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Famous Quotes Trivia

Subject : trivia
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The best way to predict the future is to invent it.






2. There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here - it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that






3. The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans are suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If They're okay - then its you.






4. Maybe this world is another planets hell.






5. He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss - the abyss gazes also into you.






6. George Washington said: Government is not reason - it is not eloquence -- it is force! _____ it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.






7. Those who deny freedom to others - deserve it not for themselves; and - under a just God - can not long retain it.






8. I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.






9. George Bernard Shaw said: You see things; _____ But I dream things that never were; and I sayWhy not?






10. A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.






11. The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.






12. James Branch Cabell said: The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist _____






13. The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.






14. A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.






15. I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just - that His justice cannot sleep forever.






16. Individual commitment to a group effort-- that is what makes a team work - a company work - a society work - a civilization work.






17. Life is what happens to you while youre busy making other plans.






18. If everything seems under control - youre just not going fast enough.






19. Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.






20. Aristotle said: _____ is well-bred insolence.






21. What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.






22. when rejecting the Beatles in 1962 - We Don't like their sound - and guitar music is on the way out.






23. An unexamined life is not worth living.






24. Nobody goes there anymore; its too crowded.






25. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because - if there be one - he must more approve of the homage of reason - than that of blind-folded fear.






26. Julius Caesar said: Veni - vidi - vici (I came - _____ I conquered.)






27. You can say any foolish thing to a dog - and the dog will give you a look that says - My God - youre right! I never wouldve thought of that!






28. We didnt lose the game; we just ran out of time.






29. I was angry with my friend I told my wrath - my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe - I told it not - my wrath did grow.






30. If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infants life - she will choose to save the infants life without even considering if there are men on base.






31. I keep six honest serving-men (They taught me all I knew); Their names areWhat andWhy and When AndHow andWhere andWho.






32. Ralph Waldo Emerson said: _____ Tell me what you know.






33. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.






34. When I was a boy of 14 - my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21 - I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.






35. This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.






36. I know God will not give me anything I cant handle. I just wish that He didnt trust me so much.






37. You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.






38. A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.






39. If a nation expects to be ignorant and free - in a state of civilization - it expects what never was and never will be.






40. Woody Allen said: Eighty percent of success _____






41. A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.






42. Its not the size of the dog in the fight - its the size of the fight in the dog.






43. A witty saying proves nothing.






44. Women and cats will do as they please - and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.






45. Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.






46. Isaac Asimov said: _____ Death is peaceful. Its the transition thats troublesome.






47. Oscar Wilde said: I can resist everything _____






48. Science without religion is lame - religion without science is blind.






49. Theodore Roosevelt said: Do what you can - _____ where you are.






50. Thomas Paine said: Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom _____ undergo the fatigue of supporting it.