Famous Quotes from Civilization Quiz

The following quotes are all from the popular game "Civilization IV". They were all made by real people during some time in history. I provide the quote, you must choose who said it.

A multiple-choice quiz by NewBudo. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "You can get more of what you want with a kind word and a gun than you can with just a kind word."

Answer: Al Capone

Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone was born on 17 January 1899 in Brooklyn, New York. Capone was a gangster during the Prohibition Era in America. He died on 25 January 1947 of cardiac arrest after suffering a heart attack.

2. "It has been said that democracy is the worst kind of Government except all the others that have been tried."

Answer: Winston Churchill

Sir Leonard Winston Spencer-Churchill was born on 30 November 1874 in Woodstock, England. He was Prime Minister of UK from 1940 till 1945 and again from 1951 till 1955. He is widely regarded as being one of the best wartime leaders of the 20th century and also the first person ever to be made an honorary citizen of the United States of America.

He died on 24 January 1965 at the age of 90, nine days after suffering from a severe stroke.

3. "We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles."

Answer: Thomas Edison

Thomas Alva Edison was born on 11 February 1847 in Milan, Ohio. He was an American businessman and inventor. Some of his best known inventions include the phonograph, the motion picture camera and the practical electrical light bulb. He died on 18 October 1931 at the age of 84 at West Orange, New Jersey due to diabetes-related complications.

4. "A man does not have himself killed for a half-pence a day or for petty distinction. You must speak to the soul to electrify him."

Answer: Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon Bonaparte was born on 15 August 1769 in Ajaccio, Corsica, France. As Emperor of France he was responsible for initiating the Napoleonic Wars. After his defeat at Waterloo he was exiled to the island of St Helena where he died on 5 May 1821 at the age of 51. The official cause of death was given as stomach cancer, however, it has been speculated that he died of arsenic poisening.

5. "There is one rule for the industrialist and that is: Make the best quality of goods possible at the lowest cost possible, paying the highest wages possible."

Answer: Henry Ford

Henry Ford was born on 30 July 1863 in Greenfield Township, Michigan, USA. Ford is known as the founder of the Ford Motor Company. He also sponsored development of the assembly line method of mass production. He died on 7 April 1947, aged 83, at Fair Lane, Dearborn, Michigan, USA.

6. "The only thing worse than to be talked about is not being talked about."

Answer: Oscar Wilde

Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was born on 16 October 1854 in Dublin, Ireland. He was an Irish writer, poet and playwright. He wrote only one novel during his lifetime - "The Picture of Dorian Gray". He died on 30 November 1900 in Paris, France, aged 46, of cerebral meningitis.

7. "The great masses of the people ... will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one."

Answer: Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler was born on 20 April 1889 at Braunau am Inn, Austria-Hungary. He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 and Dictator of Nazi Germany from 1934 until his death in 1945. Hitler died on 30 April 1945 at the age of 56 by committing suicide in his bunker in Berlin, Germany.

8. "I am the State."

Answer: Louis XIV

Louis XIV, also known as the Sun King, ruled France for 72 years and 110 days, the longest reign by a monarch of a major country in European history. He was born on 5 September 1638 and died on 1 September 1715, aged 76, at Versailles, France.

9. "I cannot live without books."

Answer: Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson was born on 13 April 1743 at Shadwell, Virginia. He is best known for being an American Founding Father, the principle author of the Declaration of Independence and the third President of the United States of America. He died on 4 July 1826 at Charlottesville, Virginia.

10. "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."

Answer: Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein was born on 14 March 1871 in Ulm, W�rttemberg, in the then German Empire. He died on 18 April 1955 at the age of 76 in Princeton, New Jersey, USA. He was best known for his Theory of Relativity.

Source: Author NewBudo

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