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Volume 2 begins with the Bride on the way to her final destination - Bill's place. Since this is a flashforward, she's already taken down all of her other opponents; but which of the four is evidently still alive, if not feeling very well at this point?
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O-Ren Ishii
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Vernita Green
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Budd
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Elle Driver
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Now it's back to the very beginning - the interrupted wedding rehearsal that gave birth to the Bride's quest for revenge. What sensational moniker did the media bestow upon the events of the day?
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The El Paso, Texas Wedding Chapel Massacre
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The Blood-Spattered Ceremony
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No Wedding and Eight Funerals
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Bloodbath at the House of Death
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The cast at the wedding rehearsal includes one very famous actor - a Tarantino film veteran - hidden behind sunglasses and a black hat. Who is this thespian?
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Tim Roth
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Steve Buscemi
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Samuel L. Jackson
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Harvey Keitel
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The Bride is surprised to discover Bill lurking outside the chapel. What does she tell her fiance about him?
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He's her older brother
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He's her father
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He's her ex-husband
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He's her analyst
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But the cover-up doesn't end there. How does the Bride explain "her father"'/Bill's hitherto absence?
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He was in Perth, mining for silver
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He was in Alaska, hunting bear
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He was in California, running for political office
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He was "jetting around the world, killing human beings, and being paid vast sums of money"
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The Bride's fiance, Tommy, lives very dangerously indeed when he asks Bill a favor. What did he want Bill to do?
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Help him pick out the right tuxedo to wear
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Perform the ceremony
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Chip in to pay for the wedding
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Give the Bride away
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We return to the present. Having just slain O-Ren Ishii and Vernita Green, Budd (Michael Madsen) is the Bride's next target. Where does this former assassin currently make his living?
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He's a fireman
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He works as a bouncer at a strip club
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He doesn't work, having killed just enough people for money to retire comfortably
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He runs his own martial arts school
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Budd overpowers the Bride fairly quickly; being in need of some cash, he decides to sell off her brand new Hattori Hanzo sword. Who is his intended buyer for the "greatest sword ever made by a man"?
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Bill
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Larry (his boss)
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Elle Driver
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Boss Matsumoto
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Budd prepares to bury the Bride in a cemetery, of all places. What substance does he threaten to use on her if she doesn't go quietly underground?
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Mace
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Toxic waste
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Gasoline
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Acid
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Not one to miss a chance at using an obscure pop culture reference, Quentin Tarantino borrows the name on the Bride's grave from the title of a cheesy old comedy. What's the name of that lucky film?
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The Christine Jorgensen Story
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Elvira Madigan
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Sheila Levine is Dead and Living in New York
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The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz
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Out by the campfire in flashback land, Bill tells the Bride about a rare but particularly efficient technique to finish off your enemy - "the deadliest blow in martial arts". What is this move called?
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The Weeping Willow
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The Last Laugh
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The Five-Point-Palm Exploding-Heart Technique
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The MacGuffin
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Speaking of pop culture references, this sure was a random one - what is the title of Bill's favorite soul song of the 1970s? (as he tells the Bride after she accidentally names it)
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When Will I See You Again
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She's Gone
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Lady Marmalade
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If You Don't Know Me by Now
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Now that she believes the Bride to be dead, what "R" does Elle Driver declare herself to be feeling the most?
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Regret
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Relief
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Revulsion
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Relaxation
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Elle finishes Budd off by sneaking a venomous little critter into his millions. What model of poisonous animal is this? (Remember, only with this creature is death a certainty)
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Blue-ringed octopus
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Deathstalker scorpion
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Black Mamba snake
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Marbled Cone snail
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"I've always liked that word", Elle says, "but I so rarely have an opportunity to use it in a sentence". Which word received this recommendation?
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Masterful
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Serendipity
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Syriana
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Gargantuan
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At this point, the Bride's real name is finally revealed, in a rather unexpected classroom flashback. What is it?
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Victoria Bride
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Beatrix Kiddo
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Connie McHugh Tarantino
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Norma Jean Baker
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The revelations continue - Pai Mei was the one who tore out Elle Driver's eye (the first one). Why'd he do it?
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Elle told him she was a better warrior than he was
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Pai Mei had decided that Elle would be more skilled as an assassin with only one eye
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Elle had decided to quit her training
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Elle called him a "miserable old fool"
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But then Elle killed that "miserable old fool". How did she pull that one off?
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She poisoned Pai Mei's fish heads
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She gunned Pai Mei down
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She stabbed Pai Mei in the back with his own sword
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She challenged Pai Mei to a fight and won
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The Bride next pays a visit to an old friend of Bill's, Esteban Vihaio (Michael Parks). What line of work was Esteban in before his illustrious retirement?
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He ran the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad before Bill took over
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He ran the orphanage where Bill was raised
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He was a pimp in Acuna
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He was one of Mexico's most famous film directors
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The Bride finally reunites with Bill - and with her daughter, B.B. But rather than fight, Bill tells the Bride how B.B. learned about life and death from Emilio. Who was Emilio?
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A local boy B.B. knew
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B.B.'s pet goldfish
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B.B.'s maternal grandfather
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The subject of a bedtime story
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The Bride and B.B. settle down to watch a movie before B.B. goes to bed. Which film was selected to lull B.B. into sleep?
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Enter the Dragon
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Pulp Fiction
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Mortal Kombat
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Shogun Assassin
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As B.B. sleeps upstairs, Bill and the Bride begin their last conversation. Which comic book character does Bill use as a metaphor for the Bride's pre-coma experiences?
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Superman
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She-Hulk
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Spider-Man
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Howard the Duck
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We're back into flashback. Who is the first person to find out about the Bride's pregnancy? (aside from the Bride herself, of course)
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Bill
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Elle Driver
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Karen Kim
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The Bride's mother
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Bill's dead. The film ends on a title card - what bit of poetic language is transcribed on it?
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"And like that, poof. He's gone."
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"The lioness has rejoined her cub, and all is right in the jungle."
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"Now we are free. I will see you again. But not yet. Not yet."
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"There's more to life than a little money. And here we are, and it's a beautiful day."
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The credits are long but reasonably entertaining. What scene from the movie is played right after every name has finally been listed?
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The Bride attacking Elle Driver
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The Bride bursting out of her grave and walking away
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The Bride and Bill relaxing on a sunny beach together
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The Bride tearing out the eye of some unfortunate Yakuza
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