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Quiz about The Wisdom of Proverbs
Quiz about The Wisdom of Proverbs

The Wisdom of Proverbs Trivia Quiz


We often use proverbs to illustrate our points of views. It's a matter of debate whether they are mere cliche-wisdom or mature wisdom. Anyway, here you can check how well acquainted you are with such traditional sayings.

A multiple-choice quiz by flem-ish. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
flem-ish
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
65,476
Updated
Dec 05 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
6990
Last 3 plays: Erb1960 (7/10), GlennaRuth (6/10), Hayes1953 (8/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. What is the best sauce? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What did faint heart never win? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. What should you never kill? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. For whom would there be no work if 'ifs' and 'ans' were pots and pans? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. What is the best policy? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. What must every oak first be? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. We must hope for the best, but prepare for what? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. What makes good neighbours? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. What must you wear if it fits? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. According to the proverb, every law has a _______. Hint



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Most Recent Scores
Mar 15 2024 : Erb1960: 7/10
Mar 13 2024 : GlennaRuth: 6/10
Mar 02 2024 : Hayes1953: 8/10
Feb 10 2024 : dj144: 6/10
Feb 10 2024 : Creedy: 9/10
Jan 31 2024 : Montgomery1: 7/10

Score Distribution

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What is the best sauce?

Answer: Hunger

2. What did faint heart never win?

Answer: fair lady

3. What should you never kill?

Answer: the goose that lays the golden eggs.

In Holland they see things on a smaller scale and are happy already with hen-laid golden eggs: 'the chicken with the golden eggs' should not be killed. 'Kip met gouden eieren'. Such eggs are probably what they use to make their famous egg-nog 'Advocaat'.
4. For whom would there be no work if 'ifs' and 'ans' were pots and pans?

Answer: tinkers

5. What is the best policy?

Answer: Honesty

Some of those other solutions may be good ideas too, but they do not occur as 'traditional wisdom' in the English language.
6. What must every oak first be?

Answer: an acorn

The proverb mentions the acorn.
7. We must hope for the best, but prepare for what?

Answer: the worst

8. What makes good neighbours?

Answer: Good fences

9. What must you wear if it fits?

Answer: the cap

Oxford Dictionary mentions: if the shoe fits, as a North-American variant.
10. According to the proverb, every law has a _______.

Answer: loophole

Source: Author flem-ish

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