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CUPS AND CAKES
1.) What did Derek have to remove from his pants in order to get through an airport metal detector?
2.) What distinguished place in rock history did Spinal Tap earn?
3.) What now-famous TV star played Bobbi Flekman, in charge of artists' relations at Polymer Records?
4.) Who is Spinal Tap's manager?
5.) In what city's concert venue does the band get lost backstage?
6.) Approximately how many times does the band walk around backstage before finding the right way out?
7.) Who suggested the idea for 'Stonehenge'?
8.) On what does Nigel draw the plans for the Stonehenge model?
9.) Who does David suggest would be a good assistant for Ian?
10.) How does Jeannine mispronounce "Dolby"?
11.) What is the name of the first song Nigel and David composed together?
12.) What does Artie Fufkin implore the band to members to do to him after nobody shows up for the record signing?
13.) What is St. Hubbins the patron saint of?
14.) What song both opens and closes the movie?
15.) With what song do Nigel, David, and Derek make a painful attempt at harmonizing?
16.) True or False: Ian is managing the band again at the movie's end
17.) How does Mick Shrimpton die?


HEAVY DUTY
18.) What was the name of the New York City club where Marty DiBergi first saw Spinal Tap perform in 1966?
19.) What does Nigel claim is his trademark?
20.) How did John "Stumpy" Pepys die?
21.) How did Eric "Stumpy Joe" Childs die?
22.) How did Peter James Bond die?
23.) What does Mick believe will prevent him from meeting the same fate as the other Spinal Tap drummers?
24.) Who replaces Mick on drums at the end of the movie?
25.) What video is played at the beginning of the 1992 rerelease of 'This is Spinal Tap'?
26.) What video is played at the end, after the credits are over?
27.) What is the name of the Spinal Tap greatest hits album that is advertised at the end of the rerelease of 'This is Spinal Tap'?
28.) What was Spinal Tap's original name?
29.) Who is the president of Polymer Records?
30.) What is Nigel's major complaint about the lunch meat tray provided backstage in North Carolina?
31.) What happens to Nigel during the performance of 'Hell Hole'?
32.) What does Ian carry with him as an "affectation"?
33.) What was the band's name when they released 'Cups and Cakes'?
34.) What was the band's first big hit under the name Spinal Tap?
35.) On what British TV show did the band perform 'Gimme Some Money'?
36.) On what British TV show did the band perform 'Listen to the Flower People'?
37.) Why doesn't David like the final cover for 'Smell the Glove'?
38.) Answer the question: "How much more black can this be?"
39.) What does the roadie use to get Derek out of the pod during the performance of 'Rock and Roll Creation'?
40.) What musical key does Nigel believe is the saddest?
41.) What is Derek's reply when the airport metal detector attendant asks him if he has any artificial plates or limbs?
42.) What is Viv Savage dressed as during the performance of 'Heavy Duty'?
43.) What is Artie Fufkin in charge of at Polymer Records?
44.) Who is staying at the Holiday Inn in Chicago along with Spinal Tap?
45.) What is Jeannine's idea for a new band look based on?
46.) Where does the legend of the Druids remain?
47.) Which poets does Derek compare Nigel and David to?
48.) What is the name of the Kansas City Ramada Inn lounge act that Lieutenant Bob Hookstratten recommends the band go see?
49.) While performing at Lindbergh Air Force Base in Seattle, what is the final event that causes Nigel to leave the band?
50.) What song is the band performing when Nigel walks off stage in Seattle?
51.) According to David, how many people have been in the band over the years?
52.) What is the name of the piano composition Nigel is creating while being interviewed by Marty?
53.) What has top billing over Spinal Tap at the amusement park gig?
54.) Whose life is the rock musical idea David and Derek come up with based on?
55.) What is the message from Ian that Nigel brings to the band at their last American concert?
56.) Where is the last place Spinal Tap is seen performing in the documentary?
57.) How does the band insult Tommy the limo driver?
58.) What book does Tommy attempt to have a discussion with the band about?
59.) What is Viv's philosophy of life?


HELL HOLE
60.) In what small English town did David and Nigel grow up together?
61.) How does David explain his unusual calm in the wake of Nigel leaving the group?
62.) What famous commercial did Marty DiBergi claim he directed?
63.) How does David describe Stumpy Pepys?
64.) What does Ian call the hotel front desk clerk after being told that their reservations have been changed?
65.) How does the clerk respond to this?
66.) What words does Derek mouth at the audience during the performance of 'Listen to the Flower People'?
67.) Where was the jazz/blues festival that Peter James Bond died at located?
68.) What was the only thing left over of Peter James Bond after he spontaneously combusted on stage?
69.) Who is the rock 'n roll rival the band runs into in Memphis?
70.) How does Tommy the limo driver misspell Spinal Tap's name on his sign outside the airport?
71.) How does Lieutenant Hookstratten mispronounce Spinal Tap's name?
72.) What is Derek's idea for a way to fill up time at the amusement park show?
73.) Derek describes David and Nigel as "fire and ice"--what does he describe himself as?
74.) For what good deed was Sir Denis Eton-Hogg knighted?
75.) What does David say he would be if he wasn't a musician?
76.) Where does Nigel say he would work if he wasn't a musician?
77.) What battleship insignia is on Marty's cap?


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