Its a wonderful life

How did young George Bailey lose his hearing?

• He caught a cold after saving his brother Harry from the ice

• He shot too many guns without hearing protection

• He was born deaf in one ear

• A thief stole it

Which war was going on when Harry went off to fight?

• World War I

• World War II

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

Why did George have to take over running the Building & Loan?

• It was his dream job and he wanted it so bad that he just grabbed it

• Mr. Potter said that he had to take the job or he would call the police

• Because he lost his job at Mr. Gower's drugstore

• Because his father died and left George in charge, otherwise Mr. Potter would take over the company

Why didn't George go off and fight in the war?

• He was a coward

• George could only hear out of one ear so they disqualified him

• The government thought he was better at running a bank than fighting a war

• His mother would not allow it

What really happened to the $8,000 George and Uncle Billy were looking for?

• Uncle Billy misplaced it at the bank and Mr. Potter found and kept it

• George gave most of it to Violet Bick so she could move away

• George and Mary spent it on their honeymoon

• Uncle Billy put it in the bank vault

What do you think is the thing that George Bailey is most frustrated about?

• He doesn't like the way his daughter plays the piano

• He feels like he is stuck in his crummy little town of Bedford Falls

• He wishes he had gotten a chance to play professional baseball

• He's not real happy about choosing Mary Hatch to be his wife

Why did George jump off the bridge and into the freezing river?

• He was trying to kill himself

• He jumped in to save Clarence from drowning

• He loved swimming no matter what the temperature was

• It was swim practice and he was a diver

At the end of the movie, Mary came up with a ton of money. How did she do it?

• She found the money that was originally lost

• Mr. Potter had a change of heart and he returned the money

• Mary had her children go begging on the street corners and they raised the money

• She called all of George's friends and told them he was in trouble, and they all pitched in to help him

When did the Stock Market crash?

• October 31, 1929
• September 29, 1931
• August 29, 1991
• October 29, 1929

Who was elected president because he had a plan to pull America out of the Great Depression?

• William McKinley
• Woodrow Wilson
• Theodore Roosevelt
• Franklin D. Roosevelt

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