💬 Famous Quotes Trivia - Mind-Blowing Quote Secrets That Will Shock You

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Who declared 'I have a dream' during his 1963 March on Washington speech?

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'May the Force be with you' is the iconic farewell of which film franchise?

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'Give me liberty, or give me death!' was shouted in 1775 by which Virginia firebrand?

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'Open Sesame' is the magical password from which Middle Eastern folk tale?

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'I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country' is attributed to which 1776 patriot-spy?

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'If you can dream it, you can do it' is widely credited to which American entertainment mogul?

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'First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out' was penned by which German pastor?

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'Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes' was the order at Bunker Hill from which colonel?

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'Hell is other people' is a famous line from which existentialist's play 'No Exit'?

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'In Flanders fields the poppies blow' was penned in 1915 by which Canadian military doctor?

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'I think, therefore I am' is the foundational claim of which French philosopher?

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Which suave fictional spy introduces himself with 'The name's Bond...'?

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'The medium is the message' was coined in 1964 by which Canadian communications theorist?

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'There's no place like home' is the spell-like wish from which 1939 film?

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'There is no there there' was said about Oakland by which expatriate writer?

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'Ask not what your country can do for you' was delivered in 1961 by which president?

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Leonardo DiCaprio shouts 'I'm the king of the world!' aboard which 1997 blockbuster ship?

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'Speak softly and carry a big stick' was the foreign-policy motto of which president?

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Vizzini repeatedly cries 'Inconceivable!' in which 1987 fairy-tale film?

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'People will never forget how you made them feel' is famously said by which American poet?

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'You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream' is attributed to which Narnia author?

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'Imagination is more important than knowledge' is most associated with which physicist?

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'So we beat on, boats against the current' is the closing line of which 1925 novel?

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Which Austen novel opens 'It is a truth universally acknowledged'?

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'Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn' is spoken at the end of which 1939 epic?

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'I'm lovin' it' is the upbeat jingle of which global fast-food chain?

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'Out, damned spot!' is the guilt-tortured cry of which Shakespeare character?

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'Brevity is the soul of wit' is ironically uttered by which long-winded Hamlet courtier?

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'All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others' appears in which novel?

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The 1851 speech 'Ain't I a Woman?' was delivered by which abolitionist?

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'You're gonna need a bigger boat' is famously said in which Steven Spielberg thriller?

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'If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs' opens which famous Kipling poem?

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In which divided city did JFK declare 'Ich bin ein Berliner' in 1963?

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The phrase 'the banality of evil' was coined in 1963 reporting on Adolf Eichmann's trial by whom?

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In which year did FDR say 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself'?

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Which U.S. president delivered the line 'Four score and seven years ago'?

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'Houston, we have a problem' is most associated with which NASA mission?

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'It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are' is said by which Hogwarts headmaster?

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'Don't give up the ship!' was the dying command in 1813 of which U.S. Navy captain?

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'Community, Identity, Stability' is the World State motto in which 1932 dystopian novel?

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'Say hello to my little friend!' is screamed by Tony Montana in which 1983 crime epic?

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'I shall return' was the 1942 wartime pledge of which Allied general?

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'The unexamined life is not worth living' was declared at trial by which Athenian philosopher?

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'It was a pleasure to burn' opens which 1953 dystopian novel about firemen?

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'Because I could not stop for Death — He kindly stopped for me' was written by which Amherst recluse?

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'Workers of the world, unite!' closes the famous manifesto of which 19th-century thinker?

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'Here's Johnny!' is howled by Jack Nicholson in which 1980 Kubrick film?

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'I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse' is delivered by Vito Corleone in which film?

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'Let them eat cake' is traditionally — and probably wrongly — attributed to which queen?

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Which Irish wit famously boasted 'I have nothing to declare except my genius'?

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'Curiouser and curiouser!' is exclaimed by which fictional girl as she grows taller?

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From which Shakespeare play comes the line 'To be, or not to be: that is the question'?

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Which Pixar space ranger shouts 'To infinity and beyond!'?

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'In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart' appears in whose diary?

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'Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!' was demanded at the Brandenburg Gate by which president?

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'Death, be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful' is a holy sonnet by whom?

