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1.	On March 3, 1969 the United States Navy established an elite school for the top one percent of its pilots...... Today, the Navy calls it _______ ________ _________. The flyers call it: Top Gun
		Aerial Combat Competition
		Naval Aeronautics Training
		Fighter Weapons School
		Complicated Airplane Flying

2.	Which of the following Oscar winning actors has a small role in the film?
		Daniel Day-Lewis
		Cuba Gooding, Jr
		Forest Whitaker
		Tim Robbins

3.	The opening sequence takes place in the skies above which ocean?
		Indian
		Pacific
		Atlantic
		Arctic

4.	Maverick and Goose are sent to Top Gun because another pilot turned in his wings. What was his call sign?
		Mayhem
		Cougar
		Haymaker
		Wash Out

5.	On what type of conveyance do we see Maverick riding in to Miramar?
		Horse
		Bi-plane
		Vintage automobile
		Motorcycle

6.	What was Maverick's rank in the film?
		Ensign
		Lieutenant
		Captain
		Commander

7.	What classic song do Mav and Goose perform (badly) when they try to pick up Charlie in the bar?
		Sitting by the Dock of the Bay
		Great Balls of Fire
		You've Lost That Loving Feeling
		Lets Get It On

8.	What is Charlie's real first name?
		Grace
		Melanie
		Charlotte
		Gloria

9.	Having appeared in only a handful of small roles before Top Gun, the actress that played Goose's wife Carole would go on to be quite high-profile. Who was it?
		Diane Lane
		Meg Ryan
		Angelina Jolie
		Renee Zellweger

10.	Which correctly matches the actor with the callsign of his character?
		Val Kilmer: Slider
		Michael Ironside: Wolfman
		Tom Skerritt: Viper
		Whip Hubley: Merlin

11.	Maverick and Goose get busted after their first hop. What regulation did they break?
		The exceed maximum safe airspeed
		They flew below the hard-deck
		They fired live ordnance
		They left their wingmen

12.	The audience is treated to which song while Ice and Slide play Maverick and Goose in volleyball?
		Playing with the Boys
		Danger Zone
		Mighty Wings
		Hot Summer Nights

13.	Maverick's father died during a dog fight in which war?
		Vietnam
		Korean
		World War II
		Six Day War

14.	Which is not true of the scene in which Goose dies?
		Goose hit his head on the plane canopy during ejection
		Maverick lost control of his plane after flying through jet wash
		Goose's parachute did not open
		Mav and Goose land in the water

15.	What was the last thing that Maverick said to Charlie before he left her house following their dinner together?
		I'll see you in class
		I enjoyed being here
		The chicken was a little dry
		Take me to bed or lose me forever

16.	Which character in the film has the last name of Kazansky?
		Goose
		Viper
		Maverick
		Iceman

17.	Counseling Maverick after Goose's death, Viper said: "The simple fact is you feel responsible for Goose and..."
		You can't face that he's not coming back
		He didn't teach you a damned thing
		You have a confidence problem
		I doubt you'll ever fly again

18.	"The defense department regrets to inform you that your sons are dead because:"
		Of forces beyond their control
		They weren't so good at this
		They couldn't follow the rules
		They were stupid

19.	Who ended up winning the Top Gun Trophy?
		Maverick
		Iceman
		Maverick and Iceman jointly
		No one won the trophy

20.	The Top Gun graduation ceremony was interrupted when Iceman, Maverick and others were sent to respond to a crisis. What was the crisis?
		A disabled communications ship had wandered into foreign waters
		A US air craft carrier had been destroyed
		Mid-East oil fields had been attacked
		A Naval fighter jet had been shot down

21.	Initially held back from the final dogfight as a reserve, Maverick had to launch when whose plane was damaged by enemy gunfire?
		Viper
		Jester
		Hollywood
		Iceman

22.	Maverick buzzes the tower twice in the film. What coincides with each of these stunts?
		The tower radar is knocked off-line
		The tower chief spills coffee on himself
		Maverick is docked a rank
		Maverick intones, "This one's for you, dad!"

23.	What act symbolizes Mav gaining closure over Goose's death?
		He throws Goose's dogtags into the ocean
		He writes a letter to Goose's wife
		He burns a picture of Goose
		He changes his call sign to Goose

24.	By what three-letter acronym is the second occupant of the plane who sits behind the pilot (e.g. Goose) known?
		GUY
		RIO
		ATG
		NLM

25.	The film is directed by the brother of which of the following, who is also a director?
		Ridley Scott
		Larry Wachowski
		Penny Marshall
		Joel Coen

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