My wife and I love movies. More specifically, we live to quote them. Lucky for us there are always circumstances that just cry for a line or two from one of our favorite movies. As an exercise in trivial nonsense, I am going to make up a scenario and then the movie quote that might follow it. How many will you recognize? We’ll make a game of it…2 points for every correct response. An extra point if you knew who said it. I’ll list the answers at the bottom. Some of these are very easy, some are more obscure. Ok… Lets play Trivial Movie Nonsense. Key the hokey game show music….
Question 1: I am sitting in our SunRoom full of wicker furniture. My wife comes in, looks at me and says, “He must be King of the Wicker People.” What movie is THAT from?
Question 2: I am trying to repair something for my wife and it fails to function. I might tell her, “My God! You know what this means? It means this damn thing doesn’t work at all!” What movie is THAT from?
Question 3: We are sitting in the back yard and it is HOT! My wife pulls out a cold bottle of water and takes a slow sip while I watch. She looks at me and says “Lip Balm??” What movie is THAT from?
Question 4: We are playing a game and my wife suspects me of cheating…me?? Cheat?? And she says, “You cheat, Dr. Jones! You CHEAT! I very little, you cheat very big!” What Movie is THAT from?
Question 5: We are talking to my wife’s brother and wife about what we will do for dinner. They say they have already made a decision. (This one we kind of paraphrase) “We recognize the you’ve made a decision, but given that it’s a stupid ass decision, We elected to ignore it.” What Movie is THAT from?
Question 6: We are driving along on the highway and someone flies past us in the fast lane. My wife says: “They went to plaid!” What Movie is THAT from?
Question 7: I come into the kitchen to find my wife has eaten the last “Swiss Roll.” I take her face into my hands and say, “I know it was you, ….You broke my heart….you broke MY HEART!” What Movie is THAT from?
Question 8: I ask my wife if there is any more pizza left and she says that the kids ate the rest and I say, “Noooo! That’s not true! That’s IMPOSSIBLE!!” What Movie is THAT from?
Question 9: While reading the newspaper, my reading glasses slip off my head. “Damn these Glasses,” I say. My wife picks them up, points at them and says, “I Damn thee.” What Movie is THAT from?
Question 10: My wife and I are supposed to be on a diet and I try to sneak some ice cream but leave some residue on my face and my wife calls me out on it. I then say, “Great! Now I have guilt!” What Movie is THAT from?
The Answers:
1) 1989 “Batman” with Michael Keaton – When Alexander Knox (Robert Wuhl) and Vicki Vale (Kim Basinger) are looking at a Samurai suit in Bruce Wayne’s Home and trying to figure out its origin.
2) 1989 “Back to the Future”- When Dr. Brown (Christopher LLoyd) realizes his mind reading device does not work.
3) 1986 “The Three Amigos”- When Dusty Bottoms (Chevy Chase) drinks his Canteen full of water in front of his two parched partners Lucky Day (Steve Martin) and Ned Neaderlander (Martin Short), throws what’s left of the water on the ground and then proceeds to break out his lip balm.
4) 1984 “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” – When playing a card game with Indy (Harrison Ford), Short Round (Ke Huy-Quan) accuses him of cheating.
5) 2012 “The Avengers” – Nick Fury to the council when they tell him they already made a decision to use a nuclear weapon against the Chitauri.
6) 1987 “Space Balls” – Lone Starr’s (Bill Pullman) exclamation when “Spaceball One” went beyond Warp and into “Plaid.”
7) 1974 “The Godfather II” – When Michael Corleone realized his brother Fredo had betrayed him and his family (an assassination attempt) and he let him know it.
8) 1981 “The Empire Strikes Back” – When Luke is told that Darth Vader is his father. This was a layup.
9) 1979 “The Jerk” – When Stan Fox (Bill Macy) keeps losing his glasses, he states his aggravation and Nathan Johnson (Steve Martin) responds.
10) 1995 “Toy Story” – Rex the Tyrannosaurus Rex upon realizing Woody was telling the truth about Buzz after refusing to help him earlier.
Ok….how did you do? We admit, you have to have a few years on you to know all of these.
20 points… You are a Movie Genius! And like us you obviously had WAY too much time on your hands. If you got all the bonus points as well we need to hang out. You’re obviously a lot of fun.
18-16 points…Not Bad Weed Hopper. You can talk about Movies with your friends and hold your own.
14-10 points…You are spending a bit too much time enjoying REAL life. Get back in that Caccoon and watch some movies.
8-4 points… Don’t feel bad…you probably know a bunch of stuff I don’t know. Like how to tie your shoes and good oral hygiene…I was too busy watching movies.
Less than 4? Take it again…this time stay awake.
Senior Writer at GeekVibesNation – I am a 50 something child of the 70’s who admits to being a Star Trek/Star Wars/Comic Book junkie who once dove head first over a cliff (Ok, it was a small hill) to try to rescue his Fantastic Four comic from a watery grave. I am married to a lovely woman who is as crazy as I am and the proud parent of a 18 year old boy with autism. My wife and son are my real heroes.