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Life Advice / Re: Brief survey for research purposes
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1. What do you call a melon that’s orange on the inside?
A. cantaloupe
B. mushmelon
C. other ________________
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
B. lack
C. other__what?________
3. If you spill spaghetti on your favorite sweater and you can’t wear it again, you might say your sweater is __________.
A. ruined
B. ruint
C. other_________________
4. In the Bible, a man by the name of John the ____________, baptized Jesus.
A. Baptist
B. Bapdist
C. Bapdis
5. What do you push a baby in while you are out walking?
A. babycart
B. stroller
C. pram
D. carriage
E. buggy
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
B. cannot
C. used to could
7. What do you call the part of a plant or tree that grows underground?
A. root (like “put”)
B. root (like “boot”)
8. What do you call the place you go to buy your family’s weekly food supply?
A. grocery
B. grocery store
C. supermarket
D. store
E. market
F. other_________
9 What do you call the thing that you place your groceries in as you walk around the grocery store?
A. buggy
B. bascart
C. cart
D. pushcart
E. other_____________
10.After you are finished shopping, what does the courtesy clerk put your groceries in so that you can carry them home?
A. sacks
B. paper bags
C. bags
D. plastic bags
E. plastic sacks
F. paper sacks
11. What do you call the vegetables used to make French fries?
A. potatoes
B. taters
C. potaters
D. other__________
12. What do you call the kitchen appliance that is used to keep things cold or frozen?
A. refrigerator
B. fridge
C. ice box
D. fridgidare
E. other__________
13. What day do people go to church?
A. Sunday
B. Sundy
C. other_________
14. What do you call the crop that is raised by many farmers in Kentucky that is used in cigarettes?
A. tobacco
B. tobaccer
C. tobaccy
D. tobacca
15. There are four major department stores in Kentucky Oaks Mall. They are Sears, Dilliard’s, Elder Berman and.
A. J.C. Penney
B. J.C. Penney’s
C. Penney’s
D. other_________
16. What do you call the object a woman carries with her that contains her wallet, checkbook, keys, lipstick and other necessities?
A. pocketbook
B. purse
C. hand bag
D. clutch bag
E. other__________
17. Homemade ketchup is made from this vegetable.
A. tomatoes
B. maters
C. tamaters
D. other_________
18. Another name for a plug of Redman is a _________.
A. Chaw
B. Chew
19. When you come home from a hard-days work and are exhausted, you might say that you are ___________.
A. tired
B. tarred
C. other__________
20. When you hit your finger with a hammer while hanging a picture and it hurts very much, you might say, “that hurt _____________.”
A. a right smart
B. a lot
C. bunches
D. other___________
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 _____________.
