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1.	These two actresses played the stepmother, with varying degrees of evilness, to Snow White in 2012 films:
		Kate Beckinsale and Charlize Theron
		Julia Roberts and Cate Blanchett
		Cate Blanchett and Kate Beckinsale
		Charlize Theron and Julia Roberts

2.	Active Duty U.S. Navy Seals played the key characters in this film:
		Act of Valor
		Good Deeds
		That's My Boy
		Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

3.	The latest Johnny Depp/Tim Burton film Dark Shadows wasn't an original work, nope. Rather, it was a re-working of a:
		Radio show
		Television program
		Play
		Earlier movie

4.	If you're living a rather odd existence as a Looper, then you're most likely employed as:
		An assassin
		A stock broker
		A fisherman
		A fire fighter

5.	The Tooth Fairy, Santa and the Easter Bunny apparently unionized and now call themselves:
		The Guardians
		The Figments
		The Crusaders
		The Vanguard

6.	The executively-named FDR Foster goes up against Tuck Hansen in:
		The Campaign
		Good Deeds
		This Means War
		Safe House

7.	2012 was the year of needless sequels. Which prior movie had the sequel subtitle of Spirit of Vengeance?
		Taken
		Titanic
		Ghost Rider
		American Pie

8.	Nicholas Sparks book adaptations have become the equivalent of a cinematic STD. Which of these 2012 releases should require a penicillin shot?
		The Vow
		The Lucky One
		The Five-Year Engagement
		Silent House

9.	*In Men in Black 3, in order to save Tommy Lee Jones - who looks and talks a lot* like Josh Brolin - MIB must travel:**
		Back in time
		Into the future
		Into the internet
		To another planet

10.	The release of The Dark Knight Rises was horribly marred by a mass shooting which occurred in this state:
		Minnesota
		Texas
		Virginia
		Colorado

11.	In you're a mixed martial arts star who also happens to be easy on the eyes, you, too can star in a major motion picture. Just ask the woman who top-lined:
		Sparkle
		Anna Karenina
		Haywire
		Total Recall

12.	Many, many, many films were released during the year. A few of them did not feature a Hemsworth in its cast. Of the films listed, the only one that did not include brother Liam or brother Chris is:
		Wrath of the Titans
		The Hunger Games
		The Avengers
		The Cabin in the Woods

13.	The Watch starred Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill and....that other guy. So what's the name of that other guy? Here, we'll even show you a picture: So what is his name?
		Rufus Sewell
		Richard Ayoade
		Aziz Ansari
		Eric Christian Olsen

14.	As geopolitcal upheaval continued to spread across the globe in 2012, a film dealt with this very real type of Revolution:
		Bourne
		Step Up
		Resident Evil
		Silent Hill

15.	Who played The Man with the Iron Fist? Why, none other than the RZA, who you most likely remember as the leader of and mastermind behind this musical collective:
		Wu-Tang Clan
		Public Enemy
		2 Live Crew
		Jonas Brothers

16.	Believe it or not, one and only one movie this year featured extremelyhotsupermodel Kate Upton. In which movie did Kate appear?
		That's My Boy
		The Three Stooges
		Man on a Ledge
		Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

17.	This was the first film of 2012 to pass the $500 million mark worldwide, and it is also the first film since Avatar to place at No. 1 for four consecutive weekends at the U.S. box office:
		The Dark Knight Rises
		The Avengers
		The Hunger Games
		Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

18.	Which sport are they playing in Playing for Keeps?
		Baseball
		Hockey
		Rugby
		Soccer

19.	Despite the innocuous name, Red Tails recounts the story of this historical group:
		Algonquin Round Table
		Attica Prisoners
		Tuskegee Airmen
		Union Soldiers

20.	Which type of pitch is mentioned in the title of the Clint Eastwood baseball movie?
		Curve
		Sinker
		Slider
		Fastball

21.	In Life of Pi, we learned that Richard Parker is...
		A Bengal tiger
		Gay
		Homeless
		Uber-wealthy

22.	A book entitled Team of Rivals is the source material for this biographical film:
		2016 Obama's America
		Hyde Park on Hudson
		Lincoln
		The Zen of Bennett

23.	An escapee from Turbo Time usurps the throne of Sugar Rush in this film:
		Cloud Atlas
		Lockout
		Ruby Sparks
		Wreck-It Ralph

24.	What does "Cloud Atlas" refer to?
		A character who travels through various eras
		A musical sextet
		A starship
		A telescope in Hawaii

25.	OK, our demands were not met yet. So: This conveyance figures into the title of The Oogieloves movie:
		Train
		Balloon
		Unicycle
		Hang glider