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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?
    Voice
    Vest
    Sleeve
    Knee


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 Koran
    The Bible
    The Republic
    The Iliad


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


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


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


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 weaker
    grow fonder
    grow stronger
    grow older


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?
    William Shakespeare
    Homer
    Robert Burns
    Plato


8. If something you see or hear about makes you feel happy inside, it is said to do what?
    Tear your heart out
    Harden your heart
    Make your heart bleed
    Warm the cockles of 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?
    Fair Lady
    Friends
    Money
    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"?
    Life
    Peace
    Home
    Family


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Compiled Oct 05 12