Famous Last Words

Death, like the morbid desire to watch films with Pauley Shore in, sneaks up on us all sooner or later. Like a giant invisible sack full of feathers, it can drop on us at any time, completely smothering us, and causing shock and confusion in those around us.

However, sometimes (or just about every time if Hollywood is to be believed) people are granted the chance for their last words in this life to be something other than “Arggggghhhhhhh”. This quiz commemorates those film characters who have had foresight to prepare something other than “No, please do hit me with that” as their final utterance.

HERE LIES my wife, I bid her goodbye. She rests in peace and now so do I.

The rules to this quiz are very simple. Below you will find lines of dialogue, which are all the last scripted line of dialogue a character has before he snuffs it. Three points are on offer for each line - a point each for the characters name, the film title, and how they die/who kills them.

There are 33 questions in all, and one article-exclusive bonus question which should give you a nice round score out of 100 when you check your answers way down below (no peeking).

When run on our oh-so-popular and filled-with-fantastic-witty-and-insightful-people forums, our forum regulars managed to rapidly dissect my efforts, with forum mastermind Landatauron taking top honours in the guessing-correctly category, with other mini-mutants HeyCreepy and JenFraser snapping at his heels, and respectable showings for fellow mutants Alex and Poolman as well. Forum-expatriot Vorlina also managed a fine effort (with a little help from her office) via email as well.

Finally, before we proceed to the questions, visitors to our forums may see that the original version of this quiz had 40 questions, rather than the 33 presented here - surely that kind of exclusive Mutant content is every reason for you to rush over there and sign up now!

Anyhow, on with the questions - remember, character name, film, how they died, one point for each:

HERE LIES the Pillsbury Dough Boy He will rise again

Oh, and one last thing. This quiz obviously contains spoilers for a number of films; click on it at your peril, and don’t say I didn’t warn you.

Go!

Q1) “I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain. Time to die.”

Q2) “Sometimes I'm afraid of what you might tell me. Sometimes I'm afraid that you'll tell me that this is not a work of fiction. I can only hope that the answers will come to me in my sleep. I hope that when the world comes to an end, I can breathe a sigh of relief, because there will be so much to look forward to.”

Q3) “What’s that smell?”

Q4) “Man, I don’t even have an opinion....”

Q5) “Told you I was never going back”

Q6) “He is the chosen one... train him!”

Q7) “Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do, I’m half crazy, all for the love of you....”

Q8) “The horror....“

Q9) “Er... help. Need a little help.”

Q10) "So I'm sorry if I spoiled your wedding plans there, friend; but if it's any consolation, you have put a smile on my face."

Here lies HENRY BLAKE He stepped on the gas Instead of the brake.

Q11) "Strangest thing..."

Q12) "Maybe they don't show up on infa-red at all..."

Q13) "I'm sorry I didn't help you... I can try to help you now..."

Q14) "I beat you”

Q15) "I like it because it's simple.... I have to go, Nick. We'll have a drink."

Q16) "My rifle is my best friend! I must master it as I master my life..."

Q17) "No. Don't leave me here. Give it to me."

Q18) “You were on my list; a part of my perfect world. And for that I thank you.”

Q19) “Good shot, Green... very good...”

Q20) “I would have followed you, my brother, my captain, my king”

Q21) “Now hold up your badge - let them know that you’re a cop.”

Q22) “Thou, wretched boy, shalt with him hence.”

Q23) “Strap on his armour. Conceal the wound.”

Q24) “Hello. Tell me your address there.”

Q25) “I got the better end of the deal; I lent you my body -- you lent me your dreams. Not until you’re upstairs.”

Q26) “Blue. No, yellow.....”

Q27) “Tell your sister... you were right.”

Q28) “Peer pressure... I’m way to sensitive.”

Q29) “You’re so smart, right Jack? I’ve got the plan! I’m smarter than you, Jack. I’m smarter than you!”

