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Quiz about Famous Quotes
Quiz about Famous Quotes

The Ultimate Famous Quotes Quiz | Quotes


These are quotes we have all heard, but who said them?

A multiple-choice quiz by finlady. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
finlady
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
36,486
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
802
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Question 1 of 10
1. 'God helps them that help themselves.' Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. 'This is the Fourth.' Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. 'Rob Peter and pay Paul.' Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. 'Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.' Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. 'To the victor belongs the spoils.' Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. 'Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.' Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. 'When poverty comes in the door, love flies out the window.' Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. 'Familiarity breeds contempt and children.' Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. 'Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.' Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. 'If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.' Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. 'God helps them that help themselves.'

Answer: Aesop's Fables

Its earliest appearance (around 620-564 B.C.) seems to be from one of Aesop's fable "Hercules and the Waggoner". It is often wrongly attributed to Benjamin Franklin.
2. 'This is the Fourth.'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson

These were Jefferson's last words.
3. 'Rob Peter and pay Paul.'

Answer: Robert Burton

From 'Anatomy of Melancholy'.
4. 'Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.'

Answer: William Congreve

From the 'Mourning Bible' (1697) Act III.
5. 'To the victor belongs the spoils.'

Answer: F. Scott Fitzgerald

From 'The Beautiful and Damned' 1922.
6. 'Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.'

Answer: John F. Kennedy

7. 'When poverty comes in the door, love flies out the window.'

Answer: Anonymous

8. 'Familiarity breeds contempt and children.'

Answer: Mark Twain

9. 'Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.'

Answer: Martin Luther King Jr.

10. 'If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.'

Answer: Louis Armstrong

Source: Author finlady

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