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Test your cinema recall by matching legendary dialogue and famous one-liners to the films and characters that made them unforgettable.

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Which character famously declares, 'Here's looking at you, kid'?

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  1. 1.Which character famously declares, 'Here's looking at you, kid'?

    • ASam Spade in The Maltese Falcon
    • BRick Blaine in Casablanca✓ Correct
    • CTerry Malloy in On the Waterfront
    • DGeorge Bailey in It's a Wonderful Life

    Correct answer: Rick Blaine in Casablanca

    Humphrey Bogart delivered this iconic line as Rick Blaine speaking to Ilsa Lund (Ingrid Bergman) in the 1942 classic Casablanca.

  2. 2.In the 1975 thriller Jaws, what prompts Chief Martin Brody to say, 'You're gonna need a bigger boat'?

    • ACatching his first close-up glimpse of the Great White shark✓ Correct
    • BHearing Quint's terrifying account of the USS Indianapolis disaster
    • CExamining the massive bite circumference on Ben Gardner's wrecked hull
    • DWatching the shark easily tow three pressurized barrels underwater

    Correct answer: Catching his first close-up glimpse of the Great White shark

    Roy Scheider ad-libbed the famous remark right after throwing chum and seeing the giant shark surface directly beside the Orca.

  3. 3.Which classic film features the oft-misquoted command: 'Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night'?

    • ASunset Boulevard
    • BAll About Eve✓ Correct
    • CThe Women
    • DMildred Pierce

    Correct answer: All About Eve

    Bette Davis delivered the legendary line as aging Broadway star Margo Channing during a tense cocktail party in All About Eve (1950).

  4. 4.In Taxi Driver (1976), what is Robert De Niro's character Travis Bickle doing when he asks, 'You talkin' to me?'

    • AConfronting an aggressive passenger inside his cab
    • BRehearsing with a hidden handgun in front of his bedroom mirror✓ Correct
    • CArguing with an antagonistic political rally guard
    • DIntimidating Sport on an East Village street corner

    Correct answer: Rehearsing with a hidden handgun in front of his bedroom mirror

    Travis Bickle speaks the improvised monologue while practicing his quick-draw technique alone before his apartment mirror.

  5. 5.Which character delivers the famous speech that begins: 'I love the smell of napalm in the morning'?

    • ALieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore in Apocalypse Now✓ Correct
    • BSergeant Barnes in Platoon
    • CGunnery Sergeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket
    • DColonel Nathan R. Jessep in A Few Good Men

    Correct answer: Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore in Apocalypse Now

    Robert Duvall played Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore, reflecting on the psychological dominance of air cavalry strikes in Francis Ford Coppola's Vietnam War epic.

  6. 6.What is the exact wording of Darth Vader's famous parentage revelation to Luke Skywalker in The Empire Strikes Back?

    • ALuke, I am your father.
    • BNo, I am your father.✓ Correct
    • CObi-Wan lied; I am your father.
    • DSearch your feelings; I am your father.

    Correct answer: No, I am your father.

    Contrary to widespread popular misquotation ('Luke, I am your father'), Vader directly responds to Luke's accusation with: 'No, I am your father.'

  7. 7.In The Silence of the Lambs, what side dish does Dr. Hannibal Lecter pair with a census taker's liver and 'a nice Chianti'?

    • ATruffled mushrooms
    • BFava beans✓ Correct
    • CRoasted shallots
    • DArtichoke hearts

    Correct answer: Fava beans

    Anthony Hopkins chills Clarice Starling by whispering that he consumed a census taker's liver with fava beans and a fine Chianti.

  8. 8.Which film features the dramatic courtroom declaration: 'You can't handle the truth!'?

    • APrimal Fear
    • BPhiladelphia
    • CA Few Good Men✓ Correct
    • DThe Verdict

    Correct answer: A Few Good Men

    Jack Nicholson's Colonel Jessep explodes with this line under cross-examination by Tom Cruise's Lieutenant Kaffee in Aaron Sorkin's A Few Good Men.

  9. 9.In Jerry Maguire (1996), what memorable sentence does Dorothy Boyd say to cut off Jerry's emotional speech?

    • AYou had me at hello.✓ Correct
    • BShow me the money.
    • CYou complete me.
    • DStop talking and kiss me.

    Correct answer: You had me at hello.

    Renée Zellweger's character Dorothy interrupts Tom Cruise's heartfelt reunion speech with the poignant response: 'You had me at hello.'

  10. 10.Who utters the memorable parting line, 'After all, tomorrow is another day!' at the conclusion of Gone with the Wind?

    • AMelanie Hamilton
    • BRhett Butler
    • CScarlett O'Hara✓ Correct
    • DBelle Watling

    Correct answer: Scarlett O'Hara

    Vivien Leigh's Scarlett O'Hara resolves to return home to Tara and win back Rhett, finishing the film on this resilient phrase.

  11. 11.In Pulp Fiction (1994), what does Jules Winnfield famously cite as the European name for a Quarter Pounder with Cheese?

    • ALe Grand Burger
    • BRoyale with Cheese✓ Correct
    • CImperial Deluxe
    • DEuro Quarter Classic

    Correct answer: Royale with Cheese

    Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta discuss cultural peculiarities of Europe during their drive, highlighting Paris's 'Royale with Cheese' due to the metric system.

  12. 12.Which 1950 film opens with a floating corpse and includes the famous declaration: 'I am big. It's the pictures that got small'?

    • ASunset Boulevard✓ Correct
    • BIn a Lonely Place
    • CThe Bad and the Beautiful
    • DSweet Smell of Success

    Correct answer: Sunset Boulevard

    Gloria Swanson plays forgotten silent screen icon Norma Desmond, delivering this defiant line to writer Joe Gillis in Billy Wilder's Hollywood noir.

  13. 13.What movie features the menacing greeting: 'Say hello to my little friend!' right before a climactic mansion shootout?

    • AThe Untouchables
    • BCarlito's Way
    • CGoodfellas
    • DScarface✓ Correct

    Correct answer: Scarface

    Al Pacino screams the line as drug lord Tony Montana while brandishing an M16 rifle fitted with an M203 grenade launcher in Brian De Palma's 1983 remake.

  14. 14.In Apollo 13 (1995), what slightly altered phrase does Tom Hanks deliver that became a worldwide pop-culture staple?

    • AHouston, we have a problem.✓ Correct
    • BHouston, we've got a major glitch.
    • CGround control, we are losing oxygen.
    • DHouston, trouble on board.

    Correct answer: Houston, we have a problem.

    Real astronaut Jim Lovell originally transmitted 'Houston, we've had a problem here,' but the movie adapted the line into the tenser present tense: 'Houston, we have a problem.'

  15. 15.Which character announces, 'May the Force be with you' first in the original 1977 Star Wars: A New Hope?

    • AObi-Wan Kenobi
    • BPrincess Leia Organa
    • CGeneral Jan Dodonna✓ Correct
    • DHan Solo

    Correct answer: General Jan Dodonna

    While Obi-Wan frequently says 'The Force will be with you,' rebel commander General Dodonna is the first on screen to use the full phrase 'May the Force be with you' when briefing the Death Star pilots.

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