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Quoth Who? Trivia Quiz


A mix of quotes from poets and world leaders - can you match the quote with its author?
This is a renovated/adopted version of an old quiz by author SKR

A matching quiz by Tan72. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
Tan72
Time
4 mins
Type
Match Quiz
Quiz #
9,480
Updated
Feb 23 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
215
Last 3 plays: Guest 173 (4/10), Guest 24 (4/10), DeepHistory (10/10).
(a) Drag-and-drop from the right to the left, or (b) click on a right side answer box and then on a left side box to move it.
QuestionsChoices
1. 'There's a moment where you have to choose whether to be silent or to stand up.'  
  Mohandas Gandhi
2. 'Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because ... it is the quality which guarantees all others.'  
  Eleanor Roosevelt
3. 'Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.'   
  Alfred, Lord Tennyson
4. 'Beauty is truth, truth beauty, - that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.'  
  John F. Kennedy
5. 'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.'  
  Nelson Mandela
6. 'The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of convenience and comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.'  
  Amelia Earhart
7. 'The most difficult thing is the decision to act. The rest is merely tenacity.'  
  Martin Luther King, Jr.
8. 'Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.'  
  John Keats
9. 'Be the change that you wish to see in the world.'  
  Winston Churchill
10. 'No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.'  
  Malala Yousafzai





Select each answer

1. 'There's a moment where you have to choose whether to be silent or to stand up.'
2. 'Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because ... it is the quality which guarantees all others.'
3. 'Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.'
4. 'Beauty is truth, truth beauty, - that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.'
5. 'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.'
6. 'The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of convenience and comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.'
7. 'The most difficult thing is the decision to act. The rest is merely tenacity.'
8. 'Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.'
9. 'Be the change that you wish to see in the world.'
10. 'No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.'

Most Recent Scores
Mar 14 2024 : Guest 173: 4/10
Feb 28 2024 : Guest 24: 4/10
Feb 03 2024 : DeepHistory: 10/10

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. 'There's a moment where you have to choose whether to be silent or to stand up.'

Answer: Malala Yousafzai

Malala came to prominence through an anonymous blog she wrote for the BBC about her life living in the Swat valley, then under occupation by the Taliban. Aged 15, her bus was boarded by a Taliban gunman and she was shot in the head, later being transferred to Birmingham in the UK for ongoing treatment.

Upon her recovery she became an activist for the right to education, the 'Malala Fund', a non-profit organisation, which she founded with Shiza Shahid. In 2013 she co-wrote 'I Am Malala', an international best seller. In 2014, at 17 years of age, she was the co-recipient of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, with Kailash Satyarthi of India, becoming the youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate.
2. 'Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because ... it is the quality which guarantees all others.'

Answer: Winston Churchill

Churchill's quote appeared in a 1931 essay about King Alfonso XIII of Spain and references an earlier version of the same quote by Ben Johnson. Churchill was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1940-1945 and 1951-1955); a Nobel Prize winner (1953 for Literature); and recipient of many honours, including a state funeral.

His Nobel Prize was awarded for 'his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values.' Amongst his other famous quotes are ' A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on'; ' Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few'; and ' I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.'
3. 'Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.'

Answer: John F. Kennedy

John F Kennedy's presidency was cut short after his infamous assassination, which was captured by an amateur photographer. Even today there is much speculation as to whether the shooting was performed by Lee Harvey Oswald, as stated by the 1964 Warren Commission. A 2001 Gallup poll found that 81% of Americans believed that other people were involved in a conspiracy to assassinate President Kennedy.

JFK was the first President to win a Purple Heart for an injury he received when his naval boat, a PT-109, was sunk during World War II. A coconut, on which he carved a message asking for help, was later mounted and served as a paperweight in the Oval Office,
4. 'Beauty is truth, truth beauty, - that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.'

Answer: John Keats

John Keats is remembered for his work on the ode form of poetry, with this quote coming from 'Ode on a Grecian Urn.' He is considered one of the six major romantic poets, along with Shelley, Wordsworth, Byron, Blake and Coleridge with whom he shared walks on Hampstead Heath.
5. 'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.'

Answer: Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Arthur Henry Hallam, was a close friend of Alfred, Lord Tennyson when they were fellow students at Cambridge University. Hallam died unexpectedly at the age of 22, and I over the next seventeen years Tennyson worked on a poem in his honour, 'In Memoriam AHH.', which was published the year Tennyson was appointed Poet Laureate (1850) a post which he held until his death.
6. 'The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of convenience and comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.'

Answer: Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr. is rightly celebrated as an orator. While his 'Dream' speech is perhaps his best known, the 'measure of a man' quote is one featured on his memorial in Washington DC.

It is thought that he used this phrase in one or two sermons in 1958, before it was published in a book in 1959, and again in 1963. A civil rights campaigner, King Jr., also fought for labour and housing rights and against poverty and the Vietnam War. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, four years before he was assassinated in 1968.
7. 'The most difficult thing is the decision to act. The rest is merely tenacity.'

Answer: Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart was a famous aviation pioneer. She was the first woman to make a solo transatlantic nonstop flight, after being the first female passenger to be flown across the Atlantic. In 1937, she attempted to circumnavigate the world, flying an equatorial route (around 29,000 miles).

It was during this flight that Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, were last heard of near Howland Island, in the Pacific. Despite a number of search and rescue attempts, no definitive trace was found of Earhart, Noonan or their plane, leading to speculation and theories.
8. 'Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.'

Answer: Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela, was the first black President of the Republic of South Africa, An anti-apartheid protestor, he spent 27 years in prison for his protests against the apartheid regime. Winner of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize with F.W. de Klerk, Mandela was the recipient of more than 250 other honours, including 'Time Person of the Year' also in 1993 (shared with F. W. de Klerk, Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin).
9. 'Be the change that you wish to see in the world.'

Answer: Mohandas Gandhi

Mohandas Gandhi was awarded the honorific of 'Mahatma' (Sanskrit for 'great-souled' or 'venerable' in 1914). He was a campaigner for Indian self-rule, relieving poverty, and religious and ethnic co-existence.

In 1999, the Nobel Prize Organisation admitted that Gandhi had been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize on five separate occasions (1937, 1938, 1939, 1947 and 1948). The last nomination was received shortly before he was murdered, and the committee chose not to award a prize that year, stating "there was no suitable living candidate". When the Dalai Lama was awarded the Peace Prize in 1989, the chairman of the committee said that this was "in part a tribute to the memory of Mahatma Gandhi".
10. 'No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.'

Answer: Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt was the longest-serving First Lady of the United States (1933-1945). After her husband's death, she continued to have a high public profile, serving as the first U.S. delegate to the United Nations General Assembly. In April, 1946 she was appointed as the first chairperson of the preliminary United Nations Commission on Human Rights, remaining as chairperson when the commission was made permanent in January 1947.

She played an instrumental role in drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

The UN posthumously awarded her one of its first Human Rights Prizes in 1968 in recognition of her work.
Source: Author Tan72

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