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1. In "Mr. Baseball", Tom Selleck's character goes to Japan because a rookie, played by a real-life major leaguer, takes his first base spot. Who is that player?
2. Which of these movies was NOT based on a book?
3. In "Major League", Ricky Vaughn's nemesis Haywood was portrayed by a real-life major leaguer?
4. In "Comrades of Summer", Joe Mantegna's character goes to the Soviet Union to teach a rag-tag group the American pasttime. What team was he fired from?
5. In "Brewster's Millions", Richard Pryor plays a minor league pitcher named Monty Brewster. What city is his team in?
6. In "Never Been Kissed", where on the baseball diamond does Drew Barrymore's character Josie Geller, receive her first true kiss?
7. In "The Natural", Robert Redford's character, Roy Hobbs, returns from a hospital stay to play in a final game for the New York Knights. In his last at bat, he breaks his famous Wonderboy bat on a foul ball. What are the words on the bat that the batboy brings him?
8. In "The Naked Gun", Reggie Jackson is brainwashed to kill who during a baseball game?
9. In "Field of Dreams", what ballpark does James Earl Jones' character, Terrance Mann, go to as a youngster growing up?
10. In "For Love of the Game", how should the final out of the game be scored (numbers represent positions in the field 1=Pitcher, 3=First Baseman, and 6=Shortstop)?
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