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Quotes in History Trivia Quiz

This is my first of - hopefully - many quizzes. The quotes below are not from any particular era. So, I hope you'll enjoy!

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

Author
jonnowales

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
204,074

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
2381

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Question 1 of 10

1. "I must point out that my rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after, and if need be, during all meals and in the intervals between them." - Who said this? Hint

Josef Stalin

David Lloyd George

Winston Churchill

Woodrow Wilson

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Question 2 of 10

2. "I cannot and will not give any undertaking at a time when I, and you, the people, are not free. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated." - Who said this? Hint

Nelson Mandela

Mother Teresa

Desmond Tutu

Abraham Lincoln

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Question 3 of 10

3. "Honey, I forgot to duck." - Who said this? Hint

Horatio Nelson

J.F. Kennedy

Ronald Reagan

Spencer Percevil

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Question 4 of 10

4. "We made seats for ourselves in the snow, and sitting there in reasonable comfort we ate with relish a bar of mintcake." - Who said this? Hint

Roald Amundsen

Edmund Hillary

Captain Scott

Tony Blair

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Question 5 of 10

5. "For years politicians have promised the moon, I'm the first one able to deliver it." - Who said this? Hint

Jimmy Carter

Lyndon Johnson

Richard Nixon

Gerald Ford

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Question 6 of 10

6. "England expects that every man will do his duty." - Who said this? Hint

Napoleon

Horatio Nelson

Robert Walpole

Bernard Montgomery

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Question 7 of 10

7. "A piece of each of us died at that moment." - Who said that? Hint

Michael Mansfield

David Mansfield

Nigel Mansfield

George Mansfield

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Question 8 of 10

8. "All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others." - Who wrote this? Hint

Rudyard Kipling

T. S. Eliot

George Orwell

Ernest Hemingway

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Question 9 of 10

9. "I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to" - Who said this? Hint

Barbara Streisand

Sting

Louis Armstrong

Elvis Presley

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Question 10 of 10

10. "A desperate disease requires a dangerous remedy." - Which Briton said this? Hint

Margaret Thatcher

Guy Fawkes

David Lloyd George

Winston Churchill

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill was well known for smoking cigars, as well as for many other attributes. He died in 1965.

2. "I cannot and will not give any undertaking at a time when I, and you, the people, are not free. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated." - Who said this?

Answer: Nelson Mandela

This was Nelson Mandela's message whilst still in cell #46664 in prison in 1985. He was eventually released in 1990 and went on to become the first black President of South Africa.

3. "Honey, I forgot to duck." - Who said this?

Answer: Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan borrowed this line from Jack Dempsey. He quoted this line from one of his movies to his wife, Nancy, after he was nearly assassinated in 1981.

4. "We made seats for ourselves in the snow, and sitting there in reasonable comfort we ate with relish a bar of mintcake." - Who said this?

Answer: Edmund Hillary

Edmund Hillary said this upon reaching the summit of Mount Everest in the Himalayas in 1953.

5. "For years politicians have promised the moon, I'm the first one able to deliver it." - Who said this?

Answer: Richard Nixon

Former president Richard Nixon said this in 1969 in a radio message to the American astronauts on the moon.

6. "England expects that every man will do his duty." - Who said this?

Answer: Horatio Nelson

Lord Nelson communicated this by flag signals. It was the order of the day, issued on 21 October 1805 before the Battle of Trafalgar .

7. "A piece of each of us died at that moment." - Who said that?

Answer: Michael Mansfield

Michael J. Mansfield was the US senator when JFK was assassinated. Said in 1963.

N.B the other three do not exist - as far as US senators go.

8. "All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others." - Who wrote this?

Answer: George Orwell

George Orwell wrote this in "Animal Farm", a satire on the Soviet Union, first published in June, 1945. (Publication of the book was postponed till after VE Day in order to avoid offending the Soviet Union). Orwell died in 1950.

9. "I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to" - Who said this?

Answer: Elvis Presley

The King of rock 'n' roll said this on his television debut in 1956. One of the most famous people in the world ever.

10. "A desperate disease requires a dangerous remedy." - Which Briton said this?

Answer: Guy Fawkes

Guy Fawkes said this in 1605 attributing to his reasons to trying to blow up the Houses of Parliament with King James I present. The authenticity of this needs some qualification, as Guy Fawkes was severely tortured till he confessed. At the Public Record Office in Kew (London) there are samples of his ordinary signature and his signed confession. The 'spidery' weakness of the latter, after prolonged spells on the rack, tells its own story. Strange as it may sound, even King James I himself said that his trial was unfair and unjust.

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Source: Author jonnowales

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