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This is a bunch of quotes from random people. Have fun.

A multiple-choice quiz by 25614. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
25614
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
27,538
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
1891
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Question 1 of 10
1. Which author said, 'Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering' ? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Which famous General said 'The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.' ? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. What famous businessman said 'It is not the employer who pays wages -- he only handles the money. It is the product that pays wages.' ? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Which famous Roman said 'The more laws, the less justice.' ? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Which of America's founding fathers said 'Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations -- entangling alliances with none.' ? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Which famous Greek said: "I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think"? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Who said 'A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing. ' ? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Who said 'If a great man could make us understand him, we should hang him.' ? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Which famous author said 'I've put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant, and that's the only way of insuring one's immortality.' ? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Which of our Presidents said '...In all that the people can individually do for themselves, the government ought not to interfere.' ? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Which author said, 'Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering' ?

Answer: Arthur C. Clark

2. Which famous General said 'The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.' ?

Answer: George Patton

3. What famous businessman said 'It is not the employer who pays wages -- he only handles the money. It is the product that pays wages.' ?

Answer: Henry Ford

4. Which famous Roman said 'The more laws, the less justice.' ?

Answer: Cicero

5. Which of America's founding fathers said 'Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations -- entangling alliances with none.' ?

Answer: Thomas Jefferson

This was Jefferson's idea about how America would handle foreign affairs, that we would be friendly to all nations, but never take sides.
6. Which famous Greek said: "I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think"?

Answer: Socrates

Since Socrates never actually wrote down anything himself, Plato could have actually come up with this quote, however Plato did attribute this to Socrates.
7. Who said 'A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing. ' ?

Answer: Oscar Wilde

8. Who said 'If a great man could make us understand him, we should hang him.' ?

Answer: George Bernard Shaw

9. Which famous author said 'I've put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant, and that's the only way of insuring one's immortality.' ?

Answer: James Joyce

10. Which of our Presidents said '...In all that the people can individually do for themselves, the government ought not to interfere.' ?

Answer: Abraham Lincoln

Source: Author 25614

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