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Quiz about Who said it
Quiz about Who said it

Who said it? Test | Quotes


This quiz involves identifying the person who made a famous statement, or possibly a not so well known statement.

A multiple-choice quiz by YOMD39. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
YOMD39
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
6,899
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
6 / 15
Plays
576
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Question 1 of 15
1. Who said, 'To err is human to forgive divine'? Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. Who said,'Only clients with money get true legal advice'? Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. Who said 'It ain't over till it's over'?

Answer: (Two Words (first and last names))
Question 4 of 15
4. Who said, 'Work expands to fill time available'? Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. Who said, 'I'd rather be South than President'? Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. Who said, 'Justice, I think is the tolerable accomodation of the conflicting interests of society'? Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. Who said. 'In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his Level of Incompetence'? Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. Who said, 'There are two laws, discrete, not reconciled, law for men and law for things'? Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. Who said, 'A hungry man is not a free man'? Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. Who said, 'You shall not crucify mankind on a cross of gold'?

Answer: (Three Words (Full name))
Question 11 of 15
11. Who said, 'For an evolutionary system, continuing development is needed just in order to maintain its fitness relative to the systems it is co-evolving with'? Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. Who said, 'Judge not, that you be not judged'? Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. Who said, 'They should rule who are able to rule best'? Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. Who said, 'Life is short, art is long, timing is exact, experience treacherous, judgement difficult'? Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. Who said, 'Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carry every word before you let it out'? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Who said, 'To err is human to forgive divine'?

Answer: Alexander Pope

At 4 feet 6 inches he was very short in height but very great as an English poet.
2. Who said,'Only clients with money get true legal advice'?

Answer: F. Lee Bailey

F. Lee Bailey's clients have included some very wealthy people, such as Patty Hearst, Dr. Samuel Shepard and O. J. Simpson.
3. Who said 'It ain't over till it's over'?

Answer: Yogi Berra

In doing this quiz, I've noticed, It gets late early out here.
4. Who said, 'Work expands to fill time available'?

Answer: C. Northcote Parkinson

Another example of Parkinson's Principle is:'Data expands to fill the space available'. My exception to this Principle is: 'My paper money never completely fills my wallet'
5. Who said, 'I'd rather be South than President'?

Answer: Ely Culbertson

For the Bridge Hands published in many newspapers, the 'SOUTH HAND' is usually the declarer and Ely Culbertson played those hands with great skill, usually making the 'unmakeable contracts'.
6. Who said, 'Justice, I think is the tolerable accomodation of the conflicting interests of society'?

Answer: Judge Learned Hand

One of the greatest Judges in U.S. history, but he was consumed by his own self-doubts and feelings of inadequacy.
7. Who said. 'In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his Level of Incompetence'?

Answer: Lawrence Peter

The 'Peter's Principle' is one of the most often referred to by top management officers.
8. Who said, 'There are two laws, discrete, not reconciled, law for men and law for things'?

Answer: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Emerson was a great American essayist and philosopher,
9. Who said, 'A hungry man is not a free man'?

Answer: Adlai E. Stevenson

He was the grandson of the 1893 Vice-President, Adlai E.Stevenson, and he was twice defeated as the democratic candidate for U.S. Presidency.
10. Who said, 'You shall not crucify mankind on a cross of gold'?

Answer: William Jennings Bryan

This was from a speech he made at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 1896.
11. Who said, 'For an evolutionary system, continuing development is needed just in order to maintain its fitness relative to the systems it is co-evolving with'?

Answer: L. Van Alen

This is the 'Red Queen Principle'. In Lewis Carroll's novel the Red Queen tells {Alice;} 'in this place it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place'.
12. Who said, 'Judge not, that you be not judged'?

Answer: Jesus, as recorded by St Matthew

From the book of Matthew 7:1
13. Who said, 'They should rule who are able to rule best'?

Answer: Aristotle

From the mouth of a great Greek philosopher.
14. Who said, 'Life is short, art is long, timing is exact, experience treacherous, judgement difficult'?

Answer: Hippocrates

Yes, the Father of Medicine.
15. Who said, 'Speak clearly, if you speak at {all;} carry every word before you let it out'?

Answer: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

He was Associate Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Source: Author YOMD39

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