| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| What American president continues to serve in office at the time of the story following a constitutional amendment making it possible? | Richard Nixon | 89%
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| What pivotal event in the aforementioned's career never occurs in the Watchmen universe? | Watergate scandal | 72%
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| What year does Dr. Manhattan arrive in Vietnam, securing total victory for America in merely two months? | 1971 | 50%
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| What profession does the retired Hollis Mason take up, drawing from his father? | Auto mechanic | 39%
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| What event influences the young Jon Osterman's father to harshly reject his son's ambition of becoming a watchmaker? | Atomic bombing of Hiroshima | 33%
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| On what date does Rorschach write the novel's opening monologue in his journal? | October 12, 1985 | 33%
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| Adrian Veidt's frequently referenced perfume brand is ___. | Nostalgia | 17%
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| Who is the "cowboy actor" and future presidential candidate mentioned in the final panels (novel only)? | Robert Redford | 17%
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| What real-life murder victim first inspires Walter Kovacs to become Rorschach? | Kitty Genovese | 11%
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| What's the name of the very right-wing New York newspaper of which hateful claims amplify many of Rorschach's already radical beliefs? | New Frontiersman | 11%
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| On what date does Rorschach write the final entry to his journal, encouraging the reader to pursue the one responsible for a cataclysmic event that's about to occur? | November 1, 1985 | 11%
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| The laboratory Osterman begins to work in following his graduation from Princeton University is named ___. | Gila Flats | 6%
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| The presumed (though never confirmed) identity of the original costumed adventurer Hooded Justice is ___. | Rolf Müller | 6%
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| What international crisis - a disaster for the U.S. in reality - does the Comedian help solve following the passing of the Keene Act, improving his stained reputation in the process? | Iranian hostage crisis | 0%
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| Before stumbling upon a disturbing discovery on a certain island, the Comedian was returning from ___. | Nicaragua | 0%
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| The dimwitted assistant of the editor-in-chief of said newspaper as well as the latter's punching bag's name is ___. | Seymour | 0%
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| What's the name of one of Osterman's colleagues and the first one to die after mysteriously contracting cancer? | Wally Weaver | 0%
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