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Quiz about A Einstein B Franklin R W Emerson or Anonymous

A Einstein, B Franklin, R W Emerson or Anonymous Quiz

Which one is credited with the quote: Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Ralph Waldo Emerson or Anonymous? Pick one, pick wisely.

A multiple-choice quiz by cleeclope. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
cleeclope

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
383,784

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. What is the source of the quote "Half the truth is often a great lie." ? And he should know, he was acquainted with a President who supposedly "could not tell a lie." Hint

Anonymous

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Benjamin Franklin

Albert Einstein

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is the source of the quote "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." He was an advocate of and believer in "Self-Reliance".
Hint

Benjamin Franklin

Anonymous

Albert Einstein

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is the source of the quote "Nature works through her appointed elements; and ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good and brave men, or they are no better than dreams." ? The speech was written during the Civil War. Hint

Benjamin Franklin

Albert Einstein

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Anonymous

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is the source of the quote "Man is God's crowning achievement, but still a work in progress"? I've heard this one many times from many people and it sounds about right to me.
Hint

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Benjamin Franklin

Albert Einstein

Anonymous

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is the source of the quote "Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized."? Good advice and spoken by someone who was uncomfortable with his own fame. Hint

Benjamin Franklin

Albert Einstein

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Anonymous

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Question 6 of 10

6. What is the source of the quote "A brother may not always be a friend, but a friend will always be a brother."? Sounds a little like a Masonic pledge. Hint

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Anonymous

Albert Einstein

Benjamin Franklin

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Question 7 of 10

7. What is the source of the quote "When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute - and it's longer than any hour. That's relativity."? Hint

Anonymous

Albert Einstein

Benjamin Franklin

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is the source of the quote "Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." ? Knowledge may be limited but he added a huge amount of it to the knowledge base and expanded those limits with his work. Hint

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Albert Einstein

Anonymous

Benjamin Franklin

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Question 9 of 10

9. What is the source of the quote "What is true anywhere is true everywhere."? And no, it's NOT relative. Hint

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Anonymous

Albert Einstein

Benjamin Franklin

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Question 10 of 10

10. What is the source of the quote "How easy it is to see in others what we dare not see in ourselves."? Who would dare say that? Nobody I know. Hint

Benjamin Franklin

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Albert Einstein

Anonymous

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the source of the quote "Half the truth is often a great lie." ? And he should know, he was acquainted with a President who supposedly "could not tell a lie."

Answer: Benjamin Franklin

The quote is taken from Poor Richard's Almanac, July 1758, and therefore credited to Benjamin Franklin. He compiled and printed the almanac using the pseudonym of Richard Saunders, thence "Poor Richard". It was published from 1732 to 1758, selling around 10,000 copies each year.

It covered many topics and he viewed it as "instructional" for the common man, who usually did not buy books. Most of the aphorisms which became so popular and associated with Franklin were not actually written by him but were taken from "many Ages and Nations" but brought him international fame as an author anyway.

Answer: Ralph Waldo Emerson

The quote is from a short essay on self-reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson published in 1841. He became a Transcendentalist in 1832 and advanced the philosophy of self-reliance and independent thinking among Americans in the mid-nineteenth century. He had a huge influence on other writers of his day, notably Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman.

Answer: Ralph Waldo Emerson

This Ralph Waldo Emerson quote is taken from a speech entitled "American Civilization" which argued for an end to slavery as well as advocating women's suffrage. He presented it at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C. on January 31, 1862 and also met President Lincoln then. Shortly after this was written Lincoln told Congress that the federal government would cooperate with any state wanting to phase out slavery.

4. What is the source of the quote "Man is God's crowning achievement, but still a work in progress"? I've heard this one many times from many people and it sounds about right to me.

Answer: Anonymous

It is an anonymous quote, meaning no one really knows who said it first or where it originated. Several other, slightly different, versions can be found.

5. What is the source of the quote "Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized."? Good advice and spoken by someone who was uncomfortable with his own fame.

Answer: Albert Einstein

This quote appeared in an article by Albert Einstein entitled "My Credo," in "Wisdom Magazine", January 1956.

6. What is the source of the quote "A brother may not always be a friend, but a friend will always be a brother."? Sounds a little like a Masonic pledge.

Answer: Benjamin Franklin

The quote appeared in "Poor Richard's Almanac", May 1752 and so is credited to Benjamin Franklin.

Answer: Albert Einstein

Quote taken from the "Journal of Exothermic Science and Technology", 1938. Written while Einstein was at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Princeton.

Answer: Albert Einstein

Interview with the author, George Sylvester Viereck, "What Life Means to Einstein," Glimpses of the Great, 1930.

9. What is the source of the quote "What is true anywhere is true everywhere."? And no, it's NOT relative.

Answer: Ralph Waldo Emerson

This Ralph Waldo Emerson quote comes from "Culture", an essay in "The Conduct of Life" which is a collection of essays published in 1860. The essays followed the theme of "How shall I live?"

10. What is the source of the quote "How easy it is to see in others what we dare not see in ourselves."? Who would dare say that? Nobody I know.

Answer: Anonymous

This quote is anonymous and has almost certainly been around a very long time but no one gets credit for its creation.

Source: Author cleeclope

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