Thursday, May 23, 2013

TAKE THE QUIZ: How well do you know the first lines of famous movies?

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Some opening movie lines are destined to become part of the lexicon. Others... are not. You can decide which ones are which as you take this following quiz.

First Lines of Famous Movies

The premise is very simple. Match each of the following first lines with the correct movie title. The answer key is at the end for all you cheaters out there.
  1. "Harry, answer that!"

  2. Harry and the Hendersons
    Porky's
    Taxi Driver
    Spaceballs
    Vanishing Point
    License to Drive
    Goldfinger
    The 'burbs
    Halloween
    Scream

  3. "All right, I'm going to turn over the next card."

  4. Casino
    Gandhi
    Forrest Gump
    Duck Soup
    Beetlejuice
    Wayne's World
    Sesame Street: Follow that Bird!
    Altered States
    Ghostbusters
    The Prestige

  5. "Never did eat your lunch, did you?"

  6. Marty
    Psycho
    Brazil
    The Sound of Music
    Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
    The Addams Family
    Patton
    Westworld
    Blue Velvet
    Amadeus

  7. "Here you are, sir. Main level, please."

  8. Klute
    Austin Powers in Goldmember
    Home Alone
    Elf
    Stagecoach
    Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
    The Muppet Movie
    Monsignor
    Grand Hotel
    2001: A Space Odyssey

  9. "October is inventory time."

  10. Back to the Future
    Cadillac Man
    Used Cars
    The Hangover
    Very Bad Things
    Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
    Chinatown
    About Schmidt
    American Beauty
    Schindler's List

  11. "Take off that beanie."

  12. Best in Show
    Two Lane Blacktop
    Showgirls
    Ready to Wear
    The Frisco Kid
    Night of the Living Dead
    National Lampoon's Animal House
    Yentl
    Dazed and Confused
    Two Weeks Notice

  13. "Did you hear about Mrs. Mason's little Willy?"

  14. The Ladykillers
    Eddie Murphy: Raw
    I'm Gonna Git You, Sucka!
    Iron Man
    A Christmas Story
    Close Encounters of the Third Kind
    The Invisible Man
    The Adventures of Robin Hood
    Casablanca
    Ernest Goes to Camp

  15. "You don't like flying, do you?"

  16. Soul Plane
    Roll Bounce
    Airplane
    The Hurt Locker
    Die Hard
    Brewster McCloud
    Airport
    Tora! Tora! Tora!
    Murder By Death
    Zardoz

  17. "Friends, let me introduce myself."

  18. A Clockwork Orange
    Manhattan
    The Brady Bunch Movie
    Gremlins
    The King of Comedy
    Punchline
    You've Got Mail
    Clerks
    Invasion of the Body Snatchers
    Frankenstein

  19. "High school is like the training wheels for the bicycle of real life."

  20. Heathers
    Clueless
    Ghost World
    Requiem for a Dream
    Fight Club
    The Best Years of Our Lives
    Breaking Away
    Lord Love a Duck
    The Rocky Horror Picture Show
    Cold Turkey
How did you do? If you used Google or IMDb, then congratulations on being such a clever and resourceful little rat! Either way, here are the answers (upside down):

















ADDENDUM: For the skeptics of the world, I will now prove each and every last one of these.

1. Here is the film's complete audio. And here's a transcript.
2. An IMDb quotes page and the complete audio.
3. A list of the greatest opening lines in film history.
4. An IMDb quotes page and a transcript.
5. A transcript and the IMDb quotes page, and the film's audio track.
6. The film's audio track and a transcript.
7. The film's audio track and IMDb quotes page.
8. The film's audio track and IMDb quotes page.
9. The film's audio track and and an Anyclip quotes page.
10. The film's audio track and the script.