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1.	This 1980s Schwarzenegger action flick is adapted from a novel by this well-known author:
		Michael Crichton
		Philip K. Dick
		Stephen King
		Dean Koontz

2.	Ben Richards becomes a prisoner of the state for his unwillingness to fire on a riot taking place in this U.S. city:
		Baltimore, Maryland
		Reno, Nevada
		Bakersfield, California
		Golden, Colorado

3.	The riot in question was characterized as:
		A food riot
		A sports riot
		A gender equality riot
		A clean water riot

4.	Did you happen to recognize the classic rock star who plays Mic, the leader of the resistance?
		Sure, it's Phil Collins
		Of course, it's Glenn Fry
		Why yes, it's Dennis DeYoung
		Yep, it's Mick Fleetwood

5.	Ben is able to escape the camp in which he is held after his group:
		Tunnels under the camp walls
		Deactivates a sonic security fence
		Disables a security satellite
		Hijacks an earth-moving vehicle

6.	Ben Richards meets Amber Mendez in the apartment he believes belongs to __________, but who has actually been taken for re-education by the state:
		His mother
		His father
		His wife
		His brother

7.	Amber meets Ben as she exercises along with a workout hosted by this Stalker:
		Professor Subzero
		Captain Freedom
		Buzzsaw
		Fireball

8.	Amber has this job for ICS, the network that broadcasts The Running Man:
		Composer
		Hair & makeup
		Talent scout
		Accountant

9.	Trying to escape with Amber, Ben is captured:
		In an airport tarmac
		In a marina
		On an airport runway
		In a train station

10.	Ben agrees to go on The Running Man on the condition that:
		His friends from prison, Weiss and Laughlin, won't have to
		Amber won't have to
		He will be guaranteed to survive the show and go free
		He does not have to make a live confession

11.	The intro segment for The Running Man features:
		Highlights from the previous broadcast
		Statistics about the number of lives "saved" by the show
		A profile of the Stalker-of-the-Week
		Dancing women

12.	Damon Killian mentions at the beginning of the show these three previous "winners" of the show:
		Whitman, Price and Haddad
		Washington, Lowenstein and Escher
		Sully, Baker and Kang
		Carver, Mortimer and Darling

13.	Audience member Edith Wiggins gets to choose the first Stalker! Who does Edit choose?
		Dynamo
		Subzero
		Buzzsaw
		Fireball

14.	Subzero stalks Ben, Weiss and Laughlin on a part of the game zone that evokes this sport:
		Motocross
		Hockey
		Archery
		Skiing

15.	Subzero meets his maker thanks to:
		A bomb
		Barbed wire
		A saw blade
		A wall of spikes

16.	Amber is captured as she:
		Uncovers the video of Ben's arrest
		Uncovers video of Ben's involvement in the massacre
		Tries to help Ben escape
		Tries to disable the network's ability to broadcast

17.	Dynamo is apparently fond of this type of music:
		Country
		Heavy Metal
		Opera
		Rap

18.	When Dynamo is introduced, he illuminates a sign that reads:
		Your Favorite Stalker Dynamo
		Dynamo The One and Only
		Dynamo America's Greatest Hero
		Clap If You Love Dynamo

19.	When Amber is put into the game, among the list of charges mentioned against her is:
		Failing to pay her taxes
		Having multiple sexual partners in a year
		Failing to vote in mandatory elections
		Purchasing birth control

20.	Buzzsaw rides a:
		Horse
		Hoverboard
		Dune buggy
		Motorcycle

21.	Ben distracts Dynamo from killing Amber by calling him:
		Christmas Tree
		Stop Light
		EZ Bake Oven
		Lite Brite

22.	Sure that Richards is going to kill him, Dynamo screams:
		I know you're innocent!
		Go to commercial!
		Send in the Marines!
		I'm helpless!

23.	During the halftime show, Damon Killian makes this off-air offer to Ben:
		To let Ben, but not Amber, go free
		To let Amber, but not Ben, go free
		To let Ben, but not Amber, become a Stalker
		To let Amber, but not Ben, become a Stalker

24.	Fireball travels to the game floor by:
		Jetpack
		Zipline
		Helicopter
		Parachute

25.	Who comes across the bodies of Whitman, Price and Haddad?
		Weiss
		Amber
		Ben
		Mic

26.	Ben uses this to ignite the explosion that kills Fireball:
		A cigar
		Sparks from electrical wires
		A flare
		A plugged-in television

27.	Digital mapping leads the audience to believe that this person kills Amber and Ben:
		Captain Freedom
		Fireball
		Dynamo
		Damon Killian

28.	Dynamo is finally killed by water from:
		A drinking fountain
		A toilet
		A fire sprinkler
		A fire hose

29.	When Ben confronts Killian on the studio floor, he uses this same phrase that Killian used to greet Ben earlier:
		Blue eyes
		Cutie pie
		Princess
		My darlin'

30.	Damon Killian dies as the rocket-sled-thing he rides somehow explodes as it crashes into:
		A brick wall
		A billboard
		Dynamo's body
		A broadcast truck

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