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Forrest Gump, a hit 1994 movie that won the Academy Award for Best Picture, is chock full of memorable quotes. How well do you remember them? Find out!
Complete this quote: "From that day on, we was always together. Jenny and me was like ___________."
peanut butter and jelly
milk and cookies
chicken and waffles
peas and carrots
Forrest was narrating this line as he was recalling his childhood with Jenny.
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Who said this encouragement: "Run, Forrest! Run!"
Julia
Jenny
A young Jenny once said this to prompt a young Forrest to run away from his bullies.
Jasmin
Jacob
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Who said this concluding statement: "That's all I have to say about that."
Lt. Dan
Steve Jobs
Abbie Hoffman
Forrest Gump
Forrest punctuates his stories with this line, either with a wistful or indignant air.
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Complete this quote: "Stupid is as ___________."
Forrest is
stupid will
stupid does
Forrest Gump always says this in retort to people who asks him if he’s stupid.
stupid did
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Who said this justification: “What's normal anyways?"
Mrs. Norma
Mrs. Jean
Mrs. Gump
Mrs. Gump said this in defense of Forrest being diagnosed as having low IQ when he was a boy.
Mrs. Bubba
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Complete this quote: "When I was in China on the All-American ____________ team, I just loved playing ____________."
baseball
football
ping-pong
Forrest also said that he loved to play with his Flexolite ping-pong paddle.
soccer
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Who said this: "If you're ever in trouble, don't be brave. You just run, OK? Just run away."
Julia
Jenny
The hippie Jenny gave this advice to Forrest upon learning that her childhood friend is being shipped to Vietnam as a soldier.
Jordana
Jason
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Complete this quote: "My given name is Benjamin Buford Blue, but people call me ____________."
Bubba
Bubba and Forrest quickly became great friends.
captain
pal
Benji
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Who said this: “Get your hands down. Do not salute me. There are snipers all around this area who'd love to grease an officer."
drill sergeant
recruitment officer
Lt. Dan
Lt. Dan Taylor made this comment when Forrest and Bubba were reporting to him for the first time in Vietnam, saluting him in the process.
Pastor Brown
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Complete this quote: “You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey's uh, ______-kabobs, ______ creole, ______ gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple ______, lemon ______, coconut ______, pepper ______, ______ soup, ______ stew, ______ salad, ______ and potatoes, ______ burger, ______ sandwich."
chicken
fish
shrimp
A very hopeful Bubba narrated these varieties of shrimp preparations to Forrest while doing their army chores.
steak
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Who said this: "You're no different than anybody else is. You're the same as everybody else. You are no different.”
Forrest's teacher
Forrest's mother
Forrest’s loving mother said this affirmation when they were getting difficulty in finding the boy a school.
Forrest's helper
Forrest's friend
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Complete this quote: "Life is like a ____________, Forrest. You never know what you're gonna get."
box of chocolates
Mrs. Gump, Forrest’s loving mother, told this of Forrest when the latter asked about his destiny.
grab bag
lottery ticket
big mystery
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Who said this: "No possessions? No religion, too?"
Ringo Starr
Paul McCartney
George Harrison
John Lennon
John Lennon asked these lines to Forrest Gump who was narrating his experience in China during a TV talk show guesting.
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Who said this prayer: "Dear God, make me a bird. So I could fly far. Far far away from here.”
Jemina
Jasmin
Julia
Jenny
Jenny as a young girl said this prayer when she was trying to escape from her abusive father.
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Complete this quote: “You can tell a lot about a person by their ___________; where they going, where they been."
haircut
shoes
Forrest told this in reply to a complaining nurse who sat beside him on the waiting bench.
job
voice
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Who said this: "America owes you a debt of gratitude, son. Now I understand you were wounded. Where were you hit?"
Elvis Presley
John Lennon
Marie Curie
Lyndon Johnson
President Lyndon Johnson said this to Forrest while honoring him with a medal for his army service.
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Complete this quote: "He must be the stupidest son of a bitch alive, but he sure is ___________!”
fast
Forrest’s college football coach, Coach Bryant, uttered this line when he saw how fast Forrest could run.
sweet
handsome
hungry
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Who said this: "You don't wanna marry me."
