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Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : Edison, the Man (1940) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : Edison, the Man (1940) Quiz
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About the movie:
In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story starting at age twenty-two with his arrival in New York...
1.
Which of the following famous movie quotes, is mentioned in the Hollywood movie: Edison, the Man (1940)?
a.
Karen
: Get a grip, people hate sissies. No-one's ever gonna shag you if you cry all the time.
b.
Mr. Taggart
: We've no guarantee that these theories of yours are workable.
Thomas A. Edison
: Well, most electricity is theory yet.
Mr. Taggart
: That's the trouble. Beyond a point what good is electricity anyway?
Thomas A. Edison
: What good is a newborn baby?
c.
Captain Hook
: Split my infinitives!
d.
Gen. Kirby
: Keep on the airwaves and let me know if you hear anything unusual.
Soldier
: I'll keep at it. What are you expecting?
Gen. Kirby
: World War Three.
2.
Which of the following famous movie quotes, is mentioned in the Hollywood movie: Edison, the Man (1940)?
a.
King Ferdinand of Navarre, The
: Navarre shall be the wonder of the world; our court shall be a little Academe, still and contemplative in living art.
b.
James Bond
: Stop touching your ear.
Carter
: Sorry?
James Bond
: Put your hand down!
c.
Ben Els
: I keep worryin' about Bunt. I guess I won't get a wink of sleep tonight.
Thomas A. Edison
: Ah, Mr. Els, you shouldn't try to do two things at once. If you're gonna sleep, sleep. If you're gonna worry, why stay awake and make a good job of it.
d.
Gwen
: I'm not mad at you, okay? But I want you to promise me something...
Harriet
: What?
Gwen
: Promise me you won't hang around Ricky anymore.
Harriet
: But Ricky is my best friend.
Gwen
: He can't be Harriet. He's a man, he's a grown-up, he's a... retarded. If you hang around him long enough you'll start talking like him or walking like him or maybe even acting like him.
Harriet
: Well, at least it would be better than talking and walking and acting like you.
3.
Which of the following famous movie quotes, is mentioned in the Hollywood movie: Edison, the Man (1940)?
a.
Hawkeye Pierce
: Here we are, Officer's Mess. Perhaps you'd like to come in and take a small repast?
Duke Forrest
: I don't think I could eat after that ride you just gave me.
b.
Olson Johnson
: [
after Gabby Johnson's speech
] Now who can argue with that? I think we're all indebt to Gabby Johnson for stating what needed to be said. I am particulary glad that these lovely children are here today to hear that speech. Not only was it authentic frontier gibberish, it expressed the courage little seen in this day and age. [
motivating the townspeople
]
Olson Johnson
: What are we made of? Our fathers came across the prairies, fought Indians, fought drought, fought locusts, fought Dix... remember when Richard Dix came in here and tried to take over this town? Well, we didn't give up then... and by gum, we're not going to give up now!
c.
Thomas A. Edison
: [
after the latest attempt to find a filament that will work in the electric light
] Well, we failed again. That's the net result of nine thousand experiments.
Michael Simon
: Too bad, Tom. We know the work you have done. We are as sorry as you are that you didn't get results.
Thomas A. Edison
: Results? Man, I got a lot of results. I know nine thousand things now that won't work.
d.
Farnsworth
: What Dr. Schlenna is trying to say is that we are using motion picture names exclusively...
Eddie Cantor
: 'Motion pi-'! I've been a picture star for years! Wouldn't you call *me* a name?
Farnsworth
: Oh, definitely - but not the kind I can put in lights.
4.
Which of the following famous movie quotes, is mentioned in the Hollywood movie: Edison, the Man (1940)?
a.
Gordie
: Do you think I'm weird?
Chris
: Definitely.
Gordie
: No man, seriously. Am I weird?
Chris
: Yeah, but so what? Everybody's weird.
b.
Tommy Korman
: Now I shake your hand!
c.
Thomas A. Edison
: [
to the Gold Exchange clerk, who once told him he'd have to wait until next Christmas to see Mr. Taggart, before Edison fixed the gold ticker and got an appointment with Taggart:
] Merry Christmas.
d.
Barbie
: Authority should derive from the consent of the governed, not from threat of force!
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