Plot
The film is loosely based on the real-life 1964 murder of three of these types of activists.
What are civil rights workers? (Or freedom riders/voters registration workers).
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Played by Williamm Dafoe, this straight-laced agent is the official leader of the investigation and insists on doing everything strictly "by the book."
Answer: Who is Agent Alan Ward?
Question: This local Sheriff's Deputy is a prominent, vicious KKK member who brutally beats his wife after finding out she talked to the FBI.
Answer: Who is Deputy Clinton Pell?
The state where the movie takes place
What is the state Mississippi?
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Jack and Jill went _______the hill.
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Agents Ward and Anderson are sent to Mississippi to investigate the mysterious disappearance of three men who were driving this type of vehicle.
A. station wagon
B. Jeep
C. Tesla
A. Station Wagon
Played by Gene Hackman, this cynical, street-smart agent prefers using "local" tactics and intimidation to get answers.
Answer: Who is Agent Rupert Anderson?
At the beginning of the film, the agents discussed James Meredith? What was James Meredith known for?
Being the first Black student to attend Ole Miss...
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Humpty Dumpty ______on a wall...
sat
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This hate group serves as the primary antagonistic force, orchestrating the murders and terrorizing the local Black community.
Answer: What is the Ku Klux Klan (KKK)?
Before joining the FBI, Agent Anderson held this specific job in Mississippi, which gave him his deep understanding of Southern culture.
Answer: What is a small-town sheriff?
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What was Deputy Pell eating for dinner?
Pork Chops!
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Your classmate name rhymes with, "This Is Right..."
Chris Mc Knight!
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Agent Anderson finally gets a breakthrough in the case when this character, the wife of a deputy, gives him the location of the victims' bodies.
Answer: Who is Mrs. Pell?
Double Wobble!!!
Agent Ward's massive, high-profile influx of FBI agents into Jessup County backfires by causing a rise in this specific type of violent crime.
Answer: What are church burnings and beatings
Triple Whipple!!!
Agent Anderson uses a story about his father killing a neighbor's mule to explain the root cause of this social evil.
Answer: What is racism?
Your classmates name rhymes with, "Pleasantly Real..."
Geremy Gil
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Because local authorities refuse to convict the murderers for homicide, the FBI ultimately charges them with violating this federal law.
Answer: What is the Civil Rights Act (or violation of civil rights)?
Double Wobble!!!
What was the name of the Sheriff?
Sheriff Stuckey...
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When Mayor Tilman is found dead at the end of the film, his cause of death is determined to be this.
Answer: What is suicide (hanging)?
Mr. Vines went here for high School...
De La Salle...
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