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Iconic movie quotes and misquotes

Twelve questions on iconic movie quotes and misquotes. Look closely: the most familiar answer is not always the right one.

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Which wording does Darth Vader actually use in The Empire Strikes Back?

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1. Which wording does Darth Vader actually use in The Empire Strikes Back?
- A. Luke, I am your father.
- B. Luke, I was your father.
- C. No, I am your father. (answer)
- D. Yes, I am your father.
The line begins with 'No', not Luke's name, as Vader contradicts Luke's account.
2. Which wording is actually heard in Jaws?
- A. We're gonna need a bigger boat.
- B. We need a much bigger boat.
- C. You're gonna need a bigger boat. (answer)
- D. You'll need a bigger boat.
Brody addresses Quint with 'You're', rather than the frequently remembered 'We're'.
3. In Casablanca, who says 'Play it, Sam'?
- A. Victor Laszlo
- B. Captain Renault
- C. Rick Blaine
- D. Ilsa Lund (answer)
Ilsa asks Sam to play the song. Neither she nor Rick says 'Play it again, Sam'.
4. Which film features 'Fasten your seatbelts' followed by a warning about a 'bumpy night'?
- A. Sweet Smell of Success
- B. All About Eve (answer)
- C. Sunset Boulevard
- D. The Philadelphia Story
Bette Davis's Margo Channing delivers the warning in All About Eve; the final word is 'night', not 'ride'.
5. In Taxi Driver, Travis Bickle rehearses 'You talking to me?' while looking at what?
- A. A shop window
- B. A mirror (answer)
- C. A photograph
- D. A television
Travis practises his confrontation in front of a mirror in his apartment.
6. Who says 'Here's looking at you, kid' in Casablanca?
- A. Captain Renault
- B. Victor Laszlo
- C. Rick Blaine (answer)
- D. Sam
Humphrey Bogart's Rick says the line to Ilsa, played by Ingrid Bergman.
7. Which film features the word 'plastics' as memorable career advice?
- A. The Graduate (answer)
- B. The Apartment
- C. Wall Street
- D. Working Girl
Mr McGuire recommends plastics to the recently graduated Benjamin Braddock.
8. Who says 'I'm walking here!' in Midnight Cowboy?
- A. Ratso Rizzo (answer)
- B. Mr O'Daniel
- C. Shirley
- D. Joe Buck
Dustin Hoffman's Ratso Rizzo shouts the line during a confrontation with a taxi.
9. Which film features 'Nobody's perfect' as its closing spoken line?
- A. Bringing Up Baby
- B. His Girl Friday
- C. The Apartment
- D. Some Like It Hot (answer)
Osgood delivers the famously unflappable response at the end of Some Like It Hot.
10. Which film contains 'If you build it, he will come', often misquoted with 'they'?
- A. A League of Their Own
- B. The Natural
- C. Field of Dreams (answer)
- D. Bull Durham
The mysterious voice in Field of Dreams says 'he', not 'they'.
11. Which actor delivers 'You can't handle the truth!' in A Few Good Men?
- A. Kevin Bacon
- B. Jack Nicholson (answer)
- C. Kiefer Sutherland
- D. Tom Cruise
Nicholson's Colonel Jessup delivers the outburst while being questioned by Cruise's Lieutenant Kaffee.
12. Which film features 'All right, Mr. DeMille' before a request for a close-up?
- A. Sunset Boulevard (answer)
- B. All About Eve
- C. Singin' in the Rain
- D. A Star Is Born
Gloria Swanson's Norma Desmond delivers the closing speech in Sunset Boulevard.

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