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PEOPLE QUIZ NO.27 FAMOUS QUOTES

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sat Feb 21, 2009 1:15 pm

1 There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about
OSCAR WILDE
2 It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife
JANE AUSTEN
3 "Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons"
WOODY ALLEN
4 Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
5 Sincerity is the key. If you can fake that, you've got it made
GEORGE BURNS
6 In a mad world only the mad are sane
KUROSAWA
7 Suppose you were an idiot......And suppose you were a member of Congress, but I repeat myself
MARK TWAIN
8 640K of computer memory ought to be enough for anybody
BILL GATES
9 Abandon all hope, you who enter!
DANTE ALIGHIERI
10 Nobody can simply bring together a country that has 265 different kinds of cheese
CHARLES DE GAULLE
11 I think, therefore, I am
RENE DESCARTES
12 He was a tubby little chap who looked as if he had been poured into his clothes and had forgotten to say 'When!"
P.G. WODEHOUSE
13 Once, in Afghanistan, I lost my corkscrew, and we were forced to live on nothing but food and water for days
W.C. FIELDS
14 If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him
VOLTAIRE
15 There is plenty of time to win this game, and to thrash the Spaniards too
SIR FRANCIS DRAKE
16 If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on the human face forever.
GEORGE ORWELL
17 If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants
ISAAC NEWTON
18 England expects that every man will do his duty
HORATIO NELSON
19 I may have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and a king of England too
ELIZABETH I
20 Anything reticulated or descussated at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections.
SAMUAL JOHNSON
I went to a fight the other night, and a hockey game broke out. - Rodney Dangerfield (1921 - 2004)
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Re: PEOPLE QUIZ NO.27 FAMOUS QUOTES

Postby FlyingHigh » Sat Feb 21, 2009 1:33 pm

2/ Jane Austen
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Re: PEOPLE QUIZ NO.27 FAMOUS QUOTES

Postby Kahuna » Sat Feb 21, 2009 2:50 pm

1/ Oscar Wilde
5/ Samuel Goldwyn
15/ Drake
16/ Churchill?
18/ Nelson
19/ Elizabeth 1
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Re: PEOPLE QUIZ NO.27 FAMOUS QUOTES

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sat Feb 21, 2009 3:09 pm

FlyingHigh wrote:2/ Jane Austen

CORRECT FH
I went to a fight the other night, and a hockey game broke out. - Rodney Dangerfield (1921 - 2004)
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Postby magpie in the 80's » Sat Feb 21, 2009 3:10 pm

Kahuna wrote:1/ Oscar Wilde
5/ Samuel Goldwyn..INCORRECT
15/ Drake
16/ Churchill?...INCORRECT
18/ Nelson
19/ Elizabeth 1

OTHERS CORRECT K
I went to a fight the other night, and a hockey game broke out. - Rodney Dangerfield (1921 - 2004)
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Re: PEOPLE QUIZ NO.27 FAMOUS QUOTES

Postby Jimmy_041 » Sat Feb 21, 2009 3:25 pm

9 Dante
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Postby Jimmy_041 » Sat Feb 21, 2009 3:26 pm

11 Descartes

My family motto is: I drink, there I am
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Postby magpie in the 80's » Sat Feb 21, 2009 3:26 pm

Jimmy_041 wrote:9 Dante

CORRECT JIMMY
I went to a fight the other night, and a hockey game broke out. - Rodney Dangerfield (1921 - 2004)
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Re: PEOPLE QUIZ NO.27 FAMOUS QUOTES

Postby Jimmy_041 » Sat Feb 21, 2009 3:27 pm

13 WC Fields
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Re: PEOPLE QUIZ NO.27 FAMOUS QUOTES

Postby JAS » Sun Feb 22, 2009 12:38 am

Q11 Rene Decartes
Q17 Issac Newton

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Postby magpie in the 80's » Sun Feb 22, 2009 10:08 am

Jimmy_041 wrote:13 WC Fields

CORRECT JIMMY
I went to a fight the other night, and a hockey game broke out. - Rodney Dangerfield (1921 - 2004)
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Postby magpie in the 80's » Sun Feb 22, 2009 10:09 am

JAS wrote:Q11 Rene Decartes
Q17 Issac Newton

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CORRECT JAS
I went to a fight the other night, and a hockey game broke out. - Rodney Dangerfield (1921 - 2004)
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Postby godoubleblues » Sun Feb 22, 2009 11:29 am

Q8 - Bill Gates
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Postby Jimmy_041 » Sun Feb 22, 2009 11:57 am

12 - PG Wodehouse
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Postby magpie in the 80's » Sun Feb 22, 2009 12:56 pm

Jimmy_041 wrote:11 Descartes

My family motto is: I drink, there I am

CORRECT JIMMY
I went to a fight the other night, and a hockey game broke out. - Rodney Dangerfield (1921 - 2004)
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Postby magpie in the 80's » Sun Feb 22, 2009 12:56 pm

godoubleblues wrote:Q8 - Bill Gates

CORRECT JIMMY
I went to a fight the other night, and a hockey game broke out. - Rodney Dangerfield (1921 - 2004)
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Postby magpie in the 80's » Sun Feb 22, 2009 12:56 pm

Jimmy_041 wrote:12 - PG Wodehouse

CORRECT JIMMY
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Postby Peterxtc » Sun Feb 22, 2009 2:43 pm

16. George Orwell
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Postby magpie in the 80's » Sun Feb 22, 2009 2:56 pm

Peterxtc wrote:16. George Orwell

CORRECT PETE
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Postby magpie in the 80's » Wed Feb 25, 2009 5:57 pm

LAST DAYS FOR THIS QUIZ :shock:
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