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1.	The film begins by focusing on this satellite-based long-range communication system:
		Broadwave
		Trident
		Beacon
		Outreach

2.	The planet at which the communication is aimed is cleverly named:
		Planet G
		Planet Alpha
		Planet Q
		Planet P

3.	The brothers Hopper are stationed in this state, around which the action of the movie is set:
		California
		Hawaii
		Washington
		Louisiana

4.	Alex tries to win the affection of fair Samantha Shane with this foodstuff:
		Fried ice cream
		Jalapeno popper
		A loaded baked potato
		Chicken burrito

5.	As part of the land-based RIMPAC activities, Alex and Stone Hopper compete against a Japanese contingent in this sport:
		Basketball
		Soccer
		Baseball
		Volleyball

6.	Early in the film, a decommissioned naval vessel is mentioned. Later, the ship is critical to defeating the aliens. What is the name of the ship?
		Missouri
		Independence
		Colorado
		Oklahoma

7.	Meanwhile, Alex sets sail on this destroyer:
		Nimitz
		Matthew Perry
		John Paul Jones
		Walter Mondale

8.	Samantha's companion for most of the film is one Mick Canales, who is in physical therapy because he has lost:
		One leg
		Both legs
		One arm
		Both arms

9.	As the maritime action for RIMPAC gets underway, Alex learns from his brother that he is going to get kicked out of the navy after the exercise. Why?
		Admiral Shane found out he was dating his daughter
		He brawled with an officer
		He disobeyed a direct order
		He fired on a ship without authorization

10.	All heck starts breaking loose as alien structures fall to earth. While most land in the ocean, one hits this international city:
		Sydney
		Hong Kong
		Tokyo
		Moscow

11.	This factor complicates the efforts of the ships inside the barrier to fight the alien:
		The alien ships are indestructible
		The alien ships don't show up on radar
		The alien ships never surface
		The alien ships are invisible to the naked eye

12.	The impenetrable barrier set up by the aliens is in the form of a:
		Cube
		Pyramid
		Cylinder
		Dome

13.	The first vessel totally destroyed by the aliens in the film is the one that:
		Alex is on
		Admiral Shane is on
		Stone is on
		Aliens are on

14.	At several points during the film, we see through "alien vision," and learn that the aliens are able to rate their targets based on:
		Whether the target is organic or inorganic
		Heat
		Gender
		The threat level posed

15.	The first weapons the aliens fire at the navy ships are shaped sort of like:
		Whips
		Canisters
		Spears
		Cubes

16.	Meanwhile, the armament which the aliens use to wipe out the military base on the island appears as:
		Large red fists
		Fiery spinning balls
		Long sleek rockets
		Deadly beams of light

17.	Alex and the surviving sailors examine an armored alien, which they obtain:
		By overpowering it when it tries to board
		When the alien tries to breach the barrier
		When its vessel is shot out of the sky and crashes on the destroyer
		By fishing it out of the water

18.	One of the sailors explains to Alex that the aliens have vision similar to this creature:
		Owls
		Lizards
		Bats
		Giraffes

19.	Captain Nagata devises a way to track the alien ships through:
		Sonar
		Water displacement
		Triangulation
		The Doppler effect

20.	The main mainland location target aliens want to occupy is a:
		Military base
		University
		Alternative energy plant
		Satellite array

21.	Where does Captain Nagata say he learned to shoot?
		At the YMCA
		In an arcade
		On his grandfather's farm
		At summer camp

22.	Of these, the aliens are most wary of:
		Sunlight
		Water
		Soil
		Darkness

23.	The naval battle against the aliens is decided by the Missouri, which is manned primarily by:
		Veterans
		School children
		Civilians
		Alex, Admiral Shane and his daughter Samantha

24.	Alex wins the fight against the aliens by employing this precept from The Art of War (even though Captain Nagata says he completely misunderstands what it means):
		Fight the enemy where they aren't
		Do not move unless you see an advantage
		All warfare is based on deception
		Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust

25.	The company credits at the beginning of the film give a nod to this toy manufacturer, who originally made the Battleship board game:
		Mattel
		Parker Brothers
		Lego
		Hasbro

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