"Come On Now, Who Said That? Own Up!" Quiz

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1. "And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." Who said that?

Answer: Abraham Lincoln

Abe Lincoln was president of the USA from March 4, 1861 to April 15, 1865. Although starting in politics as a "Whig," Lincoln was instrumental in forging the shape of the Republican Party.

Some historians doubt that it was Lincoln who first used this phrase.

2. "If you're going through hell, keep going." Good advice, but from whom?

Answer: Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill was prime minister of GB from May 1940 to July 1945 and again from October 1951 to April 1955. Churchill was also a renowned artist, historian, and author. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953.

3. "Listen, real poetry doesn't say anything; it just ticks off the possibilities. Opens all doors. You can walk through anyone that suits you." So, who said it?

Answer: Jim Morrison

Jim Morrison was lead singer and lyricist with the Doors, He is also a member of the 27 club, which also ranks, Janis Joplin, Brian Jones, and Curt Cobain, amongst its members.

4. "I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie. I can, but I won't." Only he could say that, but who?

Answer: Mark Twain

Mark Twain, real name Samuel Longhorne Clemens, was born at the same time Earth was visited by Halley's comet. He died during a return visit by the same comet. One for the conspiracy theorists.

5. "It is easier to prevent bad habits, than to break them." Who said that?

Answer: Benjamin Franklin

Ben Franklin, possibly one of the better known founding fathers of the USA, is also known for a couple of other accomplishments during his life. Notably in science (mainly electricity), an inventor (bifocals, lightning rod), and a musician (played violin, harp, and guitar), which led him to invent the armonica. A simple musical instrument, that was played by touching spinning glasses with damp fingers.

6. "Two things are infinite, the universe, and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the universe." Choice words, but whose?

Answer: Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein was born in Germany of Jewish parents, left Germany for the USA in 1933 on a tour of universities, after learning of the persecution of Germany Jews by the Nazi regime. After a German magazine included him in a list of enemies of the German regime with the phrase, "not yet hanged", he decided not to return.

7. "A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left." Wise words from which woman?

Answer: Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962), born Norma Jean Mortenson but baptised Norma Jeane Baker, is also thought to have been a friend of both John F. Kennedy and his brother Robert. Monroe's career spanned from 1947 to 1962, she died on August 15, 1962 in L.A. Traces of both Chloral Hydrate (a sedative), and Nembutal (a barbiturate) were found in her blood, Dr T. Noguchi recorded her death as probable suicide, even today some people believe she was murdered.

8. "He would stab his best friend for the sake of writing an epigram on his tombstone." No idea of whom this was meant, just tell me who said it?

Answer: Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde, born in Ireland in 1854, became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. He was also the author of the novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray". He died destitute in Paris of cerebral meningitis at the age of 46.

9. "Why does the air force need expensive new bombers? Have the people we've been bombing over the years been complaining?" Right I heard that, which one of you said it?

Answer: George Wallace

George Wallace (1919-1998) was Governor of Alabama for 3 terms. Another of his famous quotes was, "Sure, I look like a white man. But my heart is as black as anyone's here."
Although in the 1960's George Wallace was a firm believer in segregation, as an elected circuit judge in 1953, he gained a reputation for fairness, regardless of the race of the plaintiff. J. L. Chestnut, an African American lawyer said of him "He was the first judge in Alabama to call me 'Mister' in a court room".

10. "I knew I was going to take the wrong train, so I left early." I've done this myself, but it was not me that said that. Who was it?

Answer: Yogi Berra

No quiz on quotes could be complete without a quote from Yogi Berra, born 1925 as Lawrence Peter Berra. I read he was quite good at a sport called baseball.

Source: Author ArthurR

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