Team America: World Police Trivia

1. The film begins with Team America operatives engaging a small group of terrorists. In which European capital city, 3,635 miles east of America, does the opening scene take place?

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Answer: Paris

The terrorist's mission is to plant a weapon of mass destruction in the centre of Paris, France. Unfortunately for both the terrorists and the Parisians, Team America arrive in time to save the day. The initial gun battle takes place in the vicinity of the Eiffel Tower; a landmark ultimately destroyed along with the Arc de Triomphe by a missile launched by our heroes. A second missile launched by Team America's air support destroys the Louvre. Team America begin to celebrate. "Bonjour everyone, don't worry, everything is bon; we stopped the terrorists!" announces team member Joe to a group of incredulous Parisians, as they gaze open-mouthed at what remains of some of their most famous and historic landmarks. Their success however, is tinged with sadness at the death of their colleague Carson, shot and killed by a wounded terrorist in the aftermath of this engagement.

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Answer: Trey Parker and Matt Stone

Matt Stone and Trey Parker are the geniuses behind "South Park", which debuted on Comedy Central in 1997. It has been one of the most successful animated programs of all time. "Team America" was their fifth film, including a feature length work based on "South Park" (1999). They have won multiple Emmy Awards for "South Park" and both Tony and Grammy Awards for their Broadway musical "The Book of Mormon" (2011). "Team America" follows a group of special counter-terrorism agents who spread destruction on a global scale in their pursuit of terrorists. The hero of the story is an actor named Gary Johnston, who is recruited to infiltrate the terrorists. They later discover that North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il is behind a scheme to destroy the world. Seth MacFarlane created "Family Guy" (began 1999). Mike Judge is the creator of both "Beavis and Butthead" (1993-2011) and "King of the Hill" (1997-2010). Academy Award winning director Brooks and Matt Groening are the geniuses behind "The Simpsons" (began 1989). Quick lesson for film students - Want to keep working? Go animated.

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Answer: Paris

Team America kills all the terrorists, but they level the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre in the process.

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Answer: He ponders over the saddest moment in his life.

Gary Johnston is a troubled soul who hides a terrible secret; his acting skills were the cause of his elder brother Tommy being killed whilst protecting him on a trip to the zoo. Gary had slipped and fallen into the gorilla enclosure and his brother had jumped in to protect Gary from the troop of blueberry-crazed gorillas; try and work that one out if you can! It was this dreadful event, the saddest of his life, which drives Gary's particularly emotional style of acting. As Gary returns to his dressing room he is confronted by Spottswoode, the enigmatic and slightly camp head of Team America. 'Lease - The Musical' is a spoof based on the Tony Award winning musical 'Rent'. The first scene in which Gary Johnston appears is at the climax of the play with the assembled cast singing the song 'Everyone has AIDS', a finale which culminates with rapturous applause and a standing ovation from the audience.

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Answer: Washington D.C.

After turning down Team America's offer, Gary heads to Washington D.C. He sings "Freedom isn't Free", which is a parody of many of the jingoistic country songs that came out in the wake of 9/11. Gary can be seen at the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials, the Iwo Jima Memorial, Arlington Cemetery, the Korean and Vietnam War Memorials, the US Capitol and the Supreme Court building. According to Trey Parker, the price of freedom is $1.05 (a "buck o five").

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Answer: Lease

After seeing Gary perform in "Lease" (a perversely funny spoof of "Rent," which closes with the up-tempo song "Everyone Has AIDS"), Team America Director Spottswode recruits Gary as a Team America spy. Being an undercover spy, after all, is not so different from being an actor - you just have to pretend to be someone else, convincingly.

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Answer: That he will never die

Lisa's former lover, Carson, was killed literally minutes after he proposed. A burned Lisa insists that Gary promise that he will never die. Gary then says, "I promise I will never die." What follows is one of the most bizarre sex scenes in any film ever, all to the tune of a ballad called "Only A Woman".

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Answer: Chris, the martial arts expert

Chris, a martial arts expert, hates all actors, because he was molested by the cast of "Cats", when he was a child.

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Answer: Mount Rushmore

Team America's headquarters are securely sited within Mount Rushmore. Entry is made into the complex through George Washington's mouth. After meeting the team for the first time, Spottswoode explains the mission that Team America have planned for Gary. Spottswoode explains that, should Gary not want to accept, he can leave. He is surprised when Gary simply thanks him, turns and walks out! "Meh," utters Spottswoode as he stands there surrounded by an expectant team, his arm raised in the direction of the door that Gary has just exited through. Mount Rushmore was also featured in the classic 1959 Hitchcock adventure 'North by North-West' in addition to its use here as Team America's base.

