A popular 50s-70s TV favorite was a show called, “What’s My Line,” where panelists asked questions of guests trying to determine what that guest did for a living. The panel consisted of regulars Dorothy Kilgallen, Journalist; Arlene Francis, Actress, Radio/Television talk show host; a different weekly celebrity guest panelist; and Bennett Cerf, publisher, punster, jokester, who had the honor of introducing the show’s host each week, John Charles Daly.

In a twist of that show’s title, the VFTB today poses the question “What’s My Favorite Line,” as in what’s one (or more) of the best known lines from popular movies throughout motion picture history. I thought it would be fun to put it in quiz form, as I’ve previously done with many topics in this forum. I’ll give you the line, you come up with the movie. Up for it?

Go grab what I hope you’ve created as your VFTB quiz book, sharpen your pencil, and, of course, pour yourself another glass/mug of your favorite morning beverage. Then scratch your memory cover to clear the cobwebs, and take on this latest memory teaser of lines from the silver screen. Good Luck!

1.”Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.”

2.”Badges? We ain’t got no badges. We don’t need no badges. I don’t have to show you any stinking badges!”

3.”We come far, you and me.” “I will not forget you.”

4.”The cathedral that is Yankee Stadium, belongs to a Chapel!”

5.”Please sir, I want some more.”

6.”God, I love Baseball.”

7.”Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine.”

8.”There’s no place like home.”

9.”May the Force be with you.”

10. “Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.”

11. “Carpe Diem.”

12.”I coulda been a contender!”

13.”I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.”

14.”Go ahead, make my day.”

15 “You talking to me?”

16.”What we have here is a failure to communicate.”

17.”Love means never having to say you’re sorry.”

18.”The stuff that all dreams are made of.”

19.”They call me, Mr. Tibbs!”

20. “Rosebud”

21.”I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore!”

22.”Show me the money.”

23.”I’ll have what she’s having.”

24.”My momma always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.”

25. “We rob banks.”

26.”Plastics”

27.”STELLA! HEY, STELLA!”

28.”Houston, we have a problem.”

29.”One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don’t know.”

30.”There’s no crying in baseball.”

31.”A boy’s friends is his mother.”

32.”Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.”

33.”Say hello, to my little friend.”

34.”Heeeeerrre’s Johnny!”

35.”Open the pod bay doors, please, HAL.”

36.”Hasta la vista, baby.”

37.”Tell them to go out there with all they got and win just one for the Gipper.”

38.”You’re gonna need a bigger boat.”

39.”You can’t handle the truth.”

40.”To infinity, and beyond!”

Bonus (5 points): “If you build it, he will come.”

Answers (2.5 points each)

1. Gone with the Wind

2.The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

3.Dances with Wolves

4.For Love of the Game

5. Oliver

6. The Natural

7. Casablanca

8. The Wizard of Oz

9.Star Wars (Episode IV: A New Hope)

10. Pride of the Yankees

11. Dead Poets Society

12. On the Waterfront

13. The Godfather

14. Dirty Harry

15. Taxi Driver

16. Cool Hand Luke

17. Love Story

18. The Maltese Falcon

19.In the Heat of the Night

20. Citizen Kane

21. Network

22. Jerry McGuire

23.When Harry Met Sally

24. Forest Gump

25. Bonnie and Clyde

26. The Graduate

27.A Streetcar Named Desire

28. Apollo 13

29. Animal Crackers

30. A League of Their Own

31. Psycho

32. Godfather Part II

33. Scarface

34. The Shining

35. 2001: A Space Odyssey

36. The Terminator” Judgement Day

37. Knute Rockne – All American

38. Jaws

39. A Few Good Men

40. Toy Story

Bonus answer: Field of Dreams.

Well, another one in the books. Hope it was a hit in yours. Have a great week!