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1. In "The Negotiator" (1998), Danny Roman (Samuel L. Jackson) and Chris Sabian (Kevin Spacey) have a minor disagreement about the finale of a famous western. Which one?
2. Some characters in "Clerks" (1994) engage in a debate about an ethical issue in an American blockbuster. Which film are these characters arguing about?
3. Jack Foley (George Clooney) and Karen Sisco (Jennifer Lopez) discuss movies while trapped together in the trunk of a car in 1998's "Out of Sight". Jack, though, isn't as much of a movie fan as he purports to be: during this discussion, he misquotes one of the most famous lines of dialogue ever spoken in an American film. Which one?
4. As an odd way of explaining his motives for becoming a kidnapper to harried father Tom Mullen (Mel Gibson), Jimmy Shaker (Gary Sinise) references a classic science fiction film in "Ransom" (1996). What's the film?
5. "Scream" (1996) makes both obvious and subtle references to quite a few horror films, but which film is being viewed by a room full of high school students when movie expert Randy Meeks (Jamie Kennedy) feels compelled to explain to his peers what the "rules" are for surviving a horror movie?
6. In perhaps the creepiest scene of "Mystic River" (2003), Dave Boyle (Tim Robbins) reveals his dark side to his wife for the first time while watching a vampire movie on television. What's the movie?
7. "Under the Rainbow" (1981), starring Chevy Chase and Carrie Fisher, was set during the production of one of the most critically acclaimed and publically beloved films of all time. Which film?
8. The well-meaning organizers of the bachelor party of latent homosexual Howard Brackett (Kevin Kline) in "In and Out" (1997) bring along a movie that they think he'll enjoy. It's not porn. It stars Barbra Streisand. What's the movie?
9. In "City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold" (1994), we meet Glen Robbins (Jon Lovitz), the brother of original "City Slickers" character Mitch Robbins (Billy Crystal). Glen is annoying for many reasons, but what drives Mitch absolutely crazy is his brother's cinematic obsession. With which movies is Glen obsessed?
10. In "Boiler Room" (2000), bigwig Jim Young (Ben Affleck) makes sure to treat the young stockbrokers in his firm to a viewing of the film "Glengarry Glen Ross" (1992).
11. During an intense gunfight in "Beverly Hills Cop" (1984), Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold) irritates his superior officer by referencing a classic American film. Which one?
12. Dozens of actual films are referenced in "The Player" (1992), but at the very beginning of the film, Walter Stuckel (Fred Ward) discusses a particular Orson Welles film with an underling in a sequence that has to be one of the funniest self-referential Hollywood jokes of the 90's. What's the film?
13. "Quiz Show" (1994) focused on the 1950's TV game show "Twenty-One," which was rigged. Contestant Herbie Stempel (John Turturro), once his numbers have "plateaued," is told that he must intentionally give the wrong answer to a question about movies. What is the CORRECT answer to the question that Herbie is ordered to answer incorrectly?
14. In "American Splendor" (2003), Harvey Pekar (Paul Giamatti) is invited by a co-worker to take an hours-long road trip to see a new film (in 1984) with him. What's the film?
15. In "The Shawshank Redemption" (1994), Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) asks Red (Morgan Freeman) for an all-important poster while Red is watching a movie. What's the movie?
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