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Complete the Quote

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Complete the Quote game quiz
"I provide most of a famous quote, and the name of its author (or utterer). Can you fill in the blank (or blanks)? ...All quotations I draw upon are famous, insightful, and diverting. With one exception."

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. 'Any society that will exchange a little liberty for a little security will _ _ and lose both.' (Benjamin Franklin)
    become tyrannous
    wonder why
    deserve neither
    fare ill


2. 'Man will never be free until the last _ is strangled with the entrails of the last _.' (Voltaire)
    professor, physician
    lawyer, policeman
    king, priest
    editor, journalist


3. 'You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a _ _ these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence.' (Charles Austin Beard)
    dangerous citizen
    patriotic man
    solid citizen
    belligerent man


4. 'Those who make _ _ impossible will make _ _ inevitable.' (John F. Kennedy)
    Democratic government, Communist government
    reasoned discourse, angry discourse
    peaceful revolution, violent revolution
    integrated society, fractured society


5. 'The best argument _ _ is a five minute conversation with the average voter.' (Winston Churchill)
    Answer: (Two words, of two and four syllables, respectively.)


6. 'The power of accurate observation is commonly called _ by those who haven't got it.' (George Bernard Shaw)
    genius
    cynicism
    ignorance
    divine


7. 'All a man can betray is his _.' (Joseph Conrad)
    conscience
    captain
    country
    comrade


8. 'The _ is the reason why man does not easily take himself for a god.' (Friedrich Nietzsche)
    abdomen
    libido
    abyss
    unknown


9. 'The road to truth is long, and lined the entire way with _ _.' (Alexander Jablokov)
    sharp stones
    hungry beggars
    thorny branches
    annoying bastards


10. 'All you need in this life is _ and confidence, and then success is sure.' (Mark Twain)
    Answer: (One word of three syllables.)


11. '_ made the revolution; liberty was only the pretext.' (Napoleon Bonaparte)
    Pride
    Fear
    Courage
    Vanity


12. 'There is no more _ _ than he who consumes the greater part of life getting his living.' (Henry David Thoreau)
    respectable fellow
    fatal blunderer
    pathetic fool
    honorable martyr


13. 'The basis of optimism is _ _.' (Oscar Wilde)
    a mystery
    sheer terror
    strong beer
    abiding faith


14. 'Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, _ _ _.' (Abraham Lincoln)
    ask his wife
    give him money
    give him power
    ask his mother


15. 'For every difficult, intractable problem there's a solution that's neat, plausible and _.' (H. L. Mencken)
    Answer: (One word of one syllable.)


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