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Quiz about Great Political Insults Part 1

Great Political Insults: Part 1 Quiz

Names will never hurt me: There's nothing better than a fine-honed insult to bring the 'great and the good' down to earth. Political life provided a rich harvest. See how many of the insulted, and the insulters, you can identify.

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

Author
darksplash

Time
5 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
288,605

Updated
Dec 03 21

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10

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Tough

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which US President was described as "a triumph of the embalmer's art" ? He was still alive at the time.

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Harry Truman

Lyndon Johnson

Ronald Reagan

Gerald Ford

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Question 2 of 10

2. Of which British Prime Minister was it said: " - has devoted the best years of his life to preparing his impromptu speeches"? Hint

Clement Attlee

Harold Wilson

Winston Churchill

Tony Blair

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who famously described US vice-president Dan Quayle as: "An empty suit that goes to funerals and plays golf"? Hint

Al Gore

Bill Clinton

Ross Perot

George W. Bush

4. Which political philosopher wrote to US President George Washington in these words: "and to you, sir, treacherous in private friendship ... and a hypocrite in public life, the world will be puzzled to decide whether you are an apostate or an impostor, whether you have abandoned good principles or whether you ever had any."? Hint

Thomas Jefferson

James G. Blaine

William Cobbett

Thomas Paine

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Question 5 of 10

5. An Australian MP was once chided in parliament for saying: "half the honourable gentlemen on the other side of the house are halfwits." On being told to retract by the speaker of the House he said: "I retract; half the honourable gentlemen on the other side of the house AREN'T halfwits." Which MP said this? Hint

Fred Daly

Andrew Peacock

John Howard

Rolf Harris

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Question 6 of 10

6. Of which politician was it said: "When she speaks without thinking, she says what she thinks"?

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Eva Peron

Hillary Clinton

Margaret Thatcher

Indira Gandhi

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which British Prime Minister was once described as "A sheep in sheep's clothing"?

Hint

Clement Attlee

Harold Wilson

Gordon Brown

Neville Chamberlain

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Question 8 of 10

8. Of which Canadian politician was it said: "It is better to be sincere in one language than to be a twit in two"?

Hint

Brian Mulroney

Jacques Jean Chr�tien

Ian McClelland

Pierre Trudeau

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which US President was described thus: "He's a nice guy, but he played too much football with his helmet off"? Hint

Bill Clinton

George W. Bush

Ronald Reagan

Gerald Ford

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Question 10 of 10

10. "Say what you want about the president, but we know his friends have convictions." Which US President was being referred to here? Hint

Richard Nixon

Lyndon Johnson

Gerald Ford

Bill Clinton

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which US President was described as "a triumph of the embalmer's art" ? He was still alive at the time.

Answer: Ronald Reagan

Gore Vidal, the great American novelist, playwright and screenwriter, coined that particular insult. He was an outspoken critic of the the mainstream political establishment, yet by a twist of fate he was related to Jimmy Carter and to Al Gore.

2. Of which British Prime Minister was it said: " - has devoted the best years of his life to preparing his impromptu speeches"?

Answer: Winston Churchill

The insulter was Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead, who was actually a friend of Churchill. Winston Churchill was a noted orator, and once said that he needed 20 minutes to write a three-hour speech and three hours to write a 20-minute speech.

3. Who famously described US vice-president Dan Quayle as: "An empty suit that goes to funerals and plays golf"?

Answer: Ross Perot

The Texan businessman Ross Perot twice contested US Presidential elections, in 1992 and 1996. According to 'Forbes' magazine he was one of America's 100 richest people.

Answer: Thomas Paine

An English-born radical, Paine settled in America at the age of 37 and was a powerful proponent of American independence. He was best known for his pamphlet 'Common Sense' (1776). He later influenced the French Revolution and wrote his seminal work the 'Rights of Man' in 1791.

Answer: Fred Daly

Fred Daly (13th June 1913 to 2nd August 1995) represented the Australian Labor Party in the Australian House of Representatives for 32 years from 1943 to 1975, and and was Minister for Administrative Services between 1972 and 1975.

6. Of which politician was it said: "When she speaks without thinking, she says what she thinks"?

Answer: Margaret Thatcher

The remark was made by Norman Anthony Francis St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley, to give him his full name. He was Member of Parliament for Chelmsford, Essex from 1964 until 1987, when he was made a Life Peer. In the House of Commons, he served in Margaret Thatcher's cabinet, but was sacked by her in 1981.

7. Which British Prime Minister was once described as "A sheep in sheep's clothing"?

Answer: Clement Attlee

Winston Churchill made the remark of Attlee who was Prime Minister from July 1945 until October 1951. His predecessor was, of course, Churchill, and, in one of those quirks of British politics, his successor was - Churchill.

8. Of which Canadian politician was it said: "It is better to be sincere in one language than to be a twit in two"?

Answer: Pierre Trudeau

The comment is attributed to former Transport Minister John Crosbie of Pierre Trudeau, who was PM on two occasions, 1968 to 1979 and 1980 to 1984.

9. Which US President was described thus: "He's a nice guy, but he played too much football with his helmet off"?

Answer: Gerald Ford

Lyndon Johnson said it. Gerald R. Ford was the thirty-eighth President of the United States (1974-1977). Born in 1913, Ford played for the University of Michigan football team in the early 1930s.

10. "Say what you want about the president, but we know his friends have convictions." Which US President was being referred to here?

Answer: Bill Clinton

Texan congressman Dick Armey was the man behind this quip. A frequent critic of Clinton, when the President's 'relationship' with Monica Lewinski was disclosed in 1998, Armey was asked what he would do in Clinton's position and replied: "If I were in the President's place I would not have gotten a chance to resign. I would be lying in a pool of my own blood, hearing Mrs. Armey standing over me saying, 'How do I reload this thing?'"

Source: Author darksplash

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