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1. "The Matrix" (1999): There is no ___________________.

Answer: spoon

When Neo visits the Oracle, he meets a young man who appears to be bending a spoon. The young man informs him, "Do not try and bend the spoon, that's impossible. Instead, remember, there is no spoon." Neo repeats the line later in the film as he rescues Morpheus.

2. "The Empire Strikes Back" (1980): There is no _______________.

Answer: try

"The Empire Strikes Back" is the sequel to "Star Wars" in which Luke Skywalker travels to Dagobah to train with Jedi maser Yoda. Skywalker attempts to lift his spaceship out of the Dagobah swamp and fails. He tells Yoda, "I'm trying" and Yoda responds, "Do or Do Not. There is no try."

3. "Roman Holiday" (1953): There is no ______________.

Answer: story

A sheltered princess (Audrey Hepburn) meets a cynical newsman (Gregory Peck) in Rome. The princess is the biggest news story of the year, but Peck tells his editor, "There is no story," indicating he has fallen in love with the princess.

4. "Logan's Run" (1976): There is no ___________.

Answer: sanctuary

"Logan's Run" takes place in a future when people sacrifice themselves at age 30. People seeking to avoid this fate search for a location called "Sanctuary" and are chased by assassins called Sandmen. Logan, a former assassin, discovers that Sanctuary does not exist. When he tells the computer that runs his society this news, it implodes.

5. "Network" (1976): There is no America. There is no ___________!

Answer: democracy

"Network" (1976) focuses on newsman Howard Beale (Peter Finch) and the decline of television news. The line "There is no America. There is no democracy" is from a speech by network executive Arthur Jensen (Ned Beatty) explaining that corporations and profits are what run the world.

6. "Rocky III" (1982): There is no __________!

Answer: tomorrow

"Rocky III" is part of the saga of boxer Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone). After his trainer is killed, Rocky seeks help from former opponent Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers). When Rocky is tired and says he wants to put off training until tomorrow, Creed states, "There is no tomorrow."

7. "Risky Business" (1983): Porsche, there is no __________.

Answer: substitute

"Risky Business" centers on teenage Joel Hodgson (Tom Cruise) and his adventures with a prostitute. After he uses his father's Porsche to escape from a killer pimp, Joel delivers the line, which was part of the automaker's marketing for decades. The Porsche Cruise drove in the film was a 928.

8. "Terminator 2" (1991): There is no _________ but what we make.

Answer: fate

In "Terminator 2", a robot assassin (Arnold Schwarzenegger) returns from the future to protect a young man who will grow up to lead a resistance army. "There is no fate but what we make for ourselves" is a message his mother gave John Connor (Edward Furlong) to inspire him.

9. "A League of Their Own" (1992): There's no ________ in baseball!

Answer: crying

After manager Jimmy Dugan (Tom Hanks) criticizes player Evelyn Gardner (Bitty Schram), she begins crying. This is when Dugan states, "There's no crying in baseball. No crying!"

10. "The Usual Suspects" (1995): There is no _____________.

Answer: Keyser Soze

"The Usual Suspects" deals with a group of small time criminals and a shadowy crime boss named Kesyer Soze. When Dean Keaton (Gabriel Bryne) becomes frustrated with Soze's attorney (Pete Postlethwaite), he insists there is no Soze. Turns out Keaton was wrong, Soze does exist, and no way am I revealing who he actually was.

Source: Author parrotman2006

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Questions		Choices
1. "The Matrix" (1999): There is no ___________________.		fate
2. "The Empire Strikes Back" (1980): There is no _______________.		democracy
3. "Roman Holiday" (1953): There is no ______________.		substitute
4. "Logan's Run" (1976): There is no ___________.		story
5. "Network" (1976): There is no America. There is no ___________!		try
6. "Rocky III" (1982): There is no __________!		sanctuary
7. "Risky Business" (1983): Porsche, there is no __________.		tomorrow
8. "Terminator 2" (1991): There is no _________ but what we make.		crying
9. "A League of Their Own" (1992): There's no ________ in baseball!		spoon
10. "The Usual Suspects" (1995): There is no _____________.		Keyser Soze

Many films have the line "There is no [blank]" in them. Match up the thing that is absent with the film in question.