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Historic Quotes Trivia Quiz

Can you match these quotes to the historic people that said them?

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

Author
DesertFox

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
3,985

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
6498

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. 'There's a sucker born every minute.' Hint

Cornelius Vanderbilt

Andrew Carnegie

Andy Warhol

P.T. Barnum

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Question 2 of 10

2. 'Veni, Vidi, Vici!' (I came, I saw, I conquered.)

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 3 of 10

3. 'Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.' Hint

John F Kennedy

Winston Churchill

Franklin D Roosevelt

Adolf Hitler

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Question 4 of 10

4. 'Give me a lever large enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I will move the earth.' Hint

Archimedes

Aristotle

Eratosthenes

Thucydides

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Question 5 of 10

5. 'L'etat, c'est moi.' (I am the state.) Hint

Louis XIII

Louis XV

Louis XIV

Louis XVI

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who first said,'From each according to their abilities, to each according to their needs'? Hint

Karl Marx

Huey Long

Joseph Proudhon

Louis Blanc

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Question 7 of 10

7. 'One death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.' Hint

Pol Pot

Mao Zedong

Adolf Hitler

Josef Stalin

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Question 8 of 10

8. 'In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.' Hint

Andy Warhol

Elizabeth Taylor

Igor Stravinsky

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr

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Question 9 of 10

9. 'We shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight in the hills, we shall fight in the cities, we shall never surrender.' Hint

Charles de Gaulle

Winston Churchill

Napoleon

Adolf Hitler

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Question 10 of 10

10. 'That's one small step for [a] man; one giant leap for mankind.'

Answer: (Two Words)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. 'There's a sucker born every minute.'

Answer: P.T. Barnum

2. 'Veni, Vidi, Vici!' (I came, I saw, I conquered.)

Answer: Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar said this specifically of Britain. However, the Romans failed to hold the country at the time and it was reconquered for Rome several decades later.

3. 'Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.'

Answer: John F Kennedy

4. 'Give me a lever large enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I will move the earth.'

Answer: Archimedes

5. 'L'etat, c'est moi.' (I am the state.)

Answer: Louis XIV

6. Who first said,'From each according to their abilities, to each according to their needs'?

Answer: Louis Blanc

This is THE "classic" short definition of socialism.

7. 'One death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.'

Answer: Josef Stalin

8. 'In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.'

Answer: Andy Warhol

9. 'We shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight in the hills, we shall fight in the cities, we shall never surrender.'

Answer: Winston Churchill

10. 'That's one small step for [a] man; one giant leap for mankind.'

Answer: Neil Armstrong

Source: Author DesertFox

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