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Answer: Derka-Derkastan

Gary used "Derka Derka" as a gibberish Arabic phrase when he was speaking with the terrorists on Bakalakadakah Street.

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Answer: that he'll never die

Lisa had been in love once before, with a Team America member named Carson, but Carson was killed by a terrorist during the mission in Paris. The lovemaking scenes between Lisa and Gary are graphic, filthy, and utterly hilarious.

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Answer: It is a sophisticated computer system.

I.N.T.E.L.L.I.G.E.N.C.E is Team America's super computer, the most sophisticated IT system in the world... allegedly. However, this computer is not as sophisticated as its name suggests. It has a penchant for stating the obvious with much of its so-called intelligence being merely gleaned from news networks across the globe. Perhaps D.U.N.C.E. would be a more appropriate moniker!

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Answer: Eiffel Tower

The first battle with terrorists takes place in Paris, and Team America succeeds in defeating the terrorists while blowing up the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre. They destroy the pyramids during a raid on Cairo, and Michael Moore blows up Mount Rushmore.

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Answer: Cairo, Egypt

Tavern? It's highly unlikely that any jihadi would frequent a tavern! After masterfully acting his way into the Chechen terrorists' confidence, Gary is suddenly ushered into a waiting vehicle; Team America operatives have been spotted outside! During the chase Gary, whose acting is so good, fails to convince Joe and Chris in the pursuing vehicle that he is, in fact, on their side - although this probably says more about Joe and Chris! Once again Team America succeed in destroying an ancient Pyramid and a group of equally ancient statues. As Gary is plucked from the escaping vehicle by Lisa, the explosives-laden terrorist vehicle collides with the Sphinx and explodes, destroying that monument as well.

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Answer: Lonely

Trey Parker gives Kim an exaggerated accent, and pronounces lonely as "rone-ry". "There's no one, Just me onry, Sitting on my rittle throne, I work rearry hard and make up great prans" is an example of exactly how exaggerated they made the accent. Kim Jong-Il, who arguably did very little to help the people of North Korea during his lifetime, is played as a Bond-like villain in "Team America", until the final reveal that he is actually an extra-terrestrial cockroach.

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Answer: The Film Actors Guild (F.A.G.)

Alec Baldwin, Tim Robbins, Sean Penn, Matt Damon, Helen Hunt, Susan Sarandon and George Clooney are all members of the Film Actors Guild or F.A.G. Surprisingly, both Alec Baldwin and George Clooney had no issues with being lampooned in such a high profile way. Baldwin was even considering lending his vocal talents to his own character and Clooney is on record stating that he would've been disappointed if he had not featured in the film, as he is friends with both Trey Parker and Matt Stone. Sadly the same cannot be said of Sean Penn who took umbrage and sent the film-makers a letter expressing his anger at being mocked in such a manner!

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Answer: Pearl Harbor

"Pearl Harbor" was the lampooned film. "I need you more than Ben Affleck needs acting school" is one of the lines. The song also questions the abilities of producer Michael Bay, but enjoys Cuba Gooding, Jr's performance. Affleck's acting abilities were in serious doubt in 2004, as he had won the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor for the trifecta of "Gigli", "Daredevil" and "Paycheck". Despite all the criticism, "Pearl Harbor" actually did win an Academy Award, for its sound editing. "Team America" did not receive any Academy Award nominations.

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Answer: He is killed in a shark attack.

Dr Blix arrives demanding access to every area of Kim Jong-il's palace and threatens him with a nasty letter expressing the UN's displeasure should he fail to comply. Angered, Kim Jong-Il manoeuvres Blix into a position over a trapdoor in the floor which he then releases, sending the unfortunate inspector plummeting to his death into a tank containing the North Korean leader's pet sharks. It shouldn't be funny, but his headless corpse, and later his skeleton, still carrying his briefcase, always raises a wry smile and a little chuckle.

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Answer: Battle Without Honor or Humanity

"Battle Without Honor or Humanity" was originally written for the 2001 Japanese film "Shin Jinginaki Tatakai". It is most famous as the entrance march for O-Ren Ishi in "Kill Bill: Volume 1" (2003) and was also used in "Transformers" (2007). "Battle Funktastic" was not released until January 2006, so it would have been hard for Stone and Parker to use it.

