Great Movie Exchanges 21 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Casablanca

In this scene American expatriate Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), owner of Rick's Cafe Americain nightclub in Casablanca, Morocco, is talking to Police Chief Captain Renault (Claude Rains) about why Rick came to Casablanca in such dangerous times. After the Nazis defeated France in 1940, they occupied northern and western France but left southern France and many of France's colonies in Africa relatively free under the Vichy government. However, the Vichy French had to pledge allegiance to Hitler, which meant that technically, Captain Renault was Rick's enemy, although they remained personal friends. Captain Renault asks line one, Rick answers with line two, a puzzled Captain Renault responds with line three and Rick lightheartedly responds with line four. "Casablanca" tells the story of how Rick runs into his old love from Paris, Ilsa Laszlo (Ingrid Bergman), and then persuades her to leave Casablanca with her Resistance leader husband Victor (Paul Henreid). When they first meet again in Casablanca, Rick has the great line, "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine."

In the 1944 Academy Awards, "Casablanca" won three Oscars, including Best Picture. Humphrey Bogart was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his portrayal of Rick, but didn't win the Oscar (it was won by Paul Lukas in "Watch on the Rhine"). The premier for "Casablanca" was in New York City on 26 November 1942, which was just after the American and British armies landed in North Africa in World War II on 8 November 1942 (Operation Torch). The release date was moved up to take advantage of this timing and the expected increased interest in the movie. According to Frank Miller, a "Casablanca" expert and author of the book "Casablanca: As Time Goes By," the song "As Time Goes By" was used in the movie primarily because Warner Brothers (the producer of "Casablanca") already owned the rights to it (and thus no additional royalties would need to be paid). It had been written in 1931 and had been recorded by, among others, Rudy Vallee.

Answer: The Full Monty

In this scene unemployed former steelworkers Gerald (Tom Wilkinson), Gaz (Robert Carlyle) and several of their former workmates are in a Job Centre in Sheffield, England, where they are supposed to be trying to find new jobs. However, Gerald is the only one making an effort. The conversation (by everyone except Gerald) turns to how the male stripper group The Chippendales was selling about a thousand tickets at 10 quid each for a local show (quid is British slang for an English pound). When one of Gaz's friends says that he thought they could do that, Gerald explodes in laughter and says line one. Gaz tries to explain with line two and Gerald continues with line three. "The Full Monty" tells the story of how six unemployed former steel workers form a male striptease act in order to make some money, even though their dancing skills are minimal and their physiques are less than impressive. In order to help sell tickets, they claim they will go "the full monty" (British slang for the whole thing, i.e., total nudity).

In the 1998 Academy Awards, "The Full Monty" was nominated in four categories, including Best Picture (but lost to "Titanic"). It did win one Oscar (for Best Music, Original Musical or Comedy Score). Executives at the movie studio handling US distribution for "The Full Monty" initially found the title mystifying since nobody in the film is named Monty. It took me a while to register that the actor playing the male stripper Gerald (Tom Wilkinson) also played British General Lord Cornwallis in the 2000 movie "The Patriot"!

Answer: Forrest Gump

In this scene young Forrest Gump (Michael Conner Humphreys) is asking his mother why his father is absent from his life with line one, and Mrs. Gump (Sally Field) explains his father went on "vacation," and then explains what that means with line two. The movie follows the life of low-I.Q. Forrest as he interacts with some of the most important people and events in America from the late 1950s through the 1970s and his encounters with the love of his life, Jenny (played as a young girl by Hanna Hall and as an adult by Robin Wright). The scene where the adult Forrest and Jenny embrace in the water during a Vietnam War protest rally is one of the best "feel-good" movie moments I can recall seeing.

In the 1995 Academy Awards "Forrest Gump" won six Oscars, including Best Picture and Tom Hanks for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his portrayal of Forrest Gump as an adult. Gary Sinise was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his portrayal of Lt. Dan, but did not win. The movie also won or was nominated for more than 60 other awards! In a "Biography Channel" bio of Tom Hank's career there was this great scene: Hanks, who had won a Best Actor Oscar for the movie "Philadelphia" the previous year, said (in his best Forrest Gump voice), "And then they invited me back to the Academy Awards, again, and they gave me the Best Actor award, again."

Answer: The Man who Shot Liberty Valance

In this scene newspaper reporter Maxwell Scott (Carleton Young) has finished listening to a story (told with flashbacks) by U.S. Senator Ransom Stoddard (James Stewart) as to who actually killed the town bully in the small western town of Shinbone named Liberty Valence (Lee Marvin). Legend has it that Senator Stoddard (then a young attorney) had killed him in a gunfight, but the story Stoddard has just told is that his friend Tom Doniphon (John Wayne) fired at the same time and that it was he who actually killed him. After the story is finished, the reporter crumples up his notes and throws the paper in a nearby stove. A surprised Senator Stoddard then asks line one and the reporter replies with line two. "The Man who Shot Liberty Valance" tells the story of an aging U.S. Senator who comes back to the town of Shinbone (where he had started out as a young lawyer) to attend the funeral of his old friend, Tom Doniphon. A local reporter smells a story and presses Stoddard for an interview. Stoddard then tells him the story of how Liberty Valence was really shot.

