*QUOTATION QUOTIENT
(Published August 24, 2014 in the Monterey Herald.)
1. “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.”
A. Dr. Benjamin Spock
B. Jackie Gleason
C. Mark Twain
2. “As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.”
A. Rick Perry
B. Vincent Van Gogh
C. Michael DeBakey
3. “May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.”
A. Richard Nixon
B. Eric Clapton
C. Nelson Mandela
4. “When I was in England I experimented with marijuana a time or two, and I didn’t like it. I didn’t inhale.”
A. Bill Clinton
B. Barack Obama
C. Ronald Reagan
5. “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”
A. Ted Cruz
B. George Orwell
C. Ralph Nader
6. “A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.”
A. David Brinkley
B. Aristotle
C. Mick Jagger
7. “Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.”
A. King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
B. George Washington
C. Timothy Leary
8. “The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.”
A. Bruno Mars
B. Lucille Ball
C. Juan Ponce de León
9. “Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’!”
A. Audrey Hepburn
B. Wyatt Earp
C. Benjamin Franklin
10. “If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month.”
A. Socrates
B. Eddie Munster
C. Theodore Roosevelt
Answers: 1-C, 2-B , 3-C , 4-A , 5-B , 6-A , 7-C , 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:
“Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned/ Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.” – William Congreve
(Congreve, 1670-1729, was an English poet and dramatist best known for his comic plays.)
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