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Quiz about 9 for 10  Famous Quotes Part 1
Quiz about 9 for 10  Famous Quotes Part 1

9 for 10 - Famous Quotes, Part 1 Quiz


The quiz will test your knowledge of quotations. In questions 1-9 the first letter of the last name will give you the answer to the tenth, one of the most quoted American poets and essayists.

A multiple-choice quiz by Rehaberpro. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
Rehaberpro
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
339,112
Updated
Jan 13 24
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
914
Question 1 of 10
1. What well known film star, famous for gangster roles and coin flipping, in referring to how he spent his money, said the following?

"Part of it went on gambling, and part of it went on women. The rest I spent foolishly."
Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What well known artist and celebrity, commenting on being shot, had this to say about the experience?

"Before I was shot, I always thought that I was more half-there than all-there - I always suspected that I was watching TV instead of living life. Right when I was being shot and ever since, I knew that I was watching television."
Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. What nineteenth century American poet and essayist said this about those who often stick to their beliefs?

"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines."
Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. What philosopher had this to teach to princes?

"There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others. This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless."
Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Henry David Thoreau was jailed in 1846 for protesting the Mexican War. A friend of his visited him in jail. The friend asked, "Henry, why are you here?" to which Thoreau replied, "Why are you not here?" Who was this friend? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. What novelist turned philosopher, noted for her writings on "Objectivism", had this to say about the human condition?

"It only stands to reason that where there's sacrifice, there's someone collecting the sacrificial offerings. Where there's service, there is someone being served. The man who speaks to you of sacrifice is speaking of slaves and masters, and intends to be the master."
Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. What well known personage left this suicide note?

"Dear World, I am leaving because I am bored. I feel I have lived long enough. I am leaving you with your worries in this sweet cesspool. Good luck."
Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. "In some sort of crude sense, which no vulgarity, no humor, no overstatement can quite extinguish, the physicists have known sin; and this is a knowledge which they cannot lose."

What famous physicist said this in relation to some of his and other physicists' works?
Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. In researching quotations for this quiz, it came as a surprise to find this up-beat quote from a German philosopher known for more serious pronouncements. Who was this philosopher who also enraged the Church by asserting that God is dead?

"And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh."
Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Take the first letter of the surname of the correct answers for first two questions to get the man's initials for this author's first and middle names. The first letters of the surnames for the correct answers in questions 3-9 will yield his last name. No punctuation needed. Who is the well known poet, essayist, and orator whose 1836 essay "Nature" is considered to be the foundational statement of the philosophy of Transcendentalism? He once summed up the main focus of his work as being "the infinitude of the private man."

Answer: (two letters plus surname - No punctuation !)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What well known film star, famous for gangster roles and coin flipping, in referring to how he spent his money, said the following? "Part of it went on gambling, and part of it went on women. The rest I spent foolishly."

Answer: George Raft

Raft came to Hollywood as a dancer but his persona led him to become the epitome of the stereotype cool gangster in the 1930s. He began to turn down roles such as "Casablanca" and "High Sierra" that catapulted Bogart into a superstar. His roles declined and later he accepted employment as a greeter in a casino in Havana where he had a part interest.

He essentially died broke. He never learned to read or write.
2. What well known artist and celebrity, commenting on being shot, had this to say about the experience? "Before I was shot, I always thought that I was more half-there than all-there - I always suspected that I was watching TV instead of living life. Right when I was being shot and ever since, I knew that I was watching television."

Answer: Andy Warhol

In addition to being a 'pop artist', Warhol was a social butterfly. He is most often quoted as saying everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes. Aesthetically he is remembered for his prints of Marilyn Monroe and his rendering of Campbell Soup cans.

He was shot by Valerie Solanas, a deranged militant feminist, in a 1968 incident that was the subject of a 1996 film. He made many films himself which seem to be personal indulgences (i.e a 25 hour film of someone sleeping). His painting called "Eight Elvises" was sold for $100 million in 1963.
3. What nineteenth century American poet and essayist said this about those who often stick to their beliefs? "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines."

