Showing posts with label winners. Show all posts
Showing posts with label winners. Show all posts

Sunday, November 20, 2011

The results are in! :)

 ............And the results are up! :) Here you go!

1. "Oh of course we live in the real world, as you say, where men of sense always reject a girl with a pretty face in favor of one with a well-informed mind!"
-Emma 2009 said by the heroine herself.
People who got this right: Joanna and Abigail

2. "This is...huge...Prison huge. You are gonna go to prison..you know that, right?" 

"Yeah, probably."
 "That would...bother most people."
-National Treaure, Ben and Riley 
People who got this right: Joanna and Abigail

3. "Percy. Fashionably late as usual."

 "Sink me, your highness. It was this demmed cravat. Simply refused to tie. I ask you. Sticking out like a pin-cushion." 
"I might have known it was something serious."
The Scarlet Pimpernel, Sir Percy and the Duke of Wales
People who got this right: Joanna and Abigail

4. "Rob? Tsk. Tsk. Tsk. That's a naughty word. We never rob. We simply borrow a bit from those who can afford it." 

"Borrow? Boy are we in debt."
-Robin Hood, Robin and Little John
People who got this right: Joanna, Leanna, Abigail, Katie, Shaina and Stephanie

5. "I don' want de girl....you don' want de girl...PO-lice! Maybe she want de girl!"

Roman Holiday, the taxi driver :D
People who got this right: Abigail


6. "A mother's love holds fast and forever. A girl's love is like a puff of smoke--changes with every wind." 
-North and South, Mrs. Thornton
People who got this right: Joanna and Abigail

7. *Gasps as needle goes in* "That wasn't so bad."
"That was the penicillin." 
-Captain America, Steve and Dr. Erskine
People who got this right: Joanna, Abigail, and Stephanie

8.  "Roz, my tender, oozing blossom, you're looking fabulous today. Is that a new haircut? Tell me it's a new haircut. It's got to be a new haircut. New makeup? You had a lift? You had a tuck? You had something? Something has been inserted in in you that makes you look... Listen, I need a favor."
-People who got this right: Joanna, Leanna, Katie, Shaina, and Stephanie
Monster's Inc., Mike Wazowski


9. "This is crazy. I finally meet my childhood hero and he's trying to kill us. What a joke."
-Up, Mr. Frederickson
People who got this right: Abigail, Leanna, Katie, and Shaina


10. "Forgive me, your Majesty."
"Oh don't waste my time with flattery."
"Not to seem rude, but I wasn't actually talking to you."
-The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, The fox and the White Witch
People who got this right: Joanna, Leanna, Katie, Shaina, Stephanie, Taylor Lynn


11. "As a matter of interest, will the time come when I read them first?"
"You'll enjoy this. She has a real flair for description."
-Young Victoria, Albert and adviser guy
People who got this right: Joanna, Abigail, and Stephanie


12. " 'Strange treasures in this fair world appear, strange all, and new to me.' That is a poem by Thomas Traherne and I have absolutely no idea what it's about. But, when I was small I was made to learn it by heart so I don't see why you shouldn't suffer too."
-Amazing Grace, Thomas Clarkson 
People who got this right: Abigail
                                                           And we tally up points........
***Extra points were awarded for each character specified in the quotes***


 The Winner is............



Miss Abigail with a total of 44 points!!! :) 

Next in line were Joanna with 40, Stephanie with 12, Katie and Shaina with 10, Leanna with 4, and Taylor Lynn with 2. 

Great job everyone, and sorry it took us so long to post the results! :P 
Hope you all have been doing well---I'm gonna be doing a "regular" post sometime soonish...
~Sarah

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Society: Blunders and Brilliancy Movie Quote Quiz Answers!!! :)

1. "It's just this new small-talk: You do it so well!" "Well, if I did it properly, then what was you sniggering at?"

Answer: Freddie Einsford Hill and Eliza Doolittle from My Fair Lady--people who got it right: Melissa, Abigail, Jo March, and Nana & KK

2.
"Yes, the library is fine. I wish I read more....I prefer being out of doors....of course, I can read...and I'm not suggesting one can't read out of doors..."
Answer: Mr. Bingley from Pride and Prejudice (2005)--People who got it right: Melissa, Carrie, Nana & KK, and Abigail

3. "It's not.....so bad...." "Are you blind?! You look like a circus clown!"
Answer: Society girl and Eloise in Eloise at the Plaza. People who got it right: No one. :)

4. "You must give us either one thing clever, or three things very dull indeed."
"Three things very dull indeed...well, that will just do for me."
"Oh, but there may be a difficulty. You must limit it to only to three at once."
Answer: Frank Churchill, Miss Bates, and Emma Woodhouse from Emma -- People who got this right: Melissa, Abigail, Nana & KK, Jo March, Carrie, Maria Elisabeth

5. "Dancing is the ornament of every polished society."
"And every unpolished society--every savage can dance."
Answer: Sir William Lucas and Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice (1995)--People who got this right: Maria Elisabeth, Abigail, Jo March, Melissa, Nana & KK

6. *Gun shot* "Boring conversation anyway. Luke! We're gonna have company!"
Answer: Han Solo of Star Wars (pardon my slipping memory as to the name of the first movie)--People who got this right: Melissa, Jo March, Nana & KK, Abigail, Carrie

7. "Oh hey! What are you doin' here? I mean, it is your house but...."
Answer: Riley Poole in National Treasure 2--People who got this right: No one

8. "Cynthia. If you must have the last word, please don't let it be a truism."
Answer: Mrs. Gibson from Wives and Daughters--People who got this right: Carrie and Abigail

9. "You may, like us, admire her hair from a distance without taking the liberty of touching it."
Answer: Richard Carstone from Bleak House--People who got this right: Abigail

10. "I can hardly believe my ears!"
"*We* can hardly believe your mouth!"
Answer: Lord Tarleton and MP (Member of Parliament) from Amazing Grace--People who got this right: No one. :D

11. "More at home here, than in Vienna? In all your glittering salons, gossiping gaily with bores I detest, soaking myself in champagne...."
Answer: Georg VonTrapp in The Sound of Music--People who got this right: Maria Elisabeth and Jo March

12. "No light propitious shone..."
"Edward, you have no passion. Read it like this: "No LIGHT propitious shone!"
Answer: Edward Ferrars and Marianne Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility--People who got this right: Melissa, Nana & KK, Abigail, and Maria Elisabeth and Taylor Lynn

So, without further ado, and counting in the extra points for correct character identification, the scores stand as follows:

Taylor Lynn: 2 points
Carrie: 9 points
Jo March: 9 points
Maria Elisabeth: 12 points
Nana and KK: 14 points
Abigail: 15 points
Melissa: 15 points. :)

So that leaves me with a tie! Melissa and Abigail have both won the Society: Blunders and Brilliancy Movie Quotes Quiz. So....do you gals want to try a tie-breaker quote? :) Here it is:

"Well, I'm sure he's a very good sort of man..."
"Yes...and I'm sure he kept a very good sort of shop before his elevation to knighthood!" :D

It's up to you two to break the tie or call a truce! ;) So, did you have fun with this themed movie-quote quiz? :)