A. dressed eggs
B. deviled eggs
C. stuffed eggs
D. other_________
22. If you put a quart of 10W-30 of Havoline in your car’s engine, you call this liquid ______.
A. oil
B. ole
C. earl
D. other________
23. If you have trouble seeing, you might wear these to help correct your eyesight when you cannot wear contacts.
A. spectacles
B. glasses
C. frames
D. other__________
24. What is a term for aunt, grandma, etc.?
A. relative
B. kinfolk
C. family
D. kin
E. other_________
25. This is a small stream or brook that flows off the river through the woods _________.
A. creek
B. crick
C. other_______
26. A traditional Thanksgiving dinner consists of Turkey and _________.
A. dressing
B. stuffing
C. other________
27. Phrase meaning you are getting ready to do something.
A. going to
B. fixin’ to
C. other_________
28. When you pay money to protect the things you have, this is called paying ___________.
A. IN sur ance
B. in SUR ance
29. Other than automobile, what is a general term for cars, trucks, and buses?
A. vehicle
B. ve-icle
C. other_________
30. What do you call a public servant who enforces the law?
A. police
B. police man
C. a cop
D. sheriff
E. other
31. What states border Kentucky other than Indiana, Tennessee, and West Virginia? (Urge them to say more than one.)
A. Missouri (ending like “tree”)
B. Missouri (ending like “uh”)
C. Illinois (ending like “boy”)
D. Illinois (ending like “noise”)
32. The baseball bats which are referred to as “sluggers” are associated with the northern Kentucky city of
A. Louisville
B. Leweyville
C. Loovul
D. Lewisville
E. other_________
33. What is the home of the arch and the Cardinals baseball team in southern Missouri?
A. St. Louis
B. St. Louie
C. other_________
34. If you want to gather frogs to cook at home, you would say that you were going to go__________.
A. frog giggin’
B. frog trapping
C. frog spearing
D. other___________
35. What do you call an ear of corn that humans eat.
A. corn on the cob
B. sweet corn
C. roastin’ ears
D. roashin’ ears
E. field corn
F. other________
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?”
A. you
B. you guys
C. ya’ll
D. you all
E. you uns
F. other ___________
37. If someone asked “Is Jane going with us to the ball game,” you migh reply, “I _______so.”
A. guess
B. reckon
C. think
D. suppose
E. other
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
B. Pepsi
C. pop
D. soda
E. sody
F. sody water
G. other________
39. When fried chicken leaves oily spots on a paper towel, you’d probably say the chicken is pretty __________.
A. greasy
B. greazy
40. What do you call the cast-iron cookware often used for frying food?
A. skillet
B. frying pan
C. fry pan
D. spider
E. other_____________
41. If you were to invite friend(s) for a Sunday noon hot meal, you’d say, “Could you come over for ___________?”
A. dinner
B. supper
C. lunch
D. other
42. If you were to invite friend(s) for a Sunday evening hot meal, you’d say, “Could you come over for __________?”
A. dinner
B. supper
C. lunch
D. other____________
43. What do you call the thing used for drying dishes?
A. dish rag
B. dish towel
C. dishcloth
D. drying rag
E. drying cloth
F. tea towel
G. other
44. It’s customary before you eat to __________your hands.
A. warsh
B. wash
45. What do you call the long piece of furniture in the living room that seats at least three people?
A. sofa
B. couch
C. davenport
D. divan
E. other_________
46. What is the machine used for cleaning the carpet?
A. sweep(er)
B. vacuum (cleaner)
C. other___________
47. What do you call the electrically operated device of colored lights that controls cars at an intersection?
A. red light
B. stop light
C. traffic light
D. traffic signal
E. other ___________
48. If you notice your car tank is nearly empty, you could pull into a __________ to refuel your car.
A. filling station
B. gas station
C. service station
D. other__________
49. What do you call a four-lane road that you travel on between major cities?
A. interstate
B. highway
C. freeway
D. bypass
E. other_______________
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?
I had no idea what you were trying to ask for #2
51. Were there any answers you had to think about for more than a few seconds? Why?
No.
A. cantaloupe
B. mushmelon
C. other ________________
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
B. lack
C. other__what?________
3. If you spill spaghetti on your favorite sweater and you can’t wear it again, you might say your sweater is __________.
A. ruined
B. ruint
C. other_________________
4. In the Bible, a man by the name of John the ____________, baptized Jesus.
A. Baptist
B. Bapdist
C. Bapdis
5. What do you push a baby in while you are out walking?
A. babycart
B. stroller
C. pram
D. carriage
E. buggy
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
B. cannot
C. used to could
7. What do you call the part of a plant or tree that grows underground?
A. root (like “put”)
B. root (like “boot”)
8. What do you call the place you go to buy your family’s weekly food supply?
A. grocery
B. grocery store
C. supermarket
D. store
E. market
F. other_________
9 What do you call the thing that you place your groceries in as you walk around the grocery store?
A. buggy
B. bascart
C. cart
D. pushcart
E. other_____________
10.After you are finished shopping, what does the courtesy clerk put your groceries in so that you can carry them home?
A. sacks
B. paper bags
C. bags
D. plastