short trivia quiz (1)
1. What comedian, part Native American, said, "My folks didn't come over on the Mayflower, but they were there to meet the boat"?2. What comic, appearing in a picture called 'The Great Man', when asked if he liked little children, replied, "Yes, if they are well cooked"?
3. A man called the perfect fool contended, "What this country needs is a good five-cent nickel." Who was the Perfect Fool?
4. Can you name the bearded sage who spouted the line, "Youth is a wonderful thing - it's a shame it has to be wasted on children"?
5. What rotund Supreme Court judge used to tell the one about the boy who killed his mother and father - then pleaded for mercy on the ground that he was an orphan?
6. What syndicated humorist once stated, "The narrower the mind, the broader the statement"?
7. A certain Governor of New York, asked to speak at Sing Sing prison, began with "My fellow citizens," then remembered the convicts weren't citizens, and said, "My fellow convicts." But that was worse. Finally he gulped and said, "Well, anyhow, I'm glad to see so many of you here." Who was he?
8. What gossip columnist once confessed, "I usually get my stuff from people who promised somebody else that they would keep a secret"?
(answers)
1. Will Rogers
2. W.C. Fields
3. Ed Wynn
4. George Bernard Shaw
5. William Howard Taft
6. Ted Cook of King Features
7. Governor Al Smith
8. Walter Winchell