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1.	Which actor provides the opening narration to Armageddon?
		Charlton Heston
		Morgan Freeman
		Anthony Hopkins
		Val Kilmer

2.	Before the meteor shower strikes New York, Little Richard attacks an inflatable...
		Velociraptor
		King Kong
		Godzilla
		Cloverfield Monster

3.	Karl, the first person to discover the asteroid, wants to name is Dottie. Why?
		because they have shared thirty-nine years of happiness together
		because he always wanted to see her up in heaven, with the stars
		because she brings a warm dinner to his telescope every night
		because she's an vicious life-sucking bitch from which there is no escape

4.	Truman tells the President that the asteroid is as big as:
		Kansas
		Texas
		Alaska
		Michigan - at least the part that looks like an oven mitt.

5.	Meanwhile on an oil rig in the South China Sea, Grace Stamper tells her father Harry that she learned about the birds and the bees... from what source?
		Freddy Noonan's tattoos
		Some interesting literature from under Chick's bed
		That trip to Taipei with Rockhound
		This one time... in band camp

6.	According to Quincy, what grade did the President's scientific adviser get in astrophysics?
		C-plus
		C-minus
		D-minus
		frowny face

7.	Taken to NASA headquarters and told the world has eighteen days, Harry gets his team of roughnecks together. Where does the FBI find Max (pictured)?
		in a tattoo parlour, with his mother
		at the craps table at Caesar's Palace
		in a New Orleans bar, trying to score with a newly-married woman
		riding a big hog in South Dakota

8.	Fill in the blank for General Kimsey: "We spend 250 billion dollars a year on defense. And here we are. The fate of the planet is in the hands of a bunch of retards I wouldn't trust with a ________"
		water pistol
		slingshot
		potato gun
		pair of scissors

9.	If the crew of roughnecks are going to save the world, they're not going to do for free. What does Bear want out of the deal?
		to know who killed Kennedy
		to stay in the White House
		to have 8-track tapes brought back
		two lady friends made US citizens, no questions asked

10.	The crew are shown the two new X-71 space shuttles. What are they called?
		Liberty and Endeavour
		Freedom and Independence
		Enterprise and Resolution
		Justice and Tyranny

11.	The plan is to drill a hole into the asteroid, drop a nuclear bomb down the hole and explode it, splitting it in two. How deep to the crew have to drill?
		600 feet
		700 feet
		800 feet
		900 feet

12.	The night before launch, A.J. and Grace indulge in foreplay using:
		Animal Crackers
		Cheetos
		Reese's Pieces
		Lucky Charms

13.	Before launch, Grace and Harry meet at
		the Apollo I memorial
		the Gemini mission control room
		the Rocket Garden at the Kennedy Space Centre
		Applebee's

14.	Fill in the blank: "Mommy, that __________ is on TV!" "That's not a __________. That's your Daddy."
		census-taker
		salesman
		Mary Kay representative
		Jehovah's Witness

15.	What is the motto on the Freedom and Independence mission badges?
		Duty Above All Else
		To Protect Humanity
		For All Mankind
		America - Saving The World Since 1776

16.	They make it into space and rendezvous with cosmonaut Lev Andropov at the Mir space station. Lev has a photo of his uncle, who is considered the genius in his family because:
		he is a Grand Master at chess
		the 114th element on the period table is named after him
		he discovered cold fusion, but the government covered it up
		he made the tip of the bomb that finds New York or Washington

17.	Independence is hit by debris and goes "off the grid". Of the following characters, who is killed in the impact?
		A.J. (Ben Affleck)
		Oscar Choi (Owen Wilson)
		Bear (Michael Clarke Duncan)
		Lev (Peter Stormare)

18.	Rockhound says that Freedom overshoots the landing and ends up 26 miles from where they were supposed to be. How does Rockhound say he knows this?
		from the geology
		from the speed the shuttle was travelling
		by looking at the stars
		he's a genius

19.	Lev thinks Evel Knievel is:
		an astronaut
		a hip hop artist
		a character in Star Wars
		the name of the black guy he's been hanging around with

20.	General Kinsey triggers the nuclear weapon, and when Sharp defuses it, he has to choose between the red wire and the blue wire. Come on, which is it?
		red wire
		blue wire
		black wire
		Boom!

21.	After Rockhound gets trigger-happy with some automatic weapons, Sharp observes that he has:
		meteor psychosis
		space dementia
		galactic insanity
		lunar lunacy

22.	Meanwhile, more meteor showers hit Earth. Which European city is obliterated?
		Paris
		Rome
		London
		Istanbul

23.	"We lost Gruber". Which crew-member of Freedom was Gruber?
		the pilot
		the co-pilot
		the munitions specialist
		a plucky stowaway

24.	The trigger to the nuclear bomb is destroyed and the crew draw straws to determine who stays behind to detonate it. Who gets the short straw?
		A.J. (Ben Affleck)
		Harry (Bruce Willis)
		Rockhound (Steve Buscemi)
		Willie Sharp (William Fichtner)

25.	Needless to say, Harry takes charge and decides to detonate the nuke himself. What does he ask A.J. to give Truman for him?
		his mission badge
		his lucky oil-drilling hat
		the short straw
		his thanks

26.	Lev considers that he is qualified to fix the shuttle engines because Russian components and American components all have one thing in common, which is:
		they are all made in Taiwan
		they all beep when things go wrong so you just have to stop the beeping
		they all do what he says if he shouts loud enough
		they all respond to a mix of psychology and extreme violence

27.	After landing, Sharp requests permission to:
		have some time off
		visit his wife's grave
		go out for a night drinking with the roughnecks
		shake the hand of the daughter of the bravest man he ever met

28.	What downside does Rockhound see to coming home safely?
		everyone will talk about how he went crazy in space
		he owes 100 grand to a bad-ass loan-shark that he spent on a stripper named Molly Mounds
		his kids and his ex-wives will all know where to find him
		he feels like the Ringo of the group

29.	The closing credits feature Grace and A.J.'s wedding. Who catches the bouquet?
		Chick's estranged wife
		Bear
		Freedom co-pilot Watts
		the stripper Rockhound is dating

30.	The theme song for the movie, I Don't Want To Miss A Thing is sung by Aerosmith. The song was originally written for:
		Bryan Adams
		Phil Collins
		Mariah Carey
		Celine Dion