*QUOTATION QUOTIENT
(Published April 27, 2014 in the Monterey Herald.)
1. “A sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use.”
A. Roseanne Barr
B. Washington Irving
C. Boutros Boutros-Ghali
2. “Speak roughly to your little boy,/ And beat him when he sneezes;/
He only does it to annoy,/ Because he knows it teases.”
A. Lewis Black
B. Lewis Carroll
C. C.S. Lewis
3. “Mr. Watson–come here–I want to see you.”
A. Sherlock Holmes
B. Alex Trebek
C. Alexander Graham Bell
4. “Well-married, a man is winged—ill-matched, he is shackled.”
A. Zsa Zsa Gabor
B. Henry Ward Beecher
C. Larry King
5. “I’m not ready to make nice….”
A. Vladimir Putin
B. Dixie Chicks
C. Mel Gibson
6. “Taxes are what we pay for civilized society …”
A. Mitt Romney
B. Cliven Bundy
C. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
7. “All scenery in California requires distance to give it its highest charm.”
A. Arnold Schwarzenegger
B. Mark Twain
C. Rembrandt
8. “This Bouillabaisse a noble dish is–/ A sort of soup or broth, or brew,/ Or hotchpotch, of all sorts of fishes,/ That Greenwich never could outdo.”
A. William M. Thackeray
B. Rachael Ray
C. Emeril Lagasse
9. “Though this be madness, yet there is method in ‘t.”
A. William Shatner
B. William McKinley
C. William Shakespeare
10. “Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.”
A. James Russell Lowell
B. Gary Busey
C. John F. Kennedy
Answers: 1-B, 2-B , 3-C , 4-B , 5-B , 6-C , 7-B , 8-A , 9-C , 10-A
Scoring: 10–QQQQ = Quote-Master
(number correct) 8-9–QQQ = Scholar
6-7–QQ = Literate
4-5–Q = Semi-Literate
0-3–No Q=Quote-Dunce
BONUS QUOTE:
“There stands Jackson like a stone wall!” – General Barnard Bee
(Bee, 1824-1861, a Confederate general, inspired the nickname for General “Stonewall” Jackson at the First Battle of Bull Run.)
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