(Published April 11, 2015 at Montereyherald.com/lifestyle, Interactive version)
1. “The world has enough for everyone’s need, but not enough for everyone’s greed.”
A. King Midas
B. Mahatma Gandhi
C. Mitt Romney
2. “I love tranquil solitude / And such society / As is quiet, wise, and good.”
A. Percy Bysshe Shelley
B. George Harrison
C. Allen Ginsberg
3. “It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.”
A. Herman Melville
B. Herman Cain
C. Herman Munster
4. “By faithfully working eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.”
A. Joseph McCarthy
B. Muhammad Ali
C. Robert Frost
5. “Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.”
A. Jeff Bezos
B. Hillary Clinton
C. Thomas Paine
6. “This above all: To thine own self, be true.”
A. Joe Namath
B. William Shakespeare
C. Bertrand Russell
7. “We pick politicians by how they look on TV and Miss America on where she stands on the issues. Isn’t that a little backwards?”
A. Jay Leno
B. Isaac Newton
C. Bert Parks
8. “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”
A. Marsha Brady
B. Jerry Brown
C. Leo Tolstoy
9. “I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power, than by violent and sudden usurpations.”
A. Joe Biden
B. James Madison
C. Greta Garbo
10. “Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
A. Carl Jung
B. Rand Paul
C. Mark Twain
Answers: 1-B, 2-A , 3-A , 4-C , 5-C , 6-B , 7-A , 8-C , 9-B , 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:
“Advice is like kissing: it costs nothing and is a pleasant thing to do.”
–Josh Billings
(Billings, 1818-1885, was the pen name of humorist Henry Wheeler Shaw. Billings died in Monterey, CA, as chronicled by John Steinbeck in Chapter 12 of “Cannery Row.”)
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