Answer: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Emerson was what was called an 'Eastern Intellectual' or "Brahman'. He drifted away from traditional Christianity and became a Transcendentalist. His belief was that God does not reveal himself but must be determined by developing insights into Nature. His poetry, his essays, and his public speaking are loaded with remarkable quotes and he has remained one of the most quoted individuals.
4. What philosopher had this to teach to princes? "There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others. This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless."

Answer: Niccolo Machiavelli

Niccolo Machiavelli lived 1469-1527 in Italy and is most remembered for his treatise "The Prince", which laid out a philosophy of leadership through sometimes devious means. 'Machiavellian' has entered the language meaning cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous.
5. Henry David Thoreau was jailed in 1846 for protesting the Mexican War. A friend of his visited him in jail. The friend asked, "Henry, why are you here?" to which Thoreau replied, "Why are you not here?" Who was this friend?

Answer: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Emerson was Thoreau's patron and he lived with Emerson for some time. Thoreau's "Walden Pond" told of his attempt to bring life back to its simplest terms. His essay "Civil Disobedience" has influenced many leaders from Mahatma Gandhi to Martin Luther King Jr. and has been the inspiration for many civil protests all over the world. Thoreau was questioning Emerson's commitment to the ideals that Emerson expounded.
6. What novelist turned philosopher, noted for her writings on "Objectivism", had this to say about the human condition? "It only stands to reason that where there's sacrifice, there's someone collecting the sacrificial offerings. Where there's service, there is someone being served. The man who speaks to you of sacrifice is speaking of slaves and masters, and intends to be the master."

Answer: Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand struggled as an actress, screenwriter, and novelist. Her 1943 novel, "The Fountainhead", was the beginning of a life spent on expanding on the concept of Objectivism. Her last novel, "Atlas Shrugged" (1957), made her a conservative icon. She published no more novels but concentrated on her philosophy of the inherent independence of the individual.

She has become a maven for conservative and libertarian causes.
7. What well known personage left this suicide note? "Dear World, I am leaving because I am bored. I feel I have lived long enough. I am leaving you with your worries in this sweet cesspool. Good luck."

Answer: George Sanders

George Sanders made about 150 films. In most of them he was a 'cad' which led to the title of his autobiography, "Memoirs of a Professional Cad" (1960). He won one Oscar for his supporting role in "All About Eve" (1950). He published two novels, but in reality they were ghost-written for him.

He also tried song-writing and once released an album. He confided to friends that he planned to die at 65 and he did.
8. "In some sort of crude sense, which no vulgarity, no humor, no overstatement can quite extinguish, the physicists have known sin; and this is a knowledge which they cannot lose." What famous physicist said this in relation to some of his and other physicists' works?

Answer: J. Robert Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer is considered the father of the atomic bomb. He admitted to the House Un-American Activities Committee that he had communist ties during the 1930s. Many consider him the victim of the era of McCarthyism of the 1950s. Seeing the power of the weapon he had helped to develop, he had deep concerns about how scientific findings might be misused to the detriment of society.

In 1960 he joined with other scientists such as Albert Einstein, Bertrand Russell and Joseph Rotblat in establishing the World Academy of Art and Science, to work for the ethical use of scientific discoveries.
9. In researching quotations for this quiz, it came as a surprise to find this up-beat quote from a German philosopher known for more serious pronouncements. Who was this philosopher who also enraged the Church by asserting that God is dead? "And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh."

Answer: Friedrich Nietzsche

Nietzsche challenged the establishment in such works as "Thus Spoke Zarathustra", "Beyond Good and Evil", and "The Antichrist". He died in 1900 of paralysis due to syphilis.
10. Take the first letter of the surname of the correct answers for first two questions to get the man's initials for this author's first and middle names. The first letters of the surnames for the correct answers in questions 3-9 will yield his last name. No punctuation needed. Who is the well known poet, essayist, and orator whose 1836 essay "Nature" is considered to be the foundational statement of the philosophy of Transcendentalism? He once summed up the main focus of his work as being "the infinitude of the private man."

Answer: R W Emerson

And now you have solved the theme!
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