Which scene from Die Hard is the most classic?  The Invitation, The Dead Body, or The Walkie-Talkie? AMCtv.com visitors voted for their favorites and the results are in. The Walkie Talkie scene with Bruce Willis' famous "Yippie-Ki-Yay" quote won with 40% of the votes.  The Invitation scene in which Bruce Willis  crawls through a ventilation duct and imitates his wife's invitation to join her on the West Coast captured 36% of the vote while The Dead Body scene in which Willis throws a dead body out of the skscraper and onto a police car rounded out the poll with 24% of the votes.

How well do you know Planet of the Apes?  Take our Cinemania Trivia Challenge to find out.  Leave your answers in the comments below and you'll be entered for a chance to win a Planet of the Apes DVD.  The winner will be chosen randomly so don't worry if you feel like you're playing against an 800 pound gorilla -- everyone has an equal chance to win.  The winner will be chosen after one week and contacted via e-mail to obtain shipping instructions.

1. What is the earth date before Taylor goes to sleep on space ship?

2. What is the earth time before they abandon ship?

3. After they abandon ship, how old does Taylor (Heston) say that Landon is?

4. What was the alternate ending to Planet of the Apes?

5. What is the name of the book and author that the movie is based on?

6. What is the name of the gorilla whose head of the security police?

7. What was Heston's character, "Taylor" originally named?

8. What was Taylor's first comment on the human's they encountered?

Had enough of Obama vs. Clinton? Watch films do battle instead. At Movie Smackdown, two films go toe-to-toe to decide whether the defending champion, a classic, still has what it takes, or if a new release is the one to watch.

"The idea has always been simple," says site creator Bryce Zabel. "Two films, one review, no holds barred." As the Smackdown referee-in-chief, he makes sure every match offers readers more fun, more value, and more suspense than the traditional thumbs up or thumbs down critique. "Most reviews let you know whether the reviewer likes a film in the first paragraph," he says. "In our reviews, there is actual suspense and doubt about which film will win, often going all the way through to the end."

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