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Answers:

1. The striking image seen here:

was used in promotion for which film?
Monsters vs. Aliens
The Cove
District 9
Planet 51
 
2. The Christopher "Notorious B.I.G." Wallace biopic Notorious used a sample from which band's song in its trailer?
Huey Lewis and the News
Duran Duran
The Who
Men at Work
 
3. Taken concerned a kidnapping in which European city?
London
Berlin
Bruges
Paris
 
4. The film world lost a gem when Natasha Richardson died in a skiing accident in March. Wife of Liam Neeson, Richardson was the daughter of which screen legend?
Vanessa Redgrave
Maggie Smith
Julie Christie
Patricia Neal
 
5. Which of the many, many Wayanseses directed Dance Flick?
Damien
Kennan Ivory
Shawn
Marlon
 
6. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen drew fire from some groups that claimed that two of the minor robot characters, Skids and Mudflap:
Were thinly-veiled attacks on George W. Bush and Dick Cheney
Were decorated with gang insignia
Were racial caricatures
Included ethnic slurs in their speech
 
7. A film released on the Fourth of July weekend contained the name of which other holiday in its name?
Valentine's Day
Christmas
Memorial Day
Easter
 
8. A film whose title included a number in parentheses also included which season?
Summer
Spring
Autumn
Winter
 
9. Which opus drew, for its cast, from the vast reservoir of talent that is MTV's Real World and The Hills franchises?
The Box
Bride Wars
Sorority Row
He's Just Not That Into You
 
10. Large on-screen captions in which film included the locations: "Phoenix," "Tucson", "Madison", "Montreal", "Miami" and "Home"?
2012
The Road
Away We Go
New in Town
 
11. The primary characters in which movie had US cities as names?
Zombieland
The International
17 Again
Drag Me to Hell
 
12. What did Sunshine Cleaning clean?
Teeth
Swimming pools
Crime scenes
Expensive cars
 
13. Which magazine's title was incorporated in the title of the film Fired Up!
Blender
Maxim
Rolling Stone
Mad
 
14. The "Demand It!" campaign was used very effectively to promote which film?
Star Trek
Paranormal Activity
The Hangover
I Love You, Beth Cooper
 
15. Multiply 9 by the number of wide releases which contained some form of the number 9 in their titles, and you get this number:
9
27
45
81
 
16. Which of the following films was based on the critically acclaimed BBC miniseries?
He's Just Not That Into You
The Great Buck Howard
The Soloist
State of Play
 
17. Which of the following did not appear in multiple films which each grossed more than $100 million domestically during 2009?
Zoe Saldana
Sam Worthington
Rachel Nichols
Jude Law
 
18. A film whose poster included the following:

starred:
Brad Pitt
Shia LaBeouf
Colin Firth
Sacha Baron Cohen
 
19. Which film retold a Dickens tale?
The Proposal
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Julia
Adventureland
 
20. Three of these animals appeared in the titles of 2009 wide releases. Which did not?
Wolverine
Cobra
Squirrel
Panther
 
21. Two horror movies were each released on August 28. Which of these following pairs opened against each other?
Halloween II and Pandorum
Halloween II and The Final Destination
The Final Destination and Saw VI
Saw VI and Pandorum
 
22. Complete the title: "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by _______"
Jewel
Sapphire
Temperance
Sadie
 
23. We don't care about the future of our society as long as John Cusack survives. This was the message of the trailer for:
2012
The Road
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Year One
 
24. Fittingly, who provides the voice of the Fantastic Mr. Fox?
George Clooney
Clint Eastwood
Bill Murray
Robert Redford
 
25. When Faye Dunaway, who starred in the original Bonnie and Clyde, criticized the choice of the actress awarded the role in the remake, the young actress in question shot back:" I think that my fans that are going to go see the movie don't even know who she is, so you know.... I think it was a little unnecessary but I might be mad if I looked like that now too." Who partook in this unlikely war of words?
Hilary Duff
Megan Fox
Kristen Stewart
Brittany Snow
 
26. HWDYK wants to talk about Ninja Assassin, just because we like to say Ninja Assassin. Hey, what's the name of the guy who was the Ninja Assassin?
Tony Jaa
Qi Shu
Rain
Donnie Yen
 
27. What is the sport that is being played in Invictus?
Cricket
Handball
Rugby
Soccer
 
28. What is the name of the world on which Avatar occurs?
Miranda
LV-426
Na'vi
Pandora
 
29. Madonna was married to the director of this 2009 film.
The Girlfriend Experience
Into the Wild
Sherlock Holmes
Up in the Air
 
30. Graham Greene, Michael Sheen, and Dakota Fanning co-star in this 2009 release:
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Push
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
 




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