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The only rule of fight club is that we never talk about fight club. We do, however, take lengthy and tricky quizzes about it. Climb into the ring (okay, there were no rings in "Fight Club") and show us what you've got!
Who directed "Fight Club"?
David Fincher
Fincher reunited with Brad Pitt to make this film.
Quentin Tarantino
Edward Norton
Ron Howard
Who wrote the novel of the same name?
David Foster Wallace
Jonathan Safran Foer
Chuck Palahniuk
Palahniuk has said he was pleased with the adaptation.
Joe Rogan
What is the name of Edward Norton's character?
Jack
Ed
Tyler
we never learn this
He's commonly referred to as "the Narrator."
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What automotive company does the Narrator work for?
Ford
Nissan
Toyota
"A major one"
His job is crunching the numbers on whether it'll cost less to recall a vehicle or just pay the legal settlements.
What medical issue plagues the Narrator as the story opens?
double vision
erectile dysfunction
insomnia
He flips through catalogs late at night in his perfect IKEA-furnished condo.
tinnitus
What odd pursuit helps him with his insomnia?
learning languages he'll never have to speak
pretending to sleepwalk in public
attending support-group meetings for problems he doesn't have
One such group walks him through finding his spirit animal and visualizing his pain as a white ball of healing light.
bowling
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What name did he assume in attending the testicular-cancer support group?
Jack
Cornelius
Apparently, he calls himself "Rupert" and "Travis" at other meetings.
Tyler
Marlon
Who plays Bob, the testicular cancer patient that the Narrator befriends?
Will Ferrell
John Goodman
Meat Loaf Aday
A capable actor, Aday has appeared on shows including "House M.D."
Kevin Nealon
What ruins his enjoyment of the support groups?
he spots a woman who's doing the same thing
Marla Singer is eventually key to the Narrator learning the truth about Tyler Durden.
he's identified as a faker
he realizes the people attending have real problems
he starts to get psychosomatic symptoms of the various physical ailments
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What does Marla do in the laundromat?
reads the support-group listings on the bulletin board
steals a stranger's clothes
Marla's not exactly a class act.
tries to meet guys
jams the coin slot of the vending machine
Where does the Narrator meet Tyler Durden?
a bar
an airport
an airplane
The Narrator calls the people he meets on flights his "single-serving friends."
a police station
What does Tyler do for a living?
he makes explosives
he makes and sells soap
He also has side jobs, like running the projector at a movie house.
he's on food stamps
he's a barista
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After meeting on the plane, why does the Narrator meet Tyler again?
he's despondent over a breakup
he needs a place to stay
He has the phone number because Tyler gave him his business card.
he wants to hear more about the soap business
he thinks Tyler stole his wallet
Where does the Narrator hit Tyler, after much encouragement?
the nose
the mouth
the gut
the ear
This comes just after the notorious "I want you to hit me as hard as you can" line.
Which street is Tyler Durden's house on?
34th Street
Paper Street
The house is a wreck; the narrator says Tyler might be squatting there.
Holyfield Street
we never learn this
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What question does an onlooker at one of the early fights ask?
"Are you guys crazy?"
"Are you guys professional fighters?"
"Are you two even mad at each other?"
"Can I be next?"
This, of course, leads to the formation of the club.
Everyone knows the first rule of Fight Club is "You do not talk about Fight Club." What is the second?
No shirts, no shoes
One fight at a time
Fights will go on as long as they have to
You DO NOT talk about Fight Club!
The others were among Fight Club's eight rules.
What is the Narrator's response when his supervisor asks, "Is that your blood?"
"Some of it, yeah."
For good measure, he has a cigarette dangling from his lips.
"No, it's my best friend's."
"Yeah, I'm on the rag."
"What blood?"
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Where does Fight Club meet?
the house on Paper Street
in the basement of Lou's Bar
The fights started in the parking lot, then moved to the basement.
Marla's house
the narrator's parents' house
Complete the sentence: "I'm wondering if another ______ is really the answer we need."
pay raise
promotion
woman
The film was famously about "a generation of men raised by women."
fight
As they board the bus, which celebrity does Tyler say he'd like to fight?
Ernest Hemingway
Asked specifically about historical figures, Tyler said he'd like to fight Abraham Lincoln.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Jack Palance
John Wayne
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In the same bus scene, who does the Narrator say he'd like to fight?
Kevin Spacey
Bryant Gumbel
William Shatner
Answering the question about historical figures, the Narrator says he'd fight Gandhi.
Lance Armstrong
What is the first "homework assignment" Tyler gives the men?
to smash a TV antenna
to liberate an animal from a cosmetics lab
to pee in the soup at a restaurant
to start a fight with a stranger and lose
Most of the men whom the Fight Clubbers challenge back away, or even run away.
Of the men the Fight Club guys provoke, which one actually fights back?
a car salesman
a businessman
a priest
Even he tries to be conciliatory at first.
a dog walker
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What does Tyler make soap from?
lye stolen from an industrial plant
extra virgin olive oil
duck fat from a patisserie
human fat from a liposuction clinic
The Narrator says that Tyler was selling "rich ladies' fat asses" back to them.
What name does Tyler give his group of anti-consumerist pranksters?
Operation Latte Thunder
Weather Aboveground
I Am Jack's Rebellion
Project Mayhem
"Operation Latte Thunder" was a specific assignment -- to destroy a piece of public art and a gourmet coffee shop.
Who played the Project Mayhem member Angel Face?
Orlando Bloom
Jared Leto
The Narrator badly injures him in a fight, saying, "I felt like destroying something beautiful."
Topher Grace
Ashton Kutcher
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When he holds the convenience-store clerk at gunpoint, what does Tyler demand the man do?
join FIght Club
recite the Fight Club rules
go to veterinary school
Tyler threatens to come back and kill the man if he isn't on the way to being a vet in six weeks.
quit selling alcohol
What is the nickname given to new Project Mayhem recruits?
drones
stigs
space monkeys
One of the rules of Project Mayhem is that they don't have names.
gimps
How does Bob (Meat Loaf Aday) die?
he dies of his testicular cancer
he has a heart attack during a fight
he dies in a head-on car crash
he's shot by the police when a Mayhem op goes wrong
This was the notorious "Operation Latte Thunder."
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In the motel room, what life-altering fact does Tyler reveal to the Narrator?
they are long-lost brothers
The Narrator has been dead since the "imagined" plane crash in the first reel
Marla is not real
Tyler isn't real -- he's a mental projection of the Narrator's ideal self
The Narrator essentially knows this -- a bartender and Marla have both called him Tyler.
How does the Narrator destroy Tyler?
he simply stops believing in him
he shoots himself in the head
The shot goes through the Narrator's cheek, nonfatally, yet Tyler disappears.
he convinces the members of Project Mayhem that Tyler isn't real
he kisses Marla
What does Tyler destroy at the end of the film?
City Hall
the buildings of credit-card companies and TRW
With the record of everyone's debt erased, things will "go back to zero." Sounds good to us!
all the major TV antenna towers
the Paper Street house
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What year was "Fight Club" released?
1996
1997
1998
1999
Fincher's feature film debut was in 1992, with "Alien 3."
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