Weekly quiz #4 who said this?

Tell me who uttered these wise sayings. Where a person re-quoted another person's quote, you are allowed either but you get a bonus point if you get both (or all).

I thought I'd dial down the difficulty level a bit this week! Hope you all appreciate that.

Quote 1: "All warfare is based on deception"

Quote 2: "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds"

Quote 3: "For 10 years we in the Tory party have become used to Papua New Guinea-style orgies of cannibalism and chief-killing"

Quote 4: "Democratic societies are unfit for the publication of such thunderous revelations as I am in the habit of making"

Quote 5: "I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals"

Quote 6: "Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past"

Quote 7: "If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there’d be peace"

Good luck!

Quiz #3 answers

 Year 1: 2012

• David Cameron left his eight year old daughter at a pub
• Malala Yousafzai was shot by a member of the Taliban
• Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her jubilee
• London hosted the Olympic Games

Year 2: 1999

• The United States Senate tried, and acquitted, President Clinton for high crimes and misdemeanours
• The world's population first exceeded six billion
• The European Union introduced the Euro currency
• Shakespeare in Love won Best Picture at the Academy Awards

Year 3: 1962

• Ipswich Town won the First Division in England
• Jamaica gained its independence
• Marilyn Monroe died
• John Steinbeck won the Nobel Prize for Literature

Year 4: 1300

• Robert the Bruce defeated Edward II and declared Scotland independent
• It was a leap year
• Amsterdam was officially declared a city
• Giotto completed the Badia Polyptych

Year 5: 1933

• The London Underground map was unveiled
• Adolf Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany
• England won The Ashes in Australia, unleashing bodyline bowling tactics against their opponents
• FM radio patented

Year 6: 1813

• Richard Wagner born
• Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice published anonymously in London
• Prussia declared war on France
• The battle of Stoney Creek took place

Year 7: 1940

• The first Tom and Jerry cartoon made
• John Lennon born
• A new car in the USA cost $850
• Rebecca won Best Picture at the Academy Awards

Weekly quiz #3 guess the year

Do you know which year the following happened? If you can answer from your encyclopaedic memory rather than cheating with Mr Google, so much the better 😀

Beware - they are not in chronological order!

Year 1 (let's start with an easy one):

• David Cameron left his eight year old daughter at a pub
• Malala Yousafzai was shot by a member of the Taliban
• Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her jubilee
• London hosted the Olympic Games

Year 2 (you can have a year either way):

• The United States Senate tried, and acquitted, President Clinton, who had been impeached for "high crimes and misdemeanours"
• The world's population first exceeded six billion
• The European Union introduced the Euro currency
• Shakespeare in Love won Best Picture at the Academy Awards

Year 3 (three years either way):

• Ipswich Town won the First Division in England
• Jamaica gained its independence
• Marilyn Monroe died
• John Steinbeck won the Nobel Prize for Literature

Year 4 (twenty years either way):

• Robert the Bruce defeated Edward II and declared Scotland independent
• It was a leap year
• Amsterdam was officially declared a city
• Giotto completed the Badia Polyptych

Year 5 (sorry, this is too easy, so no leeway):

• The London Underground map was unveiled
• Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany
• England won The Ashes in Australia, unleashing bodyline bowling tactics against their opponents
• FM radio patented

Year 6 (two years either way):

• Richard Wagner born
• Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice published anonymously in London
• Prussia declared war on France
• The battle of Stoney Creek took place

Year 7 (one year either way):

• The first Tom and Jerry cartoon made
• John Lennon born
• A new car in the USA cost $850
• Rebecca won Best Picture at the Academy Awards

Quiz #2 answers

 Exhibit A: Charles Dickens

Exhibit B: Albert Einstein

Exhibit C: Margot Fonteyn

Exhibit D: Paul Gauguin

Exhibit E: Isaac Newton

Exhibit F: Richard Wagner

Exhibit G: Hypatia

Exhibit H: Isaac Asimov

Funny kittens

 

It's done!

All 1,000 pieces present and correct. Nice picture, eh?

Next:

Van Gogh "Starry night". 1,000 pieces again. I'll get back to you in a few weeks!

Cornish fauna

 Cornish wildlife is super interesting. Weird and wonderful. Take this guy:

Yes, please take  him; he's weird and scary. He can be seen roaming the fields and moors and I run away when I see his hunting party coming. He is called the giant....no, I'm kidding; he's actually a tardigrade and can be found well, everywhere - volcanic mud (not so much of that in Cornwall though), in the deep sea and rainforest (ditto) and on mountaintops (again not so much down my street). He's about 0.5mm long so not so scary - except to other tardigrades.

Here's another scary guy:

Look at those eyes! Following you, ready to pounce. I wouldn't like to be on my own with him in a room. He'd probably tickle me to death. For those who care enough, he is a Lackey Moth Caterpillar.

This is a porbeagle. At least, it's snout. Or rather the rostral cartilages. See, you can learn new words by reading this nonsense. A porbeagle is a species of mackerel shark. I guess you could cook it and eat it in a sandwich. Brown bread please. Which you couldn't say of a tardigrade. Inhabits Cornish coastal waters.

You didn't think you'd see a moose in Cornwall? You certainly will - in Cornwall, Ontario. Along with

and

That's a rat snake, by the way. So far in Cornwall, Canada but not my Cornwall. Thank goodness.

If you're planning on a visit to my neck of the woods any time soon, keep an eye out for the wildlife!