Results: A Kiss Is Just A Kiss
Published on 07/20/2015
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We all do it, and some of us do it better than others. When it's done right, it can be forever ingrained in our memory. Movies, TV and the media are full of memorable kisses, withstanding the test of time-- some romantic, some joyful, some playful and some that mean something entirely different. How many of these unforgettable kisses do you remember?
"From Here to Eternity" (1953)-- "I never knew it could be like this. No one ever kissed me the way you do," Karen Holmes (Deborah Kerr) tells Sergeant Warden (Burt Lancaster) in the World War II drama's iconic beach scene.
24%
500 votes
"The Thomas Crown Affair" (1968)-- Director Norman Jewison said his goal was "to film the longest kiss in screen history", with Faye Dunaway and Steve McQueen in the starring roles.
10%
200 votes
"V-J Day in Times Square" (1945)--the famous kiss between the sailor and the nurse
21%
426 votes
"Splendor in the Grass" (1961) --Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood star in this drama about teenage longing and sexual repression set before and after the Wall Street Crash of 1929
14%
283 votes
"Romeo and Juliet" (1968)-- Franco Zeffirelli's film caused a stir with its sensual love scenes and teenage stars
18%
371 votes
Adrien Brody and Halle Berry-- In an indelible Oscar moment, Adrien Brody—after hearing he had won the Best Actor award for Roman Polanski's 2002 holocaust drama, "The Pianist"—gave a passionate kiss to stunned presenter Halle Berry
12%
251 votes
"The Godfather Part II" (1974--) "I know it was you, Fredo—you broke my heart," Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) tells the brother who betrayed him (John Cazale) before giving Fredo the mafia kiss of death.
21%
424 votes
"All in the Family" (1972)-- Sammy Davis Jr. planting a big wet one on Archie Bunker, the blue-collar bigot played by Carroll O'Connor, became one of the most talked-about moments in TV sitcom history
29%
594 votes
Madonna and Britney Spears-- Madonna obviously strived to shock when she locked lips with Britney Spears during the 2003 Video Music Awards
28%
582 votes
John and Yoko (1981) John Lennon and Yoko Ono appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone in this famous embrace, captured by Annie Leibovitz just hours before Lennon was murdered
17%
358 votes
"Gone With the Wind" (1939)-- "You should be kissed, and often—and by someone who knows how," says Rhett Butler (Clark Gable) to feisty Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh)
33%
687 votes
I remember all of these
6%
133 votes
I don't remember any of these
28%
579 votes
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A kiss is just a kiss, or is it? How many of these famous "kisses" do you know?
Hershey's Kisses-- There's a popular theory that Hershey's Kisses—first introduced in 1907—got their name from the sound the chocolate makes on the conveyor belt during the manufacturing process.
62%
1285 votes
"The Kiss" (1889)-- Rodin's marble masterpiece, which depicts adulterous lovers from Dante's "Inferno," was originally part of "The Gates of Hell," a project that consumed the artist for 37 years.
16%
329 votes
"Kiss from a Rose" (1994)-- Seal's single reappeared as a cut on the "Batman Forever" soundtrack in 1995 and went on to win Song of the Year and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance awards at the 1996 Grammys
32%
659 votes
Kiss--Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley lead one of the greatest rock bands of all time
56%
1148 votes
KISS is an acronym for "Keep it simple, stupid" as a design principle noted by the U.S. Navy in 1960
31%
630 votes
None of them
17%
343 votes
All of them
8%
166 votes
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In many cultures, it is customary to greet each other with a kiss on both cheeks, one cheek or back and forth on the cheek three times, although some cultures frown on kissing at all. How many of these kissing "rules" from across the globe are you familiar with?
Anthropologists have suggested that India is actually the birthplace of kissing, but Indian films today do not show kissing at all.
5%
107 votes
The Inuit practice the "Eskimo Kiss" by rubbing noses, or putting noses together and inhaling each other's breath. This kiss is also performed by numerous Pacific Islander cultures, including the Maori of New Zealand, where it is a ritual greeting.
40%
822 votes
In strict Muslim countries public kissing does not occur, and in some cases people have been arrested for kissing outside the home
16%
339 votes
In Vietnam, spouses do not kiss outside the home, and not in front of the children. And parents rarely kiss children, except when they are small babies
5%
112 votes
In some areas of Italy and other Mediterranean countries, friends greet each other by kissing on the mouth, men and women both
18%
375 votes
Arab men kiss each other on the cheek in greeting.
19%
383 votes
In France, protocol demands a kiss on each cheek, while the Dutch throw in a third one for good luck.
26%
545 votes
In the animal world, the highly sexed Bonobo chimpanzees are known to kiss each other passionately. And orangutans in Borneo learn to kiss each other by observing humans.
5%
97 votes
Kissing is apparently unknown among the Somalians, the Lepcha of Sikkim and the Sirono of Bolivia
3%
59 votes
Knew none of these
43%
879 votes
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