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How Well Do You Know: 2017: The Year in Movies, Part 1
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Answers:

1. In 2017, a Baby was not only a __________ but also a _________?
Brother / Boss
Dinosaur / Brother
Boss / Driver
Driver / Dinosaur
 
2. Despicable Me 3 introduces the world to reformed super-villain Gru's brother. Say hello to blonde-haired:
Tru
Shru
Dru
Fru
 
3. Having gained fame with their Key & Peele TV show, Keegan Michael Key and Jordan Peele continue to make foray into film. The commercially and critically beloved Get Out is the baby of one or more of the team, right?
It was Key but not Peele
It was Peele but not Key
It was both Key and Peele
It was neither Key nor Peele, so forget we said anything about it
 
4. This symbol is technically required to complete the title of 2017's Darren Aronofsky/Jennifer Lawrence film:
@
!
?
&
 
5. Everybody needs money - that's why it's called money!And speaking of semolians, each of the following grossed over $1 billion in world-wide box office, except for.....
Despicable Me 3
The Fate of the Furious
Beauty and the Beast
Spider-Man: Homecoming
 
6. Taking a break from voicing Rapunzel in Disney's Tangled franchise, Mandy Moore found herself this many Meters Down, which apparently is way too many:
99
35
78
47
 
7. Pick - ok, please pick - the film listed below that was not directed by a previous Best Director Oscar winner:
Detroit
Alien: Covenant
The Post
Logan Lucky
 
8. Truth in advertising: Kidnap did, in fact, deal with a kidnapping. Who was kidnapped in Kidnap?
The First Lady of the United States
A child
A pro athlete
An heiress
 
9. More kidnapping! All the Money in the World deals with the abduction of a member of this very, very famous family:
Rockerfeller
Getty
Lindbergh
Carnegie
 
10. Nothing lasts forever. This film franchise delivered, if you believe it, "The Final Chapter" in 2017:
The Amityville Horror
Resident Evil
The Exorcist
Final Destination
 
11. A great story of World War II heroism came our way in The Zookeeper's Wife. This was the nationality of the zookeeper's wife (also, of the zookeeper):
German
Dutch
Belgian
Polish
 
12. You were told there would be no math. But, there's math. Count up the digits of the year included in October's Blade Runner sequel, and you'll get:
22
15
38
12
By way of explanation.....
2+0+4+9 = 15
 
13. Battle of the Sexes, anyone? This early autumn film recounts events centering around this sport:
Tennis
Golf
Gymnastics
Stock car racing
 
14. While movies tell us all about superheroes, we haven't had that many telling us about their creators. 2017 brought a biopic about the man behind this creation:
Batman
Superman
X-Men
Wonder Woman
 
15. If you are a film that won an acting award at January's Golden Globes, please step forward. Not so fast there.....
La La Land
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight
Fences
By way of explanation.....
Globes went acting talent from Manchester by the Sea, Elle, La La Land, Nocturnal Animals (??!?) and Fences
 
16. You wouldn't think a ____________ would need a Bodyguard, but here we are:
Professor
Hitman
Shepherd
Assassin
 
17. You know that Sophia Coppola directed The Beguiled to great acclaim, winning Best Director at Cannes, right? Right?!?!? Well, then, you probably also know that the film is an update of a movie originally directed by:
Clint Eastwood
Martin Scorsese
Dennis Hopper
Stanley Kubrick
 
18. You can't spell Roman J. Israel without adding these letters:
Hon
DDS
PhD
Esq
 
19. We've been all the poorer for his absence, so we rejoiced when 2017 marked "The Return of" this action character:
John Wick
Bean
Xander Cage
The Transporter
 
20. If you were waiting for baited breath for the follow-up to Wolf Warrior, you weren't alone, as Wolf Warrior 2 finishes the year at #5 if world-wide box office. Wolf Warrior 2 is a product of this country, which you may have heard of:
India
China
South Korea
France
 




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