A QUIZ OF QUOTATIONS #11

And you would have won! Another one coming up soon.

Thanks for that information. Do you know who said the quote?

@spunkycumfun, I used to have a website for someone who chased down the origins of quotes and sayings, but that was several computers ago.

According to a google search "There's a sucker born every minute":

David Hannum: One theory suggests the phrase was actually said about Barnum by David Hannum, a New York banker and rival showman. During the "Cardiff Giant" hoax, Barnum created a replica of Hannum's 'original' fossilized giant, and people continued to pay to see Barnum's version even after both were proven fakes. Hannum allegedly used the phrase to describe Barnum's customers.

Con Man Joseph "Paper Collar Joe" Bessimer: A New York police inspector from the era attributed the phrase to this notorious confidence trickster, who reportedly said, "There's a sucker born every minute, but none of them ever die".

Earlier Variations: The core idea existed in print even before Barnum was born. A similar phrase, "there's a fool born every minute," appeared in an English magazine in 1806, referring to it as an old saying.

Looking up the "full quote", google replied:

The full quote, as it is commonly known, is "There's a sucker born every minute, and two to take him."

The phrase actually appeared in print years before Barnum's death and is generally believed to have been said by a New York saloonkeeper and confidence man named David Hannum, in reference to people who were taken in by Barnum's purchase of the "Feejee Mermaid" exhibit [1].

@mwants269 Thanks for this. There are a few websites that track down the origins of quotes. The Quote Investigator is a good one, and there's also Snopes and Wikipedia.

@spunkycumfun Quote Investigator is the one I think I was thinking of.

@mwants269 It's a good site, or at least it appears an authoritative site.

I used to tell folks that P. T. Barnum wrote about the life cycle of the octopus. When someone showed curiosity at that statement, I'd say "He always said that there was a sucker born every minute"

Below are the correct answers in parentheses after the quotation.

WHO SAID THIS? (one mark per quotation)

1. "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” (Neil Armstrong on Apollo 11's landing on the moon, 20 July 1969)

2. "The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool." (William Shakespeare, As You Like It, c1599; Touchstone, the court jester, 'said' the words in the play)

3. "Holly came from Miami, F L A, hitch-hiked her way across the USA, plucked her eyebrows along the way, shaved her legs and then he was a she ... Candy came from out on the Island. In the backroom, she was everybody's darling. But she never lost her head, even when she was giving head." (Lou Reed, Walk on the Wild Side, 1972; the song was produced by David Bowie and Mick Ronson)

4. "Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway." (John Wayne; some but by no means all people believe he said this line as Rooster Cogburn in the 1969 film, True Grit)

5. "I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered." (George Best, a top footballer who played for, amongst many other teams, Manchester United, Fulham, Los Angeles Aztecs, Fort Lauderdale Strikers and San Jose Earthquakes, plus Northern Ireland; arguably George Best is the best footballer never to have played in the World Cup finals, though Argentina's and Spain's Alfredo Di Stéfano, France's Eric Cantona, Liberia's George Weah and Wales' Ian Rush and Ryan Giggs may beg to differ; George Best's quote is one of my favourite ever quotes)

6. "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse." (Marlon Brando playing Don Vito Corleone in the 1972 film, The Godfather; the film was written by Mario Puzo)

7. "1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 2. A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law." (Isaac Asimov's three laws of robotics expounded in his 'Runaround' short story published in the March 1942 issue of the Astounding Science Fiction magazine; the science fiction writer later added a fourth law, or a zeroth law, to precede the three laws: "0. A robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm"; Isaac Asimov's laws influenced the European Union's regulations on artificial intelligence (AI); Asimov's laws also featured in the 2004 film i ROBOT, starring will Smith))

WHO REPUTEDLY SAID THIS? (one mark per quotation)

8. "There's a sucker born every minute." (P T Barnum; the American showman's biographer, Arthur H Saxon, found no evidence that P T Barnum said such words and that they were perhaps attributed to him by his many enemies; in tracking down of this quote my friend, mwants269, found that David Hannum, a rival showman, and/or Joseph Bessimer perhaps coined the words and, in the former's case, attributed the words to P T Barnum)

WHO SAID THIS ABOUT WHOM? (two marks per quotation)

9. "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, his hands can't hit what his eyes can't see. [First name of man] thinks he will, but I know he won't." (Muhammad Ali on George Foreman before 'The Rumble in the Jungle' fight in Kinshasa, Zaire in 1974)

10. "Sir, anyone who imports two foreign wives has to be a free-trader." (Art Laffer to the US President Donald Trump during a quite recent briefing on trade policy (including tariffs); Donald Trump wasn't amused with the economist's advice despite him being Ronald Reagan's favourite economist)

They're quite a lot of work setting them, especially getting the correct attribution to the quotes!

