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1. Starting off with the title quote, here is an exchange from a well known movie:
Biff: "I figure I'd cut you a break and give you the honor of going with the best looking guy in school."
Lorraine: "Yeah, well, I'm busy."
Biff: "Yeah, doin' what?"
Lorraine: "Washing my hair."
Which 1989 movie is this conversation from?
2. This man gave us many a sage, clever or witty quip. The following quote is hopefully of the latter, but that it is a good put-down is surely indisputable. Who was it who said "I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly"?
3. Another of my favorite put-downs comes from one of Britain's best TV comedies. Which comedy is the following line from?
"Your brain's so minute, Baldrick, that if a hungry cannibal cracked your head open, there wouldn't be enough to cover a small water biscuit."
4. Oscar Wilde was famous for his wonderful put-downs, and a particularly famous one was a put-down about cynics: "What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing". Which play did this quote come from?
5. Here's a put-down that must have stung - not the person it was said about, but for the person who said it! A screen-tester said this of a man auditioning for a role - "Can't act. Slightly bald. Can dance a little". Who was the unfortunate man that this was said about, but yet went on to entertain the world for years to come with his amazing dancing and chemistry on screen?
6. I love this Shakespeare play. It's my favorite. The bantering between the two main characters is sparkling, and before they end up together at the end, many a swift put-down is shared between them. Which play does this quote come from?
Benedick: "A bird of my tongue is better than a beast of yours".
Beatrice: "I would my horse had the speed of your tongue".
7. A well-loved poet wrote an epitaph that was intended for his wife, Lady Elizabeth, when she died. This English poet and playwright lived from 1631 through 1700. Which famed poet with a dry wit (that might have been a clue) wrote the following?
"Here lies my wife: here let her lie!
Now she's at rest, and so am I."
8. Wouldn't it be wonderful to have an entire song dedicated just to you? Umm, not sure. Carly Simon wrote a song in 1972 that became one of the most well-known put-downs in song of all time. She had been known to have previous relationships with Mick Jagger, Cat Stevens, Warren Beatty and Kris Kristofferson. In fact, all of these people probably thought this song was about them! What was it called?
9. For a woman who never married, this 18th/19th century author nevertheless had many a wise word about love, relationships and matrimony, to pass on to generations ahead. A great deal of her put-downs towards the male sex were subtle and witty. Which English writer, who only gained worldwide popularity after her death, wrote the following?
"A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can."
10. In 1988, during the US vice-presidential debate, Senator Lloyd Bentsen uttered a phrase to Senator Dan Quayle that has since become a well known put-down: "Senator," he said, "you are no Jack Kennedy." Which Kennedy was he referring to?
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