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1. The first sequence in the film culminates in an unexpected, armed showdown between two USAF officers over the moral implications of the decision to "turn the key" and approve a nuclear strike against the USSR. Both actors in this scene -- relative "nobodies" at the time -- later went on to bigger and better roles. Which of the following roles was NOT in the future for either actor?
2. We learn early in the film that several "false alarms" were sprung upon military personnel all across the country, and that a certain percentage of ranking officers charged with launching nuclear missile strikes upon the USSR failed to commit to such a significant course of action despite their training and orders. According to the NSA representative who visits NORAD early in the film, what percentage of missile commanders failed to approve the ordered launch?
3. John McKittrick (Dabney Coleman) suggests to the NSA that control over actual launch commands be removed from human hands and placed into the venue of a super-computer that spends all of its time thinking about and planning World War III. This computer is referred to as "The Whopper," due to the acronym that labels it as "WOPR." What, exactly, does "WOPR" stand for?
4. The first time we see David Lightman (Matthew Broderick), he is in an arcade. Anyone who has played my (and GodofThunder74's) "Video Games in the Movies!" quiz knows that he's playing "Galaga," but which of the following video games do we NOT see in the arcade featured during this scene?
5. David asks a young boy to take over his "Galaga" game once he realizes that he (David) is late for school. What is this boy's name?
6. We see David attending exactly one class at his high school. What is its subject?
7. David is able to alter his grades via computer because he knows the password used by the school's administrative staff. The active password at the time of his hacking is "pencil," but we see him glancing at a list of both present and past passwords used by the school. Which is NOT one of them?
8. The only real friend that David seems to have at school is Jennifer Mack (Ally Sheedy). What is Jennifer's primary mode of transportation?
9. David has a golden retriever who takes a special liking to Jennifer. What is this dog's name?
10. David has a fairly sophisticated home computer set-up, by 1983 standards. What is the brand name of his disk drive and at least one other component that makes up his computer set-up?
11. For which corporation does David's mother work?
12. In what U.S. state does David Lightman live?
13. The mess that David finds himself in comes about because he is trying to break into a toy company called ProtoVision. At one point, he tells his computer to "call" every modem in the general vicinity of ProtoVision's location. As a result, he "finds" a number of computers. Which company or corporation does he NOT gain access to by the end of this search?
14. Thanks to the computer records discovered by John McKittrick, to what location does he believe that David Lightman is planning to travel in the near future?
15. David stumbles upon his first clue to the mystery before him because the programmer he is investigating has included his name in the title of a game. What is the name of the game?
16. During David's quest to find library material related to Stephen Falken, he comes across an article (on microfiche!) that Falken wrote with John McKittrick. David later uses a word from this article's title on his computer in the hopes that it will be the password required to open the "back door" to Falken's system. What is the word?
17. What is the address of David Lightman's house?
18. According to David's research, how old was Stephen Falken (John Wood) when he allegedly died?
19. Stephen Falken named the "war games" computer that he designed after his son, who died tragically at a young age. What was the name of his late son, which became, in effect, the name of the WOPR computer?
20. How did Stephen Falken's son die?
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