Below are the correct answers in parentheses after the quotation.

WHO SAID THIS? (one mark per quotation)

1. "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” (Neil Armstrong on Apollo 11's landing on the moon, 20 July 1969)

2. "The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool." (William Shakespeare, As You Like It, c1599; Touchstone, the court jester, 'said' the words in the play)

3. "Holly came from Miami, F L A, hitch-hiked her way across the USA, plucked her eyebrows along the way, shaved her legs and then he was a she ... Candy came from out on the Island. In the backroom, she was everybody's darling. But she never lost her head, even when she was giving head." (Lou Reed, Walk on the Wild Side, 1972; the song was produced by David Bowie and Mick Ronson)

4. "Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway." (John Wayne; some but by no means all people believe he said this line as Rooster Cogburn in the 1969 film, True Grit)

5. "I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered." (George Best, a top footballer who played for, amongst many other teams, Manchester United, Fulham, Los Angeles Aztecs, Fort Lauderdale Strikers and San Jose Earthquakes, plus Northern Ireland; arguably George Best is the best footballer never to have played in the World Cup finals, though Argentina's and Spain's Alfredo Di Stéfano, France's Eric Cantona, Liberia's George Weah and Wales' Ian Rush and Ryan Giggs may beg to differ; George Best's quote is one of my favourite ever quotes)

6. "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse." (Marlon Brando playing Don Vito Corleone in the 1972 film, The Godfather; the film was written by Mario Puzo)

7. "1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 2. A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law." (Isaac Asimov's three laws of robotics expounded in his 'Runaround' short story published in the March 1942 issue of the Astounding Science Fiction magazine; the science fiction writer later added a fourth law, or a zeroth law, to precede the three laws: "0. A robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm"; Isaac Asimov's laws influenced the European Union's regulations on artificial intelligence (AI); Asimov's laws also featured in the 2004 film i ROBOT, starring will Smith))

WHO REPUTEDLY SAID THIS? (one mark per quotation)

8. "There's a sucker born every minute." (P T Barnum; the American showman's biographer, Arthur H Saxon, found no evidence that P T Barnum said such words and that they were perhaps attributed to him by his many enemies; in tracking down of this quote my friend, mwants269, found that David Hannum, a rival showman, and/or Joseph Bessimer perhaps coined the words and, in the former's case, attributed the words to P T Barnum)

WHO SAID THIS ABOUT WHOM? (two marks per quotation)

9. "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, his hands can't hit what his eyes can't see. [First name of man] thinks he will, but I know he won't." (Muhammad Ali on George Foreman before 'The Rumble in the Jungle' fight in Kinshasa, Zaire in 1974)

10. "Sir, anyone who imports two foreign wives has to be a free-trader." (Art Laffer to the US President Donald Trump during a quite recent briefing on trade policy (including tariffs); Donald Trump wasn't amused with the economist's advice despite him being Ronald Reagan's favourite economist)

Good answers. Thanks for playing again.

You scored six points. Below are the correct answers in parentheses after the quotation.

WHO SAID THIS? (one mark per quotation)

1. "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” (Neil Armstrong on Apollo 11's landing on the moon, 20 July 1969)

2. "The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool." (William Shakespeare, As You Like It, c1599; Touchstone, the court jester, 'said' the words in the play)

3. "Holly came from Miami, F L A, hitch-hiked her way across the USA, plucked her eyebrows along the way, shaved her legs and then he was a she ... Candy came from out on the Island. In the backroom, she was everybody's darling. But she never lost her head, even when she was giving head." (Lou Reed, Walk on the Wild Side, 1972; the song was produced by David Bowie and Mick Ronson)

4. "Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway." (John Wayne; some but by no means all people believe he said this line as Rooster Cogburn in the 1969 film, True Grit)

5. "I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered." (George Best, a top footballer who played for, amongst many other teams, Manchester United, Fulham, Los Angeles Aztecs, Fort Lauderdale Strikers and San Jose Earthquakes, plus Northern Ireland; arguably George Best is the best footballer never to have played in the World Cup finals, though Argentina's and Spain's Alfredo Di Stéfano, France's Eric Cantona, Liberia's George Weah and Wales' Ian Rush and Ryan Giggs may beg to differ; George Best's quote is one of my favourite ever quotes)

6. "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse." (Marlon Brando playing Don Vito Corleone in the 1972 film, The Godfather; the film was written by Mario Puzo)

