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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