Epigrammatic Humor
Epigrammatic Humor Quiz: Test Your Wit and Wordplay Skills
Questions
Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Which witty observation did Oscar Wilde make about cynics?
- A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
- A cynic is a man who never sees a good quality in a dog.
- A cynic is a man who believes that all women are bad.
- 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?
- Men are like streetcars: they come along every fifteen minutes.
- Men are like chocolate: they're sweet and delicious, but too much can make you sick.
- Men are like dogs: they're loyal and loving, but they can also be a pain in the neck.
- 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?
- Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.
- The weather is always doing something you don't expect.
- The weather is the only thing that everybody can talk about without getting into an argument.
- 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?
- Marriage is a three-ring circus: engagement ring, wedding ring, and suffering.
- Marriage is a trap: once you're in, you can't get out.
- Marriage is a lottery: you never know what you're going to get.
- 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?
- Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies.
- Politics is the art of making something out of nothing.
- Politics is the art of compromise.
- Politics is the art of the possible.
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
What did H.L. Mencken say about advertising?
- Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have on things they don't need.
- Advertising is the art of making people believe that they need something they don't.
- Advertising is the art of creating desire.
- Advertising is the art of persuasion.
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
What did Groucho Marx say about money?
- Money talks, but it doesn't sing.
- Money is the root of all evil.
- Money can't buy happiness, but it can rent it.
- Money is a necessary evil.
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
What did Oscar Wilde say about experience?
- Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.
- Experience is the best teacher.
- Experience is the only thing that can teach us anything.
- Experience is the only thing that is truly valuable.
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
What did Dorothy Parker say about beauty?
- Beauty is only skin deep.
- Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
- Beauty is a curse.
- Beauty is a fleeting thing.
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
What did Mark Twain say about truth?
- Truth is stranger than fiction.
- Truth is the first casualty of war.
- Truth is a bitter pill to swallow.
- Truth is a double-edged sword.
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
What did Ambrose Bierce say about hope?
- Hope is the opiate of the masses.
- Hope is a good breakfast, but a bad supper.
- Hope is a fool's paradise.
- Hope is the only thing that keeps us going.
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
What did George Bernard Shaw say about progress?
- Progress is impossible without change.
- Progress is the law of life.
- Progress is a myth.
- Progress is a double-edged sword.
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
What did H.L. Mencken say about democracy?
- Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.
- Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.
- Democracy is a government of the people, by the people, for the politicians.
- Democracy is a system of government in which the majority rules.
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
What did Groucho Marx say about marriage?
- Marriage is a trap.
- Marriage is a gamble.
- Marriage is a business.
- Marriage is a necessary evil.
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
What did Oscar Wilde say about education?
- Education is the key to success.
- Education is the best gift you can give yourself.
- Education is a lifelong journey.
- Education is a waste of time.