about.

…or who? is a quiz about a simple question: who actually said that? Famous lines get passed around, shortened and pinned on the wrong person. This site lets you test your instincts, then shows what the record says.

what's in it

117 short quotations, mostly from speeches, letters and books that are old enough to be in the public domain, plus a few well-documented remarks from more recent figures. Each one is a sentence or two. We never use song lyrics, film or TV lines, or long passages from modern books.

how answers are checked

Each card names the work or occasion and the date, and links to a reference page where the attribution and its original citation can be checked, usually Wikiquote's sourced sections or a Quote Investigator article. The explanation on every card is written in our own words. Where a famous quote is credited to the wrong person, the card says so and tells the real story. Candidate names are plausible guesses, chosen to be fair to the people named.

Quotations and their wording vary between editions and translations. Where that matters, the card says which translation or version is meant.

how it works

Every day gives everybody the same ten quotes. Your streak and results are stored only in your own browser; nothing is sent to us. Clear your site data and the streak resets.

spotted a mistake?

If you have a better source, or think a card is wrong, write to info@orwho.com with the quote and your source. Corrections are welcome.