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1.
Quotable Quotes
  Quotable Quotes   best quiz  
Photo Quiz
 10 Qns
Who Said What
Here are some quotes, some well known and others maybe less so. Can you work out who originally came up with them, at least reputedly. The photo clues might help.
Easier, 10 Qns, rossian, Jul 14 23
Easier
rossian editor
Jul 14 23
819 plays
2.
  Who Said What?    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Here are ten quotes from famous people. Can you match the quote with the correct person?
Average, 10 Qns, Tan72, Mar 16 22
Average
Tan72
Mar 16 22
301 plays
3.
  Famous Speeches in History   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Speeches reveal the personality of their orators but also reflect a great moment in history. Match speech and speaker and have fun!
Difficult, 10 Qns, mattimom, Aug 23 11
Difficult
mattimom
1899 plays
4.
  Great Speeches of the 20th Century    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Join me for a trip through the 20th century, as heard through the words of various American speakers. You will be given excerpts from 15 speeches, and asked to identify the speaker.
Difficult, 15 Qns, chessart, Aug 10 09
Difficult
chessart gold member
2064 plays
5.
  And You Can Quote Me On That    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Throughout the ages people have said some pretty nasty - and hilarious - things about other people. See if you can identify these zingers said by the famous about their enemies. Please note: some of these quotes exist in slightly differing versions.
Difficult, 10 Qns, daver852, Jul 22 14
Difficult
daver852 gold member
526 plays
6.
  Who Said These Famous Quotes?    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I will give you the quote and all you have to do is name the famous figure who said them.
Difficult, 10 Qns, poli132, Feb 20 14
Difficult
poli132
707 plays
7.
  Great Women: Great Quotes    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
A variety of quotations from some great women... Who said that?
Difficult, 20 Qns, ayatollah, Jul 24 20
Difficult
ayatollah
Jul 24 20
1053 plays
8.
  Very Difficult Who Said That? Trivia    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Here are some interesting quotes said by famous people. Some of them are ironic, others thought-provoking. Okay, who said . . . ?
Very Difficult, 15 Qns, pele, Aug 03 05
Very Difficult
pele
1127 plays
9.
  Quotes of the Famous    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Test your knowledge of famous quotes said by famous people.
Difficult, 15 Qns, enoon38, Apr 30 10
Difficult
enoon38
1209 plays
10.
  Quote Qwazy!    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I collect quotes, here are some of them. It is up to you to decide who it belongs to.
Difficult, 10 Qns, Braison, Feb 22 14
Difficult
Braison
1220 plays
11.
  My Favorite Quotations    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
So many great minds have said things so much better than I could. You have to guess who said the following quotations.
Very Difficult, 10 Qns, transit5495, Mar 18 09
Very Difficult
transit5495
1205 plays
12.
  Test yourself! Who Said It? Quiz    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A lot of different people with quite diverse occupations - each of them with his/her unique thoughts, contemplations and philosophy.
Difficult, 10 Qns, blackandgreen, Oct 09 14
Difficult
blackandgreen
514 plays
13.
  Famous People with Famous Quotes    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I will give a quote and you pick the famous person that said it.
Very Difficult, 10 Qns, Rhyno53, Mar 26 14
Very Difficult
Rhyno53
693 plays
14.
  Dostoevsky, Napoleon or Nietzsche?    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
Simple - I give you a quotation, you say who it's by - Dostoevsky, Napoleon, Nietzsche or someone else. I've tried to be a little tricksy, but even if you get 0/20, some of the quotes should hopefully be worth the effort.
Difficult, 20 Qns, gethinych, Sep 22 06
Difficult
gethinych
589 plays
15.
  Quotable Quotations    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Here's a bunch of famous quotes... can you identify the authors?
Difficult, 10 Qns, Hopsae, Dec 19 10
Difficult
Hopsae
1646 plays
16.
  I Wish I'd Said That    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Possibly the only time politicians make us laugh intentionally is when they insult each other. Following are some of the best political insults (and two which are only tenuously linked to politics, but deserve to be included).
Difficult, 10 Qns, jeffa, Sep 30 13
Difficult
jeffa
829 plays
17.
  Quotes    
Multiple Choice
 25 Qns
A quiz on who said what. Most of these quotes are cynical, some are funny, and some are just plain truthful.
Difficult, 25 Qns, bolan, Aug 19 09
Difficult
bolan
975 plays
18.
  Let Her Speak, Please!    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
All these quotes are by women or about women. I have given you the quote, you tell me who said it. Have fun!
Difficult, 10 Qns, LindaC007, Jun 21 23
