Mind & society
The “Famous speeches” quiz — Mind & society. It has 25 questions in five categories: Presidential Words, Calls for Equality, War and Resolve, Beyond Politics, The Speaker's Kit. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.
The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.
The line urging Americans to serve their country came from whose 1961 inaugural address?
A president spoke for only about two minutes at a cemetery dedication in Gettysburg. Who was he?
Which president used his…
In the gameA 1947 doctrine took…
In the gameWhich president asked Congress…
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At the 1963 March on Washington, who addressed the crowd with a call for racial equality?
Which anti-apartheid leader delivered a 1964 statement from the dock at the Rivonia Trial?
Which abolitionist chose 5…
In the gameWhich British suffragette crossed…
In the gameWhich formerly enslaved activist…
In the gameThe House of Commons heard a promise to fight on the beaches after Dunkirk in 1940. Which prime minister spoke?
Which Tudor queen, pictured here, rallied troops at Tilbury during the Spanish Armada crisis of 1588?
Which Virginian gave the…
In the gameThe BBC carried an…
In the gameIn Thucydides' account, which…
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Which Silicon Valley figure turned a 2005 Stanford commencement address into three stories from his life?
Which Harry Potter author used a 2008 Harvard commencement speech to discuss failure and imagination?
A sixteenth birthday at…
In the gameWhich Nobel literature laureate…
In the gameAt Kenyon College in…
In the game“Who would turn down a better future?” can be asked without wanting a reply. What device is that?
A crowd starts echoing a line after a speaker uses it several times. What technique makes the line stick?
“Listen, decide, act” gives…
In the gameA speaker opens several…
In the gameA speech reverses two…
In the gameAll 25 questions and the answers are in the game. Invite your class or friends with a link — guests need no account.