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1.	The music that opens Apocalypse Now is:
		The End, by the Doors
		Paint it Black, by the Rolling Stones
		White Rabbit, by Jefferson Airplane
		Run Through the Jungle, by Credence Clearwater Revival

2.	Our protagonist, Captain Willard is in Saigon waiting for a mission. He’s not handling it well, and cuts his hand:
		punching a mirror
		in a bar fight
		playing knife games
		because cutting is what he does when he’s bored

3.	Willard is ordered to ComSec Intelligence in Nha Trang, where be is briefed by (among others) Colonel Lucas, played by:
		James Caan
		Bruce Dern
		Harrison Ford
		John Cazale

4.	Williard is ordered to terminate the command of Colonel Kurtz – with:
		complete secrecy
		extreme prejudice
		utter disregard for protocol
		his bare hands

5.	Williard is to go upstream on a Navy patrol boat. Among the crew is Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class, aka Mr Clean, is played by a very young:
		Denzel Washington
		Harry Lennix
		Samuel L. Jackson
		Laurence Fishburne

6.	Willard and the patrol boat rendezvous with the 1/9 AirCav, whose commander (played by Robert Duvall) is Lt. Col:
		Frank Bloodgood
		Ted Pierce
		Bill Kilgore
		Tom Slaughter

7.	Willard has arrived in the middle of an AirCav assault. Kilgore likes to let the enemy know who killed the dead by leaving what souvenir?
		badges
		playing cards
		teaspoons
		the Bible

8.	Kilgore is revealed to be an avid fan of what sport?
		surfing
		target shooting
		football
		ballroom dancing

9.	Willard convinces Kilgore to attack “Charlie’s point”. What music does Kilgore play as the AirCav assaults the village?
		Verdi’s La Donna é Mobile
		Bizet’s Toreador Song
		Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries
		Rimsky-Korsakoff’s Flight of the Bumblebee

10.	One last question about Kilgore – he loves the smell of napalm in the morning, it smells like what?
		death
		conquest
		success
		victory

11.	Back on the patrol boat and upriver, Chef Hicks fantasises about:
		Jacqueline Bisset and pineapples
		Jayne Mansfield and papayas
		Raquel Welch and mangoes
		Brigitte Bardot and bananas

12.	Our merry crew become distinctly happier when their journey takes them to a USO show featuring Playboy Playmates at:
		Hau Pha
		Hau Phat
		Hau Cum
		Hau Dum

13.	According to one of the characters in the movie, what is the “loneliest experience you can imagine”?
		being a leader of men
		killing without feeling, living without judgment
		being clear in one’s mind
		being Playmate of the Year

14.	Willard arranges for an exchange: some fuel for some time with the Playmates for the crew. Miss December (who is now Miss May) is turned on by:
		Southern accents
		barnyard noises
		birds
		the smell of petrol

15.	The patrol boat crew searches a passing sampan. Unfortunately, a young woman makes a sudden move for a barrel, and the patrol boat crew kill everyone on the sampan. What was in the barrel?
		a grenade
		a doll
		a small child
		an adorably cute puppy

16.	Our crew arrive at Do Lung bridge, the last army outpost on the Nung River and the asshole of the world. What is the name of the CO?
		Phillips
		Corman
		Miller
		there isn’t one

17.	At Do Lung, the crew picked up a mail package from home, which includes a newspaper for Chef. Who’s on the cover?
		Richard Nixon
		Charles Manson
		General Westmoreland
		Jane Fonda

18.	The patrol boat catches the attention of the VC, who launch a rocket attack from the shore. Which crew member dies?
		Chief Phillips
		Chef Hicks
		Mr Clean
		Lance Johnson

19.	It was Mr. Clean. To make his death extra sad, he was killed while:
		talking about his plans for when he gets home
		listening to a taped message from his mother
		showing the crew a picture of his sweetheart
		losing his virginity

20.	Willard and crew arrive at a French plantation, whose leader is played by which actor?
		Alain Delon
		Jean-Paul Belmondo
		Christian Marquand
		Jean Gabin

21.	During an attack on the boat by Montagnard villagers, Chief Phillips is killed by:
		an arrow
		a poison dart
		a spear
		a rock

22.	Willard and crew arrive at Kurtz’s outpost, where he is greeted by Dennis Hopper, playing an unnamed, crazed:
		soldier
		photojournalist
		drug dealer
		CIA agent

23.	What causes Dennis Hopper to explain that sometimes Kurtz goes too far?
		the bodies
		the arms and legs
		the heads
		the genitals

24.	According to Kurtz, Willard is:
		an errand boy, sent by grocery clerks, to collect a bill
		a mailman, sent by bureaucrats, to deliver a message
		an auditor, sent by bankers, to close an account
		a delivery boy, sent by Domino’s, to bring a pepperoni

25.	Willard is imprisoned. When Kurtz visits him in the night, whose head does he drop in Willard’s lap?
		Johnson’s
		Chef’s
		Dennis Hopper’s
		Colby’s (the last man sent to kill Kurtz)

26.	Kurtz tells a story to describe the horrors. What Vietcong atrocity does it involve?
		an entire village that was burned alive
		the amputation of childrens’ limbs
		the live burial of prisoners
		the killing of a sacred elephant

27.	Kurtz’s monologue of the horrors includes three of the following phrases. What is the odd one out?
		“...a diamond bullet right through my forehead...”
		“...horror and moral terror are your friends...”
		“...it’s judgment that defeats us...”
		“...why would a nice guy like you want to kill a genius?...”

28.	Willard is allowed to escape and is given a weapon. His assassination of Kurtz is intercut with the ritual sacrifice of:
		a goat
		a wild pig
		a water buffalo
		a monkey

29.	Kurtz’s last words are:
		“Forgive me.”
		“The horror.”
		“Tell my son everything.”
		“At last.”

30.	Bonus Question: Apocalypse Now does not have opening or closing credits, but the title of the film is featured:
		in Willard’s military intelligence briefing
		in Kurtz’s mad poetry
		on the rear machine gun of the patrol boat
		as graffiti scrawled at Kurtz’s outpost