7. "1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 2. A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law." (Isaac Asimov's three laws of robotics expounded in his 'Runaround' short story published in the March 1942 issue of the Astounding Science Fiction magazine; the science fiction writer later added a fourth law, or a zeroth law, to precede the three laws: "0. A robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm"; Isaac Asimov's laws influenced the European Union's regulations on artificial intelligence (AI); Asimov's laws also featured in the 2004 film i ROBOT, starring will Smith))

WHO REPUTEDLY SAID THIS? (one mark per quotation)

8. "There's a sucker born every minute." (P T Barnum; the American showman's biographer, Arthur H Saxon, found no evidence that P T Barnum said such words and that they were perhaps attributed to him by his many enemies; in tracking down of this quote my friend, mwants269, found that David Hannum, a rival showman, and/or Joseph Bessimer perhaps coined the words and, in the former's case, attributed the words to P T Barnum)

WHO SAID THIS ABOUT WHOM? (two marks per quotation)

9. "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, his hands can't hit what his eyes can't see. [First name of man] thinks he will, but I know he won't." (Muhammad Ali on George Foreman before 'The Rumble in the Jungle' fight in Kinshasa, Zaire in 1974)

10. "Sir, anyone who imports two foreign wives has to be a free-trader." (Art Laffer to the US President Donald Trump during a quite recent briefing on trade policy (including tariffs); Donald Trump wasn't amused with the economist's advice despite him being Ronald Reagan's favourite economist)

Three great answers. All the correct answers will be given out in a few days time.

Below are the correct answers in parentheses after the quotation.

WHO SAID THIS? (one mark per quotation)

1. "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” (Neil Armstrong on Apollo 11's landing on the moon, 20 July 1969)

2. "The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool." (William Shakespeare, As You Like It, c1599; Touchstone, the court jester, 'said' the words in the play)

3. "Holly came from Miami, F L A, hitch-hiked her way across the USA, plucked her eyebrows along the way, shaved her legs and then he was a she ... Candy came from out on the Island. In the backroom, she was everybody's darling. But she never lost her head, even when she was giving head." (Lou Reed, Walk on the Wild Side, 1972; the song was produced by David Bowie and Mick Ronson)

4. "Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway." (John Wayne; some but by no means all people believe he said this line as Rooster Cogburn in the 1969 film, True Grit)

5. "I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered." (George Best, a top footballer who played for, amongst many other teams, Manchester United, Fulham, Los Angeles Aztecs, Fort Lauderdale Strikers and San Jose Earthquakes, plus Northern Ireland; arguably George Best is the best footballer never to have played in the World Cup finals, though Argentina's and Spain's Alfredo Di Stéfano, France's Eric Cantona, Liberia's George Weah and Wales' Ian Rush and Ryan Giggs may beg to differ; George Best's quote is one of my favourite ever quotes)

6. "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse." (Marlon Brando playing Don Vito Corleone in the 1972 film, The Godfather; the film was written by Mario Puzo)

7. "1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 2. A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law." (Isaac Asimov's three laws of robotics expounded in his 'Runaround' short story published in the March 1942 issue of the Astounding Science Fiction magazine; the science fiction writer later added a fourth law, or a zeroth law, to precede the three laws: "0. A robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm"; Isaac Asimov's laws influenced the European Union's regulations on artificial intelligence (AI); Asimov's laws also featured in the 2004 film i ROBOT, starring will Smith))

WHO REPUTEDLY SAID THIS? (one mark per quotation)

8. "There's a sucker born every minute." (P T Barnum; the American showman's biographer, Arthur H Saxon, found no evidence that P T Barnum said such words and that they were perhaps attributed to him by his many enemies; in tracking down of this quote my friend, mwants269, found that David Hannum, a rival showman, and/or Joseph Bessimer perhaps coined the words and, in the former's case, attributed the words to P T Barnum)

WHO SAID THIS ABOUT WHOM? (two marks per quotation)

9. "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, his hands can't hit what his eyes can't see. [First name of man] thinks he will, but I know he won't." (Muhammad Ali on George Foreman before 'The Rumble in the Jungle' fight in Kinshasa, Zaire in 1974)

10. "Sir, anyone who imports two foreign wives has to be a free-trader." (Art Laffer to the US President Donald Trump during a quite recent briefing on trade policy (including tariffs); Donald Trump wasn't amused with the economist's advice despite him being Ronald Reagan's favourite economist)

Some good answers there. Thanks for playing again.

You scored four points. Below are the correct answers in parentheses after the quotation.

