Famous movie quotes
“I’ll be back.”
What is The Terminator?
This massive French cannon, captured during the Mexican-American War, sits in front of the Chapel and honors this battle.
What is the Battle of Vera Cruz?
This African lake, bordered by four countries, is the world’s largest tropical lake and the second-largest freshwater lake by surface area.
What is Lake Victoria?
These small French cookies are made from almond flour, sugar, and egg whites, and often sandwiched with ganache or buttercream.
What are macarons?
This American football trophy is named after the first commissioner of the NFL and is awarded to the league’s Super Bowl champion.
What is the Vince Lombardi Trophy?
“You can’t handle the truth!”
What is A Few Good Men?
The Academy’s motto, “Ex Scientia Tridens,” translates to this phrase in English.
What is “Through Knowledge, Sea Power”?
The deepest point on Earth, located in the Mariana Trench, is named after this nearby group of islands.
What is the Challenger Deep?
Originating in New Orleans, this dessert of fried dough squares is traditionally served with powdered sugar at Café du Monde.
What are beignets?
This NHL team, founded in 1926, is the oldest continuously operating U.S.-based franchise in the league.
What are the Boston Bruins?
“Nobody puts Baby in a corner.”
What is Dirty Dancing?
This architect designed much of the Naval Academy’s “New Yard,” including Bancroft Hall and the Chapel.
Who was Ernest Flagg?
This mountain range, whose name means “abode of snow” in Sanskrit, contains all 14 of the world’s peaks above 8,000 meters.
What are the Himalayas?
This Filipino dessert combines shaved ice, sweet beans, fruit, jellies, and evaporated milk — sometimes topped with ice cream.
What is halo-halo?
This NFL running back was the first to rush for over 2,000 yards in a single season in 1973.
Who is O.J. Simpson?
“You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.”
What is The Dark Knight?
This 1842 incident, involving an alleged mutiny and the execution of three crewmen aboard a U.S. brig, convinced the Navy that officers needed structured academic and moral training — planting the seed for the creation of the Naval Academy three years later.
What was the Somers Affair?
This desert plateau in South America, known for its vast salt flats, sits at over 12,000 feet above sea level.
What is the Altiplano?
This 19th-century English dessert of sponge cake, jam, fruit, and custard layered in a glass bowl shares its name with something “foolish.”
What is a trifle?
Known as “The Glove,” this defensive specialist won NBA championships with the Lakers and Raptors in the 1990s and early 2000s.
Who is Gary Payton?
“There is no nobility in poverty. I have been a rich man, and I have been a poor man. And I choose rich every f***ing time.”
What is the Wolf of Wall Street?
When the Naval School first opened in 1845, this U.S. Navy officer served as its first superintendent.
Who was Commander Franklin Buchanan?
The line of latitude located at 23.5° South is known by this name.
What is the Tropic of Capricorn?
This French dessert is a cone-shaped stack of cream puffs held together with caramel and often served at weddings.
What is croquembouche?
The famous 12th hole at Augusta National is part of a stretch known as this.
What is Amen Corner?