Pop Culture · Finish the famous line
Finish the Famous Line Trivia Quiz
We start famous speeches, sayings, catchphrases and first lines. You finish them. Sounds easy, right?
181 questions · 2 to 12 players, or solo · Typed answers, close enough counts
About this quiz
This Finish the Famous Line Trivia Quiz has 181 questions: 64 easy, 72 medium and 45 hard. It is free. Play it with friends in a room for 2 to 12 players, on phones or in a browser, or play it solo. Type your answers: close enough counts, so a small typo still scores.
Sample questions
20 of the 181 Finish the famous line questions in this pack. Think of your answer, then open it.
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The first line of Tolkien's The Hobbit: "In a hole in the ground there lived a…"
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hobbit
Tolkien wrote it on a blank page while marking exam papers, and then had to work out what it meant.
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Finish Toad's message in Super Mario Bros.: 'Thank you Mario! But our princess is in another…'
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castle
Toad says it at the end of each of the first seven castles in the 1985 game.
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Finish the warning scrawled on the walls in the game Portal: 'The cake is a…'
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lie
A hidden former worker wrote it to warn players that the promised cake reward wasn't real.
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Archimedes reportedly jumped out of his bath shouting "Eureka!", which means "I have…"
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found it
He had worked out how to test a king's crown for fake gold by measuring the water it pushed aside.
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Finish the famous Star Trek request: 'Beam me up,…'
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Scotty
Captain Kirk never said these exact words in any Star Trek episode or film.
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Julius Caesar's three-word victory report, 47 BC: "I came, I saw, I…"
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conquered
In Latin it's "Veni, vidi, vici". He sent it to Rome after a win at Zela, in today's Turkey, that took about five days.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt in the Great Depression, 1933: "The only thing we have to fear is…"
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fear itself
He said it as US banks were collapsing; days later he shut every bank for a "bank holiday" to stop the panic.
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Finish the internet demand for proof: 'Pics or it didn't…'
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happen
The phrase began on early web forums, when people claimed big things with no photo.
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Finish Luffy's dream in One Piece: 'I'm gonna be King of the…'
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Pirates
One Piece passed 500 million copies printed in 2022, a Guinness record for a comic series by one author.
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Finish the 2007 YouTube classic: 'Charlie bit my…'
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finger
The family sold the video as an NFT for about $760,000 in 2021, then took it off YouTube.
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The witches' chant in Shakespeare's Macbeth: "Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron…"
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bubble
The choir in the third Harry Potter film sings a song built on this chant.
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Finish the proverb: 'A fool and his money are soon…'
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parted
English farmer-poet Thomas Tusser put it in rhyme in 1573.
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Finish the saying: 'Hindsight is…'
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20/20
20/20 is normal sharp eyesight on an eye chart: looking back, everything seems perfectly clear.
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Finish the saying: 'Hell hath no fury like a…'
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woman scorned
It's a paraphrase of William Congreve's 1697 play: 'Nor Hell a fury, like a woman scorn'd'.
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Finish the line from Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching: 'A journey of a thousand miles begins with…'
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a single step
A closer translation is 'begins beneath one's feet', and the Chinese unit is the li, not the mile.
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Finish the Game of Thrones line that explained a character's name: 'Hold the…'
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door
The 2016 episode revealed that Hodor's name came from this shout, heard in a vision when he was young.
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Finish Walter White's warning to his wife in Breaking Bad: 'I am the one who…'
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knocks
He says it to Skyler in the 2011 episode 'Cornered', telling her he isn't the one in danger.
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Finish the so-called 'ancient Chinese curse': 'May you live in…'
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interesting times
It's neither Chinese nor ancient: the earliest known 'curse' claim is a British politician's 1936 speech.
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Finish what Sheldon says at her door in The Big Bang Theory: 'Knock knock knock,…'
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Penny
He knocks three times and says her name, three times over. The show ran for 12 seasons.
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Finish the modern twist on an old proverb: 'The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the…'
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cheese
The first mouse springs the trap; the second eats safely. It's a 1990s internet joke, not an old proverb.
How to play with friends
- Start a room. Open this quiz in Braggit, already picked for you. It plays in any browser or the app.
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- Type, wager, brag. Everyone types an answer before the timer runs out. Wager points when you are sure, then share your brag card.
Questions about this quiz
How many questions are in the Finish the Famous Line Trivia Quiz?
181. Each game plays a round of them, so you can come back for more.
Can I play the Finish the Famous Line Trivia Quiz with friends online?
Yes. Start a room with this quiz, share the room code or link, and 2 to 12 players join from the Braggit app or any browser. You can also play it solo.
Is the Finish the Famous Line Trivia Quiz free?
Yes. Play it free in your browser or in the Braggit app.
Do I have to spell the answers exactly?
No. You type your answers, and Braggit accepts close spellings, so a small typo still scores.
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