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“POP QUIZ!”
Which comes from the film Speed, and “Welcome to the party pal!” from Die hard, are 2 well-known film catchphrases, but can you work out the film titles from the following, not so obvious, lines or phrases? (answers appear at the end.)
NB. Dual coloured text indicates lines spoken, exchanged by two different characters.
1 “And the Quarterback is toast!”
2 “I’m the bad guy?”
3 “Kevlar, bitch!” ‘Smith & Western arsehole!’
4 “Remember when I promised to kill you last…I lied”
5 “I’ve got enough friends!”
6 “A man’s got to know his limitations!”
7 “A head for business and a bod’ for sin!”
8 “Get the FU*K out of here!”
9 “I’ll be back. You did not know I was gonna say that, did you?” ‘That’s what you always say.’
10 “Straight up…with a twist!”
11 “Let’s stack ‘em, pack ‘em and rack ‘em.”
12 Observational, odd 1 out question: as well as Clint Eastwood, another – Black – actor appeared in the 1st 4 “Dirty Harry” films. Which of the following characters did he not play:
1) A bank robber. 2) A corrupt cop. 3) A terrorist. 4) A pimp. 5) A close friend?
Actual POP Quiz!
“Giant steps are what you take” Title, is the music equivalent of the film quiz so…!
NB. Some come from the LP/CD version…!
1 “I won’t hurt you, I just want to have some fun!”
2 “Poor is the man who’s pleasures depend on the permission of another!”
3 “Diamond lights and ruby lights, high in the sky, heaven help him when he falls!”
4 “2nd floor. Hardware, children’s wear, ladies lingerie. Oh! Good morning, Mr Tyler, going…down!
5 “Change your mind like revolving doors, change your women like you change your clothes!”
6 “Oh, so much love that you’ve never seen!”
7 “The drink will flow. Blood will spill!”
8 “Check out the melody!”
9 “Only the one that inflicts the pain, can take it away!”
10 “I saw you!”
11 “I’m going to hit you from both sides, lay your fortress open wide!”
12 Lastly, the line that the TRUTH very much lives by: “Absolutely no FU*KING regrets!”
Answers to the film quiz section:
1 Die hard.
2 Falling down.
3 Fatal beauty.
4 Commando.
5 Die Hard 2.
6 Magnum Force (said repeatedly).
7 Working Girl.
8 Beverly Hills cop.
9 Last action hero.
10 Goldeneye.
11 Die hard 2 (probably the most memorable phrase not said by Bruce Willis).
12 ‘A corrupt cop’. Bank robber in Dirty Harry, Pimp in Magnum force, a presumed terrorist in the Enforcer and a close friend in Sudden impact.
Answers to the music quiz section:
Teaser: ‘Walking on the moon’ by the Police.
1 Introduction to ‘1999’ LP/CD version by Prince.
2 Said and on screen at the end of the video for Madonna’s ‘Justify my love’.
3 introduction of the LP/CD version of Sade’s ‘Smooth operator’.
4 ‘Love in an elevator’ by Aerosmith.
5 ‘Watch your step’ by Anita Baker.
6 ‘I want your sex rhythm 2’ by George Michael, a double a-sided single.
7 ‘The boys are back in town’ by Thin Lizzy.
8 ‘My way’ by Limp Bizkit.
9 ‘Erotica’ by Madonna.
10 Said at the end of ‘Happy Jack’ by the Who.
11 ‘You win again’ by the Bee Gees.
12 Said at the end of ‘Human Nature’, again, by Madonna.
