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Famous Quotations From Famous People

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Famous Quotations From Famous People game quiz
"When top people say something witty , smart or simply unusual we tend to remember.- Just try and see if you remember who these quotes are from. Four options every time."

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. 'We have become a grandmother' Whose quote when her daughter-in-law gave birth to a son?
    Marlene Dietrich
    Queen Elisabeth II
    Margaret Thatcher
    Brigitte Bardot


2. 'I don't mind how much my Ministers talk, as long as they do what I say' ?
    Charles de Gaulle
    Margaret Thatcher
    Francois Mitterand
    Helmut Kohl


3. Who said all of this: a. 'When I am good , I am very very good , but when I am bad I am even better.' b.'It's better to be looked over than to be overlooked' ?
    Liz Taylor
    Mae West
    Marilyn Monroe
    Julia Roberts


4. Who started from a pacific quote like this 'No nation is fit to sit in judgment upon any other nation' and moved his views to a much more belligerent ' The right is more precious than the peace'?
    F.D.Roosevelt
    Woodrow Wilson
    Ronald Reagan
    George Bush sr


5. Who expressed his awe for women in this succinct way:'The female of the species is more deadly than the male' ?
    George Bernard Shaw
    the Prophet Mohammed
    Charles Darwin
    Rudyard Kipling


6. Which woman author said: 'A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.'?
    Erica Jong
    Virginia Woolf
    Doris Lessing
    Fay Weldon


7. Who invented the catchphrase: 'All for one,and one for all'?
    Oliver Cromwell
    Alexander Dumas
    Abraham Lincoln
    Field Marshall Montgomery


8. Which American author made this statement: 'All modern American literature comes from ONE book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn.' ?
    Henry James
    J. D. Salinger
    John Steinbeck
    Ernest Hemingway


9. Who created an abbey in which the only rule was :'Do what you like'?
    Thomas Merton
    St Bernard of Clairvaux
    Rabelais
    Petrus Abelardus


10. Who first said : 'No one can kill Americans and brag about it. No one.' ?
    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    George Bush sr
    Ronald Reagan
    George Bush jr


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