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Legendary Comments Trivia Quiz

This is another look at some of the great quotes of all time

A multiple-choice quiz by robert362. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
robert362

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
28,872

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
1742

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. 'Only the little people pay taxes' Hint

John D. Rockefeller

Howard Hughes

Leona Helmsley

J. Paul Getty

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Question 2 of 10

2. 'An oral contract isn't worth the paper that it's written on.' Hint

Louis B. Mayer

Harry Cohn

Daryl F. Zanuck

Samuel Goldwyn

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Question 3 of 10

3. 'We have met the enemy and he is us.' Hint

Dick Tracy

Pogo

Charlie Brown

Garfield

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Question 4 of 10

4. 'What this country needs is a really good five cent cigar.' Hint

Thomas Marshall

Alf Landon

Woodrow Wilson

Theodore Roosevelt

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Question 5 of 10

5. 'Winning isn't everything - it's the only thing.' Hint

Casey Stengel

Henry Russell "Red" Sanders

Red Auerbach

Angelo Dundee

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Question 6 of 10

6. 'Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety nine percent perspiration.' Hint

Alexander Graham Bell

Thomas Edison

Samuel Morse

Albert Einstein

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Question 7 of 10

7. 'No one goes (to that restaurant) because it's always so crowded.' Hint

Will Rogers

Yogi Berra

Soupy Sales

Don Rickles

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Question 8 of 10

8. 'It's a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma' Hint

Abraham Lincoln

Napoleon Bonaparte

George Washington

Winston Churchill

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Question 9 of 10

9. 'You're no John Kennedy.' Hint

Joseph Lieberman

Al Gore

Lloyd Bentsen

Michael Dukakis

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Question 10 of 10

10. 'I am not a crook.' Hint

Richard Nixon

Spiro Agnew

Bill Clinton

George Bush

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. 'Only the little people pay taxes'

Answer: Leona Helmsley

Also reported as 'only poor people pay taxes'. Nice

2. 'An oral contract isn't worth the paper that it's written on.'

Answer: Samuel Goldwyn

Attributed to Goldwyn.

3. 'We have met the enemy and he is us.'

Answer: Pogo

Yes, I know he's a cartoon character - but it's too good a line to pass up.

4. 'What this country needs is a really good five cent cigar.'

Answer: Thomas Marshall

Marshall was an American politician in the early part of the twentieth century.

5. 'Winning isn't everything - it's the only thing.'

Answer: Henry Russell "Red" Sanders

He knew how to win. This quote is often wrongly attributed to Vince Lombardi.

6. 'Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety nine percent perspiration.'

Answer: Thomas Edison

Who knew more about genius than Edison?

7. 'No one goes (to that restaurant) because it's always so crowded.'

Answer: Yogi Berra

Who else?

8. 'It's a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma'

Answer: Winston Churchill

Describing Russia - although some have attributed the comment as a description of Hitler.

9. 'You're no John Kennedy.'

Answer: Lloyd Bentsen

To Dan Quayle.

10. 'I am not a crook.'

Answer: Richard Nixon

Nixon resigned the US presidency in 1974 with the threat of impeachment hanging over his head.

Source: Author robert362

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