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1 What type of ball is Wilson?
Answer: Volleyball

That is where Chuck gets the name Wilson, the volleyball was made by Wilson.
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According to Chuck's calculations, how large did he figure the search area for the crashed plane and any survivors would be?




2 Who played the main character, Chuck?
Answer: Tom Hanks

Paul Sanchez plays Ramon, Peterson's FedEx Driver, Semion Suradikov plays Nicolai, and Nick Searcy plays Stan.
Tom Hanks certainly fits the description of a guy, stranded on an island for four years.
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3 Finish this quote, 'I'm so sad that I don't have Kelly, but I'm so grateful that she was with me on that island. And I know what I have to do {now;} gotta keep breathing, because tomorrow the sun will rise, who know what the ____ could bring'?
Answer: tide

He's talking to his friend Stan.
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4 'Castaway' reunited Tom Hanks and director Robert Zemeckis since they worked together on this 1994 film?
Answer: Forrest Gump

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5 What company does Chuck (Tom Hanks) work for?
Answer: Fed Ex

He is a supervisor for Fed Ex.
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6 Chuck applies a certain substance to Wilson which creates face like picture on Wilson. What is the substance.
Answer: Blood

After cutting his hand, Chuck grabs the volleyball in desperation. Later he notices that his hand print on Wilson looked like a face.
Question Reference: Quiz: "Cast Away": Wilson and Chuck.
7 How long was Chuck on the island?
Answer: 4 years

At first, someone came close, but didn't see Chuck on the island. After that, he seemed to give up, and not think that anyone would rescue him.
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8 What subject did Wilson 'bring up' to Chuck in his mind that he got angry over and ended up tossing Wilson out of the cave?
Answer: Suicide

In their many imaginary 'conversations,' this is the one where Chuck really gets angry at Wilson.
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9 Where was Chuck doing business in the beginning of the movie?
Answer: Russia

He was doing business in Moscow, Russia.
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10 What do Wilson and Chuck's dentist have in common?
Answer: Sporting company last names

When Chuck has a tooth ache, he tries removing his tooth with a hockey skate, but with no avail. He tells Wilson that he always hated going to the dentist, but now he would do almost anything for a dentist, when he notices that his dentist James Spalding and Wilson have names that are the same as sporting companies. Later, he is able to successfully removed the tooth with a rock.
Question Reference: Quiz: "Cast Away": Wilson and Chuck.
11 What did Chuck name his only friend on the island?
Answer: Wilson

Chuck got that name from the brand of volleyball that Wilson was. Later, Chuck makes a joke that his dentist used to be a Mr. Spalding, which is another volleyball brand.
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12 Towards the end of the movie, when Chuck delivers the package that 'saved his life,' he places it down by the door. In this shot we can also see three objects including a broom, rake and water pail. What color is the water pail?
Answer: Pink

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13 What company did Chuck Noland work for?
Answer: FedEx

Noland was a systems operations engineer for FedEx.
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14 What did Chuck give the kid for delivering a package to him?
Answer: Candy and a CD player

He gave him a snickers bar, a CD player, and an Elvis CD.
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15 Where does Chuck find Wilson?
Answer: From a package

After the crash, Chuck was not the only FedEx thing to wash up on shore, many other packages the crew was delivering were used by Chuck in his many adventures.
Question Reference: Quiz: "Cast Away": Wilson and Chuck.
16 What was Chuck's only friend - the one mentioned above?
Answer: A volleyball

The blood handprint that was left on the face of the ball does look like a face, if you look carefully, especially after Chuck enhances the features.
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17 According to Chuck's calculations, how large did he figure the search area for the crashed plane and any survivors would be?
Answer: 502,400sq. miles

'That's twice the size of Texas. They may never find us.'
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18 The island that was used in the movie was part of this island chain.
Answer: Fiji

The location crew found the unihabited island just off the Fiji islands. It was chosen because of the beach area that was used in the movie, and because the lava shelf went around the entire island.
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19 What is the name of Chuck's girlfriend, played by Helen Hunt?
Answer: Kelly

Her name is Kelly.
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20 What prevents Chuck from rescuing Wilson on the raft?
Answer: The rope tying Chuck to the raft

Although inches away from resucing Wilson, Chuck both mentally and physically concedes as soon as he can go no father away from the boat. "Wilson!"
Question Reference: Quiz: "Cast Away": Wilson and Chuck.
21 When the Russian FedEx delivery man makes his second stop, the camera pans into a building through a window. In the window, the audience can see a small Christmas tree. How many ball ornaments are on the tree?
Answer: 4

There's also a second window as the camera follows Nicolai through the building, and the second tree contains two balls.
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22 One of the pilot's from the doomed FedEx flight washed up on Chuck's island. Chuck dug a grave and buried him. What was his name?
Answer: Albert Miller

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23 Just before the airplane goes down, what was Chuck doing?
Answer: Removing a band-aid

He was removing a band-aid from his finger just before the airplane experienced SEVERE turbulence.
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24 What Company did Chuck Noland work for before his adventure on the island?
Answer: FedEx

He was stranded while on a delivery mission for FedEx, and this is why he recovers so many packages on the island.
Question Reference: Quiz: "Cast Away": Wilson and Chuck.
25 What company does Chuck work for?
Answer: Fed-Ex

The fact that he worked for Fed-Ex helped him, because he could use all of the packages that he was stranded with.
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