Thursday, December 6, 2007

Who said it?

They said it!!! ..... More or less some Historical, and not so, historical quotes. Who said what? One liners that we remember with regard to events or personalities. How many do you know?

1.) "veni, vidi, vici "

2.) “ Mission Accomplished.”

3.) “We are turning them back as I speak.”

4.) “Yippee ki yae”

5.) “I’ll be back.”

6.) "Ich bin ein Berliner"

7.) “I shall return!”

8.) “The buck stops here.”

9.) “History is more or less bunk."

10.) "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!"

Possible candidiates:

Henry Ford
George W. Bush
Julius Caesar
Bruce Willis from Diehard
Arnold Schartzenneger
Tarig Aziz
Hary S.Truman
Winston Churchill
John F. Kennedy
General McArthur
The President in Dr. Strangelove

19 comments:

GOAT said...

Julius Caesar quotes "Veni, vidi, vici". It english, it means.."I came, I saw, I conquered".

This blog is confusing, I'm not sure which essay questions is going to be on the exam...or if they're even posted??

James B. said...

Tell me about it..

GOAT said...

oh ps mz.mazur, this is ivanna. i don't know how to change my screen name to my normal name!

honey♥bunch said...
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wendy ^_^ said...

this is really confusing... mr. mazur please explain

Pretty Mary said...

Uhmm,,, ahmm,,, ehmm,,
These are my answers, sir...

1. "Veni, vidi, vici"---Julius Ceasar...
2. "Mission Accomplished"---George W. Bush...
3. "We are turning them back as I speak"---Tariq Aziz...
4. "Yippee Kiyae"---Bruce Willis (Diehard)...
5. "I'll be back"--- Arnold Schartzenneger...
6. "Ich bin ein Berlin"---John F. Kennedy...
7. "I shall return"---General McArthur...
8. " The buck stops here"---Hary Truman...
9. "History is more or less bunk"---Henry Ford...
10. "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here!!!! This is the War Room!!!"---The President in Dr. Strangelove...


Ahmm... Uhm... I hope they're all correct...(--,)

jhay simon said...

1.) "veni, vidi, vici "
- Julius Caesar
2.) “ Mission Accomplished.”
- George W. Bush
3.) “We are turning them back as I speak.”
- Tarig Aziz
4.) “Yippee ki yae”
- Bruce Willis from Diehard
5.) “I’ll be back.”
- Arnold Schartzenneger
6.) "Ich bin ein Berliner"
- John F. Kennedy (speech)
7.) “I shall return!”
- Gen. Douglas MacArthur
8.) “The buck stops here.”
- Hary S.Truman
9.) “History is more or less bunk."
- Henry Ford
10.) "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!"
- The President in Dr. Strangelove


okay finally finished.. 2 more to go! um i thought this blog was pretty easy just had to do alittle bit of research. i thought question 2 was teh hardest to find so i skipped that quote and did everything else until teh end when Tarig Aziz was the last dude on my list =D

jhay-

GOAT said...
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GOAT said...

1.) "Veni, Vidi, Vici " (my all time fav. quote!)
- Julius Caesar
2.) “ Mission Accomplished.”
- George W. Bush
3.) “We are turning them back as I speak.”
- Tarig Aziz
4.) “Yippee ki yae”
- Bruce Willis from Diehard (haha!!)
5.) “I’ll be back.”
- Arnold Schartzenneger
6.) "Ich bin ein Berliner"
- John F. Kennedy
7.) “I shall return!”
- Gen. Douglas MacArthur
8.) “The buck stops here.”
- Hary S.Truman
9.) “History is more or less bunk."
- Henry Ford
10.) "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!"
- The President in Dr. Strangelove


These better be darn right!! 2 more to go Mazur, 2 more!! This is probably the easiest "essay" question to do since the research only took a few minutes. -Ivanna C.

marcuslove said...

Kennedy said Ich bin ein Berliner, in English it means I am a Berliner (a person of Berlin) is was given in a speech in which he spoke of democracy in West Germany.

Ich bin auch ein Berliner!

James B. said...

"Veni, Vidi, Vici " - Julius Caesar
“Mission Accomplished.” - George W. Bush
“We are turning them back as I speak.” - Tarig Aziz
“Yippee ki yae" - Bruce Willis
“I’ll be back.” - Arnold Schartzenneger
"Ich bin ein Berliner" - John F. Kennedy
“I shall return!” - Gen. Douglas MacArthur
“The buck stops here.” - Hary S.Truman
“History is more or less bunk." - Henry Ford
"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!"- The President in Dr. Strangelove

Wait a second Maze.. anyone can easily just look at the previous entries and copy them. I'm not saying I did that but you should mark down who's done it, then delete their entry so not just anyone can copy it and paste it. It actually takes time to do..

James B. said...
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James B. said...

Jeff by the way. ; )

marcuslove said...

Its Marcus by the way =)

Mazur History said...

Wow!

This intro to the blog seems to be a hit. But of course it's not one of the questions we talked about .All the other topics are though.

Nice job getting who said what

eamillama said...

1.) "Veni, Vidi, Vici "
- Julius Caesar
2.) “ Mission Accomplished.”
- George Walker Bush
3.) “We are turning them back as I speak.”
- Tarig Aziz
4.) “Yippee ki yae”
- Bruce Willis
5.) “I’ll be back.”
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
6.) "Ich bin ein Berliner"
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy
7.) “I shall return!”
- General Douglas MacArthur
8.) “The buck stops here.”
- Hary S.Truman
9.) “History is more or less bunk."
- Henry Ford
10.) "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!"
- President in Dr. Strangelove

Suuuuuwwweeeeeetttttt!!!! bonus mark for mEeeeeeeeeee!!!

azn_ said...

1.) "Veni, Vidi, Vici " (my all time fav. quote!)
- Julius Caesar
2.) “ Mission Accomplished.”
- George W. Bush
3.) “We are turning them back as I speak.”
- Tarig Aziz
4.) “Yippee ki yae”
- Bruce Willis from Diehard (haha!!)
5.) “I’ll be back.”
- Arnold Schartzenneger
6.) "Ich bin ein Berliner"
- John F. Kennedy
7.) “I shall return!”
- Gen. Douglas MacArthur
8.) “The buck stops here.”
- Hary S.Truman
9.) “History is more or less bunk."
- Henry Ford
10.) "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!"
- The President in Dr. Strangelove

Thats 4 mr. mazur bonus marks haha

Rainy said...

Veni,vidi,vici was by julius ceasar, Mission accomplished was by George bush, “Yippee ki yae” Bruce Willis from Diehard,“I’ll be back.”Arnold Schartzenneger
"Ich bin ein Berliner" John F. Kennedy, “I shall return!” General McArthur, “The buck stops here.”Hary S.Truman, “History is more or less bunk."Henry Ford, "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!" The President in Dr. Strangelove And i am guessing “We are turning them back as I speak.” is Tarig Aziz

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