Famous Speeches

Q: What 272-word address beginning 'Four score and seven years ago' was delivered by Abraham Lincoln at a battlefield dedication in 1863?

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Q: Which British Prime Minister rallied his nation in June 1940 with the defiant vow: 'We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds'?

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Q: Which US president challenged Americans in 1961: 'Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country'?

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Q: What impassioned March 1775 speech to the Virginia Convention concluded with Patrick Henry's cry: 'Give me liberty, or give me death!'?

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Q: What 1987 speech before the Brandenburg Gate saw President Ronald Reagan challenge Mikhail Gorbachev to 'tear down this wall'?

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Q: On the eve of his assassination in Memphis in April 1968, what speech did Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. deliver stating 'I've been to the mountaintop'?

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Q: In his 1933 inaugural address amidst the Great Depression, which president declared that 'the only thing we have to fear is fear itself'?

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Q: Which Athenian statesman and general delivered a celebrated funeral oration in 431 BC praising democratic values in the Peloponnesian War?

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Q: What three-hour defense speech did Nelson Mandela deliver from the dock during the 1964 Rivonia Trial, ending with his readiness to die for equality?

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Q: Who delivered the impassioned 1896 speech declaring that the working class would not be 'crucified upon a cross of gold'?

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Question 1

What 272-word address beginning 'Four score and seven years ago' was delivered by Abraham Lincoln at a battlefield dedication in 1863?

Question 2

Which British Prime Minister rallied his nation in June 1940 with the defiant vow: 'We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds'?

Question 3

Which US president challenged Americans in 1961: 'Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country'?

Question 4

What impassioned March 1775 speech to the Virginia Convention concluded with Patrick Henry's cry: 'Give me liberty, or give me death!'?

Question 5

What 1987 speech before the Brandenburg Gate saw President Ronald Reagan challenge Mikhail Gorbachev to 'tear down this wall'?

Question 6

On the eve of his assassination in Memphis in April 1968, what speech did Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. deliver stating 'I've been to the mountaintop'?

Question 7

In his 1933 inaugural address amidst the Great Depression, which president declared that 'the only thing we have to fear is fear itself'?

Question 8

Which Athenian statesman and general delivered a celebrated funeral oration in 431 BC praising democratic values in the Peloponnesian War?

Question 9

What three-hour defense speech did Nelson Mandela deliver from the dock during the 1964 Rivonia Trial, ending with his readiness to die for equality?

Question 10

Who delivered the impassioned 1896 speech declaring that the working class would not be 'crucified upon a cross of gold'?

What 272-word address beginning 'Four score and seven years ago' was delivered by Abraham Lincoln at a battlefield dedication in 1863?

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