The Neil McCauley “A Book about Metals” Award for Best Line from the Movie
Pop quiz, hotshot
In the discussion (6)
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- Stay on or get off and don't get dead are nominated; the latter is also proposed as an action-film title. — Bill Simmons
- The exchange about relationships under intense circumstances and basing one on sex is nominated. — Bill Simmons
- Pop quiz, hotshot is selected as the iconic phrase, with a preference for the short wording over the entire bomb explanation.
- Harry’s warning that guts will eventually get someone killed is offered as an additional choice.
- The basement answer to what could stop a falling elevator is nominated as a dark joke.
- The discussion agrees that Pop quiz, hotshot is the most memorable. — Bill Simmons