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June 15, 2014 · 2:02 pm

What’s Your QQ*? #377

*QUOTATION QUOTIENT

(Published June 15, 2014 in the Monterey Herald.)

 

1. “The greatest monarch on the proudest throne is obliged to sit upon his own arse.”

A. Prince Charles

B. Benjamin Franklin

C. Homer Simpson

 

2. “Let’s think the unthinkable, let’s do the undoable. Let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all.”

A. John Adams

B. Douglas Adams

C. Ansel Adams

 

3. “I have found little that is ‘good’ about human beings on the whole. In my experience most of them are trash, no matter whether they publicly subscribe to this or that ethical doctrine or to none at all. That is something that you cannot say aloud, or perhaps even think.”

A. Sigmund Freud

B. John McCain

C. Kathie Lee Gifford

 

4. “Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road.”

A. Martin Scorsese

B. Eddie Haskell

C. Dag Hammarskjold

 

5. “Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.”

A. Eric Holder

B. Bowe Bergdahl

C. Edward R. Murrow

 

6. “The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial element in the large centers has owned the government of the U.S. since the days of Andrew Jackson.”

A. Franklin D. Roosevelt

B. Abraham Lincoln

C. Betty White

 

7. “The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious – the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science.”

A. Alfred Hitchcock

B. Albert Einstein

C. Margaret Thatcher

 

8. “Go ahead, make my day.”

A. Harry Callahan

B. Arnold Schwarzenegger

C. Clint Eastwood

 

9. “A man who has never gone to school may steal a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.”

A. Leonardo da Vinci

B. Barack Obama

C. Theodore Roosevelt

 

10. “When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years.”

A. Mark Zuckerberg

B. Mark Twain

C. Mark McGwire

 

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

 “A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again.” ~Enid Bagnold

 (Bagnold, 1889-1981, a British author and playwright, wrote “National Velvet.”)

 

 

 

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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 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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April 27, 2014 · 1:15 pm

What’s Your QQ*? #370

*QUOTATION QUOTIENT

(Published April 27, 2014 in the Monterey Herald.)

 

1. “A sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use.”

A. Roseanne Barr

B. Washington Irving

C. Boutros Boutros-Ghali

 

2. “Speak roughly to your little boy,/ And beat him when he sneezes;/

He only does it to annoy,/ Because he knows it teases.”

A. Lewis Black

B. Lewis Carroll

C. C.S. Lewis

 

3. “Mr. Watson–come here–I want to see you.”

A. Sherlock Holmes

B. Alex Trebek

C. Alexander Graham Bell

 

4. “Well-married, a man is winged—ill-matched, he is shackled.”

A. Zsa Zsa Gabor

B. Henry Ward Beecher

C. Larry King

 

5. “I’m not ready to make nice….”

A. Vladimir Putin

B. Dixie Chicks

C. Mel Gibson

 

6. “Taxes are what we pay for civilized society …”

A. Mitt Romney

B. Cliven Bundy

C. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

 

7. “All scenery in California requires distance to give it its highest charm.”

A. Arnold Schwarzenegger

B. Mark Twain

C. Rembrandt

 

8. “This Bouillabaisse a noble dish is–/ A sort of soup or broth, or brew,/ Or hotchpotch, of all sorts of fishes,/ That Greenwich never could outdo.”

A. William M. Thackeray

B. Rachael Ray

C. Emeril Lagasse

 

9. “Though this be madness, yet there is method in ‘t.”

A. William Shatner

B. William McKinley

C. William Shakespeare

 

10. “Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.”

A. James Russell Lowell

B. Gary Busey

C. John F. Kennedy

 

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

 “There stands Jackson like a stone wall!” – General Barnard Bee

(Bee, 1824-1861, a Confederate general, inspired the nickname for General “Stonewall” Jackson at the First Battle of Bull Run.)

 

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