Kitty Cat Quotes Trivia Quiz

Answer: Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway was an American writer who wrote many well known novels including 'For Whom the Bell Tolls' and 'The Old Man and the Sea'. The quote used in this question, "one cat just leads to another", is from a letter to his first wife, Hadley Richardson, who Hemingway married in 1921 and divorced in 1927.

Hemingway wrote the quote in the question before listing and describing his many cats.

Answer: Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso was a Spanish artist who was one of the founders of the Cubist art movement in the early 20th century. Although he was born in Spain, Picasso lived most of his adult life in France. One of Picasso's most well known paintings is his 1937 work 'Guernica' which shows the suffering and violence caused by the bombing of the town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War.

This quote was used by Picasso when showing Francoise Gilot, who Picasso had a relationship with, an album of his prints and was Picasso's comment on the varying styles of his artworks. The full quote from Picasso is "No wonder his style is so ambiguous. It's like God's, God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant, and the cat. He has no real style. He just keeps on trying other things."

Answer: Machine Gun

Bo Diddley was an American singer, songwriter and producer who has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Blues Hall of Fame and the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame. The quote in the question was said by Bo Diddley in relation to not being paid royalties for his songs.

Answer: Mice

Deng Xiaoping was born in the Chinese province of Sichuan in 1904. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1924 and spent time in Moscow studying Communist political doctrines. He became the leader of China in 1978, a position that he held until 1989. Deng is often referred to as the 'Architect of Modern China', as he introduced economic reforms that opened China for trade. Deng is supposed to have said the quote in this question in relation to the economic changes he enacted in China suggesting that the most important factor is that things work rather than what they might look like.

Answer: Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and was part of the committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence. As well as being well known as a political figure Franklin was also a scientist who was responsible for a number of inventions including the lightning rod and bifocal glasses.

The quote in the question is intended as a comment on the way lawyers behave suggesting that an ordinary person caught in a legal situation is as vulnerable as a fish between two cats.

Answer: Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist who founded the discipline of psychoanalysis. Freud developed many theories relating to how the mind works including his famous model of the mind being made up of three parts called the id, ego and super-ego. Freud spent most of his working life in the Austrian city of Vienna before leaving for the UK in 1938 to avoid Nazi persecution due to his Jewish parentage. He died in the UK in 1939.

There is no evidence that Freud ever said "time spent with cats is never wasted" despite many websites suggesting it is a quote of his. In fact it seems Freud was not a cat lover as he once wrote in a letter to a friend "I, as is well known, do not like cats".

Answer: Ogden Nash

Ogden Nash was an American humourist and poet who wrote over 500 pieces of light verse during his lifetime. Although Nash generally wrote humorous poetry he was still respected by the literary establishment and often saw his poems included in anthologies. "The trouble with a kitten is that eventually it becomes a cat" is the complete text of Nash's 1940 poem called 'The Kitten'.

Answer: Ax-Murderer

Paula Poundstone is an American stand-up comedian and actress. She was born in Alabama, but her family moved to the town of Sudbury in Massachusetts shortly after she was born. Poundstone has her own comedic but informative podcast titled 'Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone', which she hosts with Adam Felber.

Answer: Margaret Thatcher

Matthew Parris is a British journalist and writer who was a Member of Parliament for the UK Conservative Party between 1979 and 1986. The quote from the question was in reference to Margaret Thatcher's time sitting in the UK House of Lords after she stepped down as Prime Minister.

The quote comes from a humorous book about British politics that Matthew Parris published in 1993 called 'Look Behind You'.

Answer: Grass

George Will is an American conservative political commentator who writes regularly for The Washington Post as well as appearing on NBC News. In 1977 he won a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. Will wrote the quote in this question in a 1997 column in The Washington Post responding to calls for curbs to be put on cats roaming outside in order to protect birds and other wildlife from being killed by them.