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1. Early in the film, Lester Bangs (played by Philip Seymour Hoffman) is shown bad-mouthing The Doors during a radio interview. What band -- whose logo adorns the t-shirt he is wearing -- does he offer up as being 'better' than The Doors?
2. Anita Miller leaves home at age eighteen to become a stewardess. In lieu of a verbal explanation for this departure, she plays a Simon and Garfunkel song as a way of expressing to her mother why she is leaving. What song is it?
3. Anita leaves a stack of albums for her younger brother William under his bed. What is the FIRST one that he sees upon discovering the stash?
4. William Miller manages to persuade the members of Stillwater to give him a backstage pass by complimenting their work, and showing them that he is truly a fan of the band. What word does he use to describe Russell Hammond's guitar work?
5. Jeff Bebe, Stillwater's lead singer, almost never calls William Miller by his name. What, instead, does he call him?
6. Penny Lane (Kate Hudson) tells William that she plans to live abroad for a year, and even invites him to join her. Where does she plan to live?
7. The members of Stillwater are from Michigan. What city, specifically, are they from?
8. How much is William Miller to be compensated for his Stillwater article by 'Rolling Stone' magazine?
9. When Russell Hammond (Billy Crudup) proclaims, 'I am a golden god!', what state is he in?
10. At one point in the film, the entire complement of Stillwater's tour bus rather unexpectedly sings along, in unison, with a song on the radio. Who was the song recorded by?
11. William's mother Elaine is a college professor, but we're never told exactly what she teaches. If we take the one lecture we see her giving as a clue, though, what subject does she MOST LIKELY teach?
12. William asks Penny Lane, 'Don't you have any normal friends?' Finish her response: 'Famous people are just more _________.'
13. The members of Stillwater have a special name for their tour bus. What is it?
14. What was Stillwater's original name?
15. Late in the film, William witnesses Russell okaying the bartering of the Band Aids (Penny Lane and company) to another band for fifty dollars and a case of Heineken. Which band winds up with the Band Aids?
16. Which of the following is NOT the name of one of the Band Aids?
17. When Stillwater's private jet suffers mechanical failure and seems to be crashing, Russell Hammond begins singing a song. What song is it?
18. Finish this quote from Lester Bangs, the last time in the film that he speaks to William: 'The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with somebody else when you're ________.'
19. The person credited with writing the score of 'Almost Famous' was a member of what band?
20. William, in the last moments of the film, *finally* gets his private interview with Russell Hammond. The first question he asks is, 'What do you love about music?' Finish Russell's response: 'To begin with... _________.'
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