Editor’s note: Our quiz master Nancy Wheeler gave us two love-themed quizzes to pick from for February. We liked both too much to choose, so here they are. The answers appear on page 23.
Movie romance
What movies gave us these memorable lines about love and which actors delivered them ?
1. “You had me at hello.”
2. “We’ll always have Paris.”
3. “Nobody puts Baby in a corner.”
4. “I’ll never let go, Jack. I promise.”
5. “I wanted it to be you, I wanted it to be you so badly.”
6. “Listen to me, mister. You’re my knight in shining armor. Don’t you forget it.”
7. “I’m not a smart man, but I know what love is.”
8. “I’m just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.”
9. “You should be kissed and often, and by someone who knows how.”
10. “You want the moon? Just say the word, and I’ll throw a lasso around it and pull it down.”
11. “You make me want to be a better man.”
12. “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.”
Famous lovers
Match the men and women who made up these famous couples:
___ 1. King Edward VIII
___ 2. Diego Rivera
___ 3. Robert Browning
___ 4. John Adams
___ 5. Shah Jahan
___ 6. Lancelot
___ 7. Napoleon
___ 8. Prince Albert
___ 9. Paris of Troy
___10. Mark Antony
___11. King Henry VIII
___12. Johnny Cash
___13. Paul Newman
___14. Clyde Barrow
___15. Pierre Curie
a. Guinevere
b. Josephine
c. Joanne Woodward
d. Helen of Sparta
e. Wallis Simpson
f. Bonnie Parker
g. June Carter
h. Frida Kahlo
i. Marie Sklodowska
j. Mumtaz Mahal
k. Anne Boleyn
l. Cleopatra
m. Abigail Smith
n. Queen Victoria
o. Elizabeth Barrett
Quiz Answers
Movie romance:
1. Jerry Maguire, Rene Zellweger
2. Casablanca,Humphrey Bogart
3. Dirty Dancing, Patrick Swayze
4. Titanic, Kate Winslet
5. You’ve Got Mail, Meg Ryan
6. On Golden Pond, Katharine Hepburn
7. Forrest Gump, Tom Hanks
8. Notting Hill, Julia Roberts
9. Gone with the Wind, Clark Gable
10. It’s a Wonderful Life, Jimmy Stewart
11. As Good As It Gets, Jack Nicholson
12. Love Story, Ali MacGraw
Famous lovers:
1. e
2. h
3. o
4. m
5. j
6. a
7. b
8. n
9. d
10. l
11. k
12. g
13. c
14. f
15. i
