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Quiz about Lines of Legend
Quiz about Lines of Legend

Lines of Legend Trivia Quiz


Here are ten multiple-choice questions about quotes that reference 'legend'.

A multiple-choice quiz by Pegbshack. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
Pegbshack
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
362,618
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
521
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Question 1 of 10
1. Which divine thespian declared "Legend remains victorious in spite of history"? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Which champion vocalist, who sang of 'somebody to love', opined "I won't be a rock star. I will be a legend"? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Which lightning-quick sprinter announced "If I get to be a legend, I've achieved my goal"? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Which rainbow entertainer asked "If I am a legend, then why am I so lonely"? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Which Camelot-era First Lady of the United States, speaking of her husband, stated "So now, he is a legend when he would have preferred to be a man"? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Which great boxer, gifted with 'Hands of Stone', averred "There is only one legend. That's me"? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Which literary titan, who didn't seem miserable or wretched, said "History has its truth, and so has legend. Legendary truth is of another nature than historical truth"? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Which first lady of theatre voiced "Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does"? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Which novelist, who wrote of verses considered satanic by some, proclaimed "Sometimes legends make reality, and become more useful than the facts"? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Which Shawnee leader, and War of 1812 participant, noted "When the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness"? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Which divine thespian declared "Legend remains victorious in spite of history"?

Answer: Sarah Bernhardt

"The Divine Sarah" was born 1844 as Rosine Bernardt in Paris, France. She took to the stage in 1862 and rose to fame as a stage/film actress. She passed away in 1923 and was interred at the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris.
2. Which champion vocalist, who sang of 'somebody to love', opined "I won't be a rock star. I will be a legend"?

Answer: Freddie Mercury

Freddy Mercury was born as Farrokh Bulsara on 5 September 1946 in Zanzibar (Tanzania). Best known as the frontman for the band "Queen" and amazing vocals which ranged over four octaves, he left this world in 1991 and the cause of death was AIDS-related bronchial pneumonia.
3. Which lightning-quick sprinter announced "If I get to be a legend, I've achieved my goal"?

Answer: Usain Bolt

Usain St. Leo Bolt is a world-class sprinter from Jamaica, nicknamed "Lightning Bolt". He is the first man to have won six Olympic gold medals in athletics-sprinting. He is considered to be the highest paid track and field athlete in history.
4. Which rainbow entertainer asked "If I am a legend, then why am I so lonely"?

Answer: Judy Garland

Judy Garland entered the world as Frances Ethel Gumm in 1922 in Minnesota. At the age of 39, she became the first woman and the youngest recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille Award (presented for achievements in the motion picture industry).
5. Which Camelot-era First Lady of the United States, speaking of her husband, stated "So now, he is a legend when he would have preferred to be a man"?

Answer: Jackie Kennedy

Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis was born in 1929 at Southampton, New York. She was the 42nd First Lady of the United States, wife of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States. She became a book editor in the last two decades of her life, employed at Viking Press (1975-1977) and Doubleday (1978-1994).
6. Which great boxer, gifted with 'Hands of Stone', averred "There is only one legend. That's me"?

Answer: Roberto Duran

Roberto Duran Samaniego was born 1951 in Guarare, Panama. He earned the sobriquet 'Manos de Piedra' (Hands of Stone). His 34-year boxing career spanned from February 1968 to January 2002, when he retired at 50 years of age.
7. Which literary titan, who didn't seem miserable or wretched, said "History has its truth, and so has legend. Legendary truth is of another nature than historical truth"?

Answer: Victor Hugo

Victor Marie Hugo, the great 19th century French novelist and poet, was born in 1802 and died at the age of 83 in 1885. Best known for the historical novel "Les Misérables" and gothic novel "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame", he also created over 4,000 drawings over his lifetime.
8. Which first lady of theatre voiced "Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does"?

Answer: Helen Hayes

Ms. Hayes was born in 1900, at Washington D.C., as Helen Hayes Brown. She was dubbed the "First Lady of the American Theatre" and began her acting career in 1905 and gave her last performance in 1985. In 1986, President Reagan presented her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the U.S. She passed away in 1993 on St. Patrick's Day.
9. Which novelist, who wrote of verses considered satanic by some, proclaimed "Sometimes legends make reality, and become more useful than the facts"?

Answer: Salman Rushdie

Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie was born in 1947 in Bombay, British India. He won the 1981 Booker Prize for his second novel, "Midnight's Children". His fourth novel "The Satanic Verses" was a finalist in the 1988 Booker Prize, and unfortunately elicited death threats from outraged Muslims. Queen Elizabeth II knighted Rushdie for his services to literature in 2007.
10. Which Shawnee leader, and War of 1812 participant, noted "When the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness"?

Answer: Tecumseh

Tecumseh was an 18th and 19th century Native American cultural icon and a legendary Shawnee hero. He was also known as Tecumtha and Tekamthi. His name roughly translates to "Shooting Star" or "Panther Across The Sky". He was born 1768 in Ohio, died of battle wounds in 1813, and buried in Canada.
Source: Author Pegbshack

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