Numbers in Proverbs and Phrases Quiz

Answer: six

This saying suggests that each of the given choices provides pretty much the same result (i.e. neither one is significantly more favourable than the other).

Answer: one

This saying suggests that even someone who is not particularly capable or gifted can be successful if those around him are even less capable or gifted.

Answer: forty

This saying suggests that life begins to be better in one's middle age.

Answer: a thousand

This saying suggests that a picture tells a story just as well as, if not better, than a lot of written words.

Answer: nine

This saying suggests that putting in timely effort will prevent more work later on.

Answer: two

This saying means that it is often better to have a certain lesser amount now than take the risk of having a less certain greater amount later.

Answer: twenty-two

This saying suggests that in a given situation, whichever decision is made the result will be unfavourable (i.e. the person is in a "no-win" situation).

Answer: million

Also sometimes referred to as the sixty-four-thousand dollar question, this phrase is used to indicate that the question in hand is of utmost importance, and one that either many people would not know the answer to, or is actually impossible for anyone to know the answer to (e.g. will the Yankees win the World Series this year?).

Answer: three

This saying is used when someone wishes a third person to leave so that they may be alone with someone, often because they have a romantic interest in that person.

Answer: fifteen

Inspired by artist Andy Warhol when he said "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes", this phrase indicates the reality that any celebrity enjoyed by a person is generally relatively short-lived in the grand scheme of things.