*QUOTATION QUOTIENT
(Published August 3, 2014 in the Monterey Herald.)
1. “Many a true word is spoken in jest.”
A. Johnny Carson
B. Geoffrey Chaucer
C. Che Guevara
2. “These are the times that try men’s souls: The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.”
A. Abraham Lincoln
B. John Hancock
C. Thomas Paine
3. “There are no facts, only interpretations.”
A. Friedrich Nietzsche
B. Buster Posey
C. Bill O’Reilly
4. “When meditating over a disease, I never think of finding a remedy for it, but, instead a means of preventing it.”
A. Bill Gates
B. Louis Pasteur
C. Doogie Howser
5. “All that we see or seem/ Is but a dream within a dream.”
A. Edgar Allan Poe
B. Sigmund Freud
C. Carrie Underwood
6. “You may say I’m a dreamer/ But I’m not the only one.”
A. Ringo Starr
B. Bruno Mars
C. John Lennon
7. “I have sacrificed everything in my life that I consider precious to advance the political career of my husband.”
A. Hillary Clinton
B. Pat Nixon
C. Sarah Palin
8. “The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”
A. Milton Berle
B. Plato
C. John Boehner
9. “One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.”
A. J.R.R. Tolkien
B. J.D. Salinger
C. J.K. Rowling
10. “If God were alive today, He’d be an atheist.”
A. Billy Graham
B. Franklin D. Roosevelt
C. Kurt Vonnegut
Answers: 1-B, 2-C , 3-A , 4-B , 5-A , 6-C , 7-B , 8-B , 9-A , 10-C
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:
“Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says ‘Make Me Feel Important.’ Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life.” – Mary Kay Ash
(Ash, 1918-2001, founded Mary Kay Cosmetics.)
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