[SFSkol]

Obviously a better answer:

Mary Ann Todd Lincoln
Jacqueline Lee Kennedy
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt

"Behind every great man is a great woman"

[Arctic Fox]

I must confess, I enjoy annoying my friends on Facebook with similar "trick" questions

My favorite regarding quotations: who came up with the phrase "survival of the fittest"?

[chuckinca]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

All US President quotes. That's all I will say.

Not.

(aka I don't think so)

[Polar Bear]

Originally Posted by Carl in Tampa

...thus the questions were trick questions...

Definitely.

[ColdNoMore]

Originally Posted by SFSkol

Obviously a better answer:

Mary Ann Todd Lincoln
Jacqueline Lee Kennedy
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt

"Behind every great man is a great woman"

Very clever.

[Carl in Tampa]

Originally Posted by Arctic Fox

I must confess, I enjoy annoying my friends on Facebook with similar "trick" questions

My favorite regarding quotations: who came up with the phrase "survival of the fittest"?

English philosopher and biologist Herbert Spencer is credited with originating the phrase in his book Principles of Biology (1864) after reading Darwin's On the Origin of Species.

Alfred Russell Wallace, an associate of Darwin, suggested to Darwin that the phrase well described Darwin's term Natural Selection. Darwin agreed, and included the term in his fourth edition of On the Origin of Species.

How did we ever do research without a web browser?

[PennBF]

Although nobody asked I thought I would give the source of the questions in my note. It was "Special Issue, The Presidency" Life Magazine July 5, 1968.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by PennBF

Although nobody asked I thought I would give the source of the questions in my note. It was "Special Issue, The Presidency" Life Magazine July 5, 1968.

Those did seem to be tricky questions. And the person who actually came up with some idea is often quite hard to pinpoint as others have mentioned.

[PennBF]

One last point and I will get off the subject. I felt that some of the things posted just don't add to our knowledge. In this case I see that 533 had viewed the submission which means 533 were able to challenge their mind just a little.
It is more healthy than just reading with no purpose.

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by PennBF

One last point and I will get off the subject. I felt that some of the things posted just don't add to our knowledge. In this case I see that 533 had viewed the submission which means 533 were able to challenge their mind just a little.
It is more healthy than just reading with no purpose.

Was not challenged.
Maybe entertained.

[PennBF]

One mans entertainment is another mans challenge.

[Arctic Fox]

Originally Posted by Carl in Tampa

English philosopher and biologist Herbert Spencer is credited with originating the phrase in his book Principles of Biology (1864) after reading Darwin's On the Origin of Species.

Alfred Russell Wallace, an associate of Darwin, suggested to Darwin that the phrase well described Darwin's term Natural Selection. Darwin agreed, and included the term in his fourth edition of On the Origin of Species.

Spot on. And Darwin was happy to acknowledge that Spencer's "survival of the fittest" was a better description than his own "natural selection", rather than just using the term as if he had come up with it.