The Famous Phrases Test

1. Welcome to the famous phrases test. It's all pretty straight forward.  Can you figure out with whom each of these ten phrases originated? Answer correctly, you get points.  Answer incorrectly, no points.  Good luck!

2. 1

   1) The game is afoot.

   Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

   William Shakespeare

   Robert Louis Stephenson

   John Steinbeck

3. 2

   2) Love is blind.

   Benjamin Franklin

   Robert Burns

   William Shakespeare

   Solomon (The Bible, book of Proverbs)

4. 3

   3) X marks the spot.

   William Shakespeare

   Benjamin Franklin

   Harry S. Truman

   Robert Louis Stephenson

5. 4

   4) The best laid schemes of mice and men.

   Robert Burns

   John Steinbeck

   The prophet, Jeremiah (in the Bible)

   Benjamin Franklin

6. 5

   5) Discretion is the better part of valor.

   Robert Burns

   Solomon

   William Shakespeare

   Benjamin Franklin

7. 6

   6) If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

   Thomas Reid

   Harry S. Truman

   Benjamin Franklin

   Lord Byron

8. 7

   7) A leopard cannot change it's spots.

   Harry S. Truman

   Thomas Reid

   Robert Louis Stephenson

   The prophet, Jeremiah

9. 8

   8) A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

   Robert Louis Stephenson

   Thomas Reid

   The prophet, Jeremiah

   Harry S. Truman

10. 9

    9) Break the ice.

    Lord Byron

    William Shakespeare

    Thomas Reid

    Robert Burns

11. One little variation for you on the last question.  Can you guess which group coined the phrase below?
12. 10

    10) Three sheets to the wind.

    Housewives

    Millers

    Sailors

    Launderers 

Finished!