Monday, November 12, 2007

History Quiz – Part 1 – “Insightful" Questions

Another friend of AGC, Bo, sent us the following quiz. A little history lesson: If you don't know the answer make your best guess. Are you smarter than a 5th year card carrying comrade? Please answer all the questions before looking at the answers.

Questions:

Please read the following six question and answer the question, “Who said it?" Who do you think made each statement?

(1) "We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good."
A. Karl Marx
B. Adolph Hitler
C. Josif Stalin
D. None of the above

2) "It's time for a new beginning, for an end to government of the few, by the few, and for the few...and to replace it with shared responsibility for shared prosperity."
A. Valdimir Ilyich Lenin
B. Benito Mussolini
C. Idi Amin
D. None of the Above

3) "(We)...can't just let business as usual go on, and that means something has to be taken away from some people."
A. Nikita Khrushev
B. Josef Goebbels
C. Josip Broz Tito
D. None of the above

4) "We have to build a political consensus and that requires people to give up a little bit of their own...in order to create this common ground."
A. Mao Tse Dung
B. Hugo Chavez
C. Kim Jong Il
D. None of the above

5) "I certainly think the free-market has failed."
A. Fidel Castro
B. Valdimir Ilyich Lenin
C. Vyacheslav Molotov
D. None of the above

6) "I think it's time to send a clear message to what has become the most profitable sector in (the) entire economy that they are being watched."
A. Pol Pot
B. Slobodan Milosevic
C. Saddam Hussein
D. None of the above

Once you have completed you can check your answers by clicking here.

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