Life As I See It: Christmas Quiz

Saturday, December 8, 2007

Christmas Quiz

It's time for a quiz. Those of us raised in the US should be able to get a pretty good score. I'm proud to say that I got 100% on this useless information, so the pressure is on. If you have trouble with question #10 then you need to listen to David Sedaris's story titled, "Six to Eight Black Men." I have it in it's full text form but much of the joy is in listening to him read it. You can hear him read it on You Tube but I would recommend minimizing the video images which are not his; just listen to the audio. Here's the quiz. And if you need to cheat on #10 here's the David Sedaris story, "Six to Eight Black Men."

4 comments:

Shirin Modaresi said...: I got a 50% on the quiz. Christmas is crazy!; December 9, 2007 at 3:17 PM
Saeed said...: I am pleased to report my outstanding achievement on the Xmas quiz: I scored cool 100% after only two tries. Shirin, go eat your heart out, my dear.; December 9, 2007 at 9:21 PM
Shirin Modaresi said...: Bully for you, padere joon.; December 9, 2007 at 9:40 PM
Ingrid said...: Shirin, read his sentence carefully... TWO tries. He got 4 out of 10 the first time. I'm amazed you even trust him any more on this sort of thing!; December 9, 2007 at 10:39 PM

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Quotes I Love

The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves. ~ Jane Goodall

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated ~ Mohandas K. Gandhi

Until we extend the circle of our compassion to all living things, we will ourselves not find peace. ~ Albert Schweitzer

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart. ~ St. Francis of Assisi

My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground upon which I stand. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet. ~ Albert Einstein

The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man. ~ Charles Darwin

The true meaning of life is to plant trees under whose shade you do not expect to sit. ~ Nelson Henderson

The time will come when men such as I will look on the murder of animals as they now look on the murder of men. ~ Leonardo DaVinci

It's a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done. ~ Harriet Beecher Stowe

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtfully committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. ~ Margaret Mead

The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion. ~ Socrates

To care for anyone else enough to make their problems one's own, is ever the beginning of one's real ethical development. ~ Felix Adler

Every circus ticket sold admits one to a lifetime of torture and abuse. ~ Unknown

When it comes to the last hour of your life, it will be a great consolation to feel that you always protected the poor, the helpless, and the unfortunate; and that you exercised a particular care towards animals. ~ Caroline Earle White

You may say that I'm a dreamer but I'm not the only one. ~ John Lennon

Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realize that we can't eat money. ~ Cree proverb

The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men. ~ Alice Walker

Until one has loved an animal, part of their soul remains unawakened. ~ Anatole France

To be a vegetarian is to disagree - to disagree with the course of things today... starvation, cruelty - we must make a statement against these things. ~ Isaac Bashevis Singer

Never, never be afraid to do what's right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society's punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages. ~ Thomas Edison

The truth is the truth. Don't be mad at me for saying it.
~ said by Richard Cypher, character in The Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind

Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder. ~ Rumi