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Observations on Life Trivia Quiz

Here are some historical or literary comments that you may have heard along the way.

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

Author
robert362

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
17,212

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. 'Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar'. Who said it? Hint

Winston Churchill

Groucho Marx

George Burns

Sigmund Freud

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Question 2 of 10

2. 'Now he belongs to the ages'. About whom was this said? Hint

John Kennedy

Abraham Lincoln

Robert Kennedy

George Washington

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Question 3 of 10

3. 'The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones'. This was said in a speech about ... ? Hint

Julius Caesar

King Lear

Macbeth

Coriolanus

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Question 4 of 10

4. 'He loved not wisely, but too well' was said about whom? Hint

Othello

Hamlet

Romeo

Titus Andronicus

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Question 5 of 10

5. 'It is better to be feared than loved' . Who said it? Hint

Napoleon

Hitler

Von Clausewitz

Machiavelli

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Question 6 of 10

6. 'There are two tragedies in life. One is not getting what you want; the other is getting what you want'. Who said it? Hint

George Bernard Shaw

Mark Twain

Noel Coward

Oscar Wilde

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Question 7 of 10

7. 'Government is best which governs least'. Who said it? Hint

Alexis De Tocqueville

Henry David Thoreau

Benjamin Franklin

Tom Paine

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who is associated with the quotation "I'm not a crook"? Hint

Richard Nixon

Jimmy Hoffa

Bill Clinton

Clyde Barrow

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Question 9 of 10

9. 'Not though the soldiers knew ... someone had blundered'. These lines come from a poem that was written by ... ? Hint

Longfellow

Tennyson

Wordsworth

Coleridge

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Question 10 of 10

10. 'Ask not what your country can do for you -ask what you can do for your country' . Who said it? Hint

Andrew Jackson

Franklin Roosevelt

Thomas Jefferson

John Kennedy

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. 'Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar'. Who said it?

Answer: Sigmund Freud

Freud was the master of the interpretation of symbols - but anything can be taken too far.

2. 'Now he belongs to the ages'. About whom was this said?

Answer: Abraham Lincoln

Attributed to Secretary Stanton upon the passing of President Lincoln.

3. 'The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones'. This was said in a speech about ... ?

Answer: Julius Caesar

From Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar'.

4. 'He loved not wisely, but too well' was said about whom?

Answer: Othello

Shakespeare again.

5. 'It is better to be feared than loved' . Who said it?

Answer: Machiavelli

From 'The Prince'.

6. 'There are two tragedies in life. One is not getting what you want; the other is getting what you want'. Who said it?

Answer: Oscar Wilde

Master of the quip.

7. 'Government is best which governs least'. Who said it?

Answer: Henry David Thoreau

From 'Civil Disobedience'.

8. Who is associated with the quotation "I'm not a crook"?

Answer: Richard Nixon

This quotation is firmly associated with the Watergate Affair, but was in fact Nixon's response to allegations that he had profited financially from being in public life. The full quotation is as follows: "And I think, too, that I can say that in my years of public life, that I welcome this kind of examination because people have gotta know whether or not their President's a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I've earned everything I've got".

9. 'Not though the soldiers knew ... someone had blundered'. These lines come from a poem that was written by ... ?

Answer: Tennyson

'Charge of the Light Brigade'

10. 'Ask not what your country can do for you -ask what you can do for your country' . Who said it?

Answer: John Kennedy

JFK - dramatic speech

Source: Author robert362

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