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Answer: I.N.T.E.L.L.I.G.E.N.C.E.

I.N.T.E.L.L.I.G.E.N.C.E. is put out of commission by suicide bomber Michael Moore, who blows up Team America's headquarters inside Mount Rushmore.

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Answer: The Panama Canal

Whilst Gary and Lisa enjoy a night of passion together, in what could be considered to be the most amusing scene in the film, another terrorist group launches an attack on the Panama Canal early the following morning. On hearing this terrible news and believing that his actions and those of Team America in the Egyptian fracas were responsible for this retaliatory strike, Gary turns to drink. This results in a drunken Gary laying face down and unconscious in a deep pool of his own vomit... Gross!

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Answer: Matt Damon

After the atttack on Cairo, a group of Hollywood celebrities led by Alec Baldwin form a coalition. Damon is one of the members. In a TV appearance, all he can say is "Matt Damon". He repeats it twice at a conference of celebrities. George Clooney, Liv Tyler, Martin Sheen, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins and Janeane Garofalo, all well known liberals, are among the other members of the coalition. According to the DVD, the Damon character was initially supposed to be intelligent, but the puppet wound up looking very stupid. At that point, Stone and Parker decided to make him a one-note character, much like Timmy on "South Park". Both Damon and George Clooney are reportedly friends of Stone and Parker, and Clooney stated that he would have been offended if they didn't put him in the film.

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Answer: Kim Jong-il is a cockroach from outer space

After Kim Jong-Il's human body is killed, a cockroach exits from his mouth, hops into a spaceship, and heads back home, vowing to get revenge.

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Answer: Michael Moore

Whilst Team America are engaged in a dogfight with aircraft piloted by both Durka-Durkastani terrorists and by the North Korean Air Force, a drunken Moore infiltrates the Team America headquarters complex and detonates an explosive vest killing himself and severely damaging their headquarters. Described by the team's supercomputer as a 'giant socialist weasel', there had been some antagonism between Michael Moore and the film-makers over an interview and a cartoon that Moore had aired on US television. Revenge, as they say, is a dish best served cold... And if you can do it publicly, so much the better!

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Answer: Michael Moore

Moore is depicted as a fat slob constantly stuffing his face. He is armed with a vest bomb, and commits suicide to destroy the headquarters of Team America. Moore first became famous with "Roger and Me" (1989), a documentary about the decline of the auto industry in Flint, Michigan. Moore won an Academy Award for his documentary on gun violence, "Bowling for Columbine" (2002).

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Answer: A montage & montage

Arriving back at Team America headquarters to find it has been destroyed, Gary proves to Spottswoode, in a most unorthodox manner that he is, once again, committed to the team and wishes to mount a mission to rescue his colleagues from the clutches of Kim Jong-il. Using a popular cinematic cliché, the split screen montage, the scene shows Gary being trained in shooting, fitness and self defense.

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Answer: George Clooney and Liv Tyler

After their rescue by a now highly trained Gary from the dungeons under the palace of Kim Jong-il, Team America make an attempt to save the lives of the world leaders gathered for the World Peace Conference. As they make their way through the palace to the conference venue, members of F.A.G. try to stop them; this action leads to a celebrity bloodbath! Both Clooney and Tyler are killed in the explosion of a hand grenade thrown by Team America member, and University of Nebraska all-star quarterback, Joe.

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Answer: Cats

After Gary and Chris despatch the maniacal Susan Sarandon, Chris finally comes to accept Gary as an equal and reveals the true reason for his hatred of actors. At the age of 19 after being invited backstage by the cast of the musical play 'Cats', Chris was accosted by characters Rumpus Cat and Macavity; Rumpleteazer then held him down whilst Mr Mistoffelees molested him. Thanks to Gary's help, Chris' faith in actors and acting is now restored!

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Answer: They are attacked and killed by Kim Jong-il's pet panthers.

After successfully trapping Team America's Sarah and Joe in a sealed room, Glover and Penn release Kim Jong-il's panthers. Sarah employs her psychic powers to take control of the animals' minds. Once this has been achieved she compels the cats to leap through the glass partition that separates them from Glover and Penn, both of whom are promptly ripped to pieces and killed!

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