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June 8, 2014 · 7:49 pm

What’s Your QQ*? #376

*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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June 1, 2014 · 12:34 pm

What’s Your QQ*? #375

*QUOTATION QUOTIENT

(Published June 1, 2014 in the Monterey Herald.)

 

1. “Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.”

A. Mark Twain

B. Mitch McConnell

C. John F. Kennedy

 

2. “Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid.”

A. Neil Diamond

B. Ludwig van Beethoven

C. Frank Zappa

 

3. “Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.”

A. H.G. Wells

B. Zbigniew Brzezinski

C. Mary Tyler Moore

 

4. “Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.”

A. Benjamin Netanyahu

B. Benjamin Disraeli

C. Benjamin Harrison

 

5. “Shake and shake / the catsup bottle / first none’ll come / and then a lot’ll.”

A. Rodney Dangerfield

B. Robert Frost

C. Richard Armour

 

6. “Anybody can become angry – that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way – that is not within everybody’s power and is not easy.”

A. Aristotle

B. Richard Nixon

C. Sinead O’Conner

 

7. “Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.”

A. Socrates

B. Margaret Mead

C. Jesse Jackson

 

8. “Happiness is a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.”

A. Daniel Boone

B. Nathaniel Hawthorne

C. Kelly Clarkson

 

9. “What a pity flowers can utter no sound! A singing rose, a whispering violet, a murmuring honeysuckle — oh, what a rare and exquisite miracle would these be!”

A. Henry Ward Beecher

B. Sarah Silverman

C. A. A. Milne

 

10. “Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.”

A. Zane Grey

B. Bill Gates

C. Gertrude Stein

 

 

Answers: 1-A, 2-C , 3-A , 4-B , 5-C , 6-A , 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:

 “If money had been the way to save the world, Christ himself would have been rich.” – Phyllis Bottome

 (Bottome, 1884-1963, was a British novelist and short story writer.)

 

 

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May 25, 2014 · 8:39 pm

What’s Your QQ*? #374

*QUOTATION QUOTIENT

(Published May 25, 2014 in the Monterey Herald.)

 

1. “It doesn’t take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.”

A. Norman Schwarzkopf

B. Betty White

C. Dick Cheney

 

2. “I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it.”

A. David Hasselhoff

B. Eleanor Roosevelt

C. W. C. Fields

 

3. “One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can’t utter.”

A. Donald Sterling

B. Gomer Pyle

C. James Earl Jones

 

4. “The fundamental cause of trouble in the world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.”

A. Forrest Gump

B. Bertrand Russell

C. Stephen Hawking

 

5. “Turn on, tune in, drop out.”

A. “Squeaky” Fromme

B. Timothy Leary

C. Casey Kasem

 

6. “There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is in the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition.”

A. Rod Serling

B. Alfred Hitchcock

C. Neil deGrasse Tyson

 

7. “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have already chosen the side of the oppressor.”

A. Vladimir Putin

B. Desmond Tutu

C. Jeb Bush

 

8. “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”

A. Ralph Nader

B. Ralph Lauren

C. Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

9. “Cows are my passion. What I have ever sighed for has been to retreat to a Swiss farm, and live entirely surrounded by cows -and china.”

A. Charles Dickens

B. Mao Zedong

C. Adam Sandler

 

10. “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”

A. Abraham Lincoln

B. Nathan Hale

C. Paul Revere

 

 

Answers: 1-A, 2-C , 3-C , 4-B , 5-B , 6-A , 7-B , 8-C , 9-A , 10-B

 

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:

 “Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.” – James Bryce

 (Bryce, 1838-1922, was a British historian, politician. and ambassador to the United States.)

 

 

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May 18, 2014 · 12:49 pm

What’s Your QQ*? #373

*QUOTATION QUOTIENT

(Published May 18, 2014 in the Monterey Herald.)

1. “Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to.”

A. Mark Zuckerberg

B. Mark McGwire

C. Mark Twain

 

2. “Cowards die many times before their deaths;/ The valiant never taste of death but once.”

A. William Shakespeare

B. Ernest Hemingway

C. King Arthur

 

3. “A good part of any day in Los Angeles is spent driving, alone, through streets devoid of meaning to the driver, which is one reason the place exhilarates some people, and floods others with an amorphous unease.”

A. Jack Nicholson

B. Joan Didion

C. Mahatma Gandhi

 

4. “History is the long and tragic story of the fact that privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily.”

A. Martin Luther King, Jr.

B. Queen Elizabeth II

C. Harry Truman

 

 5. “In olden days a glimpse of stocking/ Was looked on as something shocking/ But now, Heaven knows,/ Anything goes.”

A. Natalie Cole

B. Nat King Cole

C. Cole Porter

 

6. “There is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men.”

A. Charles Manson

B. Herman Melville

C. Dr. Doolittle

 

7. “People who don’t know how to keep themselves healthy ought to have the decency to get themselves buried, and not waste time about it.”

A. Henrik Ibsen

B. Richard Simmons

C. William Howard Taft

 

8. “Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle.”

A. Drew Barrymore

B. Chris Christie

C. Bob Hope

 

9. “Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.”

A. Oscar Wilde

B. Arne Duncan

C. Thomas Edison

 

10. “It is quite obvious that the human race has made a queer mess of life on this planet. But as a people we probably harbor seeds of goodness that have lain for a long time waiting to sprout when the conditions are right.”

A. J. K. Rowling

B. E. B. White

C. J. D. Salinger

 

Answers: 1-C, 2-A , 3-B , 4-A , 5-C , 6-B , 7-A , 8-C , 9-A , 10-B

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:

 “Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgment will always be in demand under all conditions.” – Roger Babson

 (Babson, 1875-1967, an American business educator, writer and statistician, founded three colleges.)

 

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