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Oscars Quiz

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Which Oscar-winning film does each of the following quotations come from?

What’s the most you’ve ever lost on a coin toss? No Country For Old Men 2007
Farewell… my brave Hobbits. My work is now finished. Here at last, on the shores of the sea … comes the end of our Fellowship
The beating heart of Rome is not the marble of the Senate; it’s the sand of the Colosseum.
they may take our lives, but they’ll never take… OUR FREEDOM!
I had never really known who John Dunbar was. Perhaps because the name itself had no meaning. But as I heard my Sioux name being called over and over, I knew for the first time who I really was.
Oskar, there are eleven hundred people who are alive because of you. Look at them.
I’m the king of the world!
Stupid is as stupid does.
… the nation believes that when I speak, I speak for them. But I can’t speak.
A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.
Are you autistic?” “I don’t think so. No. Definitely not.”
The unwritten rule is a new guy’s life isn’t worth as much ’cause he hasn’t put his time in yet. And they say if you’re going to get killed in the ‘Nam, it’s better to get it in the first few weeks, the logic being, you don’t suffer that much.
“Tell me how you love her, Will.” “Like a sickness and its cure together.”
Give ’em the old razzle dazzle.
Both my wife and daughter think I’m this gigantic loser and they’re right, I have lost something. I’m not exactly sure what it is but I know I didn’t always feel this…sedated. But you know what? It’s never too late to get it back.
Find a truly original idea. It is the only way I will ever distinguish myself. It is the only way I will ever … matter.
If there’s magic in boxing, it’s the magic of fighting battles beyond endurance.
What I need is for somebody to drive my mother around.
“Why… why are you so determined to keep me alive?” “Because I’m a nurse.”
I’ve killed women and children. Killed just about everything that walks or crawled at one time, or another. And, I’m here to kill you little Bill. For what you did to Ned. Unforgiven 

1992
You know, sooner or later, you are gonna have to find out what it is really like to be black. Crash 

2005
“What’s the best way to go about disarming one of these things?” “The way you don’t die, sir.” The Hurt Locker 

2009
So, are you ready for the final question for 20 million rupees?
Why are words important?” “If you cannot say what you mean, Your Majesty, you will never mean what you say and a gentleman should always mean what he says.”
When I was your age they would say we can become cops, or criminals. Today, what I’m saying to you is this: when you’re facing a loaded gun, what’s the difference? The Departed 

2006

The films:

2010    The King’s Speech 1998    Shakespeare in Love
2009    The Hurt Locker 1997    Titanic
2008    Slumdog Millionaire 1996    The English Patient
2007    No Country for Old Men 1995    Braveheart
2006    The Departed 1994    Forrest Gump
2005    Crash 1993    Schindler’s list
2004    Million Dollar Baby 1992    Unforgiven
2003    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 1991    The Silence of the Lambs
2002    Chicago 1990    Dances with Wolves
2001    A Beautiful Mind 1989    Driving Miss Daisy
2000    Gladiator 1988    Rain Man
1999    American Beauty 1987    The Last Emperor
1986    Platoon

Vocaroo to record voice

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Vocaroo is an online tool you can use to record your voice.

  1. Go to Vocaroo
  2. Click to Record
  3. Speak
  4. Click to Stop
  5. Listen – OK?
  6. Record again? – Click to Record – Listen – OK?
  7. Post on the internet
  8. Vocaroo link – copy the web address
  9. Add the web address to the comments box