WHO SAID THIS? (one mark per quotation)

1. "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” (Neil Armstrong on Apollo 11's landing on the moon, 20 July 1969)

2. "The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool." (William Shakespeare, As You Like It, c1599; Touchstone, the court jester, 'said' the words in the play)

3. "Holly came from Miami, F L A, hitch-hiked her way across the USA, plucked her eyebrows along the way, shaved her legs and then he was a she ... Candy came from out on the Island. In the backroom, she was everybody's darling. But she never lost her head, even when she was giving head." (Lou Reed, Walk on the Wild Side, 1972; the song was produced by David Bowie and Mick Ronson)

4. "Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway." (John Wayne; some but by no means all people believe he said this line as Rooster Cogburn in the 1969 film, True Grit)

5. "I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered." (George Best, a top footballer who played for, amongst many other teams, Manchester United, Fulham, Los Angeles Aztecs, Fort Lauderdale Strikers and San Jose Earthquakes, plus Northern Ireland; arguably George Best is the best footballer never to have played in the World Cup finals, though Argentina's and Spain's Alfredo Di Stéfano, France's Eric Cantona, Liberia's George Weah and Wales' Ian Rush and Ryan Giggs may beg to differ; George Best's quote is one of my favourite ever quotes)

6. "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse." (Marlon Brando playing Don Vito Corleone in the 1972 film, The Godfather; the film was written by Mario Puzo)

7. "1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 2. A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law." (Isaac Asimov's three laws of robotics expounded in his 'Runaround' short story published in the March 1942 issue of the Astounding Science Fiction magazine; the science fiction writer later added a fourth law, or a zeroth law, to precede the three laws: "0. A robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm"; Isaac Asimov's laws influenced the European Union's regulations on artificial intelligence (AI); Asimov's laws also featured in the 2004 film i ROBOT, starring will Smith))

WHO REPUTEDLY SAID THIS? (one mark per quotation)

8. "There's a sucker born every minute." (P T Barnum; the American showman's biographer, Arthur H Saxon, found no evidence that P T Barnum said such words and that they were perhaps attributed to him by his many enemies; in tracking down of this quote my friend, mwants269, found that David Hannum, a rival showman, and/or Joseph Bessimer perhaps coined the words and, in the former's case, attributed the words to P T Barnum)

WHO SAID THIS ABOUT WHOM? (two marks per quotation)

9. "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, his hands can't hit what his eyes can't see. [First name of man] thinks he will, but I know he won't." (Muhammad Ali on George Foreman before 'The Rumble in the Jungle' fight in Kinshasa, Zaire in 1974)

10. "Sir, anyone who imports two foreign wives has to be a free-trader." (Art Laffer to the US President Donald Trump during a quite recent briefing on trade policy (including tariffs); Donald Trump wasn't amused with the economist's advice despite him being Ronald Reagan's favourite economist)

Some great answers there. Thanks for playing. All will be revealed in a few days time.

Congratulations, you jointly won the quiz with eight points scored - see image below for your prize. Here are the correct answers in parentheses after the quotation.

WHO SAID THIS? (one mark per quotation)

1. "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” (Neil Armstrong on Apollo 11's landing on the moon, 20 July 1969)

2. "The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool." (William Shakespeare, As You Like It, c1599; Touchstone, the court jester, 'said' the words in the play)

3. "Holly came from Miami, F L A, hitch-hiked her way across the USA, plucked her eyebrows along the way, shaved her legs and then he was a she ... Candy came from out on the Island. In the backroom, she was everybody's darling. But she never lost her head, even when she was giving head." (Lou Reed, Walk on the Wild Side, 1972; the song was produced by David Bowie and Mick Ronson)

4. "Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway." (John Wayne; some but by no means all people believe he said this line as Rooster Cogburn in the 1969 film, True Grit)

5. "I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered." (George Best, a top footballer who played for, amongst many other teams, Manchester United, Fulham, Los Angeles Aztecs, Fort Lauderdale Strikers and San Jose Earthquakes, plus Northern Ireland; arguably George Best is the best footballer never to have played in the World Cup finals, though Argentina's and Spain's Alfredo Di Stéfano, France's Eric Cantona, Liberia's George Weah and Wales' Ian Rush and Ryan Giggs may beg to differ; George Best's quote is one of my favourite ever quotes)

6. "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse." (Marlon Brando playing Don Vito Corleone in the 1972 film, The Godfather; the film was written by Mario Puzo)

