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10 Questions about Who Said It? | People

Some quotes from famous people.

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

Author
charlemagne

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
13,682

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
1826

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. 'Men of Athens, I honor and love you, but I shall obey God rather than you...I shall never cease from the practice and teaching of philosophy.' Hint

Aristotle

Socrates

Apollo

Thales

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Question 2 of 10

2. 'I hate the gardener who cuts the leaves never to cull the roots...' Hint

Hammurabi

Augustus

Julius Caesar

Alexander the Great

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Question 3 of 10

3. 'The greatest thrill is to ride another man's horse...In daylight watch with the vigilance of an old wolf, at night with the eyes of a raven. In battle fall upon the enemy like a falcon.' Hint

Spartacus

Attila the Hun

Genghis Khan

Philip II

4. 'My conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand. I cannot do otherwise. God help me. Amen.' Hint

Thomas Beckett

Jan Hus

John Wycliffe

Martin Luther

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Question 5 of 10

5. 'L'etat c'est moi ...' Hint

Louis XIV

Napoleon

Cardinal Richelieu

Henry IV

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Question 6 of 10

6. 'I found the crown of France lying on the ground and picked it up with my sword.' Hint

Louis XIV

Henry IV

Cardinal Richelieu

Napoleon

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Question 7 of 10

7. 'To regain for Germany the land ... entitled to on this earth and to achieve(this land) ... by the might of a victorious sword ...' Hint

Metternich

Bismarck

Hitler

Schlieffan

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Question 8 of 10

8. 'Britain and France had to choose between war and dishonour ... they chose dishonour.'

Answer: (One Word (last name only))

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Question 9 of 10

9. 'Veni Vidi Vici' Hint

Hadrian

Augustus

Julius Caesar

Mark Antony

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Question 10 of 10

10. 'Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country...' Hint

Martin Luther King, Jr

John Kennedy

Franklin Roosevelt

Woodrow Wilson

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. 'Men of Athens, I honor and love you, but I shall obey God rather than you...I shall never cease from the practice and teaching of philosophy.'

Answer: Socrates

Quoted from Socrates at his trial in 399 B.C under charges of corrupting the youth of Athens.

2. 'I hate the gardener who cuts the leaves never to cull the roots...'

Answer: Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great on his philosophy of spreading Greek culture.

3. 'The greatest thrill is to ride another man's horse...In daylight watch with the vigilance of an old wolf, at night with the eyes of a raven. In battle fall upon the enemy like a falcon.'

Answer: Genghis Khan

Genghis Khan on Mongol battle tactics and the joy of victory.

Answer: Martin Luther

Martin Luther's defense to charges of heresy during trial in Worms in 1521.

5. 'L'etat c'est moi ...'

Answer: Louis XIV

Louis' power was so absolute he could claim literally, 'I am the state.'

6. 'I found the crown of France lying on the ground and picked it up with my sword.'

Answer: Napoleon

The 30 year old general as he takes control of the French government.

7. 'To regain for Germany the land ... entitled to on this earth and to achieve(this land) ... by the might of a victorious sword ...'

Answer: Hitler

Hitler in 'Mein Kampf.'

8. 'Britain and France had to choose between war and dishonour ... they chose dishonour.'

Answer: Churchill

9. 'Veni Vidi Vici'

Answer: Julius Caesar

'I came, I saw, I conquered!'

10. 'Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country...'

Answer: John Kennedy

Source: Author charlemagne

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