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True. But there's still a chance to be the first to name the movie reference for the paragraph starting with "pop quiz"! It's an American movie, but was popular enough at the time that most of the world has seen it. I'm sure there are frickin' polar bears in Siberia that saw the movie...

Ah, would that be Speed? It's a long time since I saw that movie.

Ding-Ding!!!
I haven't watched it for a while, but I remember a time when some of the 2nd-tier cable channels played that movie over and over and over. Which is why that line was burned into my brain, and also why I have zero interest in watching it again. 😏