Martha
Jenny
A sad Jenny concluded this thought for Forrest when the latter asked to marry her.
Robin
Livia
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Complete this quote: "I'm not a smart man... but I know what ____________ is."
love
After Jenny rejected his marriage proposal, Forrest said this line when Jenny insinuated that he doesn’t know much about love.
stupid
pain
shrimp
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Who said this: "I know of this much nicer hotel that's very new. It's very modern. I'll have my people set you up and take care of it for you."
Richard Nixon
President Richard Nixon told this to Forrest during his awarding ceremony for being a winner in a tennis tournament. Of course, that hotel turned out to be Watergate.
Robin Givens
Sean Penn
Elvis Prestley
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Complete this quote: "From that day on, if I was goin' somewhere, I was ____________."
bikin'
drivin'
runnin'
Forrest gained a large following as he ran across the country.
walkin'
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Who said this: "I'll always be your girl."
Mrs. Gump
Jenny
A grateful Jenny, now a bit older and wiser, told this to Forrest after asking why he’s always so good to her.
Miranda
Lady Heather
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Complete this quote: "I know ever'thing there is to know about the ___________ business."
music
football
movie
shrimpin'
Forrest’s fellow soldier friend Bubba told this to him during their duties in the army.
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Who said this: "Sometimes, I guess there just aren't enough rocks."
Forrest
An observant Forrest thought of this line after letting a grown-up Jenny throw rocks at her old house, now abandoned.
Bubba
Lt. Dan
Elmo
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Complete this quote: "Mama always said, ____________ is a part of life. I sure wish it wasn't."
dying
This was another piece of sage advice Mrs. Gump gave to her son.
loss
loving
sickness
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Who said this: "His name's Forrest. I named him after his daddy."
Julia
Jenny
Jenny said this to Forrest when she was introducing her son to him, which turned out to be his son, too.
Jessica
Jeffrey
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Complete this quote: Bubba was going to be a shrimping boat captain, but instead, he died right there by that river in ____________."
Alabama
California
Korea
Vietnam
Forrest honored his friend by starting a shrimping company.
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Who said this: "Your momma sure does care about your education, son."
principal
Forrest’s school principal uttered this line after “visiting” with the kid’s mother, prior to Forrest being admitted to the school..
teacher
priest
lawyer
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Complete this quote: "____________ is when you go somewhere... and you never come back."
Jail
Moving
Vacation
Forrest’s mom, Mrs. Gump, said this line when the young boy asked him of his father’s whereabouts.
War
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Who said this: "Have you given any thought to your future, son?"
priest
doctor
recruitment officer
A recruitment officer for the US Army said this to a just-graduated Forrest outside of his college.
lawyer
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Complete this quote: "The best thing about visiting the president is the ____________."
honor
attention
food
Forrest wasn't hungry, but he did drink 15 free Dr. Peppers — which made him need to use the bathroom while meeting President Kennedy.
music
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Who said this proposal: "Will you marry me, Forrest?"
Julia
July
Jenny
It’s Jenny’s time now to propose to Forrest, somewhat, after she revealed that she was diagnosed with a yet-unnamed incurable disease, alluding to HIV/AIDS.
Jimminy
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Complete this quote: "Lt. Dan got me invested in some kind of ____________. So then I got a call from him, saying we don't have to worry about money no more."
fruit company
That "fruit company" turned out to be Apple Computer, which is why Forrest no longer had to worry about money.
mutual fund
software company
stocks and bonds
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Who said this: "Tell us a little bit about the war, man."
Lt. Dan
Major Tom
Abbie Hoffman
Political activist Abbie Hoffman, who invited an unsuspecting Forrest up onstage in a protest rally in Washington, asked him this line, in front of the cheering crowd.
Marianas Trench
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Who said this: "You're a genius! That's the most outstanding answer I have ever heard!"
mess hall cleaner
drill sergeant
Forrest’s drill sergeant told this to Forrest during their first encounter in the army barracks.
truck driver
president
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