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What’s Your QQ*? #420

(Published April 11, 2015 at Montereyherald.com/lifestyle, Interactive version) 




A. King Midas

B. Mahatma Gandhi

C. Mitt Romney


2. “I love tranquil solitude / And such society / As is quiet, wise, and good.”


A. Percy Bysshe Shelley

B. George Harrison

C. Allen Ginsberg


3. “It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.”


A. Herman Melville

B. Herman Cain

C. Herman Munster




A. Joseph McCarthy

B. Muhammad Ali

C. Robert Frost




A. Jeff Bezos

B. Hillary Clinton

C. Thomas Paine


6. “This above all: To thine own self, be true.”


A. Joe Namath

B. William Shakespeare

C. Bertrand Russell


7. “We pick politicians by how they look on TV and Miss America on where she stands on the issues. Isn’t that a little backwards?”


A. Jay Leno

B. Isaac Newton

C. Bert Parks




A. Marsha Brady

B. Jerry Brown

C. Leo Tolstoy




A. Joe Biden

B. James Madison

C. Greta Garbo




A. Carl Jung

B. Rand Paul

C. Mark Twain





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




“Advice is like kissing: it costs nothing and is a pleasant thing to do.”

–Josh Billings


(Billings, 1818-1885, was the pen name of humorist Henry Wheeler Shaw. Billings died in Monterey, CA, as chronicled by John Steinbeck in Chapter 12 of “Cannery Row.”) 








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What’s Your QQ? #286

Published September 16, 2012 in the Monterey County Herald

Who said?

“An election is coming. Universal peace is declared and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.” (see quote #10)

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“It is always the best policy to speak the truth–unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.” –  Jerome K. Jerome

 (Jerome, 1859-1927, was an English writer and humorist.)






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