Great Movie Exchanges 18 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Sweet Home Alabama

This exchange occurs twice in this movie with the same two characters both times, but their lines are reversed in the two scenes. "Sweet Home Alabama" tells the story of Melanie Smooter (Reese Witherspoon), who marries her Alabama sweetheart Jake Perry (Josh Lucas), but some time later starts divorce proceedings to dissolve the marriage. She moves from Alabama to New York City, uses the last name Carmichael, makes up untrue details about her past and tries to distance herself from her Alabama roots. After returning home to Alabama on a brief trip to iron out details for her impending marriage to handsome celebrity catch Andrew Hennings (Patrick Dempsey), she gradually realizes she really does love Jake best. In this scene (at the end of the movie) Melanie is embracing Jake on a beach in the rain after breaking off her marriage to Andrew Hennings at the last minute (the guests were already at the ceremony). She learned at the ceremony that she had never signed the divorce papers from her younger days' marriage to Jake and now realizes she really does love him. He says line one, and she replies with line two.

This movie won several minor awards in 2003, but no Oscars. An added plus in this movie is hearing the great driving chords of the song "Sweet Home Alabama." The coon dog cemetery shown in "Sweet Home Alabama" is a real place, but is actually located in Tuscumbia, Alabama.

Answer: Coal Miner's Daughter

In this scene Doolittle "Doo" Lynn (Tommy Lee Jones) is in a ladies rest room trying to talk his young wife Loretta (Sissy Spacek) into singing on stage with the band in a honky tonk bar (she had fled there to escape Doo). Loretta had thought they were just going out socially together and this caught her by surprise (this was to be her first appearance singing in public). Doo really pushed Loretta into her singing career, where she became known as the unofficial "First Lady of Country Music." The real Loretta Lynn handpicked Sissy Spacek to portray her on screen in this biopic of Loretta's life. Both Sissy Spacek and Beverly D'Angelo (she plays county singer Patsy Cline) do all their own singing in this movie.

In the 1981 Academy Awards, Sissy Spacek won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role. "Coal Miner's Daughter" was nominated for Best Picture, but lost to "Ordinary People." After Doo died in 1996 (after 48 years of marriage) Loretta said, "I miss everything about him. There was no decision I ever made without talking it over with him." Their twin girls Patsy and Peggy formed a country-singing group called the Lynns, and they have appeared onstage with their mother.

Answer: A Beautiful Mind

In this scene brilliant math prodigy, John Nash Jr. (Russell Crowe), is trying to make small talk with his wife-to-be Alicia (Jennifer Connelly) before they are married. He has just met her when she is a student at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and he is a teacher. They are together in this scene at a reception and have gone out on a patio to sip champagne. After looking at the stars in a clear sky, she tells him (about the stars), "I once tried to count them all. I actually made it to 4,348." He says line one and she replies with line two.

In the 2002 Academy Awards "A Beautiful Mind" won four Oscars, including Best Picture. Jennifer Connelly won an Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role and Ron Howard won an Oscar for Best Director. Russell Crowe was nominated for Best Actor (but lost to Denzel Washington in "Training Day"). Although Nash is a mathematician and won a Nobel Prize, strictly speaking, there is no Nobel Prize in mathematics. The prize he won was in economics (although that category was not created in Alfred Nobel's will and was added in 1969 after his death).

Answer: Quiz Show

In this scene government investigator Dick Goodwin (Rob Morrow) is sitting in the waiting room of NBC Television Network president Robert Kintner (Allan Rich). He is investigating possible fraud in game shows on American television and has arrived at Kintner's office without an appointment. After sitting there for several hours, he says to Kintner's secretary, "Excuse me. Do you think he might see me before the peacock molts?" She asks line one and he replies sarcastically with line two.

In the 1995 Academy Awards, "Quiz Show" was nominated for four awards, including Best Picture, but didn't win any. Best Picture that year went to "Forrest Gump." Although well-known director Martin Scorsese has a minor acting part in this movie, "Quiz Show" was directed by Robert Redford. Scorsese played Martin Rittenhome, the president of Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, manufacturer of Geritol tonic, sponsor of the NBC Television quiz show "Twenty One." This movie is based on a true story that occurred in the late 1950s. This incident had a chilling effect on television game shows for many years.

