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A Difference of Opinion

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A Difference of Opinion game quiz
"A selection of quotes from various sources, with the speaker names provided; the player is expected to "intimate," by implication, from what is known about the speaker/writer, and from the quotes themselves. Have fun!"

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. George Meredith was alluding to which thorny subject when he said, "The last thing civilized by man..." ?
    Women
    Themselves
    Nature
    Heavy Metal Music


2. Ernst Toller was in turn a socialist, a union organizer, a pacifist, and political exile...in the span covering World War I and after. He had this line to say about WHICH subject: "...propaganda of the victors"?
    Culture
    Change
    History
    Military post-war policy


3. Oscar Wilde used this line -- "The name everyone gives to their mistakes..." -- to describe what thing?
    Religion
    De javu
    Being born again
    Experience


4. Voltaire wrote this -- "...an opinion without judgment" -- to say what he thought about which thing?
    The Encyclopedia Brittanica
    Rhetoric
    Prejudice
    History


5. Karl Marx had this observation to dangle over all and sundry about which thing: "The opium of the people..." ?
    Communism
    Beauty
    Religion
    Free Will


6. Oscar Wilde was probably being whimsical when he chose the following words to describe which thing: "the diary we all carry about with us..." ?
    Wrinkles
    Experience
    Memory
    Principles


7. "The right to do what the laws allow...," was Charles Montesquieu's comment about which subject matter?
    Political differences
    Justice
    Liberty
    Bill of Rights


8. For Herbert Spencer THIS was "...that which man is always trying to kill, but which ends up killing him."
    Personal demons
    Time
    Unbridled ambition
    Meaning & definition


9. Robert Ingersoll said, "...places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed" , and he meant this opinion for THIS:
    Politics
    Schools
    Cities
    Museums


10. Henry Beecher had this to say about which volatile subject: "...the river of life in this world."
    Children
    Free will
    Love
    Nature


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