Quotes Quiz

Herodot · Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2003 7:27 pm Post subject: Quotes Quiz

I thought we should have a quotation quiz. It hasn't got anything to do with Gentoo, but usually makes for great conversation. The moderators can lock the thread if they like.

In my preliminary research I found that Google will make it difficult to get any real competition, as most good quotations can easily be found. Still, I'll give it a shot.

The First rule of The Gentoo Forums Quotations Quiz is: Don't Google. It's considered cheating.

Now, onto the first round of fun. Below you may find quotes, citations, snippets and phrases. Points will be given. Let's see how it goes, these should be relatively easy:

What we see and what we seem is but a dream - a dream within a dream
Save the clocktower!
Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV
And you think you're so clever and classless and free
But you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic
"All right!" bawled X, banging on a nearby desk. "I am X, and that is NOT a demand, that is a solid FACT! What we demand is solid FACTS!"
"No, no we don't!" exclaimed Y in irritation. "That is precisely what we don't demand!"
Scarcely pausing for breath, X shouted, "We DON'T demand solid facts! What we demand is the total ABSENCE of solid facts. I demand that I may or may not be X!"
(who is X and Y?)

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The Ennead · Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2003 5:03 pm Post subject:

1) I'm not too sure of the original but possibly Oscar Wilde . I do know it was used in Dream Within A Dream by Propaganda though

The others ? haven't a clue.
Every quote guessed at deserves a return though so i'll throw in something from one of my favourites

"look at my work ye mighty and despair"

squanto · Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2003 5:17 pm Post subject:

3. John Lennon - Working Class Hero

Off the Anthology box set, not sure if it is on any other albums, as as soon as I read that I fired up xmms and checked

UnderScore · Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2003 5:31 pm Post subject:

2.) From "Back to the Furture" starring Michael J Fox. In regards to the clock tower that was stuck by lightning in 1955 and stopped the clock.

UnderScore · Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2003 5:57 pm Post subject:

??????????
Female: O, what a rash and bloody deed is this!
Male:A bloody deed!--almost as bad, good mother, as kill a king and marry with his brother.
??????????

bradcarter · n00b Joined: 12 Nov 2002 Posts: 53

I had a feeling that 1 would be from the matrix, probably Morpheus explaining things to Neo. not sure havent seen it since it came out

rac · Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2003 6:39 pm Post subject:

Herodot's #4 is Clarke's Third Law.

"Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men."
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Delphiki · Guru Joined: 04 Oct 2002 Posts: 337 Location: A2

#5 is from somewhere in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series... couldn't tell you where in the series or who said it though..
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Herodot · Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2003 6:59 pm Post subject:

Hi!

I see some correct answers and some wrong. I'll give it more time, and I'll be back later this evening handing out a couple of points.

And a humble request: please don't supply other quotes - especially Ennead. I need material for the next quiz, and that particular quote was next in line. Thanks.
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squanto · Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2003 11:07 pm Post subject:

Its night time! We wants answers

and more quotes!

Herodot · Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2003 11:44 pm Post subject:

The Ennead: No, this isn't Oscar Wilde. Another famous writer.
Squanto: Spot on! 1 point for you.
UnderScore: Yes! 1 point for you.
bradcarter: Nope, not The Matrix. But it's used in a movie with the same theme.
rac: Yes! 1 point for you.
Delphiki: It certainly is. 1 point for you. There's still 1 point to gain from identifying X and Y, which should be easy now.

So the current score is:
Squanto: 1
UnderScore: 1
rac: 1
Delphiki: 1

I'm going to let #1 stand unanswered, likewise X and Y. I'll answer them in round 2 (which is soon, don't worry Squanto), if noone else has.
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squanto · Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2003 12:13 am Post subject:

is number 1 from "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep"? or the movie version?
Just a guess.