Q30) “It’s a song about a cop who meets his worst nightmare -- a black man with enough political juice to crush his ass like a stink-bug. I’m gonna make you famous.”

Q31) “I’ll be damned... this is funny.”

Q32) “I would rather be a ghost, drifting by your side, as a condemned soul, than enter Heaven without you. Because of your love... I will never be a lonely spirit.”

Q33) “Until the day... till all are one...”

And the bonus question:

Out of all those quotes, how many of the character continue to have lines in the film AFTER they’ve died?

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A1) Roy Batty, Blade Runner, killed by Deckard

Dear Departed BROTHER DAVE he chased a bear into a cave

A2) Donnie Darko, Donnie Darko, Squashed by a falling aircraft engine

A3) Tyler Durden, Fight Club, ‘shot’ by The Narrator

A4) Marvin, Pulp Fiction, ‘accidentally’ shot in the face by Vincent Vega

A5) Neil McCauley, Heat, shot by Vincent Hanna

A6) Qui-Gon Jin, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, sabred up by Darth Maul

A7) HAL 9000, 2001: A Space Odyssey, shut down by Dave Bowman

A8) Col. Kurtz, Apocalypse Now, stabbed by Capt. Willard

A9) Thomas Anderson/Neo, The Matrix, shot in the chest by Agent Smith (and brought back to life by love)

A10) Top Dollar, The Crow, thrown off a church roof and impaled on a gargoyle by Eric Draven

A11) McManus, The Usual Suspects, Knifed in the back of the neck by Keyser Soze

A12) Deitriech, Aliens, captured and impregnated by the aliens, presumably killed in the nuclear blast

A13) Dr. Malcolm Crowe, The Sixth Sense, Shot in the gut by Vincent Grey

A14) Harry Stamper, Armageddon, Nukes himself to save the world

A15) Merle, The Deer Hunter, death by Russian Roulette

A16) Pvt. Gomer Pyle, Full Metal Jacket, commits suicide

A17) Louis Point Du Lac, Interview With The Vampire, drained of blood by the vampire Lestat De Lioncourt

A18) Jimmy ‘The Saint’ Tosnia, Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead, shot by Mexican assassins

A19) Wadsworth/Mr Boddy, Clue, Shot by Mr Green

A20) Boromir, Fellowship of the Ring, dies of arrow-wounds inflicted by Lurtz

A21) Captain Dudley Smith, LA Confidential, shot in the back by Lt. Ed Exley

A22) Tybalt, William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet (1996), shot multiple times by Romeo, who is apparently fortunes fool.

A23) Commodus, Gladiator, chopped up by General Maximus

A24) The Terminator, The Terminator, compressed to death by Sarah Connor

A25) Jerome, Gattaca, serious self-immolation

A26) Sir Galahad, Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail, cast into the Gorge of Eternal Peril

A27) Anakin Skywalker (tut tut if you said Darth Vader), Return of the Jedi, dies from the long term effects of being electrocuted by his boss

A28) Stu Macher, Scream, dies of blood loss from alibi-wounds inflicted by Billy Loomis

A29) Howard Payne (yes, you can have a point if you said Dennis Hopper), Speed, Decapitated by an oncoming train signal

A30) Future rapper Jeriko One, Strange Days, shot in the back of the head by a cop, Steckler

A31) Doc Holliday, Tombstone, dies of consumption/TB

A32) Li Mi Bai, Crouching Tiger/Hidden Dragon, poisoned by Jade Fox

A33) Optimus Prime, Transformers:The Movie, irreparably damaged by Megatron in the defence of Autobot City Earth (until coming back to life in a later series of the cartoons).

And the answer to the bonus question:

3: A9) Neo, who is magically brought back to life by love, A13) Dr. Malcom Crowe, who continues unlife as a ghost, and A17) Louis Point Du Lac, who shuffles off his mortal coil and becomes an undead creature of the night, and then proceeds to whine about it to everyone.