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1.	In Night at the Museum, Teddy Roosevelt had a crush on which other historical figure?
		Sacagawea
		Joan of Arc
		Florence Nightingale
		Cleopatra

2.	In Primary Colors, John Travolta's Jack Stanton was patterned after which real-life US President?
		George W. Bush
		Bill Clinton
		George H.W. Bush
		Jimmy Carter

3.	When Dave Kovic is not masquerading as President Bill Mitchell in Dave, he operates this type of business:
		Employment agency
		Messenger service
		Print shop
		Bakery

4.	Who portrayed a US President who informed the country of the extreme danger posed by something called Wolf-Biederman?
		Rutger Hauer
		Ed Harris
		Morgan Freeman
		Clint Eastwood

5.	Which US President hired James West and Artemus Gordon in the 1999 film Wild Wild West?
		Abraham Lincoln
		Grover Cleveland
		Ulysses S. Grant
		James K. Polk

6.	Who played a fictitious, lecherous US President in Love Actually?
		Billy Bob Thorton
		Al Pacino
		Andy Garcia
		Donald Sutherland

7.	At the end of Dick, as the presidential helicopter flies overhead, Betsy and Arlene hold up a banner saying, "You Suck, Dick!" How is the banner signed?
		Enjoy prison!
		See you when you're tan, rested and ready
		Bite me, Checkers
		Love, Deep Throat

8.	Among the many alias that Irwin R. "Fletch" Fletcher used was the name of this US President:
		Harry S Truman
		George Washington
		Jimmy Carter
		Herbert Hoover

9.	Clint Eastwood's Frank Horrigan protected a largely-unseen US President in In the Line of Fire. What was the President's Secret Service code name?
		Eagle
		Traveller
		Iron Horse
		Stallion

10.	"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room." This classic movie quotation was spoken by President __________ in Dr. Strangelove:
		Stewart Q. Gimbleston
		Merkin Muffley
		McKinley Abraham Johnson
		Roger S. Wimperson

11.	Though the film's audience knew better, news outlets in Absolute Power reported that President Alan Richmond had killed himself by:
		Stabbing himself
		Hanging himself
		Electrocuting himself
		Poisoning himself

12.	In Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Abraham Lincoln ended his speech "Fourscore and...seven minutes ago......." with:
		San Dimas High School Football Rules!
		Up with miniskirts!
		Andrew Johnson was a total wang!
		Party on, Dudes!

13.	In Independence Day, President Thomas Whitmore had a very fortuitous background in which of the Armed Forces?
		Army
		Navy
		Air Force
		Coast Guard

14.	How did Mars Attack!'s James Dale meet his unfortunate end?
		His head was disintegrated by the Head Disintegrator 5000 Death Ray
		He was impaled by a flag
		He accidentally detonated a nuclear bomb which bore an unfortunate resemblance to a large Twinkie
		He didn't - he totally kicked ass and kicked those little green bastards off the planet

15.	Which of the following US Presidents did Forrest Gump not "meet" in the Oscar winning film?
		John F. Kennedy
		Dwight D. Eisenhower
		Richard Nixon
		Lyndon B. Johnson

16.	Andrew Shepherd, the title character in The American President, was a widower. What was the name of his daughter?
		Abigail
		Theresa
		Lucy
		Amanda

17.	Which action star had climbed all the way to the position of President of the United States in The Simpsons Movie?
		Steven Segal
		Chuck Norris
		Bruce Willis
		Arnold Schwarzenegger

18.	Shown here are actors James Cromwell (L) and Donald Moffat. With regards to their roles as US Presidents in Tom Clancy movies, which is right?
		Moffat appeared as the president in both The Sum of All Fears and Clear and Present Danger
		Cromwell appeared as the president in both The Sum of All Fears and Clear and Present Danger
		Moffat appeared as the president in The Sum of All Fears, Cromwell appeared as the president in Clear and Present Danger
		Cromwell appeared as the president in The Sum of All Fears, Moffat appeared as the president in Clear and Present Danger

19.	Harrison Ford had one of his last memorable film roles as President James Marshall in Air Force One. Do you remember the last name of the Vice President, played by Glenn Close?
		Adamson
		Bennett
		Charles
		Dunleavey

20.	Which film stated that FDR established the Bureau of Paranormal Defense in 1943?
		Close Encounters of the Third Kind
		Hellboy
		X-Men 2: X-Men United
		The X Files: Fight the Future

21.	Who portrayed John F. Kennedy in the Cuban Missile Crisis film 13 Days?
		Kevin Costner
		Bruce Greenwood
		Dylan Baker
		Steven Culp

22.	The tune "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow", whistled menacingly, signified that the supposed President of the United States was in fact an impostor in this film:
		Swordfish
		xXx: State of the Union
		GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra
		The Bourne Supremacy

23.	A terrorist announced his campaign of....well, terror, by way of a video message containing bits of US Presidential speeches in which film?
		The Jackal
		The Siege
		Live Free or Die Hard
		True Lies

24.	Dastardly Elliot Carver plans to blackmail the President of the US with video of him canoodling with a cheerleader in a motel room in which James Bond film?
		Goldeneye
		Tomorrow Never Dies
		Casino Royale
		Die Another Day

25.	Later to become much more famous as a game show personality and commercial actor, Ben Stein had a bit part as a high school teacher in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Before his entertainment days, Stein was a speech writer for which US President?
		Richard Nixon
		Ronald Reagan
		Lyndon B. Johnson
		Jimmy Carter