Herodot · Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2003 12:38 am Post subject:

No. It's from a poem by a well-know, long dead, author. It's was used in a movie with a theme much like The Matrix. Enough help.
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The Ennead · Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2003 2:39 am Post subject:

Herodot · Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2003 7:36 pm Post subject:

4 of the 5 quotes from the first quiz were easily guessed. They were

(Nope, not #1 - why can't I start a numbered list with #2?)
Save the clocktower!
- This is from "Back to the future" - great, great movies.
Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV
And you think you're so clever and classless and free
But you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see
- This is from the song "working class hero" by John Lennon. It's on "John
Lennon/Plastic Ono Band" from 1970, his first real worthwhile solo effort.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic
- Said by Arthur C. Clarke, who in my opinion is one of the two greatest living writers. This quote really touches the core of a lot of fantasy writing, not to mention religions and beliefs. Nuff said.
"All right!" bawled Vroomfondel, banging on a nearby desk. "I am Vroomfondel, and that is NOT a demand, that is a solid FACT! What we demand is solid FACTS!"
"No, no we don't!" exclaimed Majikthise in irritation. "That is precisely what we don't demand!"
Scarcely pausing for breath, Vroomfondel shouted, "We DON'T demand solid facts! What we demand is the total ABSENCE of solid facts. I demand that I may or may not be Vroomfondel!"
- This is from "The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy" by Douglas Adams, 1979.

The first quote, the one noone knew: "What we see and what we seem is but a dream - a dream within a dream". This is from a 1827 poem by Poe. It's actually the version used in Peter Weir's 1975 "Picnic at Hanging Rock", which is where I know it from. I heartily recommend that movie.

The current score is:
Squanto: 1
UnderScore: 1
rac: 1
Delphiki: 1

The Ennead guessed Poe for quote 1, but I've decided not to give a point for that. So there.
On to the next batch, and remember: Don't Google!

Midway upon the journey of our life
I found myself within a forest dark,
For the straightforward pathway had been lost.
I offer a complete and utter retraction. The imputation was totally without basis in fact and was in no way fair comment and was motivated purelyby malice, and I deeply regret any distress that my comments may have caused you or your family, and I hereby undertake not to repeat any such slander at any time in the future.
What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet.
X flipped the switch which he saw was now marked "Mode Execute Ready" instead of the now old-fashioned "Access Standby" which had so long ago replaced the appallingly stone-aged "Off".
(who is X?)
Swingin' on the Riviera one day
And then layin' in the Bombay alley next day
Oh no, you let the wrong word slip
While kissing persuasive lips
The odds are you won't live to see tomorrow

- have fun!
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The Ennead IX · Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2003 7:53 pm Post subject:

"The Ennead guessed Poe for quote 1, but I've decided not to give a point for that. So there. "

lol, cheers, 2nd time's better than no time though

I'll take a shot at 4 although I don't recognise it but it's in a similar style to the Grant & Naylor books of Red Dwarf. So, I'll go for Lister
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rac · Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2003 8:16 pm Post subject:

2.3 from the balcony scene in Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet.
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pjp · Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2003 4:35 am Post subject:

Would seem more interesting if others were able to offer quotes. *shrug*
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zhenlin · Veteran Joined: 09 Nov 2002 Posts: 1361

Once again 4 is from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. I believe it is one of the later books where Arthur is trying to find Earth.

#1 is from Dante, but which book? I've heard it quoted on TV before too, Chakotay speaking to pre-season-1 Janeway.

Larde · Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2003 7:17 am Post subject:

2. is "A fish called Wanda", John Cleese talking to Kevin Kline. Ah, the Special Edition DVD will be out today in Germany, gotta grab it during lunch break. :-)

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tux-fan · Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2003 9:20 am Post subject:

for 1. Same from me as from "The Ennead IX" . I think it's Edgar Allan Poe. Also heard on a Musikalbum made by Alan Parson's Project "Tales of Mystery and Imagination" right :?:

masseya · Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2003 3:55 pm Post subject:

bradcarter · n00b Joined: 12 Nov 2002 Posts: 53

may work if you get the quote right (and only if it is verified right) you can supply one of your own, would allow Herodot to play as well

phong · Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2003 2:31 am Post subject:

Well, I might as well provide a couple up for the guessing, since I don't know any of the ones that haven't already been had. Oh, and everyone is on the honor system to not use Google or anything to find the answers.

1. "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forego their use."

Maybe too easy - I might have even used it around here before.

2. "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron."

Bonus points for knowing identifying the speech to which that one alludes.
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Delphiki · Guru Joined: 04 Oct 2002 Posts: 337 Location: A2

1. The Dante one is from The Inferno

4. Ford Prefect I think
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