Difficult
LindaC007
Jun 21 23
970 plays
19.
  Thought-Provoking Quotes    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Sometimes when you read a quote, it sticks with you. I hope that if you take this quiz, you will enjoy reading these quotes and perhaps remember some of them. This quiz is all multiple-choice...just choose who said it!
Difficult, 10 Qns, Bobbers, Aug 09 03
Difficult
Bobbers
887 plays
20.
  Philosophy, Proverbs and More!    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Do you know who made the following philosophically waxing statements or from which country the given proberb originated? All multiple-choice!
Difficult, 10 Qns, Engadine, Jun 02 17
Difficult
Engadine
Jun 02 17
684 plays
21.
  Unlikely Quotes    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I will give you a quote with the word "unlikely" in it. Tell me who said it!
Difficult, 10 Qns, dash102, Aug 06 15
Difficult
dash102
338 plays
22.
  Fancy a Quote?    
Multiple Choice
 5 Qns
Some of my favorite quotes may be found within this quiz...use them well and wisely, they all may be applied amply to this very day!
Very Difficult, 5 Qns, thejazzkickazz, Mar 05 03
Very Difficult
thejazzkickazz gold member
1010 plays
23.
  Who Said It First?    
Multiple Choice
 5 Qns
Most people have heard these five highly famous phrases, but do you know with whom they originated?
Very Difficult, 5 Qns, skylarb, Aug 03 05
Very Difficult
skylarb
1446 plays
24.
  Unfamiliar Quotations    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
These are obscure quotations from famous people, or, in a few cases, well-known quotes from fairly obscure people.
Very Difficult, 20 Qns, daver852, Aug 08 16
Very Difficult
daver852 gold member
871 plays
25.
  Familiar Quotations? Men    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I will give you the quotation, you identify who said it. The quotations are checked on Bartleby with Bartletts and Columbia the Penguin and Oxford Dictionaries of Quotations are also used.
Very Difficult, 10 Qns, mnbates, Oct 31 08
Very Difficult
mnbates
820 plays
26.
  10 Questions: Quotations Multiple Choice Quiz    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Here are some famous quotations. Do you know who uttered them?
Difficult, 10 Qns, Polygon, Oct 31 08
Difficult
Polygon
651 plays
27.
  Quotes from Famous Women    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
You will be given a quote by a famous woman. Your task is to choose the correct woman.
Difficult, 10 Qns, ravenskye, Jul 31 05
Difficult
ravenskye
1135 plays
28.
  Mis-Quotes    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Often people are either mis-quoted or quotes are attributed to the wrong people. See if you know the truth!
Very Difficult, 10 Qns, ladymacb29, Jun 02 17
Very Difficult
ladymacb29 editor
Jun 02 17
748 plays
29.
  Who said it? Test    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
This quiz involves identifying the person who made a famous statement, or possibly a not so well known statement.
Difficult, 15 Qns, YOMD39, Mar 04 14
Difficult
YOMD39
576 plays
30.
  Famous English Phrases from the Ancients    
Multiple Choice
 5 Qns
Some of our most common phrases and expressions in the English language came to us originally from the Romans and Greeks. Within whose work will you first find the following?
Very Difficult, 5 Qns, thejazzkickazz, Jun 02 17
Very Difficult
thejazzkickazz gold member
Jun 02 17
479 plays
31.
  My Favorite Quotes    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is my first quiz. Hope you enjoy. I will give you a quote and you simply tell me who said it.
Difficult, 10 Qns, rockclimber, Aug 01 08
Difficult
rockclimber
464 plays
32.
  Exciting Quotes    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Try your hand at these impossibly exciting quotes.
Impossible, 10 Qns, thejazzkickazz, Aug 03 05
Impossible
thejazzkickazz gold member
1230 plays
33.
  Crazy Quotes    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
Crazy world! Who said that?
Difficult, 20 Qns, ayatollah, Jul 09 14
Difficult
ayatollah
1073 plays
34.
  Quick Quotes    
Multiple Choice
 5 Qns
Just a quick 5 questions on some very thought provoking quotes.
Tough, 5 Qns, sonstoo2, Sep 30 01
Tough
sonstoo2
648 plays
35.
  The Ultimate Famous Quotes Quiz    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
These are quotes we have all heard, but who said them?
Difficult, 10 Qns, finlady, Apr 14 20
Difficult
finlady
Apr 14 20
802 plays
36.
  Famous Quotations    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Name The Person Who Wrote The Quote.
Difficult, 10 Qns, smoothie, Aug 01 08
Difficult
smoothie
763 plays
37.
  Real Famous Quotations    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A wee quiz about quotations and mis-attributions.
Difficult, 10 Qns, Ivan Drago, Jun 02 17
Difficult
Ivan Drago
Jun 02 17
718 plays
38.
  Famous Quotations From Famous People    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
I give you the quotation, you tell me who said it.
Difficult, 15 Qns, thefreak_13, Oct 31 08
Difficult
thefreak_13
725 plays

