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According to the proverb, which ancient city was not built in a day?
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In the proverb blood is thicker than water, what does blood represent?
Answer: Family bonds
Why: The 'blood of the covenant' reversal quoted online has no historical basis; the saying is recorded in a 1737 Scots proverb collection.
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What must be broken to make an omelet?
Answer: Eggs
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According to the Latin proverb, who does fortune favor?
Answer: The bold
Why: Virgil gives the line to Turnus in the Aeneid, but Terence had used 'fortes fortuna adiuvat' in his comedy Phormio in 161 BC.
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Which writing instrument is mightier than the sword?
Answer: The pen
Why: Edward Bulwer-Lytton coined the line in 1839 for his play Richelieu, first staged at London's Covent Garden Theatre.
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What is the cynical second half of 'great minds think alike'?
Answer: But fools seldom differ
Why: Older English said 'good wits jump' (1618); the 'fools seldom differ' rider is earliest known in a Saskatchewan newspaper from 1932.
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What animal was originally killed by care in early proverb versions?
Answer: A cat
Why: In Ben Jonson's 1598 line, care meant worry, not looking after; the earliest known version with curiosity is an Irish newspaper from 1868.
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