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1. Quote: "It's a drag having to wear socks during matches, because the tan, like, stops at the ankles. I can never get my skin, like, color coordinated."
Which female Serb/Hungarian tennis player, winner of 9 Grand Slam events and known for her characteristic "grunting" on volleys, said these words?
2. Quote: "Debts must be collected and loans and mortgages foreclosed as soon as possible. When through a process of law the common people have lost their homes, they will be more tractable and more easily governed by the strong arm of the law applied by the central power of leading financiers." To whom is this ascribed, almost certainly maliciously?
What American multi-millionaire and co-founder of one of the world's oldest financial services/investment bank uttered those words circa 1900?
3. Quote: "That's so when I forget how to spell my name, I can still find my clothes."
This was Stu Grimson's response to the question as to why he kept a colour photo of himself pasted to his locker. Known as an enforcer, he earned the nickname "The Grim Reaper". What sport do you think he played?
4. Quote: "The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. No, not our nation's, but in World War II. I mean, we all lived in this century. I didn't live in this century, but in this century's history."
In 1988, what American politician astonished us with this garbled statement?
5. Quote: "You can't stay married in a situation where you are afraid to go to sleep in case your wife might cut your throat."
These words were spoken, at the time of one of his divorces, by a boxer plagued by emotional, social and financial problems, as well as violent and/or criminal behaviour both inside and outside the ring. What is his name?
6. Quote: "I'm not squeamish at all. As a child, I dragged a dead squirrel home on a skateboard, cut it open and tried to look at its brain."
An actress, who starred alongside Wesley Snipes in one of the "Blade" vampire genre movies, was asked if she was bothered by the blood and gore in the film. Who was this person who responded with the quote above?
7. Quote: "Models are like baseball players. We make a lot of money quickly, but all of a sudden we're 30 years old, we don't have a college education, we're qualified for nothing, and we're used to a very nice lifestyle. The best thing is to marry a movie star."
Who is this dark-haired supermodel?
8. Quote: "How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to pass the test?"
In 1995, which high-ranking British person, famous for controversial remarks, posed this question to a Scottish driving instructor?
9. Quote: "Politics gives guys so much power that they tend to behave badly around women. And I hope I never get into that."
What internationally known American politician had the gall to publicly state this and then was accused of lying about such situations many years later?
10. Quote: "I don't need ID! My grandfather built this town! Don't you guys ever read the newspaper? Can you even read?"
What celebrity (and I use that term loosely) screamed out these words when she was refused admittance to a club in Las Vegas?
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