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You Can't Handle the Speech! Trivia Quiz

Ten great movie speeches and questions pertaining to those speeches.

A multiple-choice quiz by pennie1478. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
pennie1478

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
328,695

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Average

Avg Score
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Question 1 of 10

1. "No! No! No! It's not supposed to happen this way! I'm supposed to go first. I've always been ready to go first! I-I don't think I can take this"?

From what Sally Field movie did this speech come? Hint

Norma Rae

Where the Heart Is

Forrest Gump

Steel Magnolias

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Question 2 of 10

2. "This day is called the feast of Crispian: He that outlives this day, and comes safe home will stand a tip-toe when this day is named and rouse him at the name of Crispian."

What Shakespearean play turned movie did this speech come from? Hint

A Midsummer's Night Dream

Henry V

Henry VIII

Romeo and Juliet

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Question 3 of 10

3. "I want to tell you a story. I'm going to ask you all to close your eyes while I tell you the story. I want you to listen to me. I want you to listen to yourselves".

Which John Grisham based movie did this speech originate? Hint

The Pelican Brief

The Rainmaker

A Time to Kill

Runaway Jury

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Question 4 of 10

4. "Would you be willin' to trade all the days, from this day to that, for one chance, just one chance, to come back here and tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they'll never take... OUR FREEDOM!"

Who portrayed William Wallace and gave this enforcing speech? Hint

Mel Gibson

Tom Cruise

Jason Patric

Brad Pitt

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Question 5 of 10

5. While holding Wanda Gershwitz, Archie Leach asked her, "Do you have any idea what it's like being English? Being so correct all the time, being so stifled by this dread of, of doing the wrong thing".

Who played Archie Leach in the movie, "A Fish Called Wanda"? Hint

Kevin Kline

Geoffrey Palmer

Michael Palin

John Cleese

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Question 6 of 10

6. As scenes of a devastated New York were shown, Leonardo DiCaprio was heard saying, "In the end, they put candles on the bodies, so's their friends if they had any could know them in the dark."

What Leonardo DiCaprio film was this speech from? Hint

Titanic

Inception

The Departed

Gangs of New York

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Question 7 of 10

7. "The memories will be so thick they'll have to brush them away from their faces. People will come, Ray. The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball".

Who played Terence Mann in "Field of Dreams" and gave Ray this inspirational speech? Hint

Ray Liotta

Amy Madigan

James Earl Jones

Timothy Busfield

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Question 8 of 10

8. While speaking to a medical panel at the hospital, Dr. Jed Hill told the panel, "You ask me if I have a God complex. Let me tell you something. I AM GOD".

Which Baldwin brother's character spouted this narcissistic speech in the 1993 movie, "Malice"? Hint

Alec Baldwin

Stephen Baldwin

Billy Baldwin

Daniel Baldwin

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Question 9 of 10

9. "Do you know anyone that wouldn't turn you in for two million dollars? I don't think you do. I doubt it. So wherever you go and whatever you do, this money will be tracking you down for all time".

From what movie did this threatening speech come? Hint

Double Indemnity

Ransom

Miss Congeniality

A-Team

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Question 10 of 10

10. Over a loudspeaker at an Air Force base, the president made this effective speech, "We will not go quietly into the night!" We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day".

Which movie president made this effective speech? Hint

Bill Pullman as President Thomas Whitmore

Michael Douglas as President Andrew Shepherd

Harrison Ford as President James Marshall

Kevin Kline as President Bill Mitchell

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "No! No! No! It's not supposed to happen this way! I'm supposed to go first. I've always been ready to go first! I-I don't think I can take this"? From what Sally Field movie did this speech come?

Answer: Steel Magnolias

M'Lynn and her friends were leaving Shelby's funeral when M'Lynn broke out in tears and gave this heart wrenching speech.

"Steel Magnolias" was based on the real life of Susan Harling, who died of complications from diabetes. Robert Harling was having trouble becoming an established author. After his sister's death, he wrote the play, "Steel Magnolias'. The play established Robert Harling as an authentic writer. It's based on the last three years of Susan Harling's life.

2. "This day is called the feast of Crispian: He that outlives this day, and comes safe home will stand a tip-toe when this day is named and rouse him at the name of Crispian." What Shakespearean play turned movie did this speech come from?

Answer: Henry V

The speech was delivered by Henry V while standing with his men surrounding him. It is known as the St. Crispian Day speech. October 25 is celebrated as St. Crispian's Day.

3. "I want to tell you a story. I'm going to ask you all to close your eyes while I tell you the story. I want you to listen to me. I want you to listen to yourselves". Which John Grisham based movie did this speech originate?

Answer: A Time to Kill

The above-mentioned quote is the opening of the final summation given by Jake Brigance during Carl Hailey's trial. The tear that Matthew McConaughey shed during the final summation wasn't in the script. The speech that Jake Brigance gave toward the end of the movie was given by a female jury member in the book, "A Time to Kill".

This was John Grisham's first book, but the fourth movie made from one of his books.

4. "Would you be willin' to trade all the days, from this day to that, for one chance, just one chance, to come back here and tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they'll never take... OUR FREEDOM!" Who portrayed William Wallace and gave this enforcing speech?

Answer: Mel Gibson

While astride his horse before battle, William Wallace gave this inspirational speech to his fellow countrymen. Mel Gibson wanted Jason Patric to portray William Wallace, but later took the role on himself.

5. While holding Wanda Gershwitz, Archie Leach asked her, "Do you have any idea what it's like being English? Being so correct all the time, being so stifled by this dread of, of doing the wrong thing". Who played Archie Leach in the movie, "A Fish Called Wanda"?

Answer: John Cleese

"A Fish Called Wanda" was written by John Cleese of Monty Python fame. His name in the movie, Archie Leach is the real name of actor, Cary Grant. The movie was ranked as one of the fifty greatest movies of all times.

Answer: Gangs of New York

After Leonardo DiCaprio gave his speech, New York was shown at a high speed being built into a great city from 1800 to early 2001.

7. "The memories will be so thick they'll have to brush them away from their faces. People will come, Ray. The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball". Who played Terence Mann in "Field of Dreams" and gave Ray this inspirational speech?

Answer: James Earl Jones

Terence Mann was a fictional author played by James Earl Jones. While sitting at the finished baseball diamond at their house, Terence Mann gives Ray this inspirational speech.

In the book, Ray Kinsella visited real-life author J.D. Salinger. The voice that Ray Kinsella heard in the movie was Ray Liotta.

8. While speaking to a medical panel at the hospital, Dr. Jed Hill told the panel, "You ask me if I have a God complex. Let me tell you something. I AM GOD". Which Baldwin brother's character spouted this narcissistic speech in the 1993 movie, "Malice"?

Answer: Alec Baldwin

Alec Baldwin played Dr. Joe Hill, a doctor who changed the lives of Nicole Kidman and Bill Pullman's characters forever.

Answer: Ransom

Speaking to his son's kidnappers over a news camera at a studio, Tom Mullen asked them this question. "Ransom" was based on the 1956 movie of the same name.

Answer: Bill Pullman as President Thomas Whitmore

When Thomas Whitmore gave the speech in the hangar to the men and women, "Today we celebrate our Independence Day" was added at the last moment. The hangar used for the speech used to be the home place of the Enola Gay, the airplane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

Source: Author pennie1478

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