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1. One of my favorite musicians of all time, Aimee Mann, wrote and performed most of the songs heard throughout this film. Claudia Wilson Gator (Melora Walters) meets LAPD Officer Jim Kurring (John C. Reilly) only because she is playing an Aimee Mann song at a remarkably high volume level. Which song is she playing that causes her neighbors to call the police and complain?
2. One of the characters in this film reveals, via his or her own dialogue, that he or she is, in fact, a homosexual. Which one?
3. There are approximately twelve major characters in this film. How many of them are afflicted with cancer?
4. Frank T.J. Mackey (Tom Cruise), the mastermind of "Seduce and Destroy," uses an alias -- he is actually the son of television producer Earl Partridge (Jason Robards). What is "Frank's" real first name?
5. A two-digit number appears MANY times throughout the film, in both obvious and subtle places. This number is a reference to a particular passage from the Book of Exodus in the Holy Bible. What is this two-digit number?
6. Where or when do we NOT see or hear the two-digit number referring to the Exodus passage?
7. Writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson appears in the film as the floor director of the game show "What Do Kids Know?".
8. Magician Ricky Jay provides the voice-over narration for the film's prologue, but he also plays an on-screen role later in the film. Which of these characters is played by Ricky Jay?
9. Earl Partridge owns an unusually large number of pets, all a specific type of animal. Multiple representatives of what species of animal can be seen in the Partridge home?
10. Once Phil Parma learns that Frank T.J. Mackey, the infomercial sex guru, is actually Earl Partridge's son, he gets the idea to look for Mackey's ads in adult magazines, and orders said material from the local grocery store. Which magazine DOES he order over the phone in order to aid his investigation?
11. Which character was struck by lightning, prior to the events shown in the film?
12. The guests of Frank T.J. Mackey's "Seduce and Destroy" seminar are provided lunch along with a day's worth of instruction on procuring women. According to Mackey's dialogue, what food item was at least part of the lunch provided?
13. During one controversial sequence in the film, all of the major characters sing along with an Aimee Mann song that is part of the soundtrack. Which song?
14. Earl Partridge is given a dose of liquid morphine at one point in the film. Who administers this lethal dose?
15. Which character is clearly shown as being addicted to cocaine?
16. Late in the film, a plague of frogs rains down upon Los Angeles, causing extreme havoc and panic for most of the characters in the film. Which character's life was actually SAVED by the plague of frogs?
17. How many people in the film speak the thematically significant line, "The book says we may be through with the past, but the past ain't through with us," or a close paraphrase of same?
18. In the prologue, we're told a story of three murderers. Which was NOT the name of one of those murderers?
19. In the last shot of the film, one character looks directly into the camera and smiles. Which one?
20. "Magnolia" was Jason Robards' final theatrical film.
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