Put the Blame On Me Trivia Quiz

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1. "A bad workman always blames his..." What does a bad workman blame?

Answer: Tools

An easy question to start off this quiz. Personally I blame anything and everyone I can. It's in the misanthropist's handbook, rule number 3.

2. "A man always blames the woman who fools him. In the same way he blames the door he walks into in the dark." So stated this prominent newspaper person, book reviewer, political commentator, and prolific writer from Baltimore, Maryland. Who is this person?

Answer: Henry Louis Mencken

Recognised as the first widely read critic, Mencken became a reporter at the age of 16 for the Baltimore Herald. He was greatly influenced by Friedrich Nietzsche, the German philosopher, though he tended to concentrate on the more negative aspects of the Nietzsche's philosophy.

3. "We believe that to err is human. To blame it on someone else is politics." The person who said this was a United States Senator for Minnesota and the Democratic Majority Whip before moving on to higher office. Which distinguished politician said this bon mot?

Answer: Hubert H. Humphrey

Former Vice President of the United States of America under Lyndon Johnson, Humphrey was to run against, and lose to, Republican candidate Richard Nixon for the Presidency in 1968. Humphrey had a varied political career ranging from Mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota to founder of the "Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party" and "Americans for Democratic Action" before moving to the United States Senate in 1948.

4. Which former outfielder and designated hitter in Major League Baseball said, "Are we to say that any individual who's on steroids that has an angry moment is due to steroids? What about the individual who gets angry and kills someone who's not on steroids? What do we blame it on now?"

Answer: Jose Canseco

In 2005 in his book, "Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits & How Baseball got Big", Canseco admitted to taking anabolic steroids and claimed that 85% of major league players took steroids. Since his retirement, Canseco has appeared on many television shows and has had a couple of boxing matches and some mixed martial arts.

He has been claiming that he is going to publish another book on steroids in Major League Baseball called "Vindicated".

5. From the film "Papillon" comes this memorable quote "Blame is for God and small children." But which actor said this line?

Answer: Dustin Hoffman

A screenplay written by Dalton Trumbo and Lorenzo Semple "Papillon" oozes classic lines such as 'You're Louis Dega. I'm Clusiot. How come you ended up in a place like this? Favouritism.' Henri Charriere is sent to Devil's Island penal colony for a murder he did not commit. Wondrously played by Steve McQueen, as 'Papillon', and superbly backed by Dustin Hoffman, as Louis Dega, the film chronicles one man's determination in escaping from the inescapable.

6. Which Brooklyn born comedienne said this: "I blame my mother for my poor sex life. All she told me was 'the man goes on top and the woman underneath.' For three years my husband and I slept in bunk beds."

Answer: Joan Rivers

A woman of many talents, Joan graduated from Barnard Phi Beta Kappa and started out as a buyer for a department store. She then married the boss's son, divorcing him six months later. It wasn't until 1965 and an appearance on "The Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson that Joan's stand-up career took off leaving behind seven years of tawdry clubs and sleazy agents.

7. Which American composer, pianist and actor, with a mordant wit, delivered this quote? "I envy people who drink - at least they know what to blame everything on."

Answer: Oscar Levant

Oscar Levant was a pianist and composer who was more known for his dry witticisms and bon mots. A friend of George Gershwin, Levant appeared in many movies as the best friend of the main character. He had a regular slot as one of the panelists on the 1930s radio quiz show "Information Please" and hosted his own television show in the late 1950s called "The Oscar Levant Show".

8. "Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame." This pithy saying comes from a famous English 20th century philosopher, mathematician and historian. Who?

Answer: Bertrand Russell

Leader of the "revolt against idealism" in the early part of the 20th century, Russell founded "analytic philosophy" with Wittgenstein and Frege, both logicians. He was an ardent anti-war campaigner and was also a proponent of 'free trade' between nations as well as being against imperialism.

9. "In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on a woman." So stated this socialite, Member of Parliament, and offspring of a Confederate officer who was noted for sharp wit and social commentary. Who am I describing?

Answer: Nancy Astor

Nancy Astor was the first woman to take her seat in the House of Commons. Constance Markiewicz was the first woman to be elected to the British Parliament, but, because she was a member of the abstentionist Sein Fein Party, she refused to take her seat at Westminster.

10. "Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame." This quote came from a talented novelist, poet and essayist. But which well-known writer said this quote?

Answer: Erica Jong

Known for her bestseller "Fear of Flying", Erica Jong is a prolific writer with some twenty books written to date. Honoured by the United Nations with an award for excellence in literature, she has also received prizes from France and Italy for her work.

Source: Author martinjudo

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The theme of this quiz is "blame". Thank you to kyleisalive for the title of this quiz.

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