Quiz
TEST YOUR QUOTE QUOTIENT
1) Who originally said, "Any man who hates dogs and children can't be all bad"?
a) Leo Rosten c) Byron Darnton
b) W.C. Fields d) Don Rickles
2) "Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing" was the credo of:
a) Vince Lombardi c) Leo Durocher
b) Red Sanders d) all of the above
3) Who came up with the slogan, "Don't trust anyone over 30"?
a) Mario Savio c) Jerry Rubin
b) Abbie Hoffman d) Jack Weinberg
4) "If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament" was coined by
a) Gloria Steinem c) a Boston cabdriver
b) Florynce Kennedy d) Betty Friedan
5) According to Woody Allen, what percentage of success is "just showing up"?
a) 90 c) 70
b) 80 d) 60
6) Andy Warhol said we would all be famous for 15
a) seconds c) days
b) minutes d) weeks
7) Liberace told his critics that all the way to the bank he
a) cried b) laughed
8) According to Jack Garner the vice-presidency wasn't worth a pitcher of warm
a) spit b) piss
9) Charles E. Wilson said, "What's good for General Motors is good for the country."
True False
10) The Right Stuff was the title of a novel published in 1908.
True False
11) Winston Churchill first applied the term "iron curtain" to the Soviet Union.
True False
12) During the Battle of the Bulge, General Anthony McAuliffe's response to a surrender demand was "Nuts!"
True False
13) Richard Nixon said he had "a secret plan" to end the Vietnam war.
True False
14) "Beam me up, Scotty," was a common refrain in the original Star Trek.
True False
15) Andy Rooney often introduces his 60 Minutes commentary by saying, "Did you ever wonder why?"
True False
16) Which of the following Berraisms are considered authentic by Yogi Berra watchers?
a) It ain't over till it's over.
b) It's deja vu all over again.
c) Baseball is 90% mental. The other half is physical.
d) You can observe a lot by watching.
17) Which of the following Goldwynisms are considered authentic by Samuel Goldwyn experts?
a) I can answer you in two words: "Im possible."
b) I read part of it all the way through.
c) A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on.
d) Include me out.
18) William Tecumseh Sherman is known to have said
a) War is hell.
b) War is cruelty and you cannot refine it.
c) Hold the fort! I am coming!
d) If nominated, I will not run. If elected, I will not serve.
19) Which American official first said he saw light at the end of the tunnel in Vietnam?
a) Dean Rusk c) William Westmoreland
b) Robert McNamara d) John F. Kennedy
20) Whom among the following used the words, "kinder, gentler"
before George Bush did?
a) Mario Cuomo c) Charlie Chaplin
b) Roy Orbison d) all of the above
Answers: 1-c; 2-b; 3-d; 4-c; 5-b; 6-b; 7-a; 8-b; 9-F; 10-T; 11-F;
12-T; 13-F; 14-F; 15-F; 16-a, d; 17-d; 18-b; 19-d; 20-d.