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Straight from the Heart

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Straight from the Heart game quiz
"This multiple choice quiz covers old idioms or sayings relating to the most important organ in the body. So take heart!"

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. There is an old adage to describe the open display of one's emotions. It is said that you "wear your heart on your", what?
    Sleeve
    Knee
    Vest
    Voice


2. The phrase "a man after my own heart" originates from a very old source. Which book that has sold more copies worldwide than any other provides the first example of this idiom?
    The Iliad
    The Koran
    The Bible
    The Republic


3. Which hearty phrase refers to someone who is cruel and unfeeling?
    Iron heart
    Heart of stone
    Heart of steel
    Copper heart


4. If something or someone is "tugging at your heartstrings", how does it make you feel?
    Spiteful
    Sympathetic
    Thrilled
    Jealous


5. Which heart idiom is an expression of excitement, when one sees the object of one's romantic affection?
    Be still my beating heart
    In my heart of hearts
    From the bottom of my heart
    You're breaking my heart


6. There is an old saying to describe when people are away from someone or something for long periods of time. What does "absence make the heart" do?
    grow older
    grow weaker
    grow fonder
    grow stronger


7. The expression "my heart's content", comes from the play "Henry VI", written in 1593, and it is believed that the writer coined the phrase. Which writer are we talking about?
    Robert Burns
    Plato
    Homer
    William Shakespeare


8. If something you see or hear about makes you feel happy inside, it is said to do what?
    Warm the cockles of your heart
    Make your heart bleed
    Tear your heart out
    Harden your heart


9. There is an old saying for just about everything. This one focuses on having the courage to go after that which you desire. "Faint heart never won", what?
    Money
    Fair Lady
    Friends
    Success


10. There is one old fashioned expression involving the heart which is perhaps the most well known and favourite of all. What, "is where the heart is"?
    Peace
    Life
    Family
    Home


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Compiled May 20 13