In the 1963 Academy Awards "The Man who Shot Liberty Valance" was nominated for one Oscar but did not win. It did win several minor awards. This movie was directed by John Ford, who had previously won or been nominated for Academy Awards in "The Quiet Man" (1952), "How Green Was My Valley" (1941), "The Grapes of Wrath" (1940), "The Long Voyage Home" (1940), "Stagecoach" (1939) and "The Informer" (1935), but he did not win one for this one (although I thought it was pretty good). This is the only movie in which John Wayne uses the word "pilgrim" to refer to a tenderfoot, although that word is frequently associated with Wayne.

Answer: Animal House

In this scene Faber College Dean Vernon Wormer (John Vernon) is discussing with Omega fraternity house president Greg Marmalard (James Daughton) various bad influences on the Faber College campus, and asks Greg line one. Greg beats around the bush by answering with line two. But Dean Wormer already knows the answer to his question: It's Delta house, notorious for drunken parties, pranks and abysmally-low school grades. The dean summarizes their contributions to Faber College life as, "Who dropped a whole truckload of fizzies into the swim meet? Who delivered the medical school cadavers to the alumni dinner? Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode." There are so many good quotes in this movie, it's hard to choose! Here are a few more: "My advice to you is to start drinking heavily." "Better listen to him, Flounder, he's in pre-med." "Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son." Director John Landis confirmed he threw beer bottles near the actors during filming in some interior Delta house scenes to add some "flavor" to the scene!

"Animal House" won a 1979 People's Choice award but no Oscars. The screenplay for this movie was co-written by Doug Kenny, Harold Ramis and Chris Miller. Co-writer Chris Miller's own fraternity experiences were the basis of several published stories starting in 1974, and these were turned into the movie. Co-writer Kenny played Stork in the movie (he has the memorable line, "What should we do, you moron?" and leads the marching band down an alley at the homecoming parade at the end of the movie). John Blutarsky, who has the dubious distinction of having a grade average of 0.0, is memorably played by John Belushi.

Answer: The Godfather

In this scene Corleone family member Sonny (James Caan) has just received information from one of his informants as to where a proposed meeting is to be held and asks other family members about it with line one. Mob boss Virgil Sollozzo (Al Lettieri), Police Capt. Mark McCluskey (Sterling Hayden) and Corleone family member Michael (Al Pacino) are supposed to meet in a restaurant in the Bronx (part of New York City). This meeting had been set up by Sollozzo for what Capt. McCluskey and Sollozzo think is going to be a discussion over dinner to clear up any misunderstanding with Michael. However, Michael wants to kill them both and the discussion that follows centers on how a gun can be smuggled in to the meeting. Salvadore "Sally" Tessio (Abe Vigoda) suggests a way with line two. Sonny then says, "Hey, listen, I want somebody good -- and I mean very good -- to plant that gun," and Pete Clemenza (Richard Castellano) assures him, "The gun'll be there." "The Godfather" follows the lives of a fictional American crime family, but many of the incidents in the story are based on incidents from real life.

In the 1973 Academy Awards "The Godfather" won three Oscars, including Best Picture. Marlon Brando won Best Actor in a Leading Role for his portrayal of Godfather Don Vito Corleone, but refused to accept the award. Al Pacino, James Caan, and Robert Duvall were all nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for their portrayal of the Godfather's three sons, but none of them won the Oscar (it was won by Joel Grey in "Cabaret"). The first sequel ("The Godfather: Part II") is the first sequel ever to have won Best Picture in the Academy Awards.

Answer: Deliverance

In this scene Georgia businessman Drew Ballinger (Ronny Cox) spots some rapids in the fictional Cahulawassee River at the start of a canoeing trip and comments with line one. His canoeing partner, outdoor enthusiast Lewis Medlock (Burt Reynolds), replies eagerly with line two. "Deliverance" tells a hair-raising story of how Medlock has organized a weekend canoeing trip down a soon-to-be-submerged river in the Georgia backcountry with three Atlanta, Georgia urban businessmen (played by Jon Voight, Ned Beatty, and Ronny Cox). However, instead of a fun canoe adventure they enter a nightmare, and wind up killing two local mountain men after businessman Bobby Trippe (Ned Beatty, in his movie debut) is sexually assaulted. 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"). Some movie magic was needed for the scene in the beginning of the movie where Drew plays a guitar-and-banjo duet with an inbred-looking local boy sitting on a porch (Billy Redden) of the great bluegrass song "Dueling Banjos." Redden, who is neither inbred nor mentally retarded, was discovered during a casting call at an elementary school in Clayton, Georgia (near the Chattooga River, the actual river much of this movie was filmed on). "Deliverance" was the first movie he appeared in. Redden could not play the banjo, so another boy, who was a skilled banjo player, reached around from behind Reddin through Redden's sleeve and fingered the chords! The actual music is played by musicians Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandel. This song was almost identical to a 1955 tune called "Feuding Banjos" by Arthur Smith. Smith eventually won a lawsuit over the issue and an acknowledgement of his song is now included in the movie's opening credits.

