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Quote the Raving

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Quote the Raving game quiz
"We all go a little mad sometimes. See if you can figure out who said these quotes about madness or, perhaps, simply said crazy things. Good luck!"

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1. What famous philosopher once claimed that "There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness"?
    Immanuel Kant
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    Karl Marx
    Henry David Thoreau


2. Which late comedian broke ground with his political and social critiques and once said that "the reason I talk to myself is because I'm the only one whose answers I accept"?
    Jack Benny
    Johnny Carson
    Bob Hope
    George Carlin


3. "I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity."
What famous American author once penned this quote (in the 1840s) during the midst of writing some of his most famous works?
    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
    H.P. Lovecraft
    Edgar Allan Poe
    Wilkie Collins


4. Although he himself was never mad, this Irish poet and national bard once said that "it is only through mystery and madness that the soul is revealed". What was his name?
    Jonathan Swift
    Thomas Moore
    William Butler Yeats
    Oliver Goldsmith


5. Which Greek philosopher and student of Plato once said that "No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness"?
    Aristophanes
    Socrates
    Aristotle
    Pythagoras


6. What eccentric director known for his Gothic style claimed that "one person's craziness is another person's reality"?
    Quentin Tarantino
    Tim Burton
    Martin Scorsese
    James Cameron


7. "Any man who wants to be president is either an egomaniac or crazy."
What former American president said this?
    Harry S. Truman
    Woodrow Wilson
    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    Dwight D. Eisenhower


8. "If you're going to be crazy, you have to get paid for it or else you're going to be locked up."
What author of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" said this quote?
    Chuck Palahniuk
    Jack Kerouac
    Hunter S. Thompson
    Cormac McCarthy


9. What kooky children's author once claimed that "being crazy isn't enough"?
    Theodor Geisel
    J. M. Barrie
    Lewis Carroll
    Robert Munsch


10. What cult director of known for bringing "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" to TV said "I'll take crazy over stupid any day"?
    JJ Abrams
    Joss Whedon
    Ryan Murphy
    Aaron Sorkin


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Compiled Jun 18 13