Famous Mottos Quiz

Can you accept Idiots for YOLO?

Hi Quizzy, I think we might've said this before... but workers of the world unite was also the motto of the IWW/Wobbles.

True story.

Quiz description should be "to which it belongs"

Yes! Don't end sentences with prepositions! Grammar is fun.

Grammarians generally agree that the "don't end sentences with a preposition" rule is pointless and unnecessary. It was created a few hundred years ago when some scholars got it into their heads that English grammar should follow some of the same rules as Latin grammar. In Latin grammar, you couldn't end a sentence with a preposition because they always modified the word following them, and it would make the sentence not make sense. This is also why you're supposedly not allowed to split infinitives, because in Latin infinitives were single words (rather than two words, like "to split") and so couldn't be split.

In short, English isn't Latin, so stop applying Latin rules to English sentences.

Eight grade teacher agrees

You should accept bing for microsoft.

Well, its fair to say i have never heard of "Don't be Evil" !!!!!!! lol! ;)

Kind of ironic, in my opinion.

I tried putting "idiots" for YOLO...didn't work for some reason...

Well Drake does fall into the category anyway... Still I agree with this

awesome quiz.

Spent a minute trying to figure out why %1 wasn't Scar from the Lion King...

Same, apparently the Lion King has had a bigger impact on my life that the 10 years or so I spent as a Scout

The USSR was one of the most evil and oppressive regimes in the history of the world. Good riddance.

It was easy to spell, though.

Agreed, almost as evil as the United States of America

Putin would like to see it come back.

Since I was in Boy Scouts years ago, "Be Prepared" was the easiest one for me to remember

yep.

"Drake"? Who would have thought?

I didn't know Sir Francis was so ahead of his time.

:DD

Don't Be Evil? What the hell is that supposed to mean? Stupid...

I think there was a campaign called "Google, don't be evil", in protest against Google's agreement to disable approach to certain sites in China. I agree that it is inappropriate to have it here as a motto which "belongs" to Google.

it' wasn't something assigned to them by the protests; "Don't Be Evil" is Google's long-time motto and the protesters were using that to point out how ridiculous the company's position was.

it's been the company's unofficial motto forever. The founder's mission sort of mission statement and reminder to themselves that with great power comes great responsibility. Controlling access to information is a great power. It's not stupid at all.

Really Google: "don't be evil"

Who else saw 'Be Prepared' and wrote Scar/Lion King?

... well... ... um... ............................................I'M TAKING THE FIFTH!

I definitely did, and it should totally be accepted. It IS his motto after all!

Thought it. Didn't write it

I totally wrote it

Apparently, despite other comments, USSR is still the answer... It doesnt make much sense

I'm glad you accept Scout and Girl Scouts for 'Be Prepared.' But can you make it display Girl/Boy Scouts for the actual answer? It only displays Boy Scouts and that is not correct. Otherwise people will not learn the correct answer. Thanks.

This quiz got me thinking about the distinction between a motto and a marketing slogan. "I'm Lovin' It" is definitely a slogan and will someday be replaced with something else. McD's certainly doesn't base their organizational philosophy on that phrase. "Where do you want to go today?" is the same for MSFT; definitely just a temporary marketing lead.

"Just Do It" was once just a slogan, but it seems that it's become part of Nike's DNA. Not sure whether that has happened with "Think Different" at Apple, but it's possible.

I do, although I'm not from USA I think 'From Many One' is more meaningful than 'In God we Trust'. Many people have different Gods and many don't trust in any God. And those that profess to believe in God don't always act like it.

Yes. The original motto was great. The one adopted in the 1950s out of fear in a tribalist panic is ridiculous and goes against many of the most important things upon which the country was founded. It really should be changed back.

Most of these aren't mottos, they're advertising slogans. Those aren't the same things.

I kept typing illuminati for in God we trust. *facepalm*

"I'm on a boat! YOLO!" - Sir Francis Drake, probably

I but Napoleon for the for the Liberte, egalite, fraternite and it didn't count it. IM SALTY

Anyone else think Scar and Shia LeBouff?

"In God We Trust" is such a sad, pathetic downgrade from the real and original motto of the United States: e plurubus unum. Product of a really embarrassing chapter in US history, changed for some really poor reasons, and it ought to be changed back.

Transnistria should be accepted :)