Quote Challenge Trivia Questions

1. This British philosopher once said: "Indeed, without emotion it seems unlikely we can even have morality."

From Quiz
Unlikely Quotes

Answer: Julian Baggini

Julian Baggini has a PhD in philosophy from University College, London. He has written several books, including "The Pig that Wants to be Eaten and 99 Other Thought Experiments".

2. "Success is falling nine times and getting up ten." Who said this?

From Quiz Who Said It?

Answer: Jon Bon Jovi

Having sold more than 130 million records with his band, John Francis Bongiovi, Jr., as his actual name is, surely knows what is to be successful. Like all of us, he has also had his hard times in life - his drug addiction in his teens and the heroin overdose that his daughter took in 2012, to name a few.

3. Which presidential daughter is credited with this statement: "If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me"?

From Quiz And You Can Quote Me On That

Answer: Alice Roosevelt

Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980) was quite a character. The eldest child of Theodore Roosevelt, and his only child by his first wife, Alice Hathaway Lee, Alice Roosevelt was known for behaving in a most unladylike fashion from a young age. She smoked cigarettes in public, rode in motor cars with young men, and stayed out late at parties. Her father said, "I can run the country, or I can control Alice, but I can't possibly do both." She was also known for her frank, outspoken manner, and her biting wit. She once said of Calvin Coolidge that "he looks like he was weaned on a pickle." Alice lived to the ripe old age of 96, and never changed her ways, remaining feisty and high-spirited right up until the end.

4. Who said "You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else."?

From Quiz Famous People with Famous Quotes

Answer: Albert Einstein

He spent his life defining the rules of science. Be it quantum mechanics, theory of relativity, mass-energy equivalence, electro magnetic field and the list goes on and on.

5. Who said this famous quote? "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

From Quiz Who Said These Famous Quotes?

Answer: Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou is an American poet who was born on the 4th April, 1928. Angelou is African American and her work has been complimented by the likes of Martin Luther King. Jr. Maya won her first award in 1970.It was the Chubb Fellowship award which was given to her by Yale university and allowed her to make a public address to the Yale and New Haven communities. She has also won was the Norman Mailer Award (Lifetime Achievement) in 2013.

6. "Hollywood is a place where people from Iowa mistake each other for movie stars."

From Quiz My Favorite Quotations

Answer: Fred Allen

Fred Allen was a radio comedian in the 1930's and 1940's, most remembered by his on-air friendly feud with Jack Benny. Another great quote of his about Hollywood; "You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a fruit fly and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and a producer's heart."

7. Who said: "I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be."

From Quiz Quote Qwazy!

Answer: Douglas Adams

Douglas Adams is best known as the author of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." George Washington was the first President of the USA. Oprah Winfrey is a famous talk show host. Jim Sonefeld is the drummer for Hootie and the Blowfish.

8. "Ich bin ein Berliner."

From Quiz Famous Speeches in History

Answer: John F. Kennedy

The East German government built the Berlin Wall in 1961 to stop people from migrating to West Berlin. Kennedy rejected appeals to to smash it down, but when visiting Berlin on 26 June 1963 he delivered the passionate speech "Ich bin ein Berliner", in which he defined the Wall as the "most obvious and vivid demonstration of the failure of the Communist system".

9. "If it is a sin to covet honor, then I am the most offending soul alive."

From Quiz My Favorite Quotes

Answer: Henry V

This is my second favorite quote. King Henry gave it to rally his men on the battle field of Agincourt in 1415. This is only one line from the much larger speech. The English were outnumbered four to one, and yet were still triumphant.

10. "He who does not work should not eat."

From Quiz Who Said It First?

Answer: The Apostle Paul

Captain John Smith insisted that the early American settlers in Jamestown must work in order to be permitted to eat. The phrase, however, actually originated with the Apostle Paul. Early Christian communities practiced a pure form of communism, keeping all goods in common. But, unfortunately, this resulted in some people refusing to work. Paul therefore warned, "if any would not work, neither should he eat" (2 Thessalonians 3).

11. Who said: "O what a tangled web we weave, when first we practise to deceive"?

From Quiz Real Famous Quotations

Answer: Sir Walter Scott

This quotation comes from Scottish novelist and poet Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) and was used in 'Marmion' published in 1808. However, it seems to be regularly misattributed to the Bard of Avon, much to the annoyance of Scots worldwide.

