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Last
quiz was won by Sharon Buesnel.
the
correct answers were:
Shakespeare.
Can you name the play in which the following appears?
1) I know thee not old man. Fall
to thy prayers. How ill white hairs become a fool and a jester.
Answer:
Henry IV part II.
2)Time hath, my Lord,
a wallet at his back wherein he puts alms for oblivion.
Answer:
Troilus and Cressida.
3)Let's
talk of graves, of worms and epitaphs.
Answer:
Richard II.
Questions
4,5,6 & 7 are quotations.
Who
wrote or said the following?
4)
'No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd
only had good intentions. He had money as well.'
Answer:
Margaret Thatcher.
5)
'The limits of my language mean the limits of
my world.'
Answer:
Ludwig Wittgenstein.
6)
'I see wars, horrible wars, and the Tiber foaming
with much blood.' (The original).
Answer:
Virgil.
7) 'The louder he talked of his
honour, the faster we counted our spoons.'
Answer:Ralph
Waldo Emerson.
Finally,
8)
Who wrote the 'Alms for Oblivion' series
of novels?
Answer:Simon
Raven.
9)
Who wrote the inspiring tome 'Only a
Factory Girl"?
Rosie
M Banks.
10)
Who said of Christmas that it was 'a time to reflect upon those things
in which we all most sincerely and deeply believe. I refer of course
to money' ?
Answer:
Tom Lehrer.
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