Bay 12 Games Forum

1. What do you call a melon that’s orange on the inside?
     B. mushmelon

2. If you want to know when someone is just about finished doing something, you could ask them “how much do you __________being finished?”
    A. like

3. If you spill spaghetti on your favorite sweater and you can’t wear it again,  you might say your sweater is __________.
    A. ruined

4. In the Bible, a man by the name of John the ____________, baptized Jesus.
    A. Baptist

5. What do you push a baby in while you are out walking?
     C. pram

6. If you were referring to something you can no longer do, is there another word or phrase you would use in this sentence:    I __________do that.
    A. can’t

7. What do you call the part of a plant or tree that grows underground?
    B. root (like “boot”)

8. What do you call the place you go to buy your family’s weekly food supply?
     C. supermarket


9 What do you call the thing that you place your groceries in as you walk around the grocery store?
       E. other: Trolley

10.After you are finished shopping, what does the courtesy clerk put your groceries in so that you can carry them home?
      C. bags

11. What do you call the vegetables used to make French fries?
      D. other: Tatties

12. What do you call the kitchen appliance that is used to keep things cold or frozen?
       B. fridge


13. What day do people go to church?
       A. Sunday

14. What do you call the crop that is raised by many farmers in Kentucky that is used in cigarettes?
       A. tobacco


15. There are four major department stores in Kentucky Oaks Mall.  They are Sears, Dilliard’s, Elder Berman and.
     D. other: No idea, never even been in that country.

16. What do you call the object a woman carries with her that contains her wallet, checkbook, keys, lipstick and other necessities?
       B. purse


17. Homemade ketchup is made from this vegetable.
      A. tomatoes

18. Another name for a plug of Redman is a _________.
      B. Chew

19. When you come home from a hard-days work and are exhausted, you might say that you are ___________.
       C. other: Pooped

20. When you hit your finger with a hammer while hanging a picture and it hurts very much, you might say, “that hurt _____________.”
      B. a lot
      D. other: Like a bitch


21. When you prepare hard boiled eggs by cutting them in half and adding mustard, mayonnaise, and other spices to the yolks, you call them _____________.
       D. other: Disgusting.

22. If you put a quart of 10W-30 of Havoline in your car’s engine, you call this liquid ______.
      A. oil

23. If you have trouble seeing, you might wear these to help correct your eyesight when you cannot wear contacts.
      B. glasses


24. What is a term for aunt, grandma, etc.?
       C. family


25. This is a small stream or brook that flows off the river through the woods _________.
      A. creek


26. A traditional Thanksgiving dinner consists of Turkey and _________.
      B. stuffing


27. Phrase meaning you are getting ready to do something.
     C. other: Gettin' to

28. When you pay money to protect the things you have, this is called paying ___________.
       B. in SUR ance

29. Other than automobile, what is a general term for cars, trucks, and buses?
      B. ve-icle


30. What do you call a public servant who enforces the law?
       B. police man

31. What states border Kentucky other than Indiana, Tennessee, and West Virginia? (Urge them to say more than one.)
      A. Missouri (ending like “tree”)
      C. Illinois (ending like “boy”)

32. The baseball bats which are referred to as “sluggers” are associated with the northern Kentucky city of
      B. Leweyville?


33. What is the home of the arch and the Cardinals baseball team in southern Missouri?
      B. St. Louie?


34. If you want to gather frogs to cook at home, you would say that you were going to go__________.
      B. frog trapping


35. What do you call an ear of corn that humans eat.
      A. corn on the cob


36. Imagine that you are hanging out with several friends and you want to go out with them later. To find out if they are busy you ask, “Hey, what are _________ doing later?”
      B. you guys
      C. y'all


37. If someone asked “Is Jane going with us to the ball game,”  you might reply, “I _______so.”
      C. think


38. Let’s say you want to offer someone a drink and they don’t want alcohol.  If you decide to offer them something sweet and fizzy, you might say, “Do you want some________?”
      A. coke


39. When fried chicken leaves oily spots on a paper towel, you’d probably say the chicken is pretty __________.
       A. greasy


40. What do you call the cast-iron cookware often used for frying food?
       B. frying pan


41. If you were to invite friend(s) for a Sunday noon hot meal, you’d say, “Could you come over for ___________?”
      C. lunch

42. If you were to invite friend(s) for a Sunday evening hot meal, you’d say, “Could you come over for __________?”
      A. dinner



43. What do you call the thing used for drying dishes?
       F. tea towel

44. It’s customary before you eat to __________your hands.
      B. wash

45. What do you call the long piece of furniture in the living room that seats at least three people?
       E. other: Settee

46. What is the machine used for cleaning the carpet?
       C. other: Hoover

47. What do you call the electrically operated device of colored lights that controls cars at an intersection?
       C. traffic light


48. If you notice your car tank is nearly empty, you could pull into a __________ to refuel your car.
      D. other: Petrol Station

49. What do you call a four-lane road that you travel on between major cities?
       E. other: Motorway

50. Were any of the questions completely irrelevant? In other words, did you find that you use none of the suggested answers and had no other term for the subject?
      Nu uh.


51. Were there any answers you had to think about for more than a few seconds? Why?
       Most of the exclusively American ones I had to think how I would say the places, and the first one. I don't eat melon.