Tie Breaker

First Lines

Question 1

If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.

Question 2

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.

Question 3

My desert-island, all-time, top five most memorable split-ups, in chronological order:1. Alison Ashworth

2. Penny Hardwick

3. Jackie Allen

4. Charlie Nicholson

5. Sarah Kendrew

Question 4

In 1988, the crime rate in the United States rises four hundred percent. The once-great city of New York becomes the one maximum-security prison for the entire country.

Question 5

Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy.

Question 6

I think I did it again. I made you believe we're more than just friends.

Question 7

Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.

Question 8

Call me Ishmael.

Question 9

Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.

Question 10

Way out west there was this fella I wanna tell ya about.