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'What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters' is attributed to which American essayist?

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'Winning isn't everything; it's the only thing' is associated with which legendary NFL coach?

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'We must, indeed, all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately' is credited to which Founding Father?

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'Here I stand. I can do no other.' is the legendary declaration of which 1521 Reformer at Worms?

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'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?' opens which numbered Shakespeare sonnet?

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Humphrey Bogart's line 'Here's looking at you, kid' belongs to which 1942 classic?

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In what year did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his 'I Have a Dream' speech in Washington?

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'Theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and die' was written by which Poet Laureate?

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'I have not yet begun to fight!' is attributed to which Revolutionary War naval captain?

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'God is dead' was declared by which German philosopher?

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'Quoth the Raven, Nevermore' is the haunting refrain of which Edgar Allan Poe poem?

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'We're all mad here' is purred by the Cheshire Cat in which book?

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Which president kept a desk sign that read 'The buck stops here'?

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'Do not go gentle into that good night' is the famous villanelle of which Welsh poet?

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In which year did JFK deliver 'Ask not what your country can do for you' at his inauguration?

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Oppenheimer was citing a translation of which Hindu scripture?

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'Do. Or do not. There is no try.' is the Jedi wisdom of which Star Wars character?

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'Arma virumque cano' — 'I sing of arms and the man' — opens which Latin epic poem?

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'Yes we can' was the rallying campaign slogan of which 2008 presidential candidate?

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'Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears' is the funeral-oration opening of which character?

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'Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee' was the trademark boast of which boxing legend?

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'Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds' was famously quoted at the Trinity test by whom?

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'April is the cruellest month' is the famous opening of which 1922 T. S. Eliot poem?

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'If you build it, he will come' echoes through a cornfield in which 1989 baseball film?

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'Not all those who wander are lost' was penned by which fantasy author?

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Which 1994 film features the quote 'Life is like a box of chocolates'?

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In which year did Abraham Lincoln deliver the Gettysburg Address?

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'Stay hungry. Stay foolish.' was a closing line of whose 2005 Stanford commencement address?

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'E.T. phone home' is whispered by which lost alien visitor in a 1982 Spielberg film?

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'I see dead people' is whispered in which 1999 M. Night Shyamalan thriller?

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'Wax on, wax off' is the training mantra in which 1984 martial-arts film?

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'I sing the body electric' is a defiant line by which American free-verse pioneer?

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'Live long and prosper' is the Vulcan greeting of which Star Trek officer?

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'Rosebud' is the cryptic dying word that drives which 1941 Orson Welles film?

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'Nothing will come of nothing' is the cold reply of which Shakespeare title character?

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'Whether you think you can, or you think you can't — you're right' is famously credited to which industrialist?

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'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself' was declared in 1933 by which president?

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'The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation' was written by which Transcendentalist?

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Jack Nicholson roars 'You can't handle the truth!' in which 1992 courtroom drama?

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'If you prick us, do we not bleed?' is the searing plea of which Shakespeare character?

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'Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one' was written by which Stoic emperor?

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'And I — I took the one less traveled by' is the closing twist of which 1916 American poem?

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'No one can make you feel inferior without your consent' is famously credited to which First Lady?

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'All warfare is based on deception' is a maxim from which ancient Chinese strategist?

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Who quipped 'The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated' after a premature obituary?

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Which American general replied 'Nuts!' to a Nazi surrender demand at Bastogne in 1944?

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'Et tu, Brute?' is the dying line of the title character in which Shakespeare tragedy?

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Asked his only wish by Alexander the Great, which Cynic replied 'Stand a little out of my sun'?

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'What we've got here is failure to communicate' is delivered by the warden in which 1967 prison film?

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'If you really want to hear about it' opens the narration of which 1951 novel?

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'Knowledge is power' is most often credited to which Elizabethan philosopher?

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'Sing in me, O Muse, and through me tell the story' opens which Homeric epic?

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'The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice' originated with which 19th-century minister?

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'Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all' is credited to which deafblind author?

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In which year did JFK declare at Rice University, 'We choose to go to the Moon'?

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Legend says which ancient Greek thinker leapt from a bath shouting 'Eureka!'?

