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.

I wonder why the YOLO thing never caught on in India.

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

@martay the grammatically correct sentence is 'That is a rule up with which I can no longer put!'

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

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

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

yep.

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!

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

Anyone else think Scar and Shia LeBouff?

lmao quizmaster.

and divantilya that is how it works, once you gave all/some of the answer, you took it again and didnt get/put in any of the answers. So the results show that you got the answers right half of the time. Makes perfect sense

I really wonder what some people think the last column stands for. Like that some of their questions are considered somewhat correct?? (which would be weird, because if taken the quiz multiple times and every time the same correct answer gives you different percentages... (if you have had it wrong atleast once.)

Sorry for the messy sentences. Not feeling well so thinking full senteces that end corresponding to how they begin is hard, even more so in another language.

"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 :)

Only 12% guessed Microsoft? What a failure of a marketing campaign!

that one sounded super familiar to me. I was first guessing credit card companies, then trying courier services, then airlines... couldn't place it. But Microsoft makes some sense. I did think of search engines but I had already guessed Google. Bing has been erased from my memory.

Haiti should also be accepted for "Liberté, égalité, fraternité". It is their National Motto as well.