12. "Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to."

From Quiz Familiar Quotations? Men

Answer: Mark Twain

From 'Following the Equator' Ch 27 Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar, possibly the greatest American humourous novelist, Parker being more of a poet/journalist and gadfly; Shaw and Wilde are - possibly - the best English humourists.

13. Which philosopher of ancient times said, "The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things"?

From Quiz Philosophy, Proverbs and More!

Answer: Plato

The Greek philosopher Plato lived from 427 to 347 BC. He was born in Athens and studied under Socrates. Most of what is known about Socrates comes from Plato's writing.

14. "Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster."

From Quiz Dostoevsky, Napoleon or Nietzsche?

Answer: Nietzsche

This is the first half of the famous 'When you look long into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you' epigram from 'Beyond Good & Evil' (1886). Nietzsche used extreme language in his philosophy to try and (as he says) 'hammer' in new ways of thinking, but I can't help but feel he's sometimes just talking about himself - and not exaggerating.

15. Who said: "I get my exercise acting as pallbearer to my friends who exercise."?

From Quiz Unfamiliar Quotations

Answer: Chauncey Depew

Chauncey Depew (1834-1928) was a well-known politician and railroad executive. He is also credited with saying: "A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad; an optimist is one who hopes he's right." It appears that Mr. Depew's aversion to exercise paid off, as he lived to the ripe old age of 94!

16. A classic exchange to begin. Who, when told by the Earl of Sandwich that he would either die "on the gallows or of the pox" replied, "That depends, my Lord, whether I embrace your principles or your mistress"

From Quiz I Wish I'd Said That

Answer: John Wilkes

Wilkes (1727 -1797) was a British politician and journalist. He was jailed, released, then expelled from parliament for libel. Not surprising, if the exchange with the Earl of Sandwich is anything to go by. Wilkes, who was repeatedly elected to parliament, and repeatedly expelled from it, has come to be seen as a champion of press freedom.

17. "Why don't you write books people can read?" a desperate wife told her husband. Who was the unlucky spouse?

From Quiz Quotations

Answer: James Joyce

Joyce fell in love with Nora on June 16, 1904, the day that was immortalised as 'Bloomsday' (the day on which the events in "Ulysses" take place.)

18. 'I have been in "Who's Who" and "I know what's what", but it's the first time I ever made the dictionary.'

From Quiz Let Her Speak, Please!

Answer: Mae West

Mae West (1892-1980) said this after learning that the inflatable life jacket had been named after her. Mae West was larger than life-brassy, buxom and sexy -- unlike the boyish waifs that populated the Silver Screen before her. Master of the double entendre, it was her movie 'She Done Him Wrong' (1933), based on her Broadway hit 'Diamond Lil' (1928), that helped bring about the Motion Picture Code.

19. 'What luck for rulers that men don't think.'

From Quiz Quotes

Answer: Adolph Hitler

The slime of the 20th century unite. Unfortunately for humanity, he's right as far as that quote goes.

20. Who said 'How is it possible to find meaning in a finite world given my waist and shirt size?'?

From Quiz Crazy Quotes

Answer: Woody Allen

21. 'God helps them that help themselves.'

From Quiz Famous Quotes

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.

22. Who said the following quote originally: 'Any man who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad'?

From Quiz Mis-Quotes

Answer: Leo Rosten

Rosten said these words about Fields. Later, 'babies' was changed to 'children'. And Rosten's quote was from a New York Times reporter named Bryon Darnton. But his quote was 'No man who hates dogs and children can be all bad.'

23. A Thing Is Not Necessarily True Because a Man Dies For It.

From Quiz Famous Quotations

Answer: Oscar Wilde

24. Who said: 'It's the good girls who keep the {diaries;} the bad girls never have the time'?

From Quiz Quotes from Famous Women

Answer: Tallulah Bankhead

25. Music will be here now.

From Quiz Famous Quotations From Famous People

Answer: John Lennon

John Lennon's last words.

26. Which Greek said 'Something is better than nothing'?

From Quiz Exciting Quotes

Answer: Menander

27. From whence do we get the lovely phrase: Achilles' heel?

From Quiz Famous English Phrases from the Ancients

Answer: Statius

This phrase comes from the famous story of Achilles as a baby. His mother, Thetis, dipped the child in the river Styx hoping that he would become impervious to harm. Unfortunately, all but his heel were doused in the river's waters, and Achilles met his bitter end via an arrow to that very heel! (Who ever heard of someone dying by an injured heel, by the way?)

28. 'If you're going to go through Hell, keep going.' Who said this?

From Quiz Quick Quotes

Answer: Winston Churchill

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