Movie Endings
Triumphs
Disasters
Last Words
The Castle
100

This 1939 film ends with the line, "There’s no place like home."

The Wizard of Oz

100

Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin brought the Space Race to a triumphant close in 1969 with this mission.

Apollo 11

100

The maiden voyage of this "unsinkable" White Star liner ended in the North Atlantic in April 1912.

Titanic

100

"Et tu, Brute?" were reportedly the three final words were final ones spoken this historic figure to his friend Brutus.

Julius Caesar
100

This is the most important room in the Kerrigan house, where everything of value (like the jaffle iron) is kept.

Pool Room

200

This 1999 thriller ends with the discovery that the main character, a child psychologist, has been dead the whole time.

The Sixth Sense

200

In 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first to stand at the top of this peak.

Mount Everest

200

In 79 AD, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius brought a sudden end to this Roman city.

Pompeii

200

"I’m bored with it all," were the final words of this Prime Minister who led Britain through WWII.

Winston Churchill

200

Lawyer Dennis Denuto famously fails to find a specific legal argument, instead telling the judge the case is about "the ____."

the vibe

300

Charlton Heston falls to his knees on a beach when he realizes the "alien planet" was actually a post-apocalyptic Earth in this 1968 sci-fi.

Planet of the Apes

300

This 1989 event symbolically ended the Cold War as citizens used sledgehammers to dismantle a physical barrier.

Fall of the Berlin Wall

300

This 1937 hydrogen-filled airship disaster in New Jersey effectively ended the era of passenger zeppelins.

Hindenburg

300

"Either that wallpaper goes, or I do," were the final (and very on-brand) words of this Victorian playwright.

Oscar Wilde

300

This is the name of the holiday destination where Darryl says "How's the serenity?" despite the high-voltage power lines.

Bonnie Doon

400

In this Christopher Nolan film, the screen cuts to black just as a silver top begins to wobble—leaving the ending to the viewer's interpretation.

Inception

400

After 27 years in prison, this leader’s triumph was finalized in 1994 when he was elected President of South Africa.

Nelson Mandela

400

The 1929 "Black Tuesday" stock market crash marked the catastrophic end of the "Roaring Twenties" and the start of this era.

Great Depression

400

"Last words are for fools who haven't said enough!" were the ironically final words of this author of *The Communist Manifesto*.

Karl Marx

400

Lawrence Hammill, the QC who helps Darryl, uses this landmark 1992 Australian land rights case as a precedent for the Kerrigans' claim.

Mabo

500

The protagonist and Marla Singer watch skyscrapers collapse to a Pixies song at the end of this 1999 cult classic.

Fight Club

500

Dr. Jonas Salk famously refused to patent this 1955 medical triumph, ensuring it could be distributed to end a global epidemic.

Polio Vaccine

500

In 1666, a small fire in a bakery on Pudding Lane ended up destroying most of this major city.

Great Fire of London

500

This revolutionary leader’s final words in 1923 were reportedly, "Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something."

Pancho Villa

500

* **$600:** Tracey Kerrigan is the pride of the family, having earned a diploma from the Box Hill TAFE in what?

Hairdressing

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