Q 01/05

Who said 'That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind'?

A) Neil Armstrong

B) Buzz Aldrin

C) Yuri Gagarin

D) John Glenn

Answer · why

A) Neil Armstrong

He spoke the words as he became the first person to set foot on the Moon in July 1969.

Q 02/05

Which US president declared 'the only thing we have to fear is fear itself'?

A) Harry Truman

B) Franklin D. Roosevelt

C) John F. Kennedy

D) Herbert Hoover

Answer · why

B) Franklin D. Roosevelt

He said it in his first inaugural address in 1933, at the depth of the Great Depression.

Q 03/05

Who urged Americans to 'ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country'?

A) Lyndon Johnson

B) Ronald Reagan

C) John F. Kennedy

D) Dwight Eisenhower

Answer · why

C) John F. Kennedy

It came in his 1961 inaugural address.

Q 04/05

Which US president said 'Speak softly and carry a big stick, and you will go far'?

A) Woodrow Wilson

B) Andrew Jackson

C) William McKinley

D) Theodore Roosevelt

Answer · why

D) Theodore Roosevelt

He first used the West African proverb publicly in 1901 to describe his foreign policy.

Q 05/05

Who pledged 'I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat'?

A) Winston Churchill

B) Neville Chamberlain

C) Clement Attlee

D) David Lloyd George

Answer · why

A) Winston Churchill

It was his first speech as prime minister, delivered to the House of Commons in May 1940.