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Which Herman Melville novel begins with the line 'Call me Ishmael'?

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'Why so serious?' is the chilling question of which Christopher Nolan villain?

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'I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately' opens which 1854 American book?

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In which year did Ronald Reagan demand 'Tear down this wall!' at the Brandenburg Gate?

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'Mr. Watson — come here — I want to see you' was the first sentence transmitted in 1876 by whom?

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'That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind' was said by which astronaut?

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'Yo, Adrian!' is the rallying cry of which underdog boxer character?

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'We have met the enemy and he is us' appeared in a 1971 Earth Day strip by which cartoonist?

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'We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit' is popularly attributed to whom?

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The phrase 'Carpe diem' was first coined by which Roman lyric poet?

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'We shall fight on the beaches' came from which British wartime prime minister?

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'Rosy-fingered dawn' is the famous epithet repeatedly used throughout which Homeric epic?

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'It ain't over till it's over' is the classic malapropism of which Yankees catcher?

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'Today you are You, that is truer than true' is a quirky line from which children's author?

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By what name is Lincoln's famous 1863 battlefield speech remembered?

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'An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind' is widely attributed to whom?

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'This is the way the world ends / Not with a bang but a whimper' closes which T. S. Eliot poem?

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In which Arnold Schwarzenegger film is the line 'I'll be back' first delivered?

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'What hath God wrought' was sent in 1844 as the first long-distance telegraph by which inventor?

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'Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!' was famously shouted in 1864 at Mobile Bay by which admiral?

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'We are such stuff as dreams are made on' is spoken by Prospero in which Shakespeare play?

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'A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step' is attributed to which Chinese sage?

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'There are known knowns... there are also unknown unknowns' was a 2002 briefing line from which official?

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'Hakuna matata' means 'no worries' in which 1994 Disney animated hit?

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'The world breaks everyone, and afterward many are strong at the broken places' was written by whom?

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Which Tom Cruise sports-agent film made 'Show me the money!' a catchphrase?

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'I have measured out my life with coffee spoons' appears in which T. S. Eliot poem?

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In which year did Neil Armstrong utter his 'one small step' line on the lunar surface?

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The whispered phrase 'Nolite te bastardes carborundorum' appears in which Margaret novel?

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'A Diamond Is Forever' was the 1947 slogan crafted for which jeweller?

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'The stuff that dreams are made of' is murmured at the end of which 1941 detective film?

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'Big Brother is watching you' is the omnipresent slogan of which dystopian novel?

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Which Dickens novel opens with 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times'?

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'Go ahead, make my day' is the cool-headed dare of Dirty Harry, played by which actor?

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'The lady's not for turning' was the firm 1980 retort of which British prime minister?

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'Elementary, my dear Watson' is associated with which fictional London detective?

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'I am Iron Man' is the defining final line of which Marvel hero?

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Questions (150 of 150)

Who declared 'I have a dream' during his 1963 March on Washington speech?

'May the Force be with you' is the iconic farewell of which film franchise?

'Give me liberty, or give me death!' was shouted in 1775 by which Virginia firebrand?

'Open Sesame' is the magical password from which Middle Eastern folk tale?

'I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country' is attributed to which 1776 patriot-spy?

'If you can dream it, you can do it' is widely credited to which American entertainment mogul?

'First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out' was penned by which German pastor?

'Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes' was the order at Bunker Hill from which colonel?

'Hell is other people' is a famous line from which existentialist's play 'No Exit'?

'In Flanders fields the poppies blow' was penned in 1915 by which Canadian military doctor?

'I think, therefore I am' is the foundational claim of which French philosopher?

Which suave fictional spy introduces himself with 'The name's Bond...'?

'The medium is the message' was coined in 1964 by which Canadian communications theorist?

'There's no place like home' is the spell-like wish from which 1939 film?

'There is no there there' was said about Oakland by which expatriate writer?

'Ask not what your country can do for you' was delivered in 1961 by which president?

Leonardo DiCaprio shouts 'I'm the king of the world!' aboard which 1997 blockbuster ship?

'Speak softly and carry a big stick' was the foreign-policy motto of which president?

Vizzini repeatedly cries 'Inconceivable!' in which 1987 fairy-tale film?

