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1 What is a recurring symbol of Shannon's proximity?
Answer: a horseshoe

A horseshoe lands on Joseph's foot before he meets Shannon for the first time, and before he's reunited with her in Oklahoma.
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When Joseph is boxing the Italian who beats him, how much money did Darcy Burke and the Ward Boss each have bet on him?




2 In the very beginning of the movie, a paragraph proceeds the film explaining the oppression of the tennant farmers of Western Ireland. Above the paragraph, the year the film is supposed to take place is shown. What year is it?
Answer: 1892

The paragraph is titled 'Western Ireland, 1892' which is the beginning of Joseph and Shannon's adventure!
3 What does Joseph do with his necktie on the ship?
Answer: throws it overboard

'I flung it into the sea - it was gagging my throat.'
4 When Joseph is burying his father, he meets Shannon's mega-jerk fiance, Steven, when he burns down their house because the rent wasn't paid. What popular television comedy did he go on to star in?
Answer: Dharma and Greg

Steven is played by Thomas Gibson, who later starred in ABC's hit comedy "Dharma and Greg" as Greg, the handsome and practical lawyer married to the goofy and loveable, hippie Dharma. Let's just say we liked him much better as Greg!
5 Why is Shannon's pay docked at the chicken factory?
Answer: she insults the manager

She calls him a pig, among other things.
6 When Shannon first meets Joseph, she gives him a serious injury. What does she do?
Answer: Stabs him with a pitchfork

Shannon is so cool! She wasn't going to let any man get the better of her!
7 Why does Joseph ride the wild, fast horse in the Oklahoma Land Race?
Answer: his first horse dies

The 'broke' horse, his first choice, just keels over, still tied to the hitching post.
8 What possession did Shannon steal from home to exchange in America for money?
Answer: Her Mother's Spoons

Shannon says to Mr. Maguire on the boat 'I do have money, but it's in the form of spoons. Ancient spoons, made of silver.'
9 What does Stephen rescue from the burning parlor at the last minute?
Answer: a picture of Shannon

He uses it to search for her in Boston.
10 What is the name of the Ward Boss who helps Shannon and Joseph find a room (first and last name)?
Answer: Mike Kelly

Mike Kelly helped Joseph and Shannon get a job and find a place to live. Another guy named Mike Kelly was a really talented senior on the Wisconsin Badger's basketball team last year.
11 How much money does Joseph stand to win from his last fight?
Answer: $200

A small fortune for an immigrant in 1892.
12 How many months are Shannon and Joseph separated?
Answer: nine

From December 1892 to September 1893.
13 When Joseph is boxing the Italian who beats him, how much money did Darcy Burke and the Ward Boss each have bet on him?
Answer: $200

Darcy Burke says he has $200 bet on Joseph and will split the winnings with him. Mike Kelly then says he'll match that offer.
14 After they are thrown out on the street, why are Shannon and Joseph denied employment by the man with the cart?
Answer: they're Irish

15 Where is Shannon shot?
Answer: Shoulder

Shannon is shot while running out of the house that she and Joseph broke into.
16 Who is the dancer interested in Joseph?
Answer: Grace

She's only interested as long as he's winning, though.
17 What falls on Joseph's shoe in Oklahoma that reminds him of Shannon, when he in fact, looks up and sees her?
Answer: A horseshoe

This episode reminds Joseph of Shannon because a horseshoe fell on his foot when they first met.
18 What does Mike Kelly get in exchange for finding employment and lodging for Irish immigrants?
Answer: votes

19 After Joseph dies and comes back to life and Shannon exclaims, 'You died!', what does Joseph tell her he WON'T DO in response?
Answer: Die Twice

This ending is only semi-plausible because Joseph's father died twice in the beginning of the movie.
20 After Joseph tries to kill Daniel, why do Nora and Shannon nurse him back to health?
Answer: it's their duty

'It's our duty to restore him to full health - so he can hear his own neck crack when he dangles from the hangman's noose.'
21 Shannon and her working-class friends admire a fashionable dress in a store window. Where is the dress from?
Answer: Paris

22 What color is Joseph's land race flag?
Answer: green

23 What time of day does the land race start?
Answer: 12 p.m.

24 What does Stephen call Joseph?
Answer: Boy