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Zero Effect Trivia Quiz

This quiz is on the 1998 movie starring Bill Pullman and Ben Stiller.

A multiple-choice quiz by rj211. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
rj211

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
52,344

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
10 / 15

Plays
266

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 15

1. Which character said: 'You can't buy silence. You can only rent it'? Hint

Jess

Gregory Stark

Daryl Zero

Kragan Vincent

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Question 2 of 15

2. What color dress was Gloria Sullivan wearing when she and Daryl Zero went to the diner? Hint

Black

Green

Red

White

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Question 3 of 15

3. What kind of women did Gregory Stark tend to have a thing for? Hint

Mothers

Redheads

Activists

Daredevils

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Question 4 of 15

4. After the last money drop shown in the movie, what kind of building did Gregory Stark enter? Hint

Gym

Planetarium

School

Hospital

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Question 5 of 15

5. What happened to Gregory Stark in the building after the last money drop? Hint

He was put in the ICU

He was shot

He was arrested

He had a heart attack

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Question 6 of 15

6. What were the poorly rhymed words used in the poem for mentioned throughout the movie? Hint

bird and toward

seen and wine

hands and lends

against and pressed

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Question 7 of 15

7. About whom was the oft-referenced poem written? Hint

Janet

Isolde

Clarissa

Darian

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Question 8 of 15

8. Who said: 'There aren't evil guys and innocent guys! It's just a bunch of guys!'? Hint

Bill

Steve Arlo

Gloria Sullivan

Daryl Zero

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Question 9 of 15

9. What did Gloria Sullivan go to L.A. for the second time? Hint

to go skydiving

to adopt a parrot

to run in a race for breast cancer

to find her biological father

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Question 10 of 15

10. What did Daryl Zero tell the receptionist at the gym he did for a living? Hint

he was a starving artist

he was an accountant

he inherited his wealth

he was an architect

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Question 11 of 15

11. Who said: 'What doesn't kill you defines you'? Hint

Gregory Stark

Daryl Zero

Kragan Vincent

Gloria Sullivan

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Question 12 of 15

12. Where did Daryl Zero find Gregory Stark's keys? Hint

in Gregory's car

in Gloria's sugar jar

in Gregory's office couch

in Gloria's bathroom

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Question 13 of 15

13. At the gym, what did Gregory Starks say he was running on? Hint

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Question 14 of 15

14. What was Gregory actually running on? Hint

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Question 15 of 15

15. What is the 'Zero Effect'? Hint

helping to solve a problem, first by observation then by careful intervention

handicapping the strong so that all players are at the same level

working pro bono

killing all enemies and leaving no trace

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which character said: 'You can't buy silence. You can only rent it'?

Answer: Gregory Stark

He was explaining to Steve Arlo why he was getting fed up with his situation.

2. What color dress was Gloria Sullivan wearing when she and Daryl Zero went to the diner?

Answer: Red

The dress was red, as were most of the furnishings at the diner.

3. What kind of women did Gregory Stark tend to have a thing for?

Answer: Redheads

He always went for redheads, which eventually helped Daryl to figure out why Gloria was doing everything.

4. After the last money drop shown in the movie, what kind of building did Gregory Stark enter?

Answer: Planetarium

He went into the nearby planetarium, presumably to look for his blackmailers.

5. What happened to Gregory Stark in the building after the last money drop?

Answer: He had a heart attack

He went staggering back into the lightswitch, and had a heart attack. Then Gloria, submitting to her nature, went and saved his life.

6. What were the poorly rhymed words used in the poem for mentioned throughout the movie?

Answer: bird and toward

Steve Arlo seemed obsessed with this poorly rhymed poem.

7. About whom was the oft-referenced poem written?

Answer: Clarissa

The poem didn't even mention Clarissa's name, but apparently, if ever there was a name that begged to be in poetry, it was Clarissa.

8. Who said: 'There aren't evil guys and innocent guys! It's just a bunch of guys!'?

Answer: Steve Arlo

Steve said this to Daryl when Daryl claimed that the two of them were the good guys. Steve was trying to tell him he was retiring, and Daryl wasn't taking it very well.

9. What did Gloria Sullivan go to L.A. for the second time?

Answer: to go skydiving

Gloria really liked skydiving.

10. What did Daryl Zero tell the receptionist at the gym he did for a living?

Answer: he was an architect

He told Gloria he was an accountant, but told the receptionist he was an architect.

11. Who said: 'What doesn't kill you defines you'?

Answer: Gloria Sullivan

She said this after Daryl told her about his parents' deaths.

12. Where did Daryl Zero find Gregory Stark's keys?

Answer: in Gregory's office couch

He deduced that the keys had fallen out of Gregory's pocket a year ago, and had been in the couch since.

13. At the gym, what did Gregory Starks say he was running on?

Answer: 7

Daryl asked if he was on an 8, and he said he was on a 7.

14. What was Gregory actually running on?

Answer: 5

Daryl had paced himself to Gregory and was on a 5, so he knew that Gregory was also on a 5. He was amazed that the man would rather lie to a stranger than to admit to running 3 levels lower than guessed.

15. What is the 'Zero Effect'?

Answer: helping to solve a problem, first by observation then by careful intervention

This according to Daryl Zero himself.

Source: Author rj211

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