Most college students can recite lines from movies like “Wayne’s World” or “Austin Powers.” However, it’s hard to find a valid reason to spend time learning the lines.

Until now.

Students can put their entertainment knowledge to use with Act One, a board game that allows players to act out scenes from popular movies or television shows.

Act One uses game cards that have three scenes from a movie or television show with the title of the show on the bottom of the card. The player does and says what’s written on the card. The object of the game is to name the title before time runs out.

The game might ask the player to identify a quote such as, “We follow orders, son. We follow orders or people die. It’s that simple.”

Can you guess the movie? It’s “A Few Good Men.”

The makers of Act One, David Mikelberg and Daniel Wilchesky, thought of the idea while they were watching a community theatre play.

“It was a Neil Simon play, but the truth is it was hard to tell by the acting,” Wilchesky said. “Although the acting was bad, the people on stage were having a great time, and it was fun to watch. That inspired the game.”

The game targets college students with its pop-culture appeal. “This was not really intentional; it just worked out that way,” Wilchesky added. “The game was an immediate success in Canada on a small scale because David and I did it on our own. It took a couple of years to get it where it is now.”

It was difficult to sell the game to retailers because they are a “one-product company.” Wilchesky said it was particularly taxing to get retail buyers to believe in the product.

However, the game has a few interesting elements that made it easier to twist buyers’ arms. Act One is unique from other games in the sense that it’s not electronic, played on the computer or licensed.

“Ours is a game that is popular and sells because it is a game of real social interaction. It combines some of the most popular elements of games and leisure activity through the guessing of titles, pacing through the use of our clock and the overall subject matter of entertainment/pop culture/TV and movies,” Wilchesky said.

The coolest part of the game, in Wilchesky’s opinion, is “that it’s simple and easy to play and is a lot of fun. It is so versatile in terms of where and how it can be played.

“It’s a great activity because along with the game-play elements, you’ve got all the discussion and conversation and laughs around the game in terms of remembering some of the titles and moments,” Wilchesky said.

Wilchesky hopes Act One will take off immediately in the United States. The key issue is how many retailers they get to buy the product.

Wilchesky said there is a possibility of having a best Act One team college tournament, if students are interested.

Act One will be released this month at Toys R Us, Target, KayBee Toys, Media Play, Sam Goody and Suncoast Video for $24.99.