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Who Had Fun With These Pecuniary Quotes? Quiz

Funny 'money' quotes - we've all probably heard quite a few, but can you name the 'wit' who gave the world the following pecuniary puns?

A multiple-choice quiz by Engadine. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Engadine

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
125,170

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

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607

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Question 1 of 10

1. "I worked my way up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty" was said by whom? Hint

Mark Twain

Groucho Marx

Bill Cosby

Billy Connelly

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who said, "Money can't buy you happiness, but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery"? Hint

Charlie Chaplin

Woody Allen

Bob Hope

Spike Milligan

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Question 3 of 10

3. "Don't go around saying the world owes you a living, the world owes you nothing, it was here first" was said by whom? Hint

Margaret Thatcher

George Bernard Shaw

W C Fields

Mark Twain

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Question 4 of 10

4. "Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons" was said by whom? Hint

Mae West

Dorothy Parker

Tim Allen

Woody Allen

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who said, "A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it"? Hint

Bob Hope

Bette Davis

Zsa Zsa Gabor

Benjamin Franklin

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Question 6 of 10

6. "One must have some sort of occupation nowadays, if I hadn't my debts, I shouldn't have anything to think about' was said by whom? Hint

Henry Ford

Christopher Marlowe

Oscar Wilde

Billy Graham

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who said, "It isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy, it's only necessary to be rich"? Hint

Alan Alda

Gertrude Stein

Woody Allen

David Letterman

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Question 8 of 10

8. "Another good thing about being poor is that when you are seventy your children will not have you declared legally insane in order to gain control of your estate" was said by whom? Hint

Jerry Lewis

Woody Allen

Bud Abbott

Steve Martin

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who said, "Organised crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year and spends very little on office supplies"? Hint

John Cleese

Woody Allen

Robin Williams

Walter Matthau

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Question 10 of 10

10. "When I was young I used to think that money was the most important thing in life and now that I am old, I know it is" was said by whom? Hint

Oscar Wilde

Winston Churchill

George Bernard Shaw

Lou Costello

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "I worked my way up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty" was said by whom?

Answer: Groucho Marx

Julius Henry Marx was born in New York City in 1890 and left school at the age of 11. He first performed as one of the Marx Brothers in 1914 and died in 1977 at the age of 86.

2. Who said, "Money can't buy you happiness, but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery"?

Answer: Spike Milligan

Spike Milligan, who died at the age of 83, said of himself, "... I'm unbalanced, I'm not a normal person, and that's a very hard thing to have placed upon you in life."

3. "Don't go around saying the world owes you a living, the world owes you nothing, it was here first" was said by whom?

Answer: Mark Twain

Born in Florida in 1835, Sam Clemens, aka Mark Twain, worked as a Steamboat Pilot for two years from 1859. He died in 1910 at the age of 74. At the time of his birth, Halley's Comet had appeared, the Comet's next appearance came during 1910, the year he died. Amazingly, throughout his life, Clemens had said that he would "go out with the comet", and he was right!

4. "Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons" was said by whom?

Answer: Woody Allen

Born in 1935 in New York, Woody Allen always intended to be a playwright and began writing comedy monologues whilst in high school. Much of his comic material was derived from his urban, Jewish, middle-class background.

5. Who said, "A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it"?

Answer: Bob Hope

Leslie Townes 'Bob' Hope was born in 1903 in England. He tried his hand at boxing under the name 'Packy East' but didn't do very well, so he went into show business!

6. "One must have some sort of occupation nowadays, if I hadn't my debts, I shouldn't have anything to think about' was said by whom?

Answer: Oscar Wilde

Born in Dublin, Ireland in 1854, Oscar Wilde died in Paris, France in 1900, after a recurrent ear infection became serious and meningitis set in.

7. Who said, "It isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy, it's only necessary to be rich"?

Answer: Alan Alda

Son of Robert Alda, Alan Alda will be forever recognizable as the inimitable Hawkeye Pierce from 'M*A*S*H'.

8. "Another good thing about being poor is that when you are seventy your children will not have you declared legally insane in order to gain control of your estate" was said by whom?

Answer: Woody Allen

In the early 1960's, Woody Allen started performing stand-up comedy routines, playfully exaggerating his own failures and anxieties. He began writing and directing plays and films thereafter, often also acting in his own productions.

9. Who said, "Organised crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year and spends very little on office supplies"?

Answer: Woody Allen

Woody Allen has always attempted, with varying success, to blend his absurd sense of humour with realistic narrative, including a wide range of characters and light but somewhat serious themes.

10. "When I was young I used to think that money was the most important thing in life and now that I am old, I know it is" was said by whom?

Answer: Oscar Wilde

One of Oscar Wilde's best-loved works was 'The Importance of Being Earnest' subtitled, 'A Trivial Comedy for Serious People'. After two years in prison for gross indecency, Wilde spent the last years of his life staying with friends around Europe and occasionally writing for different French newspapers.

Source: Author Engadine

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