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This famous Beatle was assassinated December 8th, 1980 by a mentally disturbed man.
Who is John Lennon.
This is the name of a humourous way to exchange clever jokes.
What are knock, knock jokes.
Steve Carrell and Anne Hathaway star in this film about 2 agents that are on a mission to thwart the latest plot for world domination by the evil crime syndicate known as KAOS.
What is Get Smart (2008).
Who is he? His atrocities during WWII are better known than this affair with Eva Braun.
Who is Hitler.
Name the character who says the quote: "What will these hands ne'er be clean? Who would've thought the old man to have so much blood in him?"
Who is Lady Macbeth.
This Roman was assassinated March 15th 44BC by his friend. Shakespeare wrote a play about the historical event which included the famous line "Et tu, Brutus?" which meant "you too, Brutus?"
Who is Julius Caesar.
Starring Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, and Leslie Mann, the film follows the repercussions of a drunken one-night stand between Rogen's slacker character and Heigl's just-promoted media personality that results in an unintended pregnancy.
What is "Knocked Up"?
When their country is invaded and their families are taken, eight unlikely high school teenagers band together to fight. Stars Caitlin Stasey, Lincoln Lewis, and Phoebe Tonkin.
Tomorrow, When the War Began (2010)
Who are they? He is the current (2019) 45th U.S. president and she is a Slovenian-American former fashion model and the current first lady of the United States.
Melania and Donald Trump
Name the character who says the quote: "What! All my pretty chickens and their darn at one fell swoop?"
Who is Macduff.
He was the 16th president of the U.S. and he was shot by John Wilkes Booth on April 14th, 1865 at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. His image is featured on the American Penny.
Who is Abraham Lincoln.
This superstitious gesture is used to cancel out bad luck.
What is "knock on wood."
Transplanted to Mars, a Civil War vet discovers a lush planet inhabited by 12-foot tall barbarians. Finding himself a prisoner of these creatures, he escapes, only to encounter a princess who is in desperate need of a savior.
John Carter (2012) Stars Taylor Kitsch, Samantha Morton and Thomas Haden Church.
Who are they? In late 2016, he was the first black president of the United States and she his wife.
Who is Michelle and Barak Obama.
Name the character who says the quote: "Oh full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife."
Who is Macbeth.
On November 24th, 1963 Lee Harvey Oswald shoots this American president with a rifle.
Who is John F. Kennedy.
This is a boxing term when one opponent falls down in the ring to a ten count.
What is a knock out.
An ex-cop turned con threatens to jump to his death from a Manhattan hotel rooftop. The NYPD dispatch a female police psychologist to talk him down. However, unbeknownst to the police on the scene, the suicide attempt is a cover for the biggest diamond heist ever pulled. Stars Sam Worthington, William Sadler and Patrick Collins.
Man on a Ledge (2012).
With a net worth of $67 billion, he is the United States' richest man, and through the work of the foundation he founded and runs with wife , he's also the world's most generous. This couples foundation last year gave away $3.4 billion. Think Microsoft!
Melinda and Bill Gates.
Name the character who says the quote: "Be this whetstone of your sword; let grief convert to anger blunt not the heart, enrage it."
Who is Malcolm.
This Pope was shot and wounded by Mehmet Ali Ağca while he was entering the square. The Pope was struck four times, and suffered severe blood loss. Ağca was apprehended immediately, and later sentenced to life in prison by an Italian court.
Pope John Paul II
This is a boxing term used to signal that the boxing opponent can no longer defend himself and the referee stops the fight.
What is a technical knock out.
A young CIA agent is tasked with looking after a fugitive in a safe house. But when the safe house is attacked, he finds himself on the run with his charge.
What is Safe House (2012)
After this famous blonde bombshell's death, Joe DiMaggio always had fresh roses placed at her crypt.
Who is Marilyn Munro.
Name the character who says the quote: "The Queen, my lord, is dead."
Who is Seyton.