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1.	A song by this singer plays over the opening credits:
		Elvis
		Wayne Newton
		Robert Goulet
		Frank Sinatra

2.	What is the name of the firm that Bud works for at the beginning of the movie?
		Jackson, Steinem & Co.
		Witherspoon-Hickman
		Cantador, Houk and Associates
		Bingham-Barlett

3.	"Leave me alone, will ya? It's the only thing that makes me feel good anymore." When the two meet for the first time in the film, Bud is giving his dad Carl a hard time about this vice:
		Smoking
		Drinking
		Gambling
		Swearing

4.	Here's a gimme, sorta: Carl works for an airline whose name is a combination of a:
		US President and direction
		City and mammal
		Bird and car maker
		Color and heavenly body

5.	Carl discloses that the airline has received this news, which will make it an attractive commodity later in the film:
		It's receiving an influx of capital
		One of its competitors is going under
		It's about to receive a favorable ruling from the FAA
		The union has been decertified

6.	Bud spends the majority of Gordon Gekko's birthday waiting in his lobby with this gift:
		A miniature TV
		A 25-pound satellite phone
		Cuban cigars
		A gold money clip

7.	At their first meeting, Gordon acknowledges that Bud has called him this number of days in a row:
		59
		17
		268
		135

8.	Gordon tells Bud that if he does well, there will be perks...lots and lots of perks. What is the first perk that Gordon sends him?
		A call girl
		A commission check
		Season tickets to the Knicks
		A membership for a racquet club

9.	"Ever wonder why fund managers can't beat the S&P 500? 'Cause they're sheep, and sheep get slaughtered." After Bud loses Gekko's money on a bad investment, Gordon dresses him down in this location:
		In the back of a limo
		In his office
		In a locker room
		In a swank restaurant

10.	What is Gordon's first assignment to Bud with respects to Teldar Paper?
		To buy as many shares as he can
		To essentially spy on Sir Lawrence Wildman
		To manufacture evidence of fraud
		To arrange financing of a competitor

11.	To counter Wildman, Gordon instructs Bud to buy shares of this type of company (think: "Blue Horseshoe loves....")
		Steel
		Soft drink
		Microprocessor
		Publishing

12.	Wildman, to Gekko during a tense meeting at Gordon's house: "No only would you sell your mother to make a deal...."
		"You'd claim the proceeds as a write-off"
		"You'd insist on cash up front"
		"You'd refuse to throw in an extra pair of her knickers"
		"You'd send her C.O.D"

13.	"Money never sleeps, pal." Where is Gordon when he places this call to Bud?
		In an art gallery
		On a beach
		On a private jet
		In Hong Kong

14.	Bud visits an old college buddy, Roger Barnes (James Spader) to give him a tip about Teldar Paper. What does Barnes do for a living?
		He's a fellow broker
		He's a lawyer
		He's a TV repairman
		He's a journalist

15.	Shortly after meeting with Barnes, Bud poses as a ________ to pilfer information from his files:
		Cleaning company supervisor
		Electrician
		Plumber
		Night watchman

16.	When the firm's sales manager awarded Bud with a corner office, he assessment of Bud begins with (Hint: When Bud is arrested later, the sales manager begins his condemnation with the same words)
		"Nothing ever gets by me...."
		"The minute I laid eyes on you...."
		"Never try to con a con-man...."
		"Bud, we go back a long, long way...."

17.	"We are smart enough not to buy in to the oldest myth running:" What does Gordon call the oldest myth running?
		Hard work
		The American Dream
		The illusion of wealth
		Love

18.	What is the name of the trading watchdog body that appears several times in the film?
		InvestCorp
		StockWatch
		Securities Net
		Trade Safe

19.	Gordon delivers his "Greed...is good" during:
		An an appearance on Larry King
		An interview with the Wall Street Journal
		At a meeting of Teldar Paper stockholders.
		A meeting of Anacot Steel stockholders

20.	Gordon and Bud pitch their plan to acquire Blue Star to a group of union representatives at Bud's house. Which union isn't represented?
		Pilots
		Baggage handlers
		Flight attendants
		Mechanics

21.	While the other union reps are receptive to Gekko's plan, Carl sees right through it and scoffs, quoting this biblical verse:
		....whose hearts he turned to hate his people, to conspire against his servants.
		And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty
		A man's riches may ransom his life, but a poor man hears no threat.
		There came into Egypt a Pharaoh who did not know

22.	Bud learns that Gordon is going to break up Blue Star:
		From Carl
		In a boardroom meeting
		By watching a newscast
		From Gordon's secretary

23.	A farily maudlin reconciliation between Bud and Carl occurs after Papa Fox:
		Suffers a stroke
		Is hit by a car
		Has a heart attack
		Suffers an on-the-job accident

24.	Entering his firm's suite immediately before he is arrested, Bud greets the secretary (somewhat coincidentally): "Smile, Carolyn,"
		Wrongs are about to be righted
		There's smooth sailing ahead
		We're on easy street from here on out
		There's justice in the world

25.	After his final confrontation with Gekko, Bud enters a bathroom in a ___________ to turn over his wire to the Feds.
		Movie Theater
		Restaurant
		Library
		Gym

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