1. | Not enough movies show a crashing plane being flown upside down. In 2012, that neat trick was performed by a character played by: | ||
Kevin James | |||
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Denzel Washington | ||
Keanu Reeves | |||
Chris Pine | |||
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John tries to guess the name of a girl |
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Ted | ||
American Reunion | |||
The Grey | |||
Battleship | |||
3. | 2012 was the year of needless sequels. Which prior movie had the sequel subtitle of The Mysterious Island? | ||
Men in Black | |||
Clash of the Titans | |||
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Journey to the Center of the Earth | ||
Underworld | |||
4. | The devil is always changing locations. Where was he in 2012? | ||
Everywhere | |||
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Inside | ||
Indianapolis | |||
Beside you | |||
5. | Will Ferrell ran for re-election in 2012. Who ran against him? | ||
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Zach Galifianakis | ||
Steve Carell | |||
Amy Poehler | |||
John Cusack | |||
6. | Which of these movies features a plot that involves -- we swear to God -- amnesia? | ||
That's My Boy | |||
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The Vow | ||
Safe | |||
Taken 2 | |||
7. | Audiences bitched politely about an eagle flying into a force-field in this film's trailer, which sorta-but-not-really (ok, it did) spoiled something important about the movie: | ||
Battleship | |||
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The Cabin in the Woods | ||
The Hunger Games | |||
Chernobyl Diaries | |||
8. | In one sense, all of us were invited to the 100th birthday celebration of this studio that brought us films like The Godfather, Saving Private Ryan and Night at the Roxbury. In a much more real sense, none of us were: | ||
Warner Bros. | |||
United Artists | |||
20th Century Fox | |||
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Paramount | ||
9. | The name of this Katy Perry single was also incorporated into the surprisingly well-received documentary: | ||
Teenage Dream | |||
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Part of Me | ||
Firework | |||
Wide Awake | |||
10. | Sam Worthington's Nick Cassidy, damn fool that he is, spends most of his movie in this location: | ||
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On a ledge | ||
In the Yemen | |||
In the woods | |||
At the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | |||
11. | We're not sure why, but people sometimes make movies that are set outside of the USA. Of the following, the only one that chiefly takes place on American soil is: | ||
Taken 2 | |||
Safe House | |||
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Premium Rush | ||
Hotel Transylvania | |||
12. | The Expendables 2: Expendabler brought back together most of the cast of the original. This cast member joined the sequel while not appearing in the first cinematic work of staggering genius: | ||
Jason Statham | |||
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Chuck Norris | ||
Jet Li | |||
Dolph Lundgren | |||
13. | Which does not correctly match the Avenger superhero with the actor/actress behind the character? | ||
Bruce Banner - Mark Ruffalo | |||
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Steve Rogers - Chris Hemsworth | ||
Clint Barton - Jeremy Renner | |||
Tony Stark - Robert Downey, Jr. | |||
14. | Battleship's cast was largely done via Mad-Libs, as salacious attention-monger __________ was crammed into the same film as Oscar nominee _________ (wait, we may have gotten those categories reversed.....) | ||
Helen Mirren / Ke$sha | |||
Robert De Niro / John Mayer | |||
Colin Firth / Tara Reid | |||
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Liam Neeson / Rihanna | ||
15. | Daniel-Day Lewis won acclaim for his portrayal of Abraham Lincoln and blah blah blah, but it was this thespian who blazed the trail this year in bringing the original Vampire Hunter to screen: | ||
Martin Donovan | |||
James Murphy | |||
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Benjamin Walker | ||
Mark Duplass | |||
16. | So what, exactly, did Chronicle chronicle? | ||
Operations at a newspaper | |||
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Teenagers with super powers | ||
Mutations among farm animals | |||
Young women at an exclusive boarding school | |||
17. | The pitch that was perfect in Pitch Perfect refers to what type of pitch? | ||
A baseball pitch | |||
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Vocal pitch | ||
A sales pitch | |||
Ummm....tree resin....that type of pitch | |||
18. | Andrew Garfield plays the same character as Tobey Maguire in the Spider-Man franchise. Who plays the same character as Kirsten Dunst? | ||
Emma Stone | |||
Hannah Marks | |||
Sally Field | |||
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No one | ||
19. | In 2012, possibly dozens of people flocked to theaters to see Ghost Rider filled with the spirit of: | ||
Justice | |||
The Flame | |||
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Vengeance | ||
The Lord | |||
20. | Sales of polka-dot afro wigs skyrocket an estimated 3,000% (a trend we don't expect to continue, mind you) thanks in large part to this film: | ||
The Dark Knight Rises | |||
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Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | ||
Rock of Ages | |||
Magic Mike | |||
21. | In three letters or less, how exactly would you characterize the Life of Timothy Green? | ||
Fly | |||
Red | |||
Mad | |||
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Odd | ||
22. | We miss Harry Potter question: What was Daniel Radcliffe's first non-Potter role? | ||
The Expendables 2 | |||
Seven Psychopaths | |||
Trouble With the Curve | |||
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The Woman in Black | ||
23. | Do you remember February's Academy Awards? Neither do we! Anyhoo, each of the following walked away with an acting Oscar, except for: | ||
Christopher Plummer | |||
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Viola Davis | ||
Meryl Streep | |||
Jean Dujardin | |||
24. | Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger are to the 1990s as ________________ and _________________ are to 2012 action films. | ||
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Karl Urban and Colin Farrell | ||
Taylor Lautner and Taylor Kitsch | |||
Karl Urban and Taylor Kitsch | |||
Taylor Lautner and Colin Farrell | |||
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Before we conclude, we will warn you that, unless our demands are met, subsequent editions of our 2012: The Year in Movies quizzes will delve into the incredible disaster that was The Oogieloves movie. So, be forewarned and study up.
Now, for the final question of 2012: The Year in Movies, Part 1: Here comes... |
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Hard Luck Harry | |||
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the Boom | ||
Trouble | |||
The Pain | |||