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Thomas Alva Edison's Quotes
You must fill in the missing word(s) from the many quotes of the famous man, Thomas Alva Edison.
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Quiz ID: #17346
Category:
People
Submitted By:
pandastampede
Question #1
Thomas Edison said, "Everything comes to him who ______ while he waits."
Whistles
Thinks
Hustles
Plays
Question #2
Thomas Edison said, "I never did a day's work in my life. It was all ______."
Imagination
A waste of time
Boring
Fun
Question #3
Thomas Edison said, "If we all did the things we are ______ of doing, we would literally astound ourselves."
Not capable
Incapable
Capable
Very capable
Question #4
Thomas Edison said, "We don't know a ________ of _______ percent about anything."
Thousandth/three
Thousandth/ten
Millionth/one
Millionth/five
Question #5
Thomas Edison said, "_______ is one percent _________, ninety-nine percent perspiration."
Exercise/workout
Genius/inspiration
Notebooks/paper
Gravity/magnetic force
Question #6
Thomas A. Edison said the following, "We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action."
True
False
Question #7
Thomas Edison said, "If I find ________ ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward."
1,000
5,000
10,000
50,000
Question #8
Thomas Edison said, "To invent, you need a good ________ and a pile of ______."
Mind/junk
Mind/treasure
Imagination/junk
Imagination/treasure
Question #9
Thomas Edison said, "The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest her or his patients in the care of the human frame, in a proper diet, and in the cause and prevention of ______."
Nurses
Republicans
Democrats
Disease
Question #10
Thomas Edison said, "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in _______ and looks like work."
A jacket
Jeans
Overalls
Shorts
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