thor 1500. |
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| 5. | That glowing blue rectangular object that Odin keeps locked in the basement has a name. What is it? | ||
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Casket of Ancient Winters | ||
| Laufenbrau | |||
| Odin's brew | |||
| The Destroyer | |||
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By way of explanation.....
The Destroyer is neither blue nor rectangular. Laufenbrau and Odin's Brew may be the beverage of choice for Vikings everywhere, but they are not correct answers. |
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| 6. | What stops the coronation of Thor as the next ruler of Asgard? | ||
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Frost Giant invasion! | ||
| Loki has created an illusion of the entire cermony. | |||
| Odin determines Thor unworthy of the crown. | |||
| Thor declares himself unworthy of the crown. | |||
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By way of explanation.....
When Frost Giants Attack! sounds like a Fox TV show. |
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| 7. | What is the name of that giant thing that shoots laser beams from its eyes and kills the invading Frost Giants? | ||
| Asgard's Curse | |||
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Destroyer | ||
| Dominator | |||
| Eternal Warrior | |||
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By way of explanation.....
The other names are all potential wrestling nicknames and/or new comic book characters. The two premises are never that far apart. |
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| 8. | There are apparently only two women who matter in Asgard. Odin's wife is one. What is the name of the other, a childhood friend of Thor? | ||
| Fandral | |||
| Hogun | |||
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Sif | ||
| Volstagg | |||
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By way of explanation.....
Sif is the only woman among the three options. The other three are incompetent drunks, at least in the comics. |
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| 9. | Who is the all-seeing gatekeeper of Asgard? | ||
| Fandral | |||
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Heimdall | ||
| Hogun | |||
| Volstagg | |||
| 10. | Thor goes against his father's word on something major that leads to his banishment from Asgard. What is it? | ||
| He breaks the Casket of Ancient Winters | |||
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He invades the Frost Giant home world. | ||
| In the royal basement, he slays an innocent Frost Giant. | |||
| Thor takes Jane Foster's virtue. | |||
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By way of explanation.....
The way we know Thor is crazy is that he considers five against thousands good odds. |
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| 11. | Finish the quote: "Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy..." | ||
| "May bring an eternal end to wars." | |||
| "May rule Asgard as I, the Allfather, have done." | |||
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"Shall possess the power of Thor." | ||
| "Shall smite the wicked and bring justice across the 9 realms." | |||
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By way of explanation.....
Thor Power sounds like a Nerd Rock band. |
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| 12. | Why are astrophysicist Jane Foster, her mentor and her intern having a bad night at the start *and* 30 minutes into the movie? | ||
| Their prior research is flawed. | |||
| Their projected location for the next sighting is wrong. | |||
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Their SUV struck a pedestrian. Hard. | ||
| Thor is wearing a shirt. | |||
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By way of explanation.....
Women may be obsessed with shirtless Thor, but he is wearing one when he gets struck by a car. |
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| 13. | In the middle of a fight between Loki and Odin, what happens? | ||
| Loki banishes Odin to another realm | |||
| Odin banishes Loki to another realm | |||
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Odin collapses into Odinsleep. | ||
| While they argue, Mjolnir disappears. | |||
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By way of explanation.....
Presumably, Thor was being coronated because Odin was in need of this recuperation period. |
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| 14. | One of the two pictures Jane and her co-workers manage to take during the astrological event shows what? | ||
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A body moving through the wormhole | ||
| Asgard | |||
| Bifrost's Bridge | |||
| Jotunheim, the Frost Giant homeworld | |||
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By way of explanation.....
Confession: I missed this the first time I watched the movie. So, if you didn't get this one right after a single viewing, we are in the same boat. |
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| 15. | What happens the next time Jane and Thor meet? | ||
| He breaks her coffee mug. | |||
| He insults her research as "the work of a Frost Giant childing".. | |||
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She hits him with her car again. | ||
| She kisses him but cannot explain why. | |||
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By way of explanation.....
This is *not* a Meet Cute story. |
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| 16. | There isn't a lot to do in the New Mexico desert. What becomes the in thing for a lot of dudes in the area? | ||
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Attempts to dislodge Mjolnir from its crater. | ||
| Pick-up softball games nobody realizes are on top of the SHIELD facility. | |||
| Pick-up football games nobody realizes are on top of the SHIELD facility. | |||
| What happens at the bathhouse stays at the bathhouse. | |||
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By way of explanation.....
I love that they turn it into a tailgating event. This is also when Stan Lee makes his requisite appearance. |
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| 17. | What does Thor attempt to buy at the local pet shop? | ||
| A centaur | |||
| A dragon | |||
| A flying monkey | |||
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A horse | ||
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By way of explanation.....
Maybe Thor always wanted to be a jockey at the Kentucky Derby. Or its Asgardian equivalent. |
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| 18. | When Thor invades the Mjolnir government facility, Agent Coulson says, "I need eyes up high...with a gun." Who performs this task? | ||
| Black Widow | |||
| Bullseye | |||
| Daredevil | |||
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Hawkeye | ||
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By way of explanation.....
Hawkeye is the only one of these choices who even appears in the movie. |
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| 19. | What does Hawkeye confess to Agent Coulson about Thor? | ||
| I could never take him. | |||
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I'm starting to root for this guy. | ||
| I'm sure this is the real Thor. I met him once before. | |||
| I'm thinking about defecting to his team. | |||
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By way of explanation.....
"I'm starting to root for this guy" is a clever bit of cinematic storytelling. |
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| 20. | What does Loki reveal to Thor? | ||
| Asgard fell to the Frost Giants. | |||
| "I gleefully betrayed you, brother." | |||
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Odin is dead. | ||
| "You made our mother cry." | |||
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By way of explanation.....
Loki is lying. It's what Loki does. |
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| 21. | Who unexpectedly knocks on the door at Jane's research lab while Thor and the scientists try to enjoy breakfast? | ||
| The Abomination | |||
| The Destroyer | |||
| Loki | |||
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Sif and the Warriors Three | ||
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By way of explanation.....
Thankfully, Jane doesn't have to feed them because keeping Thor sated is difficult enough. |
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| 22. | What villainous act does Loki perform upon Heimdall? | ||
| Assassinates him | |||
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Freezes him | ||
| Imprisons him | |||
| Sends him Earth to join Thor in exile | |||
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By way of explanation.....
Loki uses the Casket of Ancient Winters to freeze Heimdall. |
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| 23. | What does Thor offer Loki via the Destroyer? | ||
| A haircut. | |||
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Thor offers to sacrifice his life instead of those of his friends | ||
| Loyal and fealty | |||
| Renouncement of his claim to the throne of Asgard | |||
| 24. | How does the newly re-powered Thor defeat the Destroyer? | ||
| With Mjolnir | |||
| With a wind funnel | |||
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With a wind funnel *and* Mjolnir | ||
| The Destroyer is never defeated. It powers down when Loki flees. | |||
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By way of explanation.....
The wind funnel lifts the Destroyer up then Mjolnir blocks its fiery eye blasts and thereby forces an implosion. |
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| 25. | Who kills Laufey moments before the Frost Giant would have killed Odin? | ||
| Heimdall | |||
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Loki | ||
| Sif | |||
| Thor | |||
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By way of explanation.....
Loki wants the creature who sired him to know that the Frost Giant died by the hands of a son of Odin. |
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