'People will never forget how you made them feel' is famously said by which American poet?

'You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream' is attributed to which Narnia author?

'Imagination is more important than knowledge' is most associated with which physicist?

'So we beat on, boats against the current' is the closing line of which 1925 novel?

Which Austen novel opens 'It is a truth universally acknowledged'?

'Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn' is spoken at the end of which 1939 epic?

'I'm lovin' it' is the upbeat jingle of which global fast-food chain?

'Out, damned spot!' is the guilt-tortured cry of which Shakespeare character?

'Brevity is the soul of wit' is ironically uttered by which long-winded Hamlet courtier?

'All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others' appears in which novel?

The 1851 speech 'Ain't I a Woman?' was delivered by which abolitionist?

'You're gonna need a bigger boat' is famously said in which Steven Spielberg thriller?

'If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs' opens which famous Kipling poem?

In which divided city did JFK declare 'Ich bin ein Berliner' in 1963?

The phrase 'the banality of evil' was coined in 1963 reporting on Adolf Eichmann's trial by whom?

In which year did FDR say 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself'?

Which U.S. president delivered the line 'Four score and seven years ago'?

'Houston, we have a problem' is most associated with which NASA mission?

'It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are' is said by which Hogwarts headmaster?

'Don't give up the ship!' was the dying command in 1813 of which U.S. Navy captain?

'Community, Identity, Stability' is the World State motto in which 1932 dystopian novel?

'Say hello to my little friend!' is screamed by Tony Montana in which 1983 crime epic?

'I shall return' was the 1942 wartime pledge of which Allied general?

'The unexamined life is not worth living' was declared at trial by which Athenian philosopher?

'It was a pleasure to burn' opens which 1953 dystopian novel about firemen?

'Because I could not stop for Death — He kindly stopped for me' was written by which Amherst recluse?

'Workers of the world, unite!' closes the famous manifesto of which 19th-century thinker?

'Here's Johnny!' is howled by Jack Nicholson in which 1980 Kubrick film?

'I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse' is delivered by Vito Corleone in which film?

'Let them eat cake' is traditionally — and probably wrongly — attributed to which queen?

Which Irish wit famously boasted 'I have nothing to declare except my genius'?

'Curiouser and curiouser!' is exclaimed by which fictional girl as she grows taller?

From which Shakespeare play comes the line 'To be, or not to be: that is the question'?

Which Pixar space ranger shouts 'To infinity and beyond!'?

'In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart' appears in whose diary?

'Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!' was demanded at the Brandenburg Gate by which president?

'Death, be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful' is a holy sonnet by whom?

'What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters' is attributed to which American essayist?

'Winning isn't everything; it's the only thing' is associated with which legendary NFL coach?

'We must, indeed, all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately' is credited to which Founding Father?

'Here I stand. I can do no other.' is the legendary declaration of which 1521 Reformer at Worms?

'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?' opens which numbered Shakespeare sonnet?

Humphrey Bogart's line 'Here's looking at you, kid' belongs to which 1942 classic?

In what year did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his 'I Have a Dream' speech in Washington?

'Theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and die' was written by which Poet Laureate?

'I have not yet begun to fight!' is attributed to which Revolutionary War naval captain?

'God is dead' was declared by which German philosopher?

'Quoth the Raven, Nevermore' is the haunting refrain of which Edgar Allan Poe poem?

'We're all mad here' is purred by the Cheshire Cat in which book?

Which president kept a desk sign that read 'The buck stops here'?

'Do not go gentle into that good night' is the famous villanelle of which Welsh poet?

In which year did JFK deliver 'Ask not what your country can do for you' at his inauguration?

Oppenheimer was citing a translation of which Hindu scripture?

'Do. Or do not. There is no try.' is the Jedi wisdom of which Star Wars character?

'Arma virumque cano' — 'I sing of arms and the man' — opens which Latin epic poem?

'Yes we can' was the rallying campaign slogan of which 2008 presidential candidate?

'Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears' is the funeral-oration opening of which character?

'Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee' was the trademark boast of which boxing legend?

'Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds' was famously quoted at the Trinity test by whom?

'April is the cruellest month' is the famous opening of which 1922 T. S. Eliot poem?