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"Revenge is a dish best served cold", claims the title card that opens the movie. Who or what is cited by the film as the origin of this quote?
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Old Klingon proverb
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Confucius
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Bill
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The Punisher
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Lying bruised and beaten on the floor, the Bride (Uma Thurman) attempts to deliver a crucial piece of information to Bill (David Carradine), but is very rudely interrupted. What was she trying to say?
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"I still love you"
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"I am your mother"
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"It's your baby"
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"I don't have life insurance"
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The Bride and Vernita Green (Vivica Fox) duke it out over some unfinished business, destroying Vernita's living room in the process. What excuse does Vernita use to explain the situation to her daughter, who has just arrived home from school?
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There was an earthquake
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A burglar broke in when no one was home
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Vernita "woke up this morning and just hated everything"
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The dog did it (it "acted a damn fool")
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Vernita and the Bride lapse into a somewhat civilized discussion, but that doesn't stop Vernita from launching a surprise attack. What did her distinctly unsuccessful attempt to kill the Bride consist of?
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Vernita shoots her with a gun concealed in a cereal box
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Vernita slips some rat poison into the Bride's coffee
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Vernita presses a secret button that drops a hitherto unseen anvil onto the Bride's head
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Vernita tries to overwhelm the Bride by making numerous references to obscure kung fu films
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The early passages of the Bride's story - from her unlucky wedding rehearsal to her comatose years - take place in a part of the U.S. frequently referred to in the film. What state serves as the setting?
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North Dakota
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Hawaii
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Florida
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Texas
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The Bride and her assassinated wedding party are tended to by Texas police, led by Sheriff Earl McGraw (Michael Parks). This was not McGraw's first, nor last, appearance in a Quentin Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez-related project. In fact, what older film opened with McGraw's unexpected murder in a liquor store by two fugitive brothers?
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From Dusk Till Dawn
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The Faculty
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Spy Kids
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Jackie Brown
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Sheriff Earl McGraw, gentleman that he is, describes the Bride in several ways, some coarser than others. But which of the following phrases does he not use in reference to her?
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"good-looking gal"
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"tall drink of c--ksucker"
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"best piece of corpse pie I've ever seen"
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"a little blood-spattered angel"
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As the Bride lies in a deep coma, Elle Driver (Daryl Hannah) is dispatched to finish her off. What does she disguise herself as in order to walk through the hospital's corridors undetected?
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A nun
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A nurse
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A bride
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A mustached maintenance worker
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Elle is about to inject the Bride with some death juice, but doesn't get to finish the job. Who or what stops her?
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The Bride, who wakes up just in time
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An orderly who walks into the room
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The Bride's beloved dog, Moxie, who starts barking at the eye-patched villainess
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Bill, who tells Elle to abort the mission
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The Bride's rather business-minded hospital orderly, Buck, introduces himself to her by matching his name with a rhyming pronouncement of his lewd intentions. What does he say?
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"My name's Buck and you're out of luck"
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"My name's Buck and I'm here to f-ck"
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"My name's Buck and I'm your love truck"
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"My name's Buck and I'm gonna make you quack like a duck"
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Having promptly given Buck what was surely coming to him, the Bride also commandeers his car. What is this vehicle's unforgettable nickname?
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The Shaguar
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The Love Bug
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The Dopemobile
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Pussy Wagon
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As she begins to will her limbs back into activity, the Bride thinks back to relevant parts of her life story. What is the name of the team of assassins she once belonged to?
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The Deadly Viper Assassination Squad
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The Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion
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The Hierarchy of International Vengeance and Extermination
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The Sinister Six
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The Bride's first target is O-Ren lshii (Lucy Liu), now the queen of the Tokyo underworld. As such, what organization does O-Ren lead?
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The Maggia
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The Five Points Gang
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The Yakuza
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Skull and Bones
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As O-Ren's back story is told, we see that she was defined by the murder of her parents. Who killed her mother and ordered the death of her father?
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Bill
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O-Ren herself
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The Bride
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Boss Matsumoto
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The Bride arrives in Okinawa seeking a man called Hattori Hanzo. What is Hanzo an expert at making, though now retired from the craft?
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Samurai swords
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Saké
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Body armor
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Magical stamina potions
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Hanzo is at first distinctly reluctant to help the Bride out with killing Bill. But what changes his mind?
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The Bride gets down on her knees and pleads with him
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Hanzo had a daughter who reminds him of the Bride
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The Bride offers him a rather large sum of money
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The fact that Bill is a former student of Hanzo's
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After a long month spent by the Bride living in a dour and cheerless attic, Hanzo finally completes his new sword. What does he call it?
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"The devil's kitchen knife"
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"Something that kills people"
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"The silver plague"
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"The singing death"
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With the Hanzo interlude over, we return to the Bride's voice-over tales of O-Ren and her clan. What is the name of O-Ren's personal bodyguard, a mace-wielding schoolgirl?
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Sofie Fatale
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Karen Kim
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Gogo Yubari
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Dr. Carolyn Trainer
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During a meeting of the Yakuza leaders, O-Ren demonstrates and describes the punishment for badmouthing her Chinese and American background. What is the penalty for bringing up this sore subject?
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Your status as a Yakuza is suspended for two weeks pending review
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You'll be shipped to a desk job in a remote Yakuza outpost in Alaska
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O-Ren collects your head (usually through unconsented decapitation)
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O-Ren collects a fine of 1.50 Japanese yen
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And so we arrive at the showdown at the House of Blue Leaves. What nickname do the Crazy 88 bestow upon one of this establishment's waiters?
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Charlie Brown
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Scooby Doo
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Bone Saw McGraw
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The Gipper
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After dispatching some of O-Ren's subordinates, the Bride is disappointed to find out there are more to come. At this point, what commercial slogan do O-Ren and the Bride jointly reference?
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"Always after me lucky charms... they're magically delicious" (Lucky Charms)
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"Silly rabbit, Trix are for kids" (Trix)
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"Kid tested. Mother approved" (Kix)
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"Show'em you're a tiger, show'em what you can do" (Frosted Flakes)
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It's no surprise that the Bride ultimately slays O-Ren Ishii. What are O-Ren's last words?
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"I'm not supposed to die"
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"Papa, can you hear me?"
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"I'll be back"
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"That really was a Hattori Hanzo sword"
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At this point, the Bride has killed an awful lot of people. But what does she tell those wounded but still living?
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"Leave the limbs you've lost... they belong to me now!"
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"Treasure every moment, every day; for the entire rest of your life was only a gift from me to you! And it's a gift I'll be happy to takeback."
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"Tell your friends, your families, tell anyone who'll listen - you were there the night O-Ren Ishii got her just desserts!"
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"I don't ever want to see you at the House of Blue Leaves again!"
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In one of the film's very last scenes, we are given a previously undisclosed nugget of information. What is this revelation?
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Bill is already dead
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Bill and the Bride are legally married
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The Bride's daughter is still alive
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The Bride is Bill; he never existed as a separate person
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25.
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Kill Bill was originally intended as one film, but was subsequently split into two. Volume 1 came out on October 10, 2003, and we all had to endure a period of wait for Volume 2. When was the second chapter released in the U.S.?
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December 12, 2003
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October 17, 2003
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December 12, 2008
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April 16, 2004
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