Guess the Movie From the Dialogue: Expert Trivia Quiz Challenge – Can You Score 20/20?

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Calling all cinephiles! This expert-level quiz challenges you to identify 20 iconic movie lines and their originating films. From golden age classics to modern masterpieces, these quotes will test even hardcore fans. Grab a pen and see if you can ace it!

20 Trivia Questions: Guess the Movie From the Dialogue

Question 1: "Here’s Johnny!"?

A. Psycho
B. Jaws
C. The Exorcist
D. The Shining

Question 2: "I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse."?

A. The Godfather
B. Goodfellas
C. Scarface
D. Casino

Question 3: "Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get."?

A. Cast Away
B. The Green Mile
C. Forrest Gump
D. Big Fish

Question 4: "You can’t handle the truth!"?

A. The Firm
B. Presumed Innocent
C. Primal Fear
D. A Few Good Men

Question 5: "No, I am your father."?

A. Star Wars: A New Hope
B. The Empire Strikes Back
C. Return of the Jedi
D. Revenge of the Sith

Question 6: "E.T. phone home."?

A. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
B. The Abyss
C. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
D. Contact

Question 7: "If you build it, he will come."?

A. Field of Dreams
B. The Natural
C. Hoosiers
D. Rookie of the Year

Question 8: "Show me the money!"?

A. There’s Something About Mary
B. The Wedding Singer
C. As Good as It Gets
D. Jerry Maguire

Question 9: "There’s no place like home."?

A. Gone with the Wind
B. The Wizard of Oz
C. Meet Me in St. Louis
D. It’s a Wonderful Life

Question 10: "I’m the king of the world!"?

A. Pearl Harbor
B. The Perfect Storm
C. Titanic
D. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Question 11: "Keep the change, ya filthy animal."?

A. Home Alone
B. Uncle Buck
C. Problem Child
D. Dennis the Menace

Question 12: "As if!"?

A. Mean Girls
B. Legally Blonde
C. 10 Things I Hate About You
D. Clueless

Question 13: "It was beauty killed the beast."?

A. Godzilla
B. King Kong
C. Mighty Joe Young
D. Creature from the Black Lagoon

Question 14: "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!"?

A. The Public Enemy
B. Angels with Dirty Faces
C. White Heat
D. Little Caesar

Question 15: "Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy night."?

A. All About Eve
B. Sunset Boulevard
C. Mildred Pierce
D. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Question 16: "Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas any more."?

A. The Wiz
B. Return to Oz
C. Oz the Great and Powerful
D. The Wizard of Oz

Question 17: "I am serious… and don’t call me Shirley."?

A. The Naked Gun
B. Airplane!
C. Hot Shots!
D. Top Secret!

Question 18: "Game over, man! Game over!"?

A. Aliens
B. Predator
C. The Thing
D. Alien

Question 19: "I drink your milkshake! I drink it up!"?

A. Boogie Nights
B. Magnolia
C. There Will Be Blood
D. Punch-Drunk Love

Question 20: "Is it safe?"?

A. The Parallax View
B. Marathon Man
C. Three Days of the Condor
D. All the President’s Men

Answers

  1. D. The Shining – Jack Nicholson’s Jack Torrance shouts this while axing through a bathroom door in the 1980 horror classic. The others are iconic horrors but lack this exact line.
  2. A. The Godfather – Marlon Brando’s Don Vito Corleone utters this mafia promise in the 1972 masterpiece. Other gangster films share themes but not the quote.
  3. C. Forrest Gump – Tom Hanks’ character shares this wisdom from his mother in the 1994 Best Picture winner. Distractors are fellow Hanks dramas.
  4. D. A Few Good Men – Jack Nicholson’s Col. Jessup explodes with this courtroom outburst in the 1992 drama. Others are legal thrillers without it.
  5. B. The Empire Strikes Back – Darth Vader reveals the truth to Luke Skywalker in the 1980 Star Wars sequel. Not from the other saga entries listed.
  6. C. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – The alien utters this plea to phone home in Spielberg’s 1982 family sci-fi hit. Others are alien encounter films.
  7. A. Field of Dreams – The mysterious voice whispers this to Ray Kinsella in the 1989 baseball fantasy. Distractors are sports dramas.
  8. D. Jerry Maguire – Cuba Gooding Jr.’s Rod Tidwell demands this from Tom Cruise in the 1996 rom-com. Others are 90s comedies.
  9. B. The Wizard of Oz – Dorothy says this upon landing in Oz in the 1939 musical classic. Not from other period fantasies.
  10. C. Titanic – Leonardo DiCaprio’s Jack yells this from the bow in the 1997 epic. Distractors are nautical adventures.
  11. A. Home Alone – Kevin’s uncle taunts the burglars via recording in the 1990 holiday comedy. Others are family mischief films.
  12. D. Clueless – Cher Horowitz’s signature dismissal in the 1995 teen satire. Popularised the phrase, unlike similar teen flicks.
  13. B. King Kong – Denham’s closing line about the giant ape in the 1933 monster original. Others feature beasts but not this dialogue.
  14. C. White Heat – James Cagney’s Cody Jarrett exults before his demise in the 1949 gangster classic. Iconic Cagney line, not in his other roles listed.
  15. A. All About Eve – Bette Davis’ Margo Channing warns theatregoers in the 1950 Best Picture winner. Distractors are Davis-led noirs.
  16. D. The Wizard of Oz – Dorothy Gale’s realisation upon arriving in Munchkinland in the 1939 Technicolor landmark. Not from Oz adaptations.
  17. B. Airplane! – Leslie Nielsen’s Dr. Rumack deadpans this in the 1980 comedy spoof. Defines the parody series, unlike follow-ups.
  18. A. Aliens – Bill Paxton’s Hudson panics during the xenomorph assault in the 1986 action sequel. Not from other sci-fi horrors listed.
  19. C. There Will Be Blood – Daniel Day-Lewis’ oil tycoon Daniel Plainview rants this in the 2007 Paul Thomas Anderson epic. Exclusive to this PT Anderson film.
  20. B. Marathon Man – Laurence Olivier’s Nazi dentist tortures Dustin Hoffman with this question in the 1976 thriller. Classic from 70s conspiracy films.

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