Answer: Deliverance

In this scene Georgia businessman Bobby Trippe (Ned Beatty) comments on a backcountry man's hat with line one and the old man, less than impressed with Bobby, replies with line two. Outdoor enthusiast Lewis Medlock (Burt Reynolds) has organized a weekend canoeing trip down a soon-to-be-submerged river in the Georgia backcountry with three urban businessmen (played by Jon Voight, Ned Beatty, and Ronny Cox) but they enter a nightmare. This scene is at the beginning of their canoe trip, when they are trying to arrange for some locals to drive their cars downriver. When two backcountry mountain men sexually assault Bobby, Lewis kills one of them with a bow and arrow and they hide the body. Later, Ed Gentry (Jon Voight) kills the second one after a hair-raising cliff climb and he and Bobby sink his body in the rising lake water. The local sheriff (played by James Dickey, who wrote both the novel this movie is based on and the screenplay) suspects, but can't prove, that something has happened, and he warns them with the line, "Don't ever do nothin' like this again. Don't come back up here."

In the 1973 Academy Awards, "Deliverance" was nominated in three categories, including Best Picture (but lost to "The Godfather"). In order to minimize production costs, the actors did many of their own stunts. Jon Voight actually climbed the cliff shown in this movie (although the footage was shot during the day and was underexposed in post-production to give the appearance of an evening climb). The great bluegrass song "Dueling Banjos," which was written for this movie and subsequently became a huge hit in 1973, apparently was very close to an almost identical 1955 tune called "Feuding Banjos" by Arthur Smith. Smith eventually won a lawsuit over the issue. "Deliverance" was the first movie Ned Beatty appeared in (played businessman Bobby) and the second for Ronny Cox (played businessman Drew). Both subsequently had successful movie careers.

Answer: All the President's Men

In this scene Washington Post newspaper reporter Carl Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman) is giving his notes from an interview to his partner Bob Woodward (Robert Redford), who is sitting at a typewriter. Many of Bernstein's notes are written on napkins that he has stuffed in various pockets. As he pulls them out he says, "I'm a walking litter basket!" and an exasperated Woodward says line one. Bernstein replies with line two. He has just interviewed the bookkeeper (Jane Alexander) for Treasurer Maurice Stans of CREEP (the Committee to Reelect the President) and she was very reluctant to talk. Bernstein had jotted down notes as her sister got cup after cup of coffee. This movie tells the true story of the Watergate political scandal and the dogged investigative reporting of reporters Woodward and Bernstein that uncovered it (they are referred to together as a team as "Woodstein" by Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee, played by Jason Robards).

In the 1977 Academy Awards "All the President's Men" was nominated for Best Picture (but was beaten out by "Rocky"). Jason Robards won an Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and Jane Alexander was nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (but lost to Beatrice Straight in "Network"). In 2005 (33 years after Watergate), W. Mark Felt (at age 91), former number two FBI official, acknowledged that he was the anonymous source "Deep Throat" that kept the reporter team Woodstein on the right track (played in the movie by Hal Holbrook). At the beginning of the movie, the Watergate security guard who discovered the taped door lock was played by Franks Wills, the real-life guard who actually made the discovery.

Answer: Hannibal

"Hannibal" was the first sequel to the 1991 hit "The Silence of the Lambs" and is not for the faint of heart! In this scene rich Mason Verger (Gary Oldman) has just described to Dr. Hannibal Lecter (played wonderfully again by Anthony Hopkins) his plans for getting revenge against Dr. Lecter. He had earlier been persuaded (while high on drugs) by Dr. Lecter to scrape off his face flesh with a piece of broken glass and feed it to dogs, leaving him with a horribly disfigured face. Dr. Lecter had been captured in Italy and was smuggled to Mason Verger's home (strapped to an appliance dolly). Verger says line one and Dr. Lecter replies cooly with line two. "Hannibal" won several awards but no Oscars.

