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Famous Quotes Multiple Choice Quiz | Who Said It?

Who is best remembered for saying these quotes?

A multiple-choice quiz by andyme. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
andyme

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
112,589

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
12 / 20

Plays
1567

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 20

1. "Boy George is all England needs - another queen who can't dress." Hint

Joan Rivers

Paul Merson

Ruby Wax

Jack Dee

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Question 2 of 20

2. "I do nothing that a man of unlimited funds, superb physical endurance, and maximum scientific knowledge could not do." Hint

Spider-Man

Batman

Superman

The Hulk

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Question 3 of 20

3. "Life is what happens to us while we're making other plans." Hint

John Lennon

Ringo Starr

Paul McCartney

George Harrison

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Question 4 of 20

4. "I don't know why I did it, I don't know why I enjoyed it, and I don't know why I'll do it again." Hint

Bart Simpson

Marge Simpson

Lisa Simpson

Homer Simpson

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Question 5 of 20

5. "Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love." Hint

Charlie Sheen

Billy Joel

Charlie Brown

Snoopy

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Question 6 of 20

6. "The trouble with real life is that there's no danger music." Hint

Jim Carrey

Harry Firestone

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Harold Taylor

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Question 7 of 20

7. "Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that." Hint

Alex Ferguson

Ron Atkinson

Bob Paisley

Bill Shankly

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Question 8 of 20

8. "Time is an illusion...lunchtime, doubly so." Hint

Dennis H'Orgnies

Saki (Hector Hugh Munro)

Douglas Adams

Allan Goldfein

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Question 9 of 20

9. "In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman." Hint

Cynthia Nelms

Sydney J. Harris

Edward Estlin Cummings

Margaret Thatcher

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Question 10 of 20

10. "Make it so" Hint

Captain Picard

Captain Pike

Captain Kirk

Captain Janeway

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Question 11 of 20

11. "A sure cure for seasickness is to sit under a tree." Hint

Harry Secombe

Peter Sellers

Spike Milligan

Michael Bentine

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Question 12 of 20

12. "In complete darkness, we are all the same. It is only our knowledge and wisdom that separate us. Don't let your eyes deceive you." Hint

Bette Davis

Janet Jackson

Nadine Stair

Henry Kissinger

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Question 13 of 20

13. "If you've got them by the balls their hearts and minds will follow." Hint

Ronald Reagan

Joan Rivers

Vinnie Jones

John Wayne

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Question 14 of 20

14. "What is the difference between genius and stupidity?
Genius has limits." Hint

G.B.Shaw

Albert Einstein

Woody Allen

Victor Hugo

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Question 15 of 20

15. "You can't be a Real Country unless you have a BEER and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a BEER!" Hint

Frank Zappa

Chevy Chase

Dean Martin

George Bush

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Question 16 of 20

16. "For fast acting relief, try slowing down." Hint

Daley Thompson

Lily Tomlin

Albert Einstein

Abraham Lincoln

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Question 17 of 20

17. "I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter." Hint

Spike Milligan

John Lennon

Winston Churchill

Arthur C. Clarke

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Question 18 of 20

18. "Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper." Hint

Jean Marais

Jean Cocteau

Woody Allen

Stanley Kubrik

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Question 19 of 20

19. "It's not the men in your life that counts, it's the life in your men." Hint

Mae West

Cher

Anatole France

Isabella Mary Beeton

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Question 20 of 20

20. "The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes." Hint

Bishop Fulton J. Sheen

Fidel Castro

Benjamin Disraeli

Isadora Duncan

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "Boy George is all England needs - another queen who can't dress."

Answer: Joan Rivers

Joan Rivers (1933-2014) was born Joan Alexandra Molinsky on June 8 1933 in Brooklyn, New York, but didn't like to admit to it.

2. "I do nothing that a man of unlimited funds, superb physical endurance, and maximum scientific knowledge could not do."

Answer: Batman

Batman's first appearance came in Detective Comics issue #27 in May, 1939.

3. "Life is what happens to us while we're making other plans."

Answer: John Lennon

Born John Winston Lennon on 9 October 1940 in Liverpool.
Died on 8 December 1980 when fanatic Mark Chapman shot him in New York.

4. "I don't know why I did it, I don't know why I enjoyed it, and I don't know why I'll do it again."

Answer: Bart Simpson

The Simpsons premiered on 14 January 1990 and has become the longest running animated show on prime time TV.

5. "Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love."

Answer: Charlie Brown

It all began back on 2 October 1950 when Peanuts first appeared in newspapers.
The final strip appeared in 2000 after the creator Charles Schulz died on 12 Febuary 2000.

6. "The trouble with real life is that there's no danger music."

Answer: Jim Carrey

Born James Eugene Carrey on 17 January 1962 in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada.

7. "Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that."

Answer: Bill Shankly

The manager who changed the course of the greatest football team.
For those who don't know sorry but on my view LIVERPOOL.

8. "Time is an illusion...lunchtime, doubly so."

Answer: Douglas Adams

Did you know it was 42!
But do you know the question?

9. "In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman."

Answer: Margaret Thatcher

Born on 13 October 1925 in Grantham and died on 8 April 2013.

10. "Make it so"

Answer: Captain Picard

Has his own maneuver named after him.
This is the pulling down of the tunic after it has ridden up!

11. "A sure cure for seasickness is to sit under a tree."

Answer: Spike Milligan

Born Terence Alan Milligan on 16 April 1918 in Ahmed Nagar, India.
Died 27 Febuary 2002 in East Sussex UK.

12. "In complete darkness, we are all the same. It is only our knowledge and wisdom that separate us. Don't let your eyes deceive you."

Answer: Janet Jackson

Played Charlene DuPrey in the series 'Diff'rent Strokes' and was Willis's girlfriend!

13. "If you've got them by the balls their hearts and minds will follow."

Answer: John Wayne

Born Marion Robert Morrison on May 26 1907 in Winterset, Iowa
But was changed to Marion Michael Morrison when his brother was born and Robert was given to him.
Died 11 June 1979 and as a tribute the Olympic torch at the Colliseum in Los Angeles was lit.

14. "What is the difference between genius and stupidity? Genius has limits."

Answer: Albert Einstein

Born 14 March 1879 in ULM Germany.
Died 18 April 1955 in Princeton USA.
His brain was removed for study before the body was cremated as per Einstein's requests.

15. "You can't be a Real Country unless you have a BEER and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a BEER!"

Answer: Frank Zappa

Born Frank Vicent Zappa 21 December 1940 in Baltimore.
Died on 4 December 1993 in Laurel Canyon CA.

16. "For fast acting relief, try slowing down."

Answer: Lily Tomlin

17. "I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter."

Answer: Winston Churchill

Born 30 November 1874 at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, UK.
Died 24 January 1965 in London.

18. "Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper."

Answer: Jean Cocteau

19. "It's not the men in your life that counts, it's the life in your men."

Answer: Mae West

20. "The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes."

Answer: Benjamin Disraeli

Source: Author andyme

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