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Quiz about Witty Sayings
Quiz about Witty Sayings

Witty Sayings Trivia Quiz


Clever lines - who said them?

A multiple-choice quiz by robert362. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
robert362
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
69,874
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
995
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Question 1 of 10
1. On being told that Calvin Coolidge had died, this person remarked: 'How could they tell?' Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. 'Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.' Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. 'The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.' Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. 'Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.' Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. 'It ain't over till it's over.' Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. 'Man has become the tools of his tools.' Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. 'Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.' Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. 'This is not a novel to be put down lightly. It should be thrown with great force.' Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. 'The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet.' Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. 'Let schoolmasters puzzle their brain with grammar and nonsense and learning - good liquor, I stoutly maintain gives genius a better discerning.' Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. On being told that Calvin Coolidge had died, this person remarked: 'How could they tell?'

Answer: Dorothy Parker

I guess Calvin wasn't the most colorful guy in the world.
2. 'Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.'

Answer: Oscar Levant

You have to like a modest person.
3. 'The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.'

Answer: Oscar Wilde

Wilde yielded frequently. It made for a 'colorful' (but complicated) life.
4. 'Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.'

Answer: Albert Einstein

How many people consistently ignore this observation?
5. 'It ain't over till it's over.'

Answer: Yogi Berra

There are countless other great lines by Yogi.
6. 'Man has become the tools of his tools.'

Answer: Henry David Thoreau

It keeps getting even more so.
7. 'Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.'

Answer: Oscar Wilde

Interesting point of view.
8. 'This is not a novel to be put down lightly. It should be thrown with great force.'

Answer: Dorothy Parker

Great comment. Few could be as consistently caustic as the talented (but unhappy) Dorothy, whose life was no trip to Oz.
9. 'The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet.'

Answer: Lord Chesterfield

Good advice. Chesterfield had many clever observations on just about every area of life.
10. 'Let schoolmasters puzzle their brain with grammar and nonsense and learning - good liquor, I stoutly maintain gives genius a better discerning.'

Answer: Oliver Goldsmith

It may not be great advice - but it must have been popular.
Source: Author robert362

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