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First Words in Movies Trivia Quiz

I give you the lines (which here are always the first spoken words in a movie) and you give me the movie - but attention: if the movie opens with a song or something on television, just ignore it. Only the first spoken words of the characters are wanted!

A multiple-choice quiz by al pacino. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
al pacino

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
90,527

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
6 / 15

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Question 1 of 15

1. "Check, charge or cash?"
"Cash. Make it out to Jack�s Demolition, Tucson." Hint

Casino

Conspiracy Theory

Paradise Alley

Heat

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Question 2 of 15

2. "Out west there was this fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of..." (Sorry, I can�t give you the name, this would be too easy.) Hint

Wild Wild West

Traffic

Once upon a Time in the West

The Big Lebowski

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Question 3 of 15

3. "Saigon. [...] I�m still only in Saigon."

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 4 of 15

4. "I believe in America." Hint

Born on the Fourth of July

JFK

Hello Mr. President

The Godfather

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Question 5 of 15

5. "Come to Los Angeles. The sun shines bright." Hint

Swimming with Sharks in Hollywood

The Player

L.A. Confidential

Tequila Sunrise

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Question 6 of 15

6. "Do you have some valid reasons for wanting a divorce?" Hint

Kramer vs. Kramer

Endless Love

Husbands and Wives

The War of the Roses

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Question 7 of 15

7. "When you love someone, you�ve gotta trust them." Hint

The Thin Red Line

Casino

Mr. Wrong

My Brilliant Career

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Question 8 of 15

8. "I like animals better than people." Hint

Silence of the Lambs

Ace Ventura

The Negotiator

As Good as it Gets

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Question 9 of 15

9. "Thank you, Ilsa."
"Have a nice day." Hint

The Diary of Anne Frank

Prizzi�s Honor

Kiss Me Kate

The Game

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Question 10 of 15

10. "Alex? Todd and George's dad had called." Hint

Not Another Teenie Movie

The Outsiders

Final Destination

American Pie

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Question 11 of 15

11. "I suppose you think it�s very funny, Harold."

Answer: (Three Words)

12. "Hello?"
"Hello, this is Karen Hill, I wanna talk to you. Hello? Come on, don�t hang up on me!"
(Note: in the German version, the movie starts with these lines. In the U.S. version, though, this scene is in the middle of the movie.) Hint

Home Alone

The Mambo Kings

Goodfellas

Death Becomes Her

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Question 13 of 15

13. "Quit eyeballing me, Flavious. I knew you when you was a two-bit hustler on Bull Street." (Hint: She talks to an animal!) Hint

Quiz Show

The Lion King

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Mad Dog

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Question 14 of 15

14. "My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman. My parents were on the same plane when it crashed. That�s how they met. They named me after the name of the plane."

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 15 of 15

15. "Mr. Dufresne, describe the confrontation you had with your wife the night that she was murdered."

Answer: (Three Words, starts with "The")

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "Check, charge or cash?" "Cash. Make it out to Jack�s Demolition, Tucson."

Answer: Heat

In the opening scene, Val Kilmer (Chris Shiherlis) stands at a cashier and is asked by Marty Ferrero (Construction Clerk) if he wants to pay cash.

2. "Out west there was this fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of..." (Sorry, I can�t give you the name, this would be too easy.)

Answer: The Big Lebowski

At the opening scene, we see the camera flying over the desert, and the narrator (Sam Elliot) tells us the story about Jeff Lebowski.

3. "Saigon. [...] I�m still only in Saigon."

Answer: Apocalypse Now

We see Martin Sheen (Captain Benjamin L Willard) in his room in Saigon, remembering scenes of the war. Then he looks out of the window and worries about still being in Saigon.

4. "I believe in America."

Answer: The Godfather

In the opening scene of the movie, we see Salvatore Corsitto (Bonasera), telling Marlon Brando the story of his daughter being beaten up by her friends, and asking the Godfather if he could help Bonasera out.

5. "Come to Los Angeles. The sun shines bright."

Answer: L.A. Confidential

The narrator, Danny DeVito (Sid Hudgens) introduces the movie.

6. "Do you have some valid reasons for wanting a divorce?"

Answer: The War of the Roses

Again, Danny DeVito (Gavin D'Amato), who is also the director of "War of the Roses", introduces the movie.

7. "When you love someone, you�ve gotta trust them."

Answer: Casino

Robert de Niro (Sam "Ace" Rothstein) is the guy who talks to us (as narrator) at the beginning of the movie. We see him getting in his car, then it explodes.

8. "I like animals better than people."

Answer: The Negotiator

Samuel L Jackson (Danny Roman) is playing a hostage negotiator in Chicago. In the opening scene, we see him talking to a guy who has taken a hostage in an apartment. Jackson is talking to him from the outside, through the door, having a list (kind of the hostages' profile) in his hands. On the list it is written that the bad guy loves dogs.

9. "Thank you, Ilsa." "Have a nice day."

Answer: The Game

The first few minutes of the movie, we can see a movie-in-the-movie. Suddenly a face appears, it is Michael Douglas (Nicholas van Orton), who washes his face. Then he walks through his house and finally ends up in the kitchen, where Carroll Baker (Ilsa) is awaiting him.

10. "Alex? Todd and George's dad had called."

Answer: Final Destination

Barbara Tyson (Barbara Browning) is talking to her son who later is to fly to Paris with his classmates.

11. "I suppose you think it�s very funny, Harold."

Answer: Harold and Maude

In this movie, Bud Cort (Harold) pretends to kill himself several times. In the opening scene, we see him hung in a room. Then his mother (Vivian Pickles) enters, has a short look at him and is then occupied by a telephone call which seems to be a lot more important than her maybe-dead son.

12. "Hello?" "Hello, this is Karen Hill, I wanna talk to you. Hello? Come on, don�t hang up on me!" (Note: in the German version, the movie starts with these lines. In the U.S. version, though, this scene is in the middle of the movie.)

Answer: Goodfellas

In the opening scene, we see Lorraine Bracco (Karen Hill), who is the girlfriend of Ray Liotta (Henry Hill), jealously screaming at the door of her rival.

13. "Quit eyeballing me, Flavious. I knew you when you was a two-bit hustler on Bull Street." (Hint: She talks to an animal!)

Answer: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Irma P. Hall (Minerva), who play a kind of seer, sits on a bench somewhere in Savannah, awaiting the things that will happen soon.

14. "My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman. My parents were on the same plane when it crashed. That�s how they met. They named me after the name of the plane."

Answer: Snatch

The movie opens with a scene where two men are sitting in front of another one. We see the face Turkish (Jason Statham), who tells us the origin of his name and introduces his friend Tommy.

15. "Mr. Dufresne, describe the confrontation you had with your wife the night that she was murdered."

Answer: The Shawshank Redemption

Andy Dufresne is accused of murdering his wife. Although he claims that he is innocent, he is sent to prison - to Shawshank.

Source: Author al pacino

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