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Quotes About Animals Trivia Quiz

This is my second quotes quiz and consists mainly of quotes comparing animals and humans.

A multiple-choice quiz by ArthurR. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
ArthurR

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
360,080

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
414

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. "Animals don't lie, animals don't criticize. If animals have moody days, they handle them better than humans do." Hint

Bea Arthur

Betty White

Rue McClanahan

Estelle Getty

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Question 2 of 10

2. "Animals are born who they are, accept it, and that's that. They live with greater peace than humans do." Hint

Norman Mailer

Horace McCoy

George R. R. Martin

Gregory Maguire

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Question 3 of 10

3. "As for hearing, the sloth is not so much deaf as uninterested in sound." Hint

Peter Carey

Yann Martel

J. M. Coetzee

Hilary Mantel

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Question 4 of 10

4. "I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is far superior." Hint

Hippolyte Taine

Paul Bourget

�mile Zola

Guy de Maupassant

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Question 5 of 10

5. "Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet." Hint

Jean-Paul Sartre

Alain Robbe-Grillet

Simone de Beauvoir

Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette

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Question 6 of 10

6. "Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." Hint

Marcel Proust

Victor Hugo

Cyrano de Bergerac

Anatole France

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Question 7 of 10

7. "If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, the animals are better off than a lot of humans." Hint

James Herriot

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Norman Mailer

J. R. R. Tolkien

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Question 8 of 10

8. "I can't abide people who go soft over animals and then cheat every human they come across". Hint

Terry Pratchett

Diana Wynne Jones

Edward Lear

Rosemary Sutcliff

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Question 9 of 10

9. "If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man." Hint

Rudyard Kipling

L. Frank Baum

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Mark Twain

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Question 10 of 10

10. "I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to you. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals." Hint

Josh Billings

Robert Benchley

Woodrow Wilson

Winston Churchill

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "Animals don't lie, animals don't criticize. If animals have moody days, they handle them better than humans do."

Answer: Betty White

Born Betty Marion White in 1922, but better known as Betty White, she is an American actress who played Rose Nylund in "The Golden Girls." She is also known as an author, the quotation appears in her book "If You Ask Me."

2. "Animals are born who they are, accept it, and that's that. They live with greater peace than humans do."

Answer: Gregory Maguire

Gregory Maguire (born June 9, 1954) is an American novelist. The quote is from his book "Wicked - The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West".

3. "As for hearing, the sloth is not so much deaf as uninterested in sound."

Answer: Yann Martel

Yann Martel (born June 25, 1963) is a Canadian author best known for the Man Booker Prize-winning novel "Life of Pi" which has also been released as a film.

4. "I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is far superior."

Answer: Hippolyte Taine

Hippolyte Adolphe Taine (21 April 1828-5 March 1893) was a French critic and historian. His works include "Histoire de la litt�rature anglaise" and "Les Origines de la France contemporaine".

5. "Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet."

Answer: Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette

Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (28 January 1873-3 August 1954) was a French novelist and performer. She is best known for her novel "Gigi", upon which Lerner and Loewe based the stage and film musical comedies of the same title.

6. "Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened."

Answer: Anatole France

Anatole France (16 April 1844-12 October 1924), born Fran�ois-Anatole Thibault, was a French poet, journalist, and novelist. He was a successful novelist, with several best-sellers. He was a member of the Acad�mie fran�aise and won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1921 in recognition of his literary achievements.

7. "If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, the animals are better off than a lot of humans."

Answer: James Herriot

James Herriot was the pen name of James Alfred Wight (3 October 1916 - 23 February 1995), a British veterinary surgeon and writer, who used his many years of experiences as a veterinary surgeon to write a series of books of stories about animals and their owners. He is best known for the TV series "All Creatures Great and Small."

8. "I can't abide people who go soft over animals and then cheat every human they come across".

Answer: Diana Wynne Jones

Diana Wynne Jones (16 August 1934-26 March 2011) was a British writer, mainly of fantasy novels for children and adults, the quote is from her book "Castle in the Air".

9. "If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man."

Answer: Mark Twain

No quiz on quotes can be complete without one from Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name, Mark Twain.

10. "I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to you. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals."

Answer: Winston Churchill

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, (30 November 1874-26 January 1965), the well-known British statesman. Widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the 20th century.

Source: Author ArthurR

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