Braingle: 'Very Academic Quiz!' Trivia Quiz

This is purely for fun. You will probably have to make a few intelligent guesses - unless you really know a lot of quotations! Questions contain famous, infamous, or not-so-famous quotes about school subjects.

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#1 "_____ is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school." ~ Albert Einstein

#2 "Anybody who believes that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach flunked _____." ~ Robert Byrne

#3 "_____ is the language in which God has written the universe." ~ Galileo Galilei

#4 The idea that the four different branches of arithmetic are "Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision" was first suggested in which of these books?

"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
"Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"
"G is for Googol: A Math Alphabet Book"
"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"
"Voyage of the 'Dawn Treader'"

#5 "There is something fascinating about _____. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact." ~ Mark Twain

#6 "I learned more about _____ from one South Dakota dust storm than I did in all my years in college." ~ Hubert Humphrey

#7 "It seems a pity that _____ has destroyed all our knowledge of human nature." ~ G. K. Chesterton

#8 "I don't know much about ___, and I wouldn't give a nickel for all the _ in the world. _ is more or less bunk ... the only _ that is worth a tinker's damn is the ___ we make today." ~ Henry Ford

#9 "If the Romans had been obliged to learn _____, they would never have found time to conquer the world." ~ Heinrich Heine

#10 "_____ is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do." ~ Edgar Degas

#11 "Without _____ life would be a mistake." ~ Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

#12 "If you have a garden and a _____, you have everything you need." ~ Cicero

Very Academic Quiz!

#1 "_____ is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school." ~ Albert Einstein

#2 "Anybody who believes that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach flunked _____." ~ Robert Byrne

#3 "_____ is the language in which God has written the universe." ~ Galileo Galilei

#4 The idea that the four different branches of arithmetic are "Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision" was first suggested in which of these books?

#5 "There is something fascinating about _____. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact." ~ Mark Twain

#6 "I learned more about _____ from one South Dakota dust storm than I did in all my years in college." ~ Hubert Humphrey

#7 "It seems a pity that _____ has destroyed all our knowledge of human nature." ~ G. K. Chesterton

#8 "I don't know much about ___, and I wouldn't give a nickel for all the _ in the world. _ is more or less bunk ... the only _ that is worth a tinker's damn is the ___ we make today." ~ Henry Ford

#9 "If the Romans had been obliged to learn _____, they would never have found time to conquer the world." ~ Heinrich Heine

#10 "_____ is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do." ~ Edgar Degas

#11 "Without _____ life would be a mistake." ~ Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

#12 "If you have a garden and a _____, you have everything you need." ~ Cicero

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Very Academic Quiz!

#1 "_____ is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school." ~ Albert Einstein

#2 "Anybody who believes that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach flunked _____." ~ Robert Byrne

#3 "_____ is the language in which God has written the universe." ~ Galileo Galilei

#4 The idea that the four different branches of arithmetic are "Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision" was first suggested in which of these books?

#5 "There is something fascinating about _____. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact." ~ Mark Twain

#6 "I learned more about _____ from one South Dakota dust storm than I did in all my years in college." ~ Hubert Humphrey

#7 "It seems a pity that _____ has destroyed all our knowledge of human nature." ~ G. K. Chesterton

#8 "I don't know much about _____, and I wouldn't give a nickel for all the _____ in the world. _____ is more or less bunk ... the only _____ that is worth a tinker's damn is the _____ we make today." ~ Henry Ford

#9 "If the Romans had been obliged to learn _____, they would never have found time to conquer the world." ~ Heinrich Heine

#10 "_____ is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do." ~ Edgar Degas

#11 "Without _____ life would be a mistake." ~ Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

#12 "If you have a garden and a _____, you have everything you need." ~ Cicero

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#8 "I don't know much about ___, and I wouldn't give a nickel for all the _ in the world. _ is more or less bunk ... the only _ that is worth a tinker's damn is the ___ we make today." ~ Henry Ford