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Advice & More February 2013

Quotation Quotient

What’s Your QQ?

By Arlen Grossman

What’s Your QQ?

1. "Predominant opinions are generally the opinions of the generation that is vanishing."

A. Sen. Orrin Hatch

B. Tom Brokaw

C. Benjamin Disraeli

 

2. "Heads are wisest when they are cool, and hearts are strongest when they beat in response to noble ideals."

A. Ralph J. Bunche

B. Ralph Nader

C. Ralph Kramden

 

3. “War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.”

A. Don Rickles

B. John McCain

C. Thomas Mann

 

4. "Dave, this conversation can serve no purpose anymore. Goodbye."

A. Hal Roach

B. HAL 9000

C. Hal Holbrook

 

5. “Since the general civilization of mankind, 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 usurpation.”

A. Bill Gates

B. James Madison

C. Mohamed Morsi

 

6. "I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused."

A. Peter Tork

B. L. Frank Baum

C. Baruch Spinoza

 

7. “I don't think suicide is so terrible. Some rainy winter Sunday when there's a little boredom, you should always carry a gun. Not to shoot yourself, but to know exactly that you're always making a choice.”

A. Lina Wertmuller

B. Jay Gatsby

C. Sacha Baron Cohen

 

8. "In Beverly Hills...they don't throw their garbage away. They make it into television shows."

A. Tori Spelling

B. Woody Allen

C. Bugsy Siegel

 

9. "Science has radically changed the conditions of human life on earth. It has expanded our knowledge and our power, but not our capacity to use them with wisdom."

A. Archimedes

B. Sen. Strom Thurmond

C. Sen. J. William Fulbright

 

10. "The holy passion of friendship is so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring in nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money."

A. Ken Burns

B. Mark Twain

C. Brad Pitt

 


 

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

Scoring:

10--QQQQ = Quote-Master

8-9--QQQ = Scholar

6-7--QQ = Literate

4-5--Q = Semi-Literate

0-3--No Q = Quote-Dunce

Bonus Quote of the Day:

"The secret of dealing successfully with a child is not to be its parent." - Mell Lazarus
(Lazarus is the creator of the comic strips, "Miss Peach" and "Mama.")

 

Arlen Grossman lives in Monterey, California. Enjoy more quizzes at quotationquotient.com. Comments and suggestions are welcomed at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

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