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1.	At the beginning of the movie, Ryan has to fly to Washington to discuss some photos of a mysterious Soviet submarine, the Red October. What does his daughter Sally want him to bring back for her?
		A teddy bear
		McDonalds
		A pony
		A baby brother

2.	The actress who plays Jack Ryan's wife, Kathy, plays which character on Star Trek: The Next Generation?
		Deanna Troy
		Beverly Crusher
		Ensign Ro Laren
		Worf

3.	Ramius, the captain of the Red October and most of his officers, plan to defect to the United States. How does the Soviet Navy learn of their plans?
		They are able track the submarine's movements
		The Soviet intelligence agent on the submarine, who gets a message out
		Via a KGB mole in the CIA
		Ramius writes to the head of the Russian navy to let him know

4.	Which actor plays James Greer, the CIA's Deputy Director of Intelligence and Jack's mentor?
		Morgan Freeman
		David Carradine
		Anthony Hopkins
		James Earl Jones

5.	The Red October has a super-secret silent drive, called
		the 'caterpillar'
		the 'rattlesnake'
		the 'grasshopper'
		the 'inchworm'

6.	The political officer, who Ramius murders, is named:
		Gorbachev
		Yeltsin
		Putin
		Medvedev

7.	The first American submarine to track the Red October is the USS…
		Dallas
		Jacksonville
		Minneapolis
		Duluth

8.	The Soviets claim that Ramius has gone mad and is threatening to launch a first strike. Ryan doesn't believe this – he has previously encountered Ramius at:
		A naval history lecture
		His wife's funeral
		An embassy dinner
		A Tony Robbins seminar

9.	What is a 'Crazy Ivan'?
		It's when a submarine makes a sudden turn to see if there's anything behind it
		It's when a submarine has to jump out of the water to avoid a torpedo
		It's when the nuclear reactor breaks down for no discernible reason
		It's when the sonar operator gets into the vodka and starts talking to the whales

10.	Ryan tells Mancuso, the captain of the Dallas, that Ramius always makes a Crazy Ivan to starboard in the last half of the hour. How does he know this?
		He's read Ramius' book
		He's studied Ramius' tactics
		Ramius told him at that embassy dinner
		He doesn't. Ryan is stone-cold guessing

11.	On sighting the Dallas through the periscope, how many pings does Ramius ask for in total?
		One ping only
		Two
		Three
		Fifty, to give those Americans a headache

12.	Speaking about life in America, Borodin, played by Sam Neill, expresses a desire to live in:
		Montana
		Minnesota
		Maine
		New Jersey

13.	How do the Red October officers get the crew off the submarine?
		By faking a reactor leak
		By faking a hull breach
		By faking a fire drill
		By faking an all-night beach raver on the submarine deck

14.	Ryan and company arrive on the Red October and it turns out that Ramius has read Ryan's book about Admiral Halsey, The Fighting Sailor. What does Ramius think of it?
		Ryan is an excellent researcher, but a poor writer
		He liked it so much he brought a copy with him
		Ryan's conclusions were all wrong – Halsey acted stupidly
		He didn’t like how the lead character became president through a King Ralph scenario

15.	Not so fast, defectors! Tupolev appears in the Konovalov and fires a torpedo. How does Ramius deal with it?
		By deploying counter-measures
		Through evasive maneuvers
		By ramming it
		Two words: Crazy Ivan

16.	The Soviet intelligence agent on the Red October has a cover as a:
		Cook
		Sonar operator
		Nuclear technician
		Medical officer

17.	Before escaping to the missile bay, the Soviet intelligence agent shoots and kills:
		the Red October's first officer, Borodin (Sam Neill)
		the Dallas' sonar operator Jonesy (Courtney Vance)
		the Red October's medical officer Petrov (Tim Curry)
		the Dallas' captain Bart Mancuso (Scott Glen)

18.	Fill in the blank: "Most things around here don't react well to __________"
		Radiation
		Bullets
		Americans
		Sarcasm

19.	Which vessel is eventually sunk by the Konovalov's second torpedo?
		The Red October
		The Dallas
		The Konovalov
		The Pacific Princess

20.	The Red October arrives safely in Maine and Ramius tells Ryan his motivation for defecting. What is it?
		He blames the Soviet state for the death of his wife on the operating table
		He is angry about political interference in the Soviet navy
		Oppression of his fellow Lithuanians
		He doesn't trust the Soviet government not to use the Red October as a first-strike weapon

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