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1.	Mark Watney's specialty is in this field.....which is a damn good thing, in the end:
		Mechanical engineering
		Botany
		Psychology
		Chemistry

2.	What is the name of the mission to Mars?
		Jupiter
		Ascent
		Hephaestus
		Ares

3.	When the storm hits, what collides with Watney, leading his crew to believe he is dead?
		A large rock
		A piece of communications equipment
		An unsecured toolbox
		A footing from the MAV

4.	What factor forces the crew to leave rather than staying behind to search for Watney?
		Too much static electricity builds up
		The MAV's fuel tank ruptures
		MAV might tip over in the storm
		The window for intercept with the mothership is rapidly closing

5.	You should probably stop right now if you cannot remember the crop that is central to Watney's survival:
		Radishes
		Corn
		Potatoes
		Brussels sprouts

6.	Once he assesses his situation, Watney figures he has enough food for approximately this many sols (before rationing):
		45
		900
		300
		180

7.	What does Watney burn to make water?
		Shoelaces
		A wooden cross
		Books
		Table legs

8.	What is one clue the observers on earth see that suggest that Watney might be alive?
		One of the rovers has been destroyed
		Solar panels have been cleared
		A figure is seen outside the Hab
		The Hab has been reinflated

9.	Yay! Watney has music. Boo! The music is that of the taste of Commander Lewis, which means lots and lots and lots and lots of:
		Country
		Opera
		Heavy metal
		Disco

10.	Yay! Watney manages to secure power for the rover. Boo! The power source is:
		Hydraulic
		Radioactive
		Electromagnetic
		Wind-based

11.	What does Watney use for communication with Earth?
		A transmitter atop the Hab
		A cellular radio in the rover
		An old probe
		The radio antennae that hit him in the storm

12.	The communications probe Watney uses is called:
		Pathfinder
		Daedalus
		Echo
		Sinograph

13.	What do NASA personnel use to chart the direction Watney is traveling in?
		Digital satellite printouts
		A paper placemat
		A framed map
		An old textbook

14.	Watney's first message transmitted to Earth is:
		Not dead yet
		Are you receiving me?
		Come and get me
		Disco sucks

15.	NASA communicates with Watney by:
		Moving the camera
		Emitting Morse code
		Snapping the camera shutter
		Alternating power to the probe

16.	Mark is informed by his alma mater that he has colonized Mars because he:
		Implemented sanitation
		Planted crops
		Established permanent residence
		Erected a flag

17.	When the Hab ruptures, Mark has to make an emergency repair to his suit using:
		Freeze spray
		Duct tape
		Martian dirt
		A small blowtorch

18.	As Watney is forced to stretch his rations to a ridiculous extent, he bemoans the fact that he has run out of:
		Maple syrup
		Soy sauce
		Steak sauce
		Ketchup

19.	This country supplies a booster that is critical to the return trip to Mars:
		Russia
		India
		France
		China

20.	Astrodynamiscist Rich Purnell pitches his crazy plan for getting back to Mars in a meeting dubbed with this project name borrowed form Lord of the Rings:
		Gandalf
		Elrond
		Gollum
		Frodo

21.	Luckily I have the greatest minds on planet earth, really all of the brain power on the entire planet helping me with this endeavor. And so far they have come up with, "Hey why don’t you drill holes on the roof of your rover, and....."
		Hit it as hard as you can with a rock
		Stomp on it real hard with your foot
		Smash it with your fist
		Bash it with a battery

22.	Who informs the crew of Ares that Watney is alive?
		The head of NASA
		NASA's head of PR
		The Ares mission flight director
		Watney himself

23.	Watney fancies himself a space:
		Cowboy
		Ninja
		Singularity
		Pirate

24.	Last time leaves the Hab, Watney nearly forgets:
		His helmet
		The last of his potatoes
		Commander Lewis's disco records
		His shoes

25.	Back on earth, NASA is struggling with this problem concerning the MAV:
		How to reposition it
		How to make it lighter
		How to power it
		How to allow it to communicate with Ares

26.	NASA orders that Watney jettisons each of the following from the MAV, except for:
		Communications
		Nose panel
		One of the engines
		Guidance

27.	Watney compares himself to this superhero:
		Thor
		Iron Man
		The Hulk
		Captain America

28.	The rendezvous ship is going too fast to be able to intercept. To slow down the ship, the crew:
		Opens hatch doors
		Fires retrothrusters
		Constructs a solar brake
		Detonates a bomb

29.	Watney tells a crew member this when he is finally safe on the ship:
		"You've gotten considerably uglier"
		"You have terrible taste in music"
		"You're a steely-eyed, barrel-chested freedom fighter"
		"I told you that botany kick's chemistry's ass"

30.	At the end of the film, Watney has joined:
		The Astronaut Candidate Program
		The Jet Propulsion Labratory
		A public state university
		NASA's PR department

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