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1. What was the location (city) and year that the flashback sequence of the movie took place?
2. What time of day did the flashback scenes take place?
3. How old were Stephen and Brian McCaffrey during the time that the flashbacks took place?
4. What two objects in the fire station formed the figure of a cross, visible as the fire truck departed from the station, for the first (1971) fire?
5. What was the name of the shop, which was in visible sight when the McCaffrey father pointed out the fire location to young Brian, as companies 17 and 46 approached the fire scene?
6. After the flashback sequence, the movie takes a 20 year jump, and we land up in a bar. Brian is talking to the bartender, Willie, who has kept record of Brian's past jobs. Which of these jobs does Willie NOT mention Brian having before?
7. How does Brian almost manage to convince the captain, over at station service, not to place him with his brother Stephen's company, 17?
8. What other relation of Tim Krizminski's (Brian's friend from the academy) works for the fire department?
9. What were the names of the three financial workers, who died at the hands of the arsonist?
10. What type of car did the first arson victim drive?
11. Who does Donald 'Shadow' Rimgale get his nickname from?
12. At Chief Fitzgerald's retirement party, a group of men from co. 17 are gathered around reading about Brian's 'act of heroism' in the newspaper. What name was given to the mannequin which Brian 'rescued,' by the newspapers?
13. During the scene in which 'Axe' makes a toast to Tim and Brian, who is the fellow firefighter whom 'Axe' jokes with, saying that he has cut him from his will?
14. During the 'Stinking Spinach' scene, in which Brian first sees his nephew since his return to Chicago, a man can be seen from across the street. He is in clear sight each time we see Brian, during the course of the scene. He can be seen performing a task in his front yard. What is the man doing?
15. During the scene in which Stephen and Brian are talking on their father's boat (at the beginning of the movie, not the end), Stephen has music playing in the background. What song is it that is playing as Stephen and Brian talk?
16. What are the words painted on the side of Stephen and Brian's father's boat?
17. Which company (mentioned by Lt. Stephen McCaffrey at the beginning of the movie) did Alderman Marty Swayzak shut down, causing co. 17 difficulties resulting from lack of backup?
18. During Chief Jack Fitzgerald's retirement party, a drunken Stephen gets into a brawl with Helen McCaffrey's date, Jackson. Just before Stephen decks Jackson, a banner can be seen in the background behind him. What does the banner read?
19. What is the name of John 'Axe' Adcox's cousin, who used to work in Swayzak's office?
20. Just before the scene in which Alderman Marty Swayzak and Inspector Donald Rimgale discuss the arson victims in the car (by the fire station), what restaurant can be seen in the background as Rimgale gets into the car?
21. Just before the scene in which Alderman Marty Swayzak and Inspector Donald Rimgale discuss the arson victims in the car (by the fire station), what did Inspector Rimgale offer Alderman Marty Swayzak to eat?
22. What are the three digits (address) above Alderman Marty Swayzak's house?
23. When did 'Axe' get the burn on his shoulder?
24. What is Lt. Stephen McCaffrey's closet number, at the fire station?
25. What was Stephen McCaffrey's blood pressure moments before his death?
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