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Find the Quote Trivia Quiz


Each question is a quote from a play. Your job is to name which play the quote comes from. Ready? Let's do this.

A multiple-choice quiz by mrhoboken. Estimated time: 8 mins.
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Author
mrhoboken
Time
8 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
79,497
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
20
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
10 / 20
Plays
750
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Question 1 of 20
1. 'She was also a wonderful woman, but you never got her licked into shape. A man has to get his woman licked into shape. Licked into shape!' Hint


Question 2 of 20
2. 'I come home last night, I was feelin' depressed. I sat around, I watched some TV. Somebody called and hung up when I answered. I smoked some dope, took a couple of ludes. The TV got to look very good...Due to the dope and due to the ludes.' Hint


Question 3 of 20
3. 'So this is hell. I'd never have believed it. You remember all we were told about the torture-chambers, the fire and brimstone, the 'burning marl.' Old wives tales! There's no need for red-hot pokers. Hell is--other people.' Hint


Question 4 of 20
4. 'So they take off after each other straight into an endless black prairie. The sun is just comin' down and they can feel the night on their backs. What they don't know is that each one of 'em is afraid, see. Each one separately thinks that he's the only one that's afraid. And they keep ridin' like that straight into the night.' Hint


Question 5 of 20
5. 'The coyote mates for life. He's entirely faithful. He doesn't fool around. And he's got plenty of chances. I mean--he's out there under the stars, under the moon. And I'll bet he gets lonely. He howls.' Hint


Question 6 of 20
6. 'I hate to be on a blind date when the girl sets eyes on me. What if she looks at me and laughs or screams? Will you relax! Has a girl ever once reacted by laughing or screaming? Once. That little coed from Brooklyn College came to the door, saw me, and passed out...but she was weak from dieting.' Hint


Question 7 of 20
7. 'Listen! Climb round into the...Squeeze through the, you know, and shim down the, I mean, there must be some way! Oh, for God's sake!' Hint


Question 8 of 20
8. "Look, Wood, whatever your anxiety about your daughter, I really don't think, old chap, that you should insinuate yourself into people's homes and put a question like that to them. I mean, good God, you can't possibly expect me to dignify it with an answer, can you?" Hint


Question 9 of 20
9. "An Englishman having drunk a little more than usual proceeds to a brothel. The bawd asks him if he wants a fair one, a dark one or a red-haired one. Go on." Hint


Question 10 of 20
10. "Naw--I got an uncle I hate. Every time he comes out to the house he's always wantin' to rassle with the mule, and the mule gets all wore out, and he gets all wore out...Well, I don't really hate him, I just ain't exactly partial to him." Hint


Question 11 of 20
11. "Sign reads NO STOPPING OR STANDING. Radio's goin 'O baby o baby.' Three lanes merge into two. The broken white line becomes a solid yellow line, and the solid fades and two lanes merge into one. You floor it. Into the tunnel. Engine echoes off the walls, drowns out your brain. Air goes rancid. Roll up the window. Radio goes dead. Turn on the lights. Lights dim out." Hint


Question 12 of 20
12. "You know what you want better than me, George...I don't know what you expect to find out there, except a larger audience for your two shows a day of suffering...I know I'm not as smart as you. Maybe I can't analyze and theorize and speculate on why we behave as we do and react as we do and suffer guilt and love and hate." Hint


Question 13 of 20
13. "You're so wrong I ain't laughing. Any guy with eyes to read knows it. Look at the textile strike--out like lions and in like lambs." Hint


Question 14 of 20
14. (Bell) "Is this seat taken?" Hint


Question 15 of 20
15. "SARAJEVO! HAITI! ARMENIA! You ever watch the news, Buffman? There's a world outside this tar pit of stupidity." Hint


Question 16 of 20
16. "Well, it certainly turned me against theatre; but more damagingly, I think it's warped my sense of life. You know--nothing seems worth trying if Tinkerbell's just going to die." Hint


Question 17 of 20
17. "No, no, no, no no Frank, I don't want to hear it. Sue me? Sue me? I'm gonna blow him away, Frank, I'm gonna peel his skin off, I'm gonna chew his bones, I'm gonna drink his blood, I'm gonna eat his children Frank!..." Hint


Question 18 of 20
18. "Oh, don't be afraid. Never be afraid to risk, TO RISK!" Hint


Question 19 of 20
19. "I'm Mrs. Drudge. I don't live in but I pop in on my bicycle when the weather allows to help in the running of charming though somewhat isolated Muldoon Manor." Hint


Question 20 of 20
20. "When you were running around here creating atmosphere. I thought to myself, 'Oh boy, he's going to do something gauche like make a pass', and all you wanted was a dance." Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. 'She was also a wonderful woman, but you never got her licked into shape. A man has to get his woman licked into shape. Licked into shape!'

Answer: Play Strindberg

This quote is from the Friedrich Durrenmatt play 'Play Strindberg', which is itself an adaptation of August Strindberg's 'Dance of Death'.
2. 'I come home last night, I was feelin' depressed. I sat around, I watched some TV. Somebody called and hung up when I answered. I smoked some dope, took a couple of ludes. The TV got to look very good...Due to the dope and due to the ludes.'

Answer: Hurlyburly

This quote is from the David Rabe play 'Hurlyburly', which was recently adapted into a brilliant motion picture featuring Sean Penn.
3. 'So this is hell. I'd never have believed it. You remember all we were told about the torture-chambers, the fire and brimstone, the 'burning marl.' Old wives tales! There's no need for red-hot pokers. Hell is--other people.'