Answer: Unforgiven

In this scene aging Old West gunslinger William Munny (Clint Eastwood) is confronting Sheriff "Little Bill" Daggett (Gene Hackman) and some residents of the town of Big Whiskey in the saloon of "Skinny" Dubois (Anthony James). Munny's long-time friend, Ned Logan (Morgan Freeman), has just died under intense questioning by Sheriff Daggett, and his body has been displayed outside Skinny's tavern with a sign that reads, "This is what happens to assassins around here." (Ned was accused of killing some cowboys who cut up a whore, but he wasn't guilty.) An incensed Munny shoots Skinny with a shotgun while the crowd cowers. Sheriff Daggett then says line one and Munny replies with line two (although I added the word "dead" for clarity).

In the 1993 Academy Awards, "Unforgiven" won four Oscars, including Best Picture, Gene Hackman for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his portrayal of Sheriff "Little Bill" Daggett and Clint Eastwood for Best Director. Eastwood was also nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his portrayal of William Munny, but didn't win (the Oscar was won by Al Pacino in "Scent of a Woman"). Similar to what some other directors have done, Clint Eastwood arranged a bit part in his movie for his mother (some examples are "When Harry Met Sally" and "Goodfellas"). Unfortunately, her part wound up on the "cutting room floor" (the expression often used to describe the editing process) because the movie was too long. She was wearing a heavy dress and was pretty uncomfortable (her scene was boarding a train). Needless to say, she was not happy her scene was cut after that uncomfortable work! However, all was forgiven when Eastwood thanked her prominently in his acceptance speech (for Best Picture) at the Academy Awards ceremony.

Answer: Catch Me If You Can

In this scene FBI agent Carl Hanratty (Tom Hanks) takes a telephone call from con man and master forger Frank Abagnale, Jr. (Leonardo DiCaprio) during the Christmas holiday. Dedicated agent Hanratty is in his empty office when all the other agents are home for the holiday. Abagnale is tired of running and says, "I want it to be over," and then adds line one. Hanratty senses he is winning this race and replies with line two. This movie tells the true story of Frank Abagnale, Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully impersonated an airline pilot, a doctor, and a lawyer and cashed more than $2.5 million in fraudulent checks in every U.S. state and 26 foreign countries.

In the 2003 Academy Awards actor Christopher Walken and music director John Williams were nominated for Oscars but neither won. The real life Frank Abagnale, Jr. was sentenced to 12 years in prison in the U.S. in 1971 (he also served prison time in France and Sweden, and other countries wanted to try him). His U.S. term was reduced for agreeing to serve as an FBI consultant (as was shown in the movie). He subsequently founded the firm of Abagnale & Associates, which advises the business world on fraud. Tom Hanks said, "Abagnale's lecture may be the best one-man show you will ever see." Books he has published include "Catch Me If You Can" (on which the movie is based), "The Art of the Steal" (on business fraud) and "Stealing Your Life" (on identity theft). He remains friendly with FBI agent Joe Shaye (the character of Carl Hanratty in the movie was based on him).

Answer: Home Alone

In this scene (at the end of the movie) Chicago police have arrested burglars Harry (Joe Pesci) and Marv (Daniel Stern), and are about to put them in the back seat of a squad car. Officer 1 says line one, Officer 2 says line two, Marv says line three, and Harry, who thought leaving the water running at houses they burglarized was a dumb idea, angrily kicks Marv and shouts line four. "Home Alone" tells the story of eight-year-old Kevin McAllister (Macaulay Culkin), whose large family accidentally leaves him behind when it rushes to the airport to go to France for their Christmas vacation (the evening before they left, Kevin had been sent to the attic for misbehaving). Kevin prepares to spend Christmas alone, but becomes aware of two house burglars casing his neighborhood.

In the 1991 Academy Awards "Home Alone" was nominated for two Oscars but didn't win either. In the scene where Kevin escapes the clutches of Marv and flees to the attic, he places the loose tarantula spider belonging to his brother Buzz on Marv's face. Although tarantulas are basically harmless to humans, they look fearsome and scary (and as a result are often used in movie scenes such as on the back of Indiana Jones in the opening sequence of "Raiders of the Lost Ark"). Actor Daniel Stern consented to having the tarantula put on his face for only one take! In order not to scare the spider, his scream was silent during filming. The noisy scream was dubbed in later.