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Speak Loud, English and Your Mind Quiz

Great minds give great speeches - can you identify these ten well-known items of rhetorical brilliance from their fractured names?

A multiple-choice quiz by WesleyCrusher. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
WesleyCrusher

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
349,748

Updated
Nov 19 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
655

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Author's Note: Some of these speeches are identified here by their formal title, some by a phrase which has become mostly synonymous with the speech itself and is sometimes more well-known than the actual title. It's up to you which applies to which entry. There is no punctuation in any answer - do not add a period even when the quote forms a full sentence!

Question 1 of 10

1. Stayed oft a you neon

Answer: (Four words (5,2,3,5), annual speech)

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Question 2 of 10

2. Get this perk a tress

Answer: (Two words(10,7), US Civil War)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Add a twitch we'll if fin inform me

Answer: (Seven words (1,4,5,4,4,2,6), World War II)

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Question 4 of 10

4. Odd-soled years nay Verdi

Answer: (Four Words (3,8,5,3), 1950s)

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Question 5 of 10

5. As knot watt York aunt trick ant oof for ewe

Answer: (Nine Words (3,3,4,4,7,3,2,3,3), 1961)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Eye heaven a verb in neck with her

Answer: (Six Words (1,4,5,4,1,7), a resignation)

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Question 7 of 10

7. A Tom's four piece

Answer: (Three Words (5,3,5), 1950s)

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Question 8 of 10

8. At I'm four chew zing

Answer: (Four Words (1,4,3,8), Goldwater campaign)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Sir moan none them hound

Answer: (Four Words (6,2,3,5), 1st century CE)

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Question 10 of 10

10. Keith meal lip berth he oar Keith meet earth

Answer: (Seven Words (4,2,7,2,4,2,5), 18th century)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Stayed oft a you neon

Answer: State of the Union

The State of the Union address is the US president's annual report to Congress and the general population. While there is no constitutionally or otherwise legally fixed date for it, it is traditionally held each January.

2. Get this perk a tress

Answer: Gettysburg Address

One of the most famous speeches in American history, the Gettysburg Address was a flaming plea not to let the United States as a democratic institution fall in the Civil War. It was actually held at a rather somber occasion - the dedication of a cemetery.

3. Add a twitch we'll if fin inform me

Answer: A Date Which Will Live in Infamy

This famous speech was the public reaction of President Franklin D. Roosevelt to the attack on Pearl Harbor and sealed the involvement of the United States as an active fighting force in World War II.

4. Odd-soled years nay Verdi

Answer: Old Soldiers Never Die

Possibly the origin of the common jokes of the "X never die, they just Y" kind, this speech was held by General Douglas MacArthur after President Truman had decided to relieve him of his command in the Korean War.

5. As knot watt York aunt trick ant oof for ewe

Answer: Ask Not What Your Country Can Do for You

Along with "Ich bin ein Berliner", these words are among the most famous quotes by John F. Kennedy, the then youngest man to be elected President of the United States. The sentence, in full, was "And so, my fellow Americans: Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country".

6. Eye heaven a verb in neck with her

Answer: I Have Never Been a Quitter

This speech was of course the resignation address by President Richard Nixon on August 8, 1974.

7. A Tom's four piece

Answer: Atoms for Peace

Held on December 8, 1953, by President Eisenhower, the "Atoms for Peace" speech was delivered to the General Assembly of the United Nations. It reflected a commitment of the United States to use nuclear technology not only as a weapon but for scientific, medical and technological purposes and make the necessary equipment and knowledge available to the world.

8. At I'm four chew zing

Answer: A Time for Choosing

"A Time For Choosing" was Ronald Reagan's televised endorsement of Barry Goldwater as the Republican Presidential candidate in 1964. In spite of Reagan's speech being considered one of the most effective endorsement speeches in history, Goldwater suffered a crushing defeat against Lyndon B. Johnson.

9. Sir moan none them hound

Answer: Sermon on the Mount

One of the key passages of the New Testament, the Sermon on the Mount was Jesus Christ's most profound theological statement and summarizes the founding tenets of the Christian belief in just a few sentences. It was most likely not held in this one form in one place but is a succinct record of his teachings shortly after his baptism.

10. Keith meal lip berth he oar Keith meet earth

Answer: Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death

This last quote is a famous excerpt of the speech by Patrick Henry, delivered to the Virginia Convention in March 1775, asking Virginia to commit their significant troops and resources to the beginning Revolutionary War.

Source: Author WesleyCrusher

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