7. "1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 2. A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law." (Isaac Asimov's three laws of robotics expounded in his 'Runaround' short story published in the March 1942 issue of the Astounding Science Fiction magazine; the science fiction writer later added a fourth law, or a zeroth law, to precede the three laws: "0. A robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm"; Isaac Asimov's laws influenced the European Union's regulations on artificial intelligence (AI); Asimov's laws also featured in the 2004 film i ROBOT, starring will Smith))

WHO REPUTEDLY SAID THIS? (one mark per quotation)

8. "There's a sucker born every minute." (P T Barnum; the American showman's biographer, Arthur H Saxon, found no evidence that P T Barnum said such words and that they were perhaps attributed to him by his many enemies; in tracking down of this quote my friend, mwants269, found that David Hannum, a rival showman, and/or Joseph Bessimer perhaps coined the words and, in the former's case, attributed the words to P T Barnum)

WHO SAID THIS ABOUT WHOM? (two marks per quotation)

9. "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, his hands can't hit what his eyes can't see. [First name of man] thinks he will, but I know he won't." (Muhammad Ali on George Foreman before 'The Rumble in the Jungle' fight in Kinshasa, Zaire in 1974)

10. "Sir, anyone who imports two foreign wives has to be a free-trader." (Art Laffer to the US President Donald Trump during a quite recent briefing on trade policy (including tariffs); Donald Trump wasn't amused with the economist's advice despite him being Ronald Reagan's favourite economist)

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@spunkycumfun Wow! I can't believe it since several were guesses. You made my day

@MaxxxPleasure711 I hope you'll play again.

I thought you'd get number 7. Thanks for playing again.

@spunkycumfun Only one! Awww...

@AuraAviatik6 No, you got more than one correct. But I knew you would get that one correct.

@spunkycumfun Ah! ok!

Below are the correct answers in parentheses after the quotation.

WHO SAID THIS? (one mark per quotation)

1. "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” (Neil Armstrong on Apollo 11's landing on the moon, 20 July 1969)

2. "The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool." (William Shakespeare, As You Like It, c1599; Touchstone, the court jester, 'said' the words in the play)

3. "Holly came from Miami, F L A, hitch-hiked her way across the USA, plucked her eyebrows along the way, shaved her legs and then he was a she ... Candy came from out on the Island. In the backroom, she was everybody's darling. But she never lost her head, even when she was giving head." (Lou Reed, Walk on the Wild Side, 1972; the song was produced by David Bowie and Mick Ronson)

4. "Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway." (John Wayne; some but by no means all people believe he said this line as Rooster Cogburn in the 1969 film, True Grit)

5. "I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered." (George Best, a top footballer who played for, amongst many other teams, Manchester United, Fulham, Los Angeles Aztecs, Fort Lauderdale Strikers and San Jose Earthquakes, plus Northern Ireland; arguably George Best is the best footballer never to have played in the World Cup finals, though Argentina's and Spain's Alfredo Di Stéfano, France's Eric Cantona, Liberia's George Weah and Wales' Ian Rush and Ryan Giggs may beg to differ; George Best's quote is one of my favourite ever quotes)

6. "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse." (Marlon Brando playing Don Vito Corleone in the 1972 film, The Godfather; the film was written by Mario Puzo)

7. "1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 2. A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law." (Isaac Asimov's three laws of robotics expounded in his 'Runaround' short story published in the March 1942 issue of the Astounding Science Fiction magazine; the science fiction writer later added a fourth law, or a zeroth law, to precede the three laws: "0. A robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm"; Isaac Asimov's laws influenced the European Union's regulations on artificial intelligence (AI); Asimov's laws also featured in the 2004 film i ROBOT, starring will Smith))

WHO REPUTEDLY SAID THIS? (one mark per quotation)

8. "There's a sucker born every minute." (P T Barnum; the American showman's biographer, Arthur H Saxon, found no evidence that P T Barnum said such words and that they were perhaps attributed to him by his many enemies; in tracking down of this quote my friend, mwants269, found that David Hannum, a rival showman, and/or Joseph Bessimer perhaps coined the words and, in the former's case, attributed the words to P T Barnum)

WHO SAID THIS ABOUT WHOM? (two marks per quotation)

9. "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, his hands can't hit what his eyes can't see. [First name of man] thinks he will, but I know he won't." (Muhammad Ali on George Foreman before 'The Rumble in the Jungle' fight in Kinshasa, Zaire in 1974)

10. "Sir, anyone who imports two foreign wives has to be a free-trader." (Art Laffer to the US President Donald Trump during a quite recent briefing on trade policy (including tariffs); Donald Trump wasn't amused with the economist's advice despite him being Ronald Reagan's favourite economist)