*QUOTATION QUOTIENT
(Published June 8, 2014 in the Monterey Herald.)
1. “You are the sum total of everything you’ve ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot – it’s all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.”
A. Hannibal Lecter
B. Maya Angelou
C. Ron Weasley
2. “Nothing can be more useful to a man than the determination not to be hurried.”
A. Justin Timberlake
B. Arnold Schwarzenegger
C. Henry David Thoreau
3. “There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.’”
A. Isaac Newton
B. Isaac Asimov
C. Isaac Hayes
4. “The American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.”
A. Marilyn Monroe
B. James Monroe
C. James Madison
5. “Increasingly, the world around us looks as if we hated it.”
A. Alan Watts
B. Beatrix Potter
C. Al Gore
6. “It is the tension between creativity and skepticism that has produced the stunning and unexpected findings of science.”
A. Carl Sagan
B. Carl Sandburg
C. Carl Karcher
7. “Whenever I date a guy, I think, is this the man I want my children
to spend their weekends with?”
A. Sandra Bullock
B. Kate Middleton
C. Rita Rudner
8. “Dance till the stars come down from the rafters/ Dance, Dance, Dance till you drop.”
A. Arthur Murray
B. W.H. Auden
C. Jane Fonda
9. “Speak softly, and carry a big stick.”
A. Dwight Eisenhower
B. Babe Ruth
C. Theodore Roosevelt
10. “God is really only another artist, he made the elephant, giraffe and cat. He has no real style but keeps trying new ideas.”
A. Pablo Picasso
B. Joel Osteen
C. Walt Disney
Answers: 1-B, 2-C , 3-B , 4-B , 5-A , 6-A , 7-C , 8-B , 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:
“All sweeping assertions are erroneous.” – Letitia Elizabeth Landon
(Landon, 1802-1838, was an English poet and novelist.)
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