Ramsdencon February 2004 Multimedia Quiz

Section 6

Quotations

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All these questions begin with a quotation. For the first eight questions if you can't answer the question, but do know where the quotation comes from then you can get half marks.
  1. "This was the noblest Roman of them all". Who?

  2. "Times have changed, our kids are getting worse. They won't obey their parents, they just want to fart and curse. Should we blame the government? Or blame society? Or should we blame the images on TV? No, blame ..." Who?

  3. "Hey, let's be careful out there." What replaced this?

  4. "'Miss Kelly, did you make a deal with Assistant D.A. Harrison to drop all charges against you in exchange for your testimony?', 'Of course. I'm not a complete idiot.'". Who played Miss Kelly, and who played the defendant?

  5. "Never laugh at live dragons." Name two dragons created by the author of this quotation.

  6. "Have you ever thought what it's like to be wanderers in the fourth dimension? Have you? To be exiles? Susan and I are cut off from our own planet, without friends or protection. But one day we shall get back. Yes ... One day ... One day.". Who is speaking, and what, much later, do we discover is the name of the planet?.

  7. "Wonderful girl! Either I'm going to kill her or I'm beginning to like her." What is the girl's name, and what's her mother's name?

  8. "Joan was quizzical, studied pataphysical science in the home." Name two of the three people who followed Joan in her unfortunate fate.

  9. "So … this is the year of the woman. Well, yes, it's actually been a very good year for women. Demi Moore was sold to Robert Redford for one million dollars, Uma Thurman went for forty thousand to Mr. DeNiro, and just three years ago Richard Gere bought Julia Roberts for … what was it? … three thousand? I'd say that was real progress." Identify the three films referred to in this 1994 speech by Michelle Pfeiffer.

  10. "Guys ... Guys ... Buy the game and NEXT year we can afford to pay a proof reader!!". Which company's advertisement in Counter issue 21?

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