1. “Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.”
A. Winston Churchill
B. Kevin Bacon
C. Billy Graham
2. "The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live."
A. Forrest Gump
B. Fareed Zakaria
C. George Carlin
3. "Change comes not from men and women changing their minds, but from the change from one generation to the next."
A. John Kenneth Galbraith
B. Johann Sebastian Bach
C. Ron Paul
4. “The odds against there being a bomb on a plane are a million to one, and against two bombs a million times a million to one. Next time you fly, cut the odds and take a bomb.”
A. Charles Lindbergh
B. Benny Hill
C. Will Rogers
5. “Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.”
A. Rodney Dangerfield
B. Jules Verne
C. Buddha
6. "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be."
A. Thomas Jefferson
B. George Jefferson
C. Jefferson Airplane
7. "Politics will eventually be replaced by imagery. The politician will be only too happy to abdicate in favor of his image, because the image will be much more powerful than he could ever be."
A. Abraham Lincoln
B. Rudy Giuliani
C. Marshall McLuhan
8. "The one thing women don't want to find in their stockings on Christmas morning is their husband."
A. Corporal Klinger
B. Joan Rivers
C. Dr. Phil McGraw
9. "Criticizing a political satirist for being unfair is like criticizing a nose guard for being physical."
A. Garry Trudeau
B. Jonathan Swift
C. Vince Lombardi
10. "The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly-that is what each of us is here for."
A. Oscar Robertson
B. Oscar Wilde
C. Oscar de la Renta
Answers: 1-A, 2-C, 3-A , 4-B , 5-C , 6-A , 7-C , 8-B , 9-A , 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: "'Most all the time, the whole year round, there ain't no flies on me, But jest 'fore Christmas I'm as good as I kin be!"
- Eugene Field. (Field, 1850-1895, was an American humorist and writer of children's poetry.)
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