Epigrammatic Humor

Epigrammatic Humor Quiz: Test Your Wit and Wordplay Skills

15 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which witty observation did Oscar Wilde make about cynics?

  1. A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
  2. A cynic is a man who never sees a good quality in a dog.
  3. A cynic is a man who believes that all women are bad.
  4. A cynic is a man who thinks that the only good thing about life is death.
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What did Dorothy Parker say about men?

  1. Men are like streetcars: they come along every fifteen minutes.
  2. Men are like chocolate: they're sweet and delicious, but too much can make you sick.
  3. Men are like dogs: they're loyal and loving, but they can also be a pain in the neck.
  4. Men are like children: they need to be constantly entertained and supervised.
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What did Mark Twain say about the weather?

  1. Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.
  2. The weather is always doing something you don't expect.
  3. The weather is the only thing that everybody can talk about without getting into an argument.
  4. The weather is the only thing that is always changing, and yet it always stays the same.
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What did Ambrose Bierce say about marriage?

  1. Marriage is a three-ring circus: engagement ring, wedding ring, and suffering.
  2. Marriage is a trap: once you're in, you can't get out.
  3. Marriage is a lottery: you never know what you're going to get.
  4. Marriage is a business: you have to work at it to make it successful.
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What did George Bernard Shaw say about politics?

  1. Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies.
  2. Politics is the art of making something out of nothing.
  3. Politics is the art of compromise.
  4. Politics is the art of the possible.
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What did H.L. Mencken say about advertising?

  1. Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have on things they don't need.
  2. Advertising is the art of making people believe that they need something they don't.
  3. Advertising is the art of creating desire.
  4. Advertising is the art of persuasion.
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What did Groucho Marx say about money?

  1. Money talks, but it doesn't sing.
  2. Money is the root of all evil.
  3. Money can't buy happiness, but it can rent it.
  4. Money is a necessary evil.
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What did Oscar Wilde say about experience?

  1. Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.
  2. Experience is the best teacher.
  3. Experience is the only thing that can teach us anything.
  4. Experience is the only thing that is truly valuable.
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What did Dorothy Parker say about beauty?

  1. Beauty is only skin deep.
  2. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
  3. Beauty is a curse.
  4. Beauty is a fleeting thing.
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What did Mark Twain say about truth?

  1. Truth is stranger than fiction.
  2. Truth is the first casualty of war.
  3. Truth is a bitter pill to swallow.
  4. Truth is a double-edged sword.
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What did Ambrose Bierce say about hope?

  1. Hope is the opiate of the masses.
  2. Hope is a good breakfast, but a bad supper.
  3. Hope is a fool's paradise.
  4. Hope is the only thing that keeps us going.
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What did George Bernard Shaw say about progress?

  1. Progress is impossible without change.
  2. Progress is the law of life.
  3. Progress is a myth.
  4. Progress is a double-edged sword.
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What did H.L. Mencken say about democracy?

  1. Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.
  2. Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.
  3. Democracy is a government of the people, by the people, for the politicians.
  4. Democracy is a system of government in which the majority rules.
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What did Groucho Marx say about marriage?

  1. Marriage is a trap.
  2. Marriage is a gamble.
  3. Marriage is a business.
  4. Marriage is a necessary evil.
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What did Oscar Wilde say about education?

  1. Education is the key to success.
  2. Education is the best gift you can give yourself.
  3. Education is a lifelong journey.
  4. Education is a waste of time.