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Laugh Trivia Quiz

Just laugh! Here's a quiz with 10 quotes with the word "laugh" in them. Good luck!

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

Author
Lpez

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
363,531

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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Top 20% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. "My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry, to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return." Which American civil rights activist and poet said this? Hint

Martin Luther King Jr.

Maya Angelou

Malcolm X

Rosa Parks

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Question 2 of 10

2. "With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die." Which former President of the United States said this? (Hint: think Civil War) Hint

George Bush

Abraham Lincoln

William McKinley

John F. Kennedy

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Question 3 of 10

3. "If you can't make it better, you can laugh at it." Which American humorist and columnist said this? Hint

Kevin Cowherd

Erma Bombeck

Julia Gorin

Ayun Halliday

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Question 4 of 10

4. Voltaire said: "God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh." Where was Voltaire from?
Hint

Greece

England

Spain

France

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Question 5 of 10

5. "Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine." Which English poet said this? Hint

William Shakespeare

Lord Byron

Nicholas Breton

Geoffrey Chaucer

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Question 6 of 10

6. "If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything." Which actress, who died of barbiturate overdose and was a major sex symbol, said this? Hint

Marilyn Monroe

Jayne Mansfield

Edith Atwater

Brigitte Bardot

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Question 7 of 10

7. "If I am not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don't want to go there." Which of these, the most important representative of the Protestant Reformation, said this? Hint

Martin Luther King Jr.

Montesquieu

John Calvin

Martin Luther

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Question 8 of 10

8. "We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him." Which French leader, who rose to power after the French Revolution, said this? Hint

Louis XVI

Louis XIV

Charles de Gaulle

Napoleon

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Question 9 of 10

9. "A good laugh is sunshine in the house." Which English writer called William said this? Hint

William Shakespeare

William Makepeace Thackeray

William Boyd

William Crookes

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Question 10 of 10

10. "We don't laugh because we're happy - we're happy because we laugh." Which famous American philosopher, said by many to be the "father of American psychology" said this rather wise quote? Hint

Tim Bays

Sigmund Freud

William James

David Carrier

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou is an American author and poet. She has written many autobiographies, as well as poems and plays.

Angelou recited one of her poems at President Clinton's inauguration in 1993.

2. "With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die." Which former President of the United States said this? (Hint: think Civil War)

Answer: Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States. He is known mainly for holding the U.S. together and for abolishing slavery.

He was assassinated in a theater in April 1865 by John Wilkes Booth, a stage actor and ardent supporter of the Confederacy.

3. "If you can't make it better, you can laugh at it." Which American humorist and columnist said this?

Answer: Erma Bombeck

Erma Bombeck was an American columnist and humorist. She wrote more than ten books.

Bombeck was the author of columns like "Housewife" and "At Wit's End".

4. Voltaire said: "God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh." Where was Voltaire from?

Answer: France

Voltaire, whose real name was Fran�ois-Marie Arouet, was a French writer. He is known for writing during the period of the Enlightenment, a cultural and intellectual movement in which new ideas flourished.

Voltaire advocated for freedom of speech and of religion.

5. "Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine." Which English poet said this?

Answer: Lord Byron

Lord Byron, who died at the early age of 36, was an English poet, who fought in the Greek War of Independence against the Ottomans, for which he is considered as a hero in Greece.

He was part of the Romantic movement.

6. "If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything." Which actress, who died of barbiturate overdose and was a major sex symbol, said this?

Answer: Marilyn Monroe

Monroe was a singer, actress and model. She went on to become one of the most important, perhaps the most important, sex symbol in the world. She died in 1962 because of a drug overdose.

She is also known for singing "Happy Birthday" to President John F. Kennedy.

7. "If I am not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don't want to go there." Which of these, the most important representative of the Protestant Reformation, said this?

Answer: Martin Luther

Martin Luther is known for posting his 95 theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, thus igniting the Reformation. Luther was mainly against abuses in the Church, like indulgences.

8. "We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him." Which French leader, who rose to power after the French Revolution, said this?

Answer: Napoleon

Napoleon Bonaparte was a French leader, known for his Napoleonic Code, which has had major influence on many of the civil codes that exist today.

He is also known for being the first emperor of France, and perhaps for stories about his height as well.

9. "A good laugh is sunshine in the house." Which English writer called William said this?

Answer: William Makepeace Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray was a British novelist born in India (remember India was a British colony back then). He is best known for "Vanity Fair", one of his many satirical works.

10. "We don't laugh because we're happy - we're happy because we laugh." Which famous American philosopher, said by many to be the "father of American psychology" said this rather wise quote?

Answer: William James

William James was the first educator to ever offer a psychology course in the U.S. His alma mater was Harvard University.

He also wrote several books and essays.

Source: Author Lpez

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