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Movie Quiz 1

August 10, 2006 - -

The Geek Test and Name That Robot seem to have been popular, so here's another quiz. PMD and I used to play a game we called "21", based on the idea of Blackjack, but using movie quotes instead of playing cards. The goal was to come up with a quote from a movie that the other person would recognise, but not be able to remember clearly. If your movie quote was easily recognisable, you'd stopped at 16 or 17. If it was too hard, you'd busted at 24 or 25. When you hit 21, the person would go crazy trying to remember.

So here are ten movie quotes. If you know any, post the answer in the comments. I'll post any remaining answers after enough people have guessed. I'm trying to post a spread here, so the first couple will be easy, and the last few will be hard. Enjoy.

  1. "Nobody can eat fifty eggs."
  2. "Two men enter. One man leaves!"
  3. "Do you know that hawks and wolves mate for life?"
  4. "What... like the back of a Volkswagen?"
  5. "Stop trying to hit me and hit me!"
  6. "I'm sorry I killed you, Fidget."
  7. "It's not easy being a cast-iron bitch."
  8. "The police are here. I am with them. I am a police officer."
  9. "You gonna do somethin'? Or are you just gonna stand there and bleed?"
  10. "No growth without assistance. No action without reaction. No desire without restraint."
Comments on Movie Quiz 1
 
Comment Thu, August 10 - 11:00 PM by KJToo
1. Cool Hand Luke (I'm not positive; I've never seen it.)
2. Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
5. The Matrix

I'm pathetic.
 
Comment Fri, August 11 - 12:27 PM by Magus2
1,2,5 see above
3. Ladyhawke
8. Robocop
9. Tombstone (21: that was a good one)
 
Comment Fri, August 11 - 12:55 PM by Greg
Whoops - got a wrong one there, Magus2. Number eight is not Robocop. So far, we have...

1- Cool Hand Luke (go see the movie NOW)
2- Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
3- Ladyhawke
4- ?
5- The Matrix
6- ?
7- ?
8- ?
9- Tombstone
10-?

I wanted to let PMD have a chance before I started giving hints, but he's in Texas right now at a SciFi convention.

HINTS
4- No hint.
6- Older movie. It's a British film.
7- Ed Harris is in this movie.
8- This phrase, when spoken, is funny as hell.
10- Spoken during a swordfight.
 
Comment Fri, August 11 - 2:24 PM by KJToo
7. The Abyss
8. Might be Alien Nation, but I'm not sure.
10. Highlander
 
Comment Fri, August 11 - 2:44 PM by Greg
Not Alien Nation. Not Highlander.

1- Cool Hand Luke
2- Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
3- Ladyhawke
4- ?
5- The Matrix
6- ?
7- The Abyss
8- ?
9- Tombstone
10-?

By the way, if you end up cheating and googling a phrase, you forsake your right to post guesses. :)

KJToo, Kudos for not using google.
 
Comment Fri, August 11 - 3:53 PM by KJToo
Thanks, Greg. I run a whole bunch of quizzes on the forums at my site and the use of Google is strictly forbidden, so I apply that rule when I'm participating in other people's quizzes.

I'm going to feel like an idiot when you reveal the rest of the answers, aren't I?
 
Comment Mon, August 14 - 2:31 AM by Magus2
Looked 'em up. Can't post guesses.

4. Should have gotten it. Though it's my least favorite of his.
6. Still have no idea.
8. Didn't see the whole thing, so I missed that part.
10. You don't listen to this in english do you? You really need to hear them try to pronounce a language they are so unfamiliar with.

My revenge:
1. Today is a new day.
Good luck.
I'd post the sound clip, but you don't allow the link.
 
Comment Mon, August 14 - 4:52 PM by Greg
Okay, okay. Here are the answers.

Number four, "What, like the back of a Volkswagen?" is from Mallrats, Kevin Smith's second movie, after Clerks. Lots of people didn't like this movie, but I did.

Number six, "I'm sorry I killed you, Fidget", is from Terry Gilliam's Time Bandits. Great sci-fi movie, featuring Sean Connery, John Cleese, and an ensemble cast of midgets.

Number Eight: "The police are here. I am with them. I am a police officer." This is from M. Night Shyamalan's movie Signs, and it's one of the funniest parts in the movie, as Mel Gibson ineptly tries to pretend that he's a cop.

Number Ten was a hard one, which is why it was number ten. "No growth without assistance. No action without reaction. No desire without restraint." Yes, it was actually subtitled, but I felt like I could hear it. For some reason, that line from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon stuck in my head. It was kind of a sword fight, although Chou Yung Fat had a stick instead of a sword at the time.

1- Cool Hand Luke
2- Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
3- Ladyhawke
4- Mallrats
5- The Matrix
6- Time Bandits
7- The Abyss
8- Signs
9- Tombstone
10-Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

I'll post another movie quote quiz before I go to France, and y'all can ponder it while I'm gone.
 
Comment Mon, August 14 - 11:55 PM by KJToo
I don't feel bad about missing 6 and 8, and I've never seen the movies. Number 4 doesn't make me feel too bad, but number 10... boy, I really should have gotten that one.