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Tom has played which of the following real-life people from the Vietnam era?
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Lyndon Baines Johnson
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Ron Kovic
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Robert McNamara
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Abbie Hoffman
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What is Tom's connection to the TV show Lost?
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Tom's former brother-in-law is JJ Abrams, who created the show
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Tom receives an executive producer credit on the show
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Tom's vocalizations are the voice-overs.
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Tom's cousin had a recurring role in show
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3.
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Tom's infamous couch-jumping episode occurred on what show?
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Oprah
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The Today Show
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The Tonight Show
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L. Ron Hubbard's Dance Fever
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4.
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Warren Zevon's 'Werewolves of London' was featured in which of Tom's films?
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Top Gun
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All the Right Moves
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Days of Thunder
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The Color of Money
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Tom has appeared in an on-screen adaptation of the works of each of the following writers, except for whom?
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Anne Rice
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Philip K Dick
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Michael Crichton
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John Grisham
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6.
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Which of the following films did not gross $100 million at the US box office?
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Rain Man
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Top Gun
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A Few Good Men
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Magnolia
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7.
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In A Few Good Men, Tom portrayed naval lawyer Daniel Kaffee, who held which rank?
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Commander
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Colonel
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Lieutenant
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Lieutenant Colonel
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8.
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Tom has played A) Lestat B) Mitchell McDeere C) Joel Goodson and D) an assassin named Vincent. Which of the following ranks the characters correctly in age, from youngest to oldest?
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A -B - C - D
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D - A - C - B
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C - B - D - A
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D - C - A - B
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9.
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Which of these fictitious characters has Tom played in a brief cameo?
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Jack Ryan
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Axel Foley
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Austin Powers
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Jack Sparrow
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10.
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In which film did Tom play a character who was shot to death?
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Born on the Fourth of July
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All the Right Moves
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Taps
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Far and Away
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11.
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What is unusual about Tom's wives Mimi Rogers, Nicole Kidman and Katie Holmes?
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All were devout Buddhists before marrying Tom
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Mimi is about 11 years older than Nicole, who is about 11 years older than Katie
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All are from the same small town in California
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They all play bridge every Saturday with Brooke Shields
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Discussing his opposition to psychiatry with Matt Lauer on the Today show in 2005, Tom said famously, "Matt, Matt, Matt....you're ________.....you don't even know what Ritalin is."
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Glib
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Supercilious
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Sanctimonious
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Part of the problem
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13.
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For which film was Tom *not* nominated for an Oscar?
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Rain Man
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Born on the Fourth of July
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Magnolia
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Jerry Maguire
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14.
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Which director hasn't worked with Tom in a feature film?
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Steven Spielberg
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Martin Scorsese
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Brian De Palma
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Roman Polanski
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Where was Tom born?
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New Jersey
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New Zealand
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New Mexico
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New Cyrius Epsilon 3, Maplewood Township
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What Cruise film contains the following line: "For 500 bucks a month, I'll kill whoever you want"?
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Collateral
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Cocktail
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The Last Samurai
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Willow
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In 2006, Tom began a business relationship with the owner of which professional sports team?
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St. Louis Cardinals
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Dallas Cowboys
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Washington Redskins
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Miami Heat
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Tom claims that the name of his daughter Suri means "princess" in Hebrew, and is also Persian for:
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Red Rose
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Beautiful
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Everlasting
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Dawn's Splendor
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In 2006, Tom and his producing partner, Paula Wagner, split with Paramount, with which the two had been associated for more than a decade. Cruise and Wagner subsequently headed what other major studio?
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Sony
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United Artists
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Universal
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MGM
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Part of the controversy that surrounded Suri's birth was the persistent rumor that the child's father was not in fact Tom, but this former boyfriend of Katie's:
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Vince Vaughn
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Matthew Perry
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Mario Lopez
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Chris Klein
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21.
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Tom's film with the greatest US gross, adjusted for inflation, is:
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Top Gun
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Mission: Impossible III
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Mission: Impossible
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War of the Worlds
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The world held its breath during summer 2006 as everyone eagerly awaited a report of a Suri sighting. The Great Suri Watch ended when which celebrity claimed to have visited Tom and Katie and seen their progeny?
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Will Smith
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Leah Remini
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John Travolta
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Oprah Winfrey
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23.
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With which of these Oscar winners has Tom appeared on film more than once?
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Philip Seymour Hoffman
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Dustin Hoffman
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Jack Nicolson
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Jamie Foxx
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24.
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For which Nicole Kidman film, released almost simultaneously with the couple's divorce, was Tom credited as an executive producer?
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The Hours
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The Peacemaker
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Birthday Girl
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The Others
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25.
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Tom is most widely associated with Scientology. Which of the following is also true of his religious life?
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He was born Jewish
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His father was a devout Buddhist
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He has been excommunicated by the Catholic Church
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As a youngster, Tom attended a Franciscan seminary
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