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1.	Which of the following super heroes had a cameo in The Incredible Hulk?
		Iron Man
		Johnny Storm
		Nick Fury
		Thor

2.	Which of these super heroes made a cameo in Iron Man?
		Doctor Strange
		Mr. Fantastic
		Nick Fury
		The Wasp

3.	Which of the following was set most recently?
		The Other Boleyn Girl
		The Bank Job
		Leatherheads
		The Duchess

4.	Which of the following completes the title of the Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus Concert Tour film?
		I'm in It For the Money
		Just Me & My Dad
		Best of Both Worlds
		Just Be Yourself

5.	*Which of the following did not* win a weekend at the box office in 2008?**
		National Treasure: Book of Secrets
		Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
		Journey to the Center of the Earth
		Get Smart

6.	We lost some great directors this year. The man who helmed which of the following is still with us:
		The English Patient
		To Kill a Mockingbird
		Out of Africa
		The Shawshank Redemption

7.	This: is an image from the trailer for which film?
		The Day the Earth Stood Still
		Baghead
		The X-Files: I Want to Believe
		Hancock

8.	In a 2008 film, a man named Bud Johnson was critical to the outcome of which type of contest?
		A soap box derby
		A wet t-shirt contest
		A US presidential election
		A reality TV show

9.	Paramount Pictures marketed an energy drink called Booty Sweat as a promotional tie-in for which of its features?
		Strange Wilderness
		Kung Fu Panda
		Tropic Thunder
		Drillbit Taylor

10.	Which of the following did not star in a movie about a dog?
		Owen Wilson
		Drew Barrymore
		John Cusack
		John Travolta

11.	Which film dealt with movies being "sweded"?
		Zack and Miri Make a Porno
		Tropic Thunder
		W.
		Be Kind Rewind

12.	If you were enjoying a Bollywood-esque dance number as the credits rolled, you had stayed through the end of:
		Slumdog Millionaire
		The Wackness
		Brideshead Revisited
		Meet Dave

13.	Though made in 2007, the acclaimed Le Voyage du Ballon Rouge (Flight of the Red Balloon) was released on a limited basis in the US in April 2008. Its director hails from which country?
		France
		Australia
		Mexico
		Taiwan

14.	Which film was set on a train traveling from Beijing to Moscow?
		Transsiberian
		Pineapple Express
		Frozen River
		Boy A

15.	Which cast member of Friends directed the Simon Pegg film Run, Fatboy, Run?





16.	Following The Dark Knight, which film was the next to win the box office both in the US and internationally on the same weekend?
		The Incredible Hulk
		Hancock
		High School Musical 3
		Mamma Mia!

17.	A Japanese fan paid $52K to accompany which star of Sex and the City to its premiere?
		A
		B
		C
		D

18.	The critically lamented box office disaster that was The X-Files: I Want to Believe proved to be a modern retelling of what classic tale?
		Baba Yaga
		Frankenstein
		The Raven
		Wuthering Heights

19.	What movie gleefully informed us on a repeated basis that dwarves are prone to suicide?
		In Bruges
		Tropic Thunder
		Valkyrie
		The Visitor

20.	What was the only $100 million earner (domestic) prior to the release of Iron Man?
		10,000 B.C.
		Cloverfield
		Dr. Seuss's Horton Hears a Who
		Meet the Browns

21.	In Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Scarlett Johansson was Cristina. Who was Vicky?
		Woody Allen
		Javier Bardem
		Penelope Cruz
		Rebecca Hall

22.	Which of the following was not a sequel released in 2008?
		Harold and Kumar: Escape to Guantanamo Bay
		Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
		Saw V
		Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2

23.	Which film had to drop half its title to appease the FCC in its network television advertising?
		Fast, Cheap and Out of Control
		Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
		Pineapple Express
		Zack and Miri Make a Porno

24.	If you were to describe yourself using only adjectives from major 2008 awards contenders, you could call yourself all of the following except:
		Curious
		Happy
		Revolutionary
		Valiant

25.	"I'm betting The Joker told you to kill me soon as we loaded the cash." (Now you say...)
		No, I kill Mayor Garcia.
		No. No, no, no. I kill the bus driver.
		Now works well for me, too.
		The who-er?