Pub quiz 2002/11/12

Nice answer. I'd certainly have given that (dead or not)

Pshaw!

[spoilers]

Muscovites

Edinburgh

Case by case basis. That ones quite reasonable.

Dammit, you've got to post these things later in the day.

Spoilers for the three low-hangers that are left...

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It squirts a nasty fluid from its eyes.

Esperanto.

The parliament of Man. Explanation below:

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On the Isle of Man, a UK dependency located in the Irish Sea.

Gareth Owen:

Additional spoiler and followup question:

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As well as this and the intended answer there's also Tom Polhaus, who gets the movie's last line, and his partner, whose name I forget. What is that last line? Be precise.

Lt. Dundy.

Polhaus: Heavy. What is it? Spade: The, uh, stuff that dreams are made of. Polhaus: Huh?

: As well as this and the intended answer there's also ******, who : gets the movie's last line, and his partner, whose name I forget.

I was thinking of him, but I couldn't remember whether he was actually a detective or just a police officer.

: What is that last line? Be precise.

The last line of the book (which is what the question originally asked) or of the movie? And which movie, as the book has been filmed more than once. . .

Gareth Owen:

Mark Brader:

Richard Schultz:

Looks like Richard failed to carefully read both Gareth's question and mine, quoted abvoe. Gareth didn't say or imply which he was asking about; I did. I have no problem with a nitpicky attitude in these newsgroups, but nitpicks based in some way on reality tend to be more successful...

Good point; I had in mind the 1941 remake, which I think is the only really well-known version.

I asked:

Ben Zimmer provided not only the correct last line, but the two before it.

: : Mark Brader: :> > As well as this and the intended answer there's also ******, who :> > gets the movie's last line, and his partner, whose name I forget. :> > What is that last line? Be precise. : : Richard Schultz: :> The last line of the book (which is what the question originally asked) :> or of the movie? : : Looks like Richard failed to carefully read both Gareth's question and mine, : quoted abvoe. Gareth didn't say or imply which he was asking about; I did.

Since the bonus question was 'Who wrote the novel' (which bonus question you cleverly failed to include), one might infer that the first question was about the book as well, since if the original question had been about the movie, the bonus question would have been 'Who wrote the novel upon which the movie was based.'