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1 Which state was Sydney Ellen Wade from?
Answer: Virginia

After the State Dinner, the President tried to send her some Dogwood, the state flower of Virginia, but when he could not do this, he sent her a Virginia ham instead.
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2 "If anyone needs me, I'll be in the Roosevelt Room, giving Lewis oxygen."
Answer: A.J. MacInerney

A.J. knows that the President needs a few minutes alone with Sydney following her return so he tries tactfully to excuse himself.
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3 What is Andy's cousin's name?
Answer: Judith

It is only mentioned once in the movie near the beginning.
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4 What was President Shepherd's first gift to Sydney?
Answer: a ham

"Dig it Miss Wade. You're the President's girlfriend."
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5 What is the name of Michael Douglas' character?
Answer: Andrew Sheppard

Also known as Andy to his friends.
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6 What was the name of the flower shop where Andy stopped the Presidential motorcade?
Answer: Carmen's House of Flowers

This was the shop which Andy had phoned when he wanted to send flowers to Sydney after the State Dinner. Then, when he was in the motorcade and had to ring Sydney to break his date with her, he suddenly spotted the shop and told the driver to stop so that he could 'hop out and get her some flowers'. When Lewis told him he couldn't just 'hop out', Andy replied, 'You think there's a florist who's planning an assassination on the off-chance that I'd be stopping by?' And Lewis said rather uncertainly, 'It's possible.'
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7 "I tell any girl I'm going out with to assume that all plans are soft until she receives confirmation from me thirty minutes beforehand."
Answer: Lewis Rothschild

Robin remarks "And they find that romantic?" and Lewis replies "Well, I say it with a great deal of charm."
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8 What did Andy call Robin when she entered the office in the beginning?
Answer: Too Tall McCall

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9 What song did Lucy play for her dad?
Answer: Hail to the Chief

She may not like social studies, but she can sure toot that horn.
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10 What does the acronym GDC stand for?
Answer: Global Defense Council

The GDC hired Sydney Allen Wade (Annette Bening) to help lobby their desires for a 20 percent reduction in fossil fuel usage.
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11 What was Sydney wearing when the President called her for the first time?
Answer: Pyjamas

Sydney thought it was Richard ringing back and doing his 'Andrew Shepherd imitation' and made some flippant remarks to him before putting the phone down. She was mortified when she realised that it actually had been the President she was speaking to.
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12 "You raise your voice to the President?"
Answer: President Andrew Shepherd

This was said when Sydney was trying to explain to Andy why they shouldn't be together and then ends up spending the night at the White House.
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13 What time was it when Lewis called?
Answer: 5:00 AM

Andy tells Lewis that he needs to get a life.
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14 What position does A.J. McInerny hold?
Answer: Chief of Staff

And he was the Best Man at President Shepherd's wedding.
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15 In which White House room did the President first kiss Sydney?
Answer: China Room

Andy referred to it as 'the dish room.' The kiss was terribly brief, as first kisses go. They were interrupted by a secret service agent advising the president of a secure call. The Libyans bombed C-STAD and ruined their romantic moment. Dang, that happens to me all the time too!
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16 What colour gown did Sydney wear for the State Dinner?
Answer: Blue

This was Sydney's first date with the President, a State Dinner at the White House in honour of the President of France. She wore a strapless, long, deep blue gown with a matching stole. As she entered the reception room very nervously, AJ commented to her 'Sydney, you look beautiful!'
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17 "If you were a dork you should say you're sorry. Girls like that."
Answer: Lucy Shepherd

Lucy earlier in the film told her dad to compliment Sydney's shoes on their first date at the State Dinner.
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18 What was the phone number that Andy told Sydney to call?
Answer: 456-1414

Sydney didn't believe Andy at first when he called her, but when he gave her the number, she felt so stupid.
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19 What is the last scene of the movie?
Answer: State of the Union

After Andy finally got around to giving Sydney some roses.
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20 What was the President's daughter's name?
Answer: Lucy

She played the trombone. Did you notice that one moment, she was struggling to play a basic scale, then the next moment, playing "Hail to the Chief?"
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21 What tune was the orchestra playing when Andy and Sydney danced together?
Answer: I Have Dreamed

This was the only tune that we heard the orchestra playing during the State Dinner and Sydney made a comment to the President of France about 'listening to the music of this wonderful orchestra'. Then Andy asked her to dance. Interesting that there seemed to be no cameras flashing while they danced, and yet photographs of them dancing together appeared in every newspaper the next day!
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22 "That's not what men do. I know no men who do that."
Answer: Robin McCall

Robin says this when the President tells his secret service agent that he needs to stop to get Sydney some flowers, because he broke their date that evening.
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23 How many post graduate degrees does Leon have?
Answer: 19

Leon said that the reason for the decline in popularity was that the nation had mood swings.
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24 What will A.J. not do "playing pool. I will not do it in school..."?
Answer: call President Shepherd by his first name

How professional of him.
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25 What did the president's daughter tell the president to compliment Sydney on, for their first date?
Answer: shoes

'Compliment her shoes, girls like that.' It worked great, Sydney seemed delighted he noticed. I'll have to keep that tip in mind...
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