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Quiz about Marriage and Friendship Quotes
Quiz about Marriage and Friendship Quotes

Marriage and Friendship Quotes Quiz


Every one has something to say about marriage or good friends. Here are some quotes by some pretty famous and respected individuals. Can you guess who said those words?

A multiple-choice quiz by chrissie25. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
chrissie25
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
329,653
Updated
Jul 23 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
5 / 10
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Question 1 of 10
1. A great man once said, "What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are, but how you deal with incompatibility". Who was he? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Which writer said, "Don't marry the person you think you can live with; marry only the individual you think you can't live without?"

Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. One of the wisest men who ever lived said, "He who finds a wife finds what is good." Who was that wise man? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. "Grow old along with me. The best is yet to be - the last of life for which the first was made." Who said these words? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. "Men always want to be a woman's first love - What (women) like is to be a man's last romance." Who made that inspired statement? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. In an active debate, this question was asked. "How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love?" Who was the asker? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. "Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down." Which famous American woman said that? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. While it sounds like the words of a beautiful song, it is not (as yet). Who said, "In all the world there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine"? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Someone, who experienced love once said, "'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." Who was the man who said this? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. "I think a man and a woman should choose each other for life, for the simple reason that a long life with all its accidents is barely enough time for a man and a woman to understand each other and. . . To understand - is to love." Which William said this? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. A great man once said, "What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are, but how you deal with incompatibility". Who was he?

Answer: Leo Tolstoy

Tolstoy was a Russian author. Two of the most notable pieces of his work are "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina". Tolstoy and his wife had a total of thirteen (13) children. Quote reported in "Countings: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases", Page 3. Icon Group publishing (2008)
2. Which writer said, "Don't marry the person you think you can live with; marry only the individual you think you can't live without?"

Answer: Dr. James Dobson

Known for his "Focus on the Family" organization, he has been known as a psychologist, marriage counselor, author and Evangelical Christian.
3. One of the wisest men who ever lived said, "He who finds a wife finds what is good." Who was that wise man?

Answer: Solomon

Proverbs 18:22 as spoken by Solomon. Solomon was, as reported by the Bible, the wisest man to ever live. With 700 wives and 300 concubines, he had quite a lot of "good things".
4. "Grow old along with me. The best is yet to be - the last of life for which the first was made." Who said these words?

Answer: Robert Browning

Browning was an English Poet and playwright. Elizabeth Barrett Browning was the wife of Robert and they had one child together. The poem was called "Rabbi ben Ezra" and is about Abraham ibn Ezra (1092-1167), one of the great poets of his time. The poem was published in Browning's "Dramatis Personae" in 1864.
5. "Men always want to be a woman's first love - What (women) like is to be a man's last romance." Who made that inspired statement?

Answer: Oscar Wilde

He wrote "The Picture of Dorian Gray." It was his only novel. This quote comes from "A Woman of No Importance: Act 2". The play premiered on 19 April 1893 at London's Haymarket Theatre.
6. In an active debate, this question was asked. "How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love?" Who was the asker?

Answer: Albert Einstein

Einstein was a German-born physicist who died in 1955. This quote was recorded in "Advances in Genetics, Volume 56", by Jeffrey C. Hall (2006)
7. "Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down." Which famous American woman said that?

Answer: Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey was born in the USA in 1954. One of the richest American women in the 20th century, she is widely recognized as a philanthropist, humanitarian and very influential African American. Quote reported in "Why Loyalty Matters: The Groundbreaking Approach to Rediscovering Happiness" by Timothy Keiningham, Lerzan Aksoy, Luke Williams, (2009)
8. While it sounds like the words of a beautiful song, it is not (as yet). Who said, "In all the world there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine"?

Answer: Maya Angelou

An American author, born in 1928, she has written to date six autobiographies, chronicling different periods of her life.
9. Someone, who experienced love once said, "'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." Who was the man who said this?

Answer: Tennyson

Tennyson was an English poet, born 1809. One of the most popular English poets, he has written over twenty books of poetry and short stories. The quote is from "In Memoriam" (1850), by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
10. "I think a man and a woman should choose each other for life, for the simple reason that a long life with all its accidents is barely enough time for a man and a woman to understand each other and. . . To understand - is to love." Which William said this?

Answer: William Butler Yeats

William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and dramatist. He was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1865. Quote is from "Letters of J.B.Yeats: Letters to His Son W.B. Yeats and Others, 1869-1922", Faber and Faber; Abridged edition (November 1, 1999)
Source: Author chrissie25

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