Answer: No Exit

From Sartre's existential masterpiece, 'No Exit'.
4. 'So they take off after each other straight into an endless black prairie. The sun is just comin' down and they can feel the night on their backs. What they don't know is that each one of 'em is afraid, see. Each one separately thinks that he's the only one that's afraid. And they keep ridin' like that straight into the night.'

Answer: True West

From the Sam Shepard play 'True West'.
5. 'The coyote mates for life. He's entirely faithful. He doesn't fool around. And he's got plenty of chances. I mean--he's out there under the stars, under the moon. And I'll bet he gets lonely. He howls.'

Answer: Pvt. Wars

From the James McLure play 'Pvt. Wars'. This play is published in both one-act and full-legnth versions, and it is the opinion of the maker of this quiz that the one-act version crushes the full-legnth like a grape.
6. 'I hate to be on a blind date when the girl sets eyes on me. What if she looks at me and laughs or screams? Will you relax! Has a girl ever once reacted by laughing or screaming? Once. That little coed from Brooklyn College came to the door, saw me, and passed out...but she was weak from dieting.'

Answer: Play it Again, Sam

From the Woody Allen play (and movie), 'Play it Again, Sam'.
7. 'Listen! Climb round into the...Squeeze through the, you know, and shim down the, I mean, there must be some way! Oh, for God's sake!'

Answer: Noises Off

From the raucous Michael Frayn comedy 'Noises Off' (and also adapted into a brilliant movie starring Michael Caine).
8. "Look, Wood, whatever your anxiety about your daughter, I really don't think, old chap, that you should insinuate yourself into people's homes and put a question like that to them. I mean, good God, you can't possibly expect me to dignify it with an answer, can you?"

Answer: Otherwise Engaged

From the brilliant Simon Gray play, "Otherwise Engaged".
9. "An Englishman having drunk a little more than usual proceeds to a brothel. The bawd asks him if he wants a fair one, a dark one or a red-haired one. Go on."

Answer: Waiting for Godot

From the Samuel Beckett classic "Waiting for Godot".
10. "Naw--I got an uncle I hate. Every time he comes out to the house he's always wantin' to rassle with the mule, and the mule gets all wore out, and he gets all wore out...Well, I don't really hate him, I just ain't exactly partial to him."

Answer: No Time for Sergeants

From the riotous Ira Levin play, "No Time for Sergeants", which was later made into an equally funny movie featuring Andy Griffith.
11. "Sign reads NO STOPPING OR STANDING. Radio's goin 'O baby o baby.' Three lanes merge into two. The broken white line becomes a solid yellow line, and the solid fades and two lanes merge into one. You floor it. Into the tunnel. Engine echoes off the walls, drowns out your brain. Air goes rancid. Roll up the window. Radio goes dead. Turn on the lights. Lights dim out."

Answer: The Woolgatherer

From the William Mastrosimone play "The Woolgatherer".
12. "You know what you want better than me, George...I don't know what you expect to find out there, except a larger audience for your two shows a day of suffering...I know I'm not as smart as you. Maybe I can't analyze and theorize and speculate on why we behave as we do and react as we do and suffer guilt and love and hate."

Answer: Chapter Two

From the Neil Simon play "Chapter Two". Also quoted by a character played by Catherine Keener on an early episode of "Seinfeld", for you trivia buffs.
13. "You're so wrong I ain't laughing. Any guy with eyes to read knows it. Look at the textile strike--out like lions and in like lambs."

Answer: Waiting for Lefty

From the Clifford Odets classic pro-union play "Waiting for Lefty".
14. (Bell) "Is this seat taken?"

Answer: Sure Thing

The bell is the hint for you...It's the trademark from David Ives' "Sure Thing".
15. "SARAJEVO! HAITI! ARMENIA! You ever watch the news, Buffman? There's a world outside this tar pit of stupidity."

Answer: SubUrbia

Youth gone awry in Eric Bogosian's "SubUrbia".
16. "Well, it certainly turned me against theatre; but more damagingly, I think it's warped my sense of life. You know--nothing seems worth trying if Tinkerbell's just going to die."

Answer: 'dentity Crisis

One of the more overused audition pieces I've seen...heh heh...From Christopher Durang's "dentity Crisis".
17. "No, no, no, no no Frank, I don't want to hear it. Sue me? Sue me? I'm gonna blow him away, Frank, I'm gonna peel his skin off, I'm gonna chew his bones, I'm gonna drink his blood, I'm gonna eat his children Frank!..."

Answer: Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll

From Eric Bogosian's anthology of monologues, entitled "Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll". This particular monologue is called "Rock Law".
18. "Oh, don't be afraid. Never be afraid to risk, TO RISK!"

Answer: Beyond Therapy

Durang sure likes to write about therapists, doesn't he? This one's from "Beyond Therapy".
19. "I'm Mrs. Drudge. I don't live in but I pop in on my bicycle when the weather allows to help in the running of charming though somewhat isolated Muldoon Manor."

Answer: The Real Inspector Hound

From Tom Stoppard's bizarre comedy, "The Real Inspector Hound".
20. "When you were running around here creating atmosphere. I thought to myself, 'Oh boy, he's going to do something gauche like make a pass', and all you wanted was a dance."

Answer: Lovers and Other Strangers

From the opening scene from Joseph Bologna and Renee Taylor's outrageously funny play, "Lovers and Other Strangers".
Source: Author mrhoboken

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