Tuesday Trivia: Quotes by Decade

DIY trivia has only had one submission! Come on, guys, don’t you want to do my work for me?

1. 1930s: Did you ever stop to think what you’d look like with a lily in your hand?
Hint: Starring an actor so widely-imitated that imitating him is a cliché, and a swashbuckler.
Solved by Melville.

2. 1940s: You know, when I was riding that truck, I used to think I’d never get enough of staying home. I’ve got enough all right.
Hint: A major star before he became a star has the second male lead here.
Solved by Melville.

3. 1950s: If you can’t bear the thought of messing up your nice, tidy soul, you better give up the whole idea of life and become a saint, because you’ll never make it as a human being. It’s either this world, or the next.
Hint: The raw black and white photography and earthy style typified a British film genre.
Solved by Melville.

4. 1960s: Of course he’s upset. He’s a lawyer; he’s paid to be upset.
Hint: A famous pairing in a less-famous movie.
Solved by Melville.

5. 1970s: You’re going to look pretty silly with that knife sticking out of your ass.
Hint: An iconic star in a deeply symbolic movie that was not made in Italy, although that might be your first guess.
Solved by Melville.

6. 1980s: Dames are put on this earth to weaken us, drain our energy, laugh at us when they see us naked.
Hint: Bless the saints, it’s an ashtray! I’ve been thinking of taking up smoking. This clinches it!
Solved by Evn.

7. 1990s: They love me for the same reason they used to hate me, because I’m the guy who knows everything.
Solved by Evn.

16 comments

  1. Evn says:

    #7 = Quiz Show. (Plus I’m working on a DYI.)

  2. Melville says:

    DIY trivia has only had one submission! Come on, guys, don’t you want to do my work for me<?

    I’m thinking, I’m thinking! 🙂

    #6 sounds soooo familiar, but I can’t place it.

  3. George says:

    I feel like I barely have time to try to answer a question, let alone write a whole quiz. Sorry.

  4. Deborah Lipp says:

    Whoa. What happened?

  5. Melville says:

    I guess we really suck this week.

  6. Melville says:

    On #2, it’s about truck drivers and Humphrey Bogart is in the cast, so I’ll say They Drive By Night.

    #3 must be Look Back In Anger. I can just hear Richard Burton delivering it.

  7. Melville says:

    #4 is Lemmon and Matthau in The Fortune Cookie.

    I almost said Jack Nicholson in The Passenger for #5, but it’s Clint Eastwood in High Plains Drifter.

  8. Tom Hilton says:

    Is #6 Withnail & I?

  9. Deborah Lipp says:

    OMGZ, you GUYS! #6 is one of the most quotable movies ever!

  10. Melville says:

    #1 – You threw me off with the swashbuckler clue. I kept trying to think of Errol Flynn movies. Then I remembered Douglas Fairbanks Jr was in Little Caesar.

    We’re all going to be embarassed that we couldn’t get #6, aren’t we? 🙁

  11. Deborah Lipp says:

    #6 will humiliate you.

  12. Melville says:

    Argh!! I have heard that line! Though the ashtray line doesn’t ring a bell.

  13. Evn says:

    I think #6 is Johnny Dangerously.

  14. Melville says:

    Aieee! You fargin’ icehole! 🙂

  15. OhKen says:

    brainy no worky, worsy than usual this week