Published July 12, 2015 at Montereyherald.com/lifestyle (Interactive version)
1. “Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.”
A. Warren Buffett
B. Sholem Aleichem
C. Bernie Sanders
2. “Old age is like an airplane flying in a storm. Once you’re in it there’s nothing you can do.”
A. Golda Meir
B. Carrie Underwood
C. Abraham Lincoln
3. “I have found little that is ‘good’ about human beings on the whole. In my experience most of them are trash.”
A. Sigmund Freud
B. Joel Osteen
C. Ben Stiller
4. “The only good thing to do with good advice is pass it on; it is never of any use to oneself.”
A. Oprah Winfrey
B. Laura Schlessinger
C. Oscar Wilde
5. “The easiest kind of relationship is with ten thousand people, the hardest is with one.”
A. Ringo Starr
B. Joan Baez
C. Neil deGrasse Tyson
6. “Poverty is uncomfortable; but 9 times out of 10 the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and be compelled to sink or swim.”
A. Michael Phelps
B. Captain Ahab
C. James A. Garfield
7. “I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.”
A. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
B. Lewis Carroll
C. Lindsey Graham
8. “Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music – the world is so rich – simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.”
A. Dennis Miller
B. Glenn Miller
C. Henry Miller
9. “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”
A. John Steinbeck
B. William Shakespeare
C. Raúl Castro
10. “Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.”
A. Ted Cruz
B. Ambrose Bierce
C. Arnold Palmer
Answers: 1-B, 2-A , 3-A , 4-C , 5-B , 6-C , 7-A , 8-C , 9-B , 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:
“The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment.”
– Robert Hutchins, 1899-1977, was president of the University of Chicago from 1929 to 1951.
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