Fall in Love With Our Rom-Com Quiz

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There’s no better time than Valentine’s Day to take in a rom-com. After all, this beloved film category has every common romantic trope — kissing in the rain, grand gestures, falling in love


with your best friend. And while they may be cheesy and predictable, they’re also funny, sweet and irresistible. 


Take our amorous exam to honor Valentine’s Day and the lovestruck genre we can’t stop watching. 

Question 1 of 10


Rob Reiner’s beloved 1989 romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally…  gave us which iconic quote?

Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection “To me, you are perfect.” “I’m also just a


girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.” “You had me at ‘hello.’” “I’ll have what she’s having.”


In the memorable scene, Sally, played by Meg Ryan, 63, delivers a rousing fake orgasm in the middle of the busy New York’s Katz’s Delicatessen, which is still open, and ends with an onlooker


— played by Reiner’s mother — uttering the iconic line, “I’ll have what she’s having.”

Question 2 of 10


What song does Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack, 58) play in the “boom box scene” in the 1989 film Say Anything?

“Time After Time” by Cyndi Lauper “With or Without You” by U2 “In Your Eyes” by


Peter Gabriel  “Can’t Fight This Feeling” by REO Speedwagon


Although it’s now synonymous with teen romance, the scene almost didn’t happen: Cusack didn’t want to do it — he thought the gesture was out of character for rebellious Lloyd — and Peter


Gabriel, 75, initially denied permission to use his song over confusion about what film it was for.

Question 3 of 10


True or false: You can book a stay at the suite that Julia Roberts, 57, and Richard Gere, 75, shared in the 1990 movie Pretty Woman.

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False


You can stay at the hotel featured in the movie — the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills, California — and it even offers a “‘Pretty Woman’ for a Day” experience. However, only the property’s


exterior appears on screen; the penthouse featured is a film set that was built into the Presidential Suite of the nearby (and since demolished) Ambassador Hotel.

Question 4 of 10


Tom Hanks, 68, and Meg Ryan made movie magic in the 1993 movie Sleepless in Seattle. In what movie did they reunite for an unofficial sequel?

'Joe Versus the Volcano' 'Kate & Leopold'


'Addicted to Love' 'You’ve Got Mail'


In You’ve Got Mail, rival New York booksellers fall in love online without realizing one another’s identity. Although the characters are different, Nora Ephron — who wrote and directed both


films — created the film explicitly for Hanks and Ryan, and always considered it to be a sequel of sorts to Sleepless.

Question 5 of 10


Alicia Silverstone was cast in the 1995 rom-com Clueless after starring in music videos for what rock band?

Aerosmith Nirvana Red Hot Chili Peppers Green Day


Reese Witherspoon, Keri Russell and Gwyneth Paltrow, 52, were also considered for the part, but director Amy Heckerling, 70, gave the role of teen fashionista Cher Horowitz to Silverstone —


at the time, a mostly unknown actress whose biggest claim to fame was her role in early ’90s music videos for the rock band Aerosmith.


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