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Exciting Quotes Trivia Quiz

Try your hand at these impossibly exciting quotes.

A multiple-choice quiz by thejazzkickazz. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
thejazzkickazz

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
16,165

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Impossible

Avg Score
3 / 10

Plays
1233

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which Greek said 'Something is better than nothing'? Hint

Menander

Aristotle

Plato

Socrates

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who said: 'Time is money' before Ben Franklin? Hint

Socrates

Menander

Theophrastus

Plato

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who first used the expression 'to beg the question'?

Answer: (One Word - famous philosopher)

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who said: 'The tongue is sharper than the sword'? Hint

Phocylides

Virgil

Aristotle

Aesop

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Question 5 of 10

5. 'A rolling stone gathers no moss'? Hint

Cicero

Archimedes

Plato

Publius Syrus

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Question 6 of 10

6. 'When in Rome, do as the Romans do'? Hint

St. Stephen

St. Augustine of Hippo

St. Ambrose

Milton

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who is supposed to have said 'Habit is second nature'? Hint

Diogenes the Cynic

Plato

Aristotle

Socrates

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which Roman goddess does the word Fanatic originate from?

Answer: (One Word - starts with 'B')

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which French poet coined the expression 'All roads lead to Rome'? Hint

Voltaire

Baudelaire

Rimbaud

Jean de la Fontaine

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Question 10 of 10

10. We all know Julius Caesar said 'Et Tu Brute?', but who was the writer who actually penned the phrase?

Answer: (One Word)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which Greek said 'Something is better than nothing'?

Answer: Menander

2. Who said: 'Time is money' before Ben Franklin?

Answer: Theophrastus

3. Who first used the expression 'to beg the question'?

Answer: Aristotle

4. Who said: 'The tongue is sharper than the sword'?

Answer: Phocylides

5. 'A rolling stone gathers no moss'?

Answer: Publius Syrus

6. 'When in Rome, do as the Romans do'?

Answer: St. Ambrose

7. Who is supposed to have said 'Habit is second nature'?

Answer: Diogenes the Cynic

8. Which Roman goddess does the word Fanatic originate from?

Answer: Bellona

9. Which French poet coined the expression 'All roads lead to Rome'?

Answer: Jean de la Fontaine

10. We all know Julius Caesar said 'Et Tu Brute?', but who was the writer who actually penned the phrase?

Answer: Suetonius

Source: Author thejazzkickazz

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