Famous Quotes Quiz

Score

• 10 or more: you are a genius at quotes!

• 7-10 Very good

• 3-6 A little more practice needed

• 0-2 Are you sure you know what a quote is? ;-)

A few notes on some of the answers:

I came, I saw, I conquered, or in Latin: Veni, vidi, vici,

By Julius Caesar in a letter to the Roman Senate after victory in a battle

A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.

By Eleanor Roosevelt, the famously strong wife of President Franklin D Roosevelt

I think; therefore I am.

One of the most famous phrases in philosophy, by Rene Descartes.

If music be the food of love, play on.

Spoken by Duke Orsino in the play "Twelfth Night" by William Shakespeare

Never was so much owed by so many, to so few.

By Winston Churchill about the pilots in the Battle of Britain during the Second World War

They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance.

The very last words of General John Sedgwick American Civil War. At the battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, Confederate snipers were about 1,000 yards away, and their shots caused members of the Sedgwick's staff to duck for cover. Sedgwick strode around in the open and said, "Why are you dodging like this? They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance." Moments later, he dropped down dead.