1. Most of the radio news dispatches came from civil defense officials in what city?
A) Washington, DC
B) Pittsburgh, PA
C) Cumberland, MD
D) Paris, France

2. Where was Karen Cooper bitten?
A) On the leg
B) On the neck
C) On the arm
D) In her dad's car, stupid!

3. What is the significance of the music box playing in the farmhouse den?
A) Romero had already paid for the stock soundtrack and wanted get every possible use out of it
B) It juxtaposed Barbara's frenzied mental state with the incongruent serenity of the soothing music and fanciful imagery
C) Goddamn artsy-fartsy film makers!
D) Same as "C" above

4. Why does Tom wear a tee-shirt that is two sizes too small?
A) To impress his ditsy girlfriend
B) To impress Helen Cooper
C) To impress himself
D) To impress the casting director

5. According to Ben, what can "any good five men" do?
A) Roll a car on its side
B) Roll sushi
C) Roll a Cuban cigar
D) Judy

6. What is the only line Karen Cooper speaks in the whole movie?
A) "I hurt"
B) "I hurt, therefore I am"
C) "What, me hurt?"
D) "Has my check from Mr. Romero cleared yet?"

7. What does Mr. Cooper carry through most of the film?
A) A crowbar
B) A shotgun
C) A broken table leg
D) An enormous freakin' attitude

8. According to Harry Cooper, why was the cellar the best place to hide?
A) There was only one door to defend
B) Everything from upstairs could be brought down there
C) Everyone could have a "sawhorse & plywood" bed like Karen's
D) It really wasn't the best place, but Harry has some authority issues to work out as well as some latent racist preconceptions that come to the surface in times of stress like when his daughter gets bitten by dead people

9. Why does Ben, a man who admits he can't drive the pickup truck very well WITH keys, think he can drive Barbara's car WITHOUT keys?
A) Um...
B) Uh...
C) Gosh, I...
D) ?

10. Why does Ben think he needs to board up the windows on the SECOND FLOOR of the farmhouse?
A) Well...
B) I don't...
C) Let's see...
D) Say, you know, you've got a valid point there

11. Even in a crisis situation, what idiot would shoot a RIFLE at a gas pump?
A) Nobody would do that
B) It's inconceivable that anybody would consider such a thing
C) There is no one that stupid
D) Ben

12. Based on the answers to the three preceding questions, where is the safest place to hide from flesh-eating zombies?
A) The cellar
B) The first floor
C) The second floor
D) Look where Ben is hiding, then hide as far away from him as possible

13. What was the final scene – cut from the theatrical release – that was deemed "too disturbing" for audiences?
A) The recently-dead Karen Cooper escapes the sheriff's posse leaving the audience to wonder if the living will ever triumph over the dead. The End
B) Ben escapes from the basement, is greeted by the posse, and is given warm clothes and something to eat. Then Sheriff McClellan says, "Hey, you're the son-of-a-bitch who stole my pickup truck yesterday!" He shoots Ben. The End
C) Tom, who died in the exploding truck fiasco, returns from the dead. He is stiff, emotionless and unable to relate to any of the other characters ... and no one can tell the difference. The End
D) Barbara gets buff, kills all the zombies and puts a slug in Harry Cooper like he deserved all along. The End (Just kidding. No one would ever ruin this fine film with a ludicrous ending like that)

BONUS! Four extra non sequitor questions for the really bored.

14. Who made the cutest couple?
A) Tom and Judy
B) Harry and Helen
C) Barbara and Ben
D) Sheriff McClellan and that rad news guy (did you see the way their hands barely touched when he offered the sheriff his coffee? Tell me there's nothing going on there.)

15. According to Barbara, what did her brother Johnny do for a living?
A) "He's a comedian. You know, stand-up, like Woody Allen used to do. Did you see What's Up, Tiger Lily? I saw it three times. I think that's one of his best films. Not Johnny. Woody Allen."
B) "He's a male model. You know, like Chippendale's. He takes his clothes off for money. Isn't that funny? And now, he's dead. Isn't life weird?"
C) "He's a concierge at the Pittsburgh Hilton. He got a fifty-dollar tip from Jackie Onassis once."
D) "He sells life insurance. It's a good thing he's dead really. 'Cause the bottom just fell out of THAT market. (nervous laughter).

16. Finish this famous line from the movie: "They're coming to get you, ______."
A) Barbara
B) Bill Bailey
C) Sweet Chariot
D) Wearing a face that she keeps in a jar by the door

17. In Night of the Living Dead, George Romero is seen briefly in what unbilled role?
A) Wally, the recently-extraneous sport caster in the news room scene
B) Mr. Vincent, the shifty lawyer for the cut-rate aerospace manufacturer that designed the Venus probe
C) A flustered real estate agent who arrives to show the farmhouse to potential buyers who drove all the way from West Chester
D) A opportunistic mortician who sells the same casket to several different families

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