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Quiz about What People Say
Quiz about What People Say

What People Say Trivia Quiz


Who said this ... who said that ... Was it Oscar Wilde ... or an Aristocat?

A multiple-choice quiz by succubus. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
succubus
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
6,277
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
715
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Question 1 of 10
1. Who said 'Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind'? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Who said 'How inappropriate to call it Planet Earth, when it is quite clearly Ocean'? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Who said 'I have nothing to declare except my genius'? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Who said 'I owe you everything and you ... you owe me nothing'? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Who said 'Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere'? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. To whom is this saying attributed: "We do not inherit the earth from our parents, we are looking after it for our children"? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Who said 'Tonight I'm tangled in my blanket of clouds'? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Who, when sent an invitation to a play, said 'I cannot come. Would it be possible for you to let me have tickets for the second night? - if there is one?' Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Who said 'Someone told me that each equation I put in the book would halve the sales.'? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Who said 'You're not a star until they can spell your name in Karachi'? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Who said 'Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind'?

Answer: Albert Einstein

2. Who said 'How inappropriate to call it Planet Earth, when it is quite clearly Ocean'?

Answer: Arthur C. Clarke

Referring to the fact that the Earth is more than 70 percent water, and less than 30 percent land.
3. Who said 'I have nothing to declare except my genius'?

Answer: Oscar Wilde

Good old Oscar quipped this at a custom's official in New York.
4. Who said 'I owe you everything and you ... you owe me nothing'?

Answer: Fox Mulder (The X Files)

Mulder said this to Scully in his corridor in The X-Files Movie.
5. Who said 'Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere'?

Answer: Martin Luther King

6. To whom is this saying attributed: "We do not inherit the earth from our parents, we are looking after it for our children"?

Answer: Origin is unknown

7. Who said 'Tonight I'm tangled in my blanket of clouds'?

Answer: Foo Fighters

Lyrics from their song 'Walking After You'.
8. Who, when sent an invitation to a play, said 'I cannot come. Would it be possible for you to let me have tickets for the second night? - if there is one?'

Answer: Winston Churchill

This was George Bernard Shaw's new play, 'St Joan', in 1923. George Bernard Shaw wrote back to Churchill to reply 'Bring a friend - if you have one.'
9. Who said 'Someone told me that each equation I put in the book would halve the sales.'?

Answer: Stephen Hawking

10. Who said 'You're not a star until they can spell your name in Karachi'?

Answer: Humphrey Bogart

Source: Author succubus

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