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| 1. | The actor who played young Thornton at the beginning of the movie was a regular on what sitcom? | ||
| Small Wonder | |||
| Roseanne | |||
| Punky Brewster | |||
|
The Wonder Years | ||
| 2. | What was the name of Thornton's chain of clothing stores? | ||
| Big & Tall | |||
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Tall & Fat | ||
| The Chubby Clothier | |||
| Miles O' Fabric | |||
| 3. | Jason tells Thornton at the beginning at the movie that he's on the diving team. Why is this a lie? | ||
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He's only the towel boy | ||
| He was kicked off the team | |||
| He is on the tennis team | |||
| He never tried out for the diving team | |||
| 4. | What was the name of the college that Jason attended? | ||
| Fairview | |||
| Central State | |||
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Grand Lakes | ||
| Western Regent | |||
| 5. | When did Thornton used to dream about going to college? | ||
| When he was ogling cheerleaders watching college football on TV | |||
| When he was mowing lawns for a living | |||
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When he fell asleep in high school | ||
| When he was getting lectured by his father | |||
| 6. | Thornton bought his way into the university by donating what? | ||
| A gymnasium | |||
| A new football field | |||
| An international airport | |||
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A building for the business school | ||
| 7. | Thornton & Lou clear out the lines at registration by spreading a rumor that who is about to make an appearance? | ||
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Bruce Springsteen | ||
| Jon Bon Jovi | |||
| Motley Crue | |||
| Weird Al | |||
| 8. | After Thornton questions Barbay's proposal to make tape recorders, Barbay says the fictional company will make what? | ||
| VCRs | |||
| Supercomputers | |||
| Gizmos | |||
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Widgets | ||
| 9. | Professor Turgeson opens his class by asking an interpretation of what? | ||
| Causes of the Civil War | |||
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Why America pulled troops out of Vietnam | ||
| Whether Truman was right in dropping the bomb on Japan | |||
| The decline of American productivity | |||
| 10. | The actress who plays Jason's girlfriend Valerie appeared on which Star Trek series? | ||
| Voyager | |||
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|
Deep Space Nine | ||
| The Next Generation | |||
| Enterprise | |||
| 11. | Professor Turner begins her English class by reading a poem by whom? | ||
| Whitman | |||
| Elizabeth Barrett Browning | |||
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Joyce | ||
| Shakespeare | |||
| 12. | Where did Thornton learn to dive? | ||
| Reno | |||
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Atlantic City | ||
| The Hamptons | |||
| At the public pool | |||
| 13. | What song does Thornton sing in the film? | ||
| Hound Dog | |||
| Shout | |||
| The Twist | |||
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Twist and Shout | ||
| 14. | Thornton has a terse phone conversation with what real-life writer? | ||
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Kurt Vonnegut | ||
| Arthur C. Clarke | |||
| John Grisham | |||
| Carl Hiaasen | |||
| 15. | What is the name of Jason's archenemy on the diving team? | ||
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Chas | ||
| Bruce | |||
| Blair | |||
| Glen | |||
| 16. | What band plays at Thornton's party? | ||
| Nine Inch Nails | |||
| Bow Wow Wow | |||
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Oingo Boingo | ||
| Jane's Addiction | |||
| 17. | Lou says he has two sons. He put one through college. He put the other through what? | ||
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A wall | ||
| Dental school | |||
| A series of beatings | |||
| The 'Gauntlet' | |||
| 18. | At his oral exam, Barbay asks Thornton one question, in how many separate parts? | ||
| 35 | |||
| 32 | |||
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27 | ||
| 47 | |||
| 19. | "I don't take sh!t from no one" is Thornton's interpretation of what poem? | ||
| Death be Not Proud | |||
| Suddenly Last Summer | |||
| Mending Wall | |||
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Do Not Go Gently into That Good Night | ||
| 20. | What is the name of the very difficult dive that Thornton does in the film? | ||
| The Double Doozy | |||
| The Bombardier | |||
| The Revenge of Louganis | |||
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The Triple Lindy | ||
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