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1.	Those Pirates, why, they're just a band of:
		Reprobates
		Merry-Makers
		Misfits
		Death Merchants

2.	When Snow White wasn't being played by Kristen "14:59" Stewart on screen this year, she was being protrayed by the daughter of this classic rock music star:
		Phil Collins
		Mick Jagger
		Tom Petty
		Paul McCartney

3.	*John Carter went kablooey* at the box office, which wouldn't have happened if this bitchin' place name hadn't been removed from its title:**
		Jupiter
		the Moon
		Mars
		Thailand

4.	Who plays My Boy in That's My Boy?
		James Franco
		Seth Rogen
		Jason Sudeikis
		Andy Samberg

5.	2012 was the year of needless sequels. Which continent figured into the title of the - what, 12th? - installment of Madagascar?
		Asia
		Europe
		Antarctica
		Africa, naturally

6.	Where does Jeff live?
		In Maine
		At home
		With his mistress
		In a van down by the river

7.	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:
		Snow White and the Huntsman
		The Expendables 2
		Red Dawn
		Alex Cross

8.	Chris Tucker, made a rare, non-Jackie Chan-related appearance in a movie this year. What was the film?
		The Dark Knight Rises
		The Expendables 2
		The Hunger Games
		Silver Linings Playbook

9.	This cinematic offering was largely an afterthought, save for the fact that it was the final screen appearance by a recently-deceased singer:
		The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
		Sparkle
		Red Tails
		Joyful Noise

10.	Nature filmmakers stumbled over an incredible story of survival when they documented the trials of little Oscar, this title animal:
		Lion cub
		Chimpanzee
		Meerkat
		Elephant

11.	Argo is set against the backdrop of which recent-ish event, which a good part of our audience might not even have lived through (wait, that can't be right.....)
		The Iranian hostage crisis
		The Falkland Islands war
		The first Gulf War
		The Kennedy Assassination

12.	Tom Hardy aka Bane and Chris Pine aka James Tiberius Kirk both fight over the same woman in a 2012 film. Who is she?
		Anne Hathaway
		Kate Beckinsale
		Rachel McAdams
		Reese Witherspoon

13.	We bet you know there was a new Underworld movie this year. We bet you don’t know its subtitle. What is it?
		Awakening
		Blood Feud
		Redemption
		Revolution

14.	In Trouble With the Curve, Clint Eastwood plays a baseball scout/struggling father. Match the correct baseball team and the actress portraying his daughter:
		Atlanta Braves/Amy Adams
		LA Dodgers/Jessica Chastain
		San Diego Padres/Emma Stone
		St. Louis Cardinals/Isla Fisher

15.	Joyful Noise featured the least likely co-stars in recent memory. Who were they?
		Daniel Craig and Nicole Kidman
		Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah
		Martin Lawrence and Gina Carano
		Rihanna and Colin Firth

16.	We miss Harry Potter questions: What was Emma Watson's first starring role after Harry Potter?
		Anna Karenina
		Les Miserables
		The Perks of Being a Wallflower
		Silver Linings Playbook

17.	The family manor is the setting for the climactic events of this film:
		The Amazing Spider-Man
		The Dark Knight Rises
		ParaNorman
		Skyfall

18.	If you're in Yemen, Hollywood suggests that you:
		Avoid Psychopaths
		Film Argo
		Fish for salmon
		Call Chandler Bing

19.	Jay Moriarty surfs huge waves in:
		The Bay
		Chasing Mavericks
		Piranha 3DD
		Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

20.	A dream sequence (or is it a prophecy?) comprises the climactic battle in this film:
		The Dark Knight Rises
		Skyfall
		The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2
		Wreck-It Ralph

21.	Tim Burton did not have a good year, at least in terms of box office. He did, however, create a big screen version of his famous short film. What is the title?
		Dark Shadows
		Hotel Transylvania
		Frankenweenie
		Vincent

22.	Sometimes movies sit on the shelf for a long time. Excellent proof was this 2012 horror film, which featured an actress who will never work in this sort of role again. Name Jennifer Lawrence's horror flick:
		The Apparition
		House at the End of the Street
		Piranha 3DD
		The Silent House

23.	Billionaire Philip Anschutz feels so strongly about the subject of school vouchers that he financed a 2012 release regarding the subject. What is the name of the film?
		Crooked Arrows
		Friends With Kids
		A Thousand Words
		Won't Back Down

24.	Not exactly people who act rashly, Tom Solomon and Violet Barnes subject themselves to a Five Year:
		Engagement
		Promise
		Compromise
		Affair

25.	Our demands? Still not met. So, in closing: Each of the following are Oogieloves, except for:
		Goobie
		Zoozie
		Toofie
		Woogie

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