Pop Quiz - test your knowledge!

[ldoolin]

Multiple choice quiz! What is the source of these quotes?

1. "Idealism and metaphysics are the easiest things in the world, because people can talk as much nonsense as they like without basing it on objective reality or having it tested against reality."

Was that quote by:
a. Ayn Rand
b. Eric Hoffer
c. Mao Tse-Tung
d. Nathaniel Branden


2. "The government in power will always have bigger weapons than the
public will, but the 'right to bear arms' is a way of ensuring that no
government is given so much power that the people themselves couldn't fight back."

Was that quote by:
a. Charleton Heston
b. Bruce Cockburn
c. Larry Pratt
d. Neal Knox


3. "I think every good Christian ought to line up and kick Jerry Falwell's ass."

Was that quote by:
a. Al Sharpton
b. Barry Goldwater
c. Jello Biafra
d. Jerry Falwell


4. "Grand Canyon, Big Bend, Yellowstone, and the High Sierras may be required to function as bases for guerrilla warfare against tyranny. What reason have we Americans to think that our own society will necessarily escape the world-wide drift toward totalitarian organization of men and institutions?"

Was that quote by:
a. Timothy McVeigh
b. John Trochmann
c. Theodore Kaczynski
d. Edward Abbey


5. "The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river."

Was that quote by:
a. H. Ross Perot
b. Edward Abbey
c. David Brower
d. Hillary Clinton


6. "We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon."

Was that quote by:
a. Pat Robertson
b. Larry Flynt
c. Jimmy Carter
d. Billy Graham


7. "I was a veteran, before I was a teenager."

Was that quote by:
a. Dennis Kucinich
b. Ted Nugent
c. Larry Flynt
d. Michael Jackson


8. "You say we beat the Russians to the moon, and I say you starved your children to do it."

Was that quote by:
a. Barry Commoner
b. Angela Davis
c. Larry Norman
d. Tom Hayden


9. "How far would Moses have gone if he had taken a poll in Egypt? What would Jesus Christ have preached if he had taken a poll in the land of Israel? What would have happened to the Reformation if Martin Luther had taken a poll? It isn't polls or public opinion of the moment that counts. It's right and wrong and leadership.”

Was that quote by:
a. Pat Buchanan
b. John Ashcroft
c. Harry Truman
d. George Patton


10. "Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined and imprisoned. What has been the effect of this coercion? To make one half the world fools and the other half hypocrites; to support roguery and error all over the earth."

Was that quote by:
a. Thomas Jefferson
b. Hugh Hefner
c. Helen Ellerbe
d. Madeline Murray O'Hare


Correct answers will be posted shortly :)

[terrya]

1. Answers...and I know some of these are wrong

1) 3

2) a

3) b

4) c

5) b

6) c

7) c

8) a

9) c

10) d

[ldoolin]

4. 40% correct (n/t)

[bahrbearian]

2. AAACDCAABA ?

[ldoolin]

3. 20% correct (n/t)

[beyurslf]

5. My answers (guesses)

1. A

2. A

3. A

4. C

5. D

6. D

7. A

8. D

9. C

10. D

[ldoolin]

7. 10% (n/t)

[Bronco69]

6. My Answers:

1 C
2 A
3 A
4 C
5 A
6 D
7 A
8 B
9 C
10 D

[ldoolin]

8. 30% (n/t)

[Bertha Venation]

9. Great quiz! I'm clueless except for no. 8

Answer is Larry Norman, I believe. I used to have an album of his. It was radical stuff; my listening to him was frowned upon by anyone in my church who knew it.

I look forward to learning when you post the answers.

[ldoolin]

10. Answers

Guess I'll go ahead and post the answers before somebody checks Google and beats me to it. Some shockers here:

1. "Idealism and metaphysics are the easiest things in the world, because people can talk as much nonsense as they like without basing it on objective reality or having it tested against reality."

c. Mao Tse-Tung


2. "The government in power will always have bigger weapons than the
public will, but the 'right to bear arms' is a way of ensuring that no
government is given so much power that the people themselves couldn't fight back."

b. Bruce Cockburn


3. "I think every good Christian ought to line up and kick Jerry Falwell's ass."

b. Barry Goldwater


4. "Grand Canyon, Big Bend, Yellowstone, and the High Sierras may be required to function as bases for guerrilla warfare against tyranny. What reason have we Americans to think that our own society will necessarily escape the world-wide drift toward totalitarian organization of men and institutions?"

d. Edward Abbey


5. "The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river."

a. H. Ross Perot


6. "We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon."

c. Jimmy Carter


7. "I was a veteran, before I was a teenager."

d. Michael Jackson


8. "You say we beat the Russians to the moon, and I say you starved your children to do it."

c. Larry Norman


9. "How far would Moses have gone if he had taken a poll in Egypt? What would Jesus Christ have preached if he had taken a poll in the land of Israel? What would have happened to the Reformation if Martin Luther had taken a poll? It isn't polls or public opinion of the moment that counts. It's right and wrong and leadership.”

c. Harry Truman


10. "Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined and imprisoned. What has been the effect of this coercion? To make one half the world fools and the other half hypocrites; to support roguery and error all over the earth."

a. Thomas Jefferson

[blondeatlast]

11. No clue, but in regards to #3, where does the line form?

I just got a wonderful pair of pointy toe Anee Klein flats!

[Bertha Venation]

12. C B B C B C A C C A

I decided to give it a go anyway.

[Bertha Venation]

13. I wish we had a "delete" function

so we could delete our own embarrassing posts. :eyes:

[ldoolin]

14. Well you passed anyway

70%

But there's always that "edit" function :)

[Bertha Venation]

15. yes, but here's the thing . . .

First, I was busy posting my answers as you were posting the key. Looks like I cheated.

Second, the post I edited to say "wish we could delete" had originally been a big fat public pat-on-the-back for getting 70% correct; that's why I was embarrassed.

Oh, hell. Maybe I should just go back to bed. :eyes:

Thanks for posting the quiz. I really enjoyed it.