SPOILERS BELOW
The huge man-eating hogs that were featured in several gruesome scenes in this movie were selected by director Ridley Scott from over 6,000 hogs that auditioned (this was the fate planned by Mason Verger for Dr. Lecter). In the scene where Paul Krendler (Ray Liotta) ate part of his own brain, he is actually eating dark chicken. (I warned you this movie is not for the faint of heart!) The scenes of the luxurious mansion where Mason Verger lived were filmed at the Vanderbilt mansion (the Biltmore estate) in Asheville, North Carolina.

Answer: Out of Africa

In this scene Danish Baroness Karen Blixen (Meryl Streep) is saying goodbye to her friend and eventual lover, adventurer Denys Finch-Hatton (Robert Redford). At dinner the evening before, she had completed a made-up story started by Denys. He says line one and Karen replies with line two. This movie tells the true story of Karen (who wrote under the pseudonym of Isak Dinesen). She had gone to British East Africa (now called Kenya) in 1913 to be married to her Swedish friend Bror (Klaus Maria Brandauer), but it was a marriage of convenience and she grew to love Denys.

In the 1986 Academy Awards, "Out of Africa" won seven Oscars, including Best Picture. The majestic John Barry theme music won the Oscar for Best Music, Original Score (the wonderful main theme is one of my all-time favorites). The scene in the movie (just before this exchange) where Karen tells a story about a woman who "... spoke perfect Chinese, which she had learned from her missionary parents," is a creation of the screenwriter. One of the lines in the movie Karen Blixen/Isak Dinesen is known to have actually written was, "I had a farm in Africa at the foot of the Ngong Hills." This is one of those movies that should be seen on a wide screen to be fully appreciated.

Answer: A Christmas Carol

In this scene Ebenezer Scrooge (George C. Scott) and the Ghost of Christmas Present (Edward Woodward) are observing (both unseen and unheard) the Christmas dinner of the Bob Cratchit family. When Scrooge asks if their crippled son Tiny Tim will get better, the Ghost says he sees an empty space at the table in the future and mockingly adds line one. Scrooge winces and replies with line two, remembering his words to solicitors seeking aid for the poor. This wonderful holiday movie is based on a classic short story by English author Charles Dickens. A miserly old man, who considers Christmas humbug, is taught the true meaning and spirit of the season by three ghosts who show him his own past and present and what the future holds for him if he doesn't change his ways. There have been numerous versions of this movie made over the years. My favorite (of the ones I've seen) is this one (with George C. Scott as Scrooge).

In the 1985 Primetime Emmy awards, George C. Scott was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special, but didn't win. Actor David Warner (played Bob Cratchit) and actress Susannah York (played Mrs. Cratchit) were together again in this movie for the first time since "Tom Jones," one of my all-time favorites. After filming for the movie was finished, the production crew left the gravestone for Scrooge's grave in place (this was the gravestone shown to him by the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come). It can still be seen at St Chad's Church in Shrewsbury, England, approximately 140 miles NW of London.

Answer: Lawrence of Arabia

In this scene, during World War I, British Lieutenant T.E. Lawrence (a.k.a. Lawrence of Arabia, played by Peter O'Toole) is discussing with Mr. Dryden (Claude Rains) of the British Arab Bureau the outcome of a meeting with British General Murray (Donald Wolfit). General Murray has agreed to lend Lawrence to the Arab Bureau for three months so he can help assess the Arab army of Prince Feisal (Alec Guinness). Dryden says line one and Lawrence replies with line two. This movie tells the true story of Lawrence, the eccentric British officer who united the desert tribes of Arabia against the Turks. It is based on Lawrence's book "The Seven Pillars of Wisdom" about his Arabian adventures.

In the 1963 Academy Awards, "Lawrence of Arabia" won seven Oscars, including Best Picture. David Lean won an Oscar for Best Director. Both Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif were nominated for acting Oscars, but neither won. This is another one of those movies that should be seen on a wide screen to be fully appreciated. The desert vistas are stunningly beautiful and the majestic theme music is also pretty impressive.