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You Wouldn't 'Dare' Trivia Quiz

I'll give you a quote, and you identify who said it.

A multiple-choice quiz by ferfer72. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
ferfer72

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
315,829

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
523

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. "Love comes when manipulation stops; when you think more about the other person than about his or her reactions to you. When you dare to reveal yourself fully. When you dare to be vulnerable." Hint

Oprah Winfrey

Ann Landers

Dr. Joyce Brothers

Dear Abby

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Question 2 of 10

2. "It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that things are difficult." Hint

Aristotle

Socrates

Plato

Seneca

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Question 3 of 10

3. "He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise." Hint

Ernest Hemingway

Oscar Wilde

William Shakespeare

Sir Francis Bacon

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Question 4 of 10

4. "This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure." Hint

Adolf Hitler

Winston Churchill

Franklin Roosevelt

Woodrow Wilson

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Question 5 of 10

5. "Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true." Hint

L. Frank Baum

J.M. Barrie

Walt Disney

A.A. Milne

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Question 6 of 10

6. "The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore." Hint

Donald Trump

Dale Carnegie

George H.W. Bush

Elizabeth Dole

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Question 7 of 10

7. "Not until we dare to regard ourselves as a nation, not until we respect ourselves, can we gain the esteem of others, or rather only then will it come of its own accord." Hint

Albert Einstein

Confucius

Mohandas Gandhi

Homer

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Question 8 of 10

8. "Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try." Hint

David McConnell

Coco Chanel

Mary Kay Ash

Christian Dior

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Question 9 of 10

9. "One never dives into the water to save a drowning man more eagerly than when there are others present who dare not take the risk." Hint

Ren� Descartes

Jean-Paul Sartre

Friedrich Nietzsche

Xun-zi

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Question 10 of 10

10. "One must work and dare if one really wants to live." Hint

Pablo Picasso

Vincent Van Gogh

Leonardo DaVinci

El Greco

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "Love comes when manipulation stops; when you think more about the other person than about his or her reactions to you. When you dare to reveal yourself fully. When you dare to be vulnerable."

Answer: Dr. Joyce Brothers

Brothers became famous in 1955 for winning "The $64,000 Question". She is a psychologist and writer.

2. "It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that things are difficult."

Answer: Seneca

Seneca the Younger (c. 4 BC-AD 65) was a philosopher, statesman, and playwright. Among other plays, he wrote "Medea" and "Agamemnon".

3. "He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise."

Answer: Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde was an Irish poet, playwright, and author. He left Ireland never to return after being imprisoned for committing "gross indecency with other men".

4. "This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure."

Answer: Winston Churchill

Churchill issued this challenge to the British people during World War II. Winston Churchill was knighted in 1953. After retiring from politics, he wrote several books and won the 1953 Nobel Prize for literature.

5. "Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true."

Answer: L. Frank Baum

The body of lyrics to "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" were written by Yip Harburg. However, this particular line came from "Wizard of Oz" written by L. Frank Baum.

6. "The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore."

Answer: Dale Carnegie

Dale Carnegie was a famous creator of self-improvement courses. He is best known for "How to Win Friends and Influence People".

7. "Not until we dare to regard ourselves as a nation, not until we respect ourselves, can we gain the esteem of others, or rather only then will it come of its own accord."

Answer: Albert Einstein

Einstein was speaking of the struggles of the Jewish people. A theoretical physicist, he was once offered the presidency of Israel. His death was caused by an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA).

8. "Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try."

Answer: Mary Kay Ash

Mary Kay Ash founded Mary Kay cosmetics. She quit her job after being passed over for a promotion by a man that she had trained. She set out to write a book for women about how to succeed in business, and followed her own advice to start the company. David McConnell founded Avon.

9. "One never dives into the water to save a drowning man more eagerly than when there are others present who dare not take the risk."

Answer: Friedrich Nietzsche

Nietzsche was a controversial German philosopher in the late 19th century. He wrote works heavily criticizing popular entertainers of the day like Wagner and Strauss.

10. "One must work and dare if one really wants to live."

Answer: Vincent Van Gogh

A little-known fact about Van Gogh is that he cut off part of his ear during a seizure (not his entire ear and not on purpose). Van Gogh's work has inspired many artists since his death at age 37.

Source: Author ferfer72

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