Historical Quotes Trivia Questions
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In 1976, which vice president famously identified three periods in life as youth, middle age, and how well you look?
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nelson rockefeller
In a controversial statement, Gen. Curtis LeMay threatened that the North Vietnamese would be bombed back to what period?
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stone age
Which country did Samuel Adams refer to as 'a nation of shopkeepers'?
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england
Which famous aviator in 1928 said, 'The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame and fortune'?
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amelia earhart
Who was the world leader who called pro-nuclear Margaret 'The devil in the disguise of a woman' in 1961?
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nikita khrushchev
Who said in 1952, 'Pat doesn't have a mink coat. But she does have a respectable Republican cloth coat'?
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richard nixon
What issue did William Lloyd Garrison state would 'not be overthrown without...a most tremendous excitement'?
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slavery
Who claimed in 1643 that 'A few honest men are better than numbers' and later became the lord protector?
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oliver cromwell
What action did Ronald Reagan say he forgot to do after being shot, quoting Jack Dempsey?
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duck
Which patriotic song did U.S. Grant say he knew along with just one other tune?
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yankee doodle
Which opponent did LBJ refer to when he said, 'He wants to repeal the present and veto the future'?
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barry goldwater
What did William Randolph Hearst promise to furnish in a cable to Frederic Remington if Remington supplied the pictures in 1898?
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war
Who wrote in 1875, 'Jesus...was the most scientific man that ever trod the globe'?
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mary baker eddy
Who told the Rump Parliament in 1654, 'You shall now give place to better men'?
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oliver cromwell
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