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| 1. | The movie opens with Francis X Hummel visiting the grave of his deceased wife. What does he leave there? | ||
| his Silver Star | |||
| his Navy Cross | |||
| his Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal | |||
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his Congressional Medal of Honor | ||
| 2. | Meanwhile, on the other side of the country, FBI chemical weapons superfreak Stanley Goodspeed has received a vinyl copy of which Beatles album? | ||
| the White Album | |||
| Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band | |||
| Rubber Soul | |||
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Meet the Beatles | ||
| 3. | Goodspeed is called into action to investigate some Serbian aid to Bosnia, which includes a canister of sarin gas hidden inside: | ||
| a stuffed pony | |||
| a teddy bear | |||
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a baby doll | ||
| Barney the Dinosaur | |||
| 4. | Goodspeed is recovering from his hectic day, and his girlfriend Carla has some great news: | ||
| she is leaving him | |||
| her mother is coming to visit | |||
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she is pregnant | ||
| she has arranged a threesome | |||
| 5. | After seizing some VX nerve gas and rockets, Hummel and his men take over what tourist attraction? | ||
| Ellis Island | |||
| Fort Sumter | |||
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Alcatraz | ||
| Liberty Island | |||
| 6. | Hummel is a Brigadier-General in the United States: | ||
| Army | |||
| Air Force | |||
| Navy | |||
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Marine Corps | ||
| 7. | The Grand Cayman Red Sea Trading Company is a slush fund for the Pentagon’s: | ||
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illegal arms sales | ||
| illegal chemical weapons research | |||
| illegal wiretapping network | |||
| illegal ‘wet’ operations | |||
| 8. | Goodspeed and Carla are making out on a rooftop overflowing with candles. What about Carla does Goodspeed find very naughty? | ||
| her camouflage underwear | |||
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her pigtails | ||
| her schoolgirl uniform | |||
| her librarian glasses | |||
| 9. | The FBI bring in John Mason, a former British intelligence officer who escaped from Alcatraz, for some first-hand knowledge. Who does Mason not compare himself to? | ||
| Alcibiades | |||
| Sir Walter Raleigh | |||
| Alexander Solzhenitsyn | |||
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Mahatma Gandhi | ||
| 10. | Mason and Goodspeed have to go to Alcatraz with the Navy SEALS. Goodspeed is not allowed to reveal he’s a chemical weapons export, so he says he is an expert in | ||
| hand-to-hand combat | |||
| hostage negotiations | |||
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counter-terrorism | ||
| biological weapons | |||
| 11. | Mason is taken to the Fairmont Hotel. While he is in the shower, he sings: | ||
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San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) | ||
| I Left My Heart in San Francisco | |||
| San Franciscan Nights | |||
| Do You Know The Way To San Jose | |||
| 12. | Mason escapes from the hotel in a Humvee. Goodspeed chases after him in a convenient: | ||
| Lamborghini | |||
| Shelby Cobra | |||
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Ferrari | ||
| Rolls-Royce | |||
| 13. | In the short time he has, Mason contacts his daughter and arranges to meet her at: | ||
| Coit Tower | |||
| the Conservatory in Golden Gate Park | |||
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the Palace of Fine Arts | ||
| the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | |||
| 14. | Mason met Jade’s mother in a bar after a concert by which band? | ||
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Led Zeppelin | ||
| The Grateful Dead | |||
| Simon & Garfunkel | |||
| The Mamas & the Papas | |||
| 15. | “Earlier today you wanted a gun. Now you’re getting a gun and…” what? | ||
| combat boots | |||
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a wetsuit | ||
| a bulletproof vest | |||
| some atropine | |||
| 16. | No one trusts Mason one bit – he only has three items in his special operational gear. What is not included? | ||
| kerosene | |||
| washers | |||
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chewing gum | ||
| waterproof matches | |||
| 17. | Mason leads the Navy SEALS through the tunnels and the mysteriously lit flame-machinery into: | ||
| the exercise yard | |||
| the guards’ locker room | |||
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the shower room | ||
| the canteen | |||
| 18. | The Navy SEALS are all killed, and Mason and Goodspeed are the only survivors. Commander Anderson, who leads the Navy SEALS, is played by: | ||
| William Fichtner | |||
| Tom Berenger | |||
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|
Michael Biehn | ||
| John McGinley | |||
| 19. | Goodspeed has never been in combat before. The first time he has to kill someone, he does it: | ||
| with an air conditioner | |||
| with a mine car | |||
| with a rocket | |||
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with his gun | ||
| 20. | Turns out Mason was imprisoned for stealing John Edgar Hoover’s secret files which, according to Womack, include information on: | ||
| Martin Luther King’s assassination | |||
| Kennedy’s links to the Mafia | |||
| testing LSD on subway commuters | |||
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the alien landings at Roswell | ||
| 21. | We all know that winners get to do with the prom queen, but according to Mason, what do losers always do? | ||
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whine about their best | ||
| ask to be given a break | |||
| complain about what’s fair | |||
| what is easy | |||
| 22. | What kind of car does Goodspeed drive? | ||
| a maroon Buick | |||
| a sky blue Volkswagen | |||
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a beige Volvo | ||
| a grey Honda | |||
| 23. | Mason and Goodspeed destroy all but two of the rocket guidance chips, but are captured. One of their captor’s turns of phrase has a particular impact on Goodspeed: | ||
| “You're being given your last chance by a man with a gun.” | |||
| “I can't cut off anyone's balls with a trimmer, now can I?” | |||
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“I’d take pleasure in gutting you, boy.” | ||
| “How’s your bowling arm?” | |||
| 24. | How in the name of Zeus' butthole does Mason get out of his cell? | ||
| cutting through the bars with a makeshift saw | |||
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using a rope made from his bedsheets to open the door release | ||
| tunnelling through the cell wall | |||
| picking the lock with a bedspring | |||
| 25. | Hummel’s demands have been turned down, so he launches a missile. The target? | ||
| Fisherman’s Wharf | |||
| City Hall | |||
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Candlestick Park | ||
| Chinatown | |||
| 26. | Hummel destroys the missile, and Captains Frye and Darrow go ballistic and kill him. Before he dies, he tells Mason and Goodspeed the location of the last rocket. Where is it? | ||
| model industries building | |||
| water tower | |||
| power house | |||
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lower lighthouse | ||
| 27. | Goodspeed asks Captain Darrow if he likes: | ||
| the Beatles song, Happiness is a Warm Gun | |||
| the Rolling Stones song, Start Me Up | |||
| the David Bowie Song, Major Tom | |||
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the Elton John song, Rocket Man | ||
| 28. | Goodspeed kills Captain Frye by: | ||
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force-feeding him nerve gas | ||
| attaching a grenade to his belt and pulling the pin | |||
| stabbing him with the atropine needle | |||
| lighting a flare in his face | |||
| 29. | After the bad guys are dead and the Air Force drops liquid plasma on the Rock, Goodspeed explains to the FBI that Mason was: | ||
| disintegrated | |||
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vaporized | ||
| pulverized | |||
| atomized | |||
| 30. | But Mason is alive, and before he leaves, he informs Goodspeed that the microfilm is in Fort Walton, Kansas, hidden inside: | ||
| the roof of a bait store | |||
| a drive-in theatre screen | |||
| a ventilation shaft in a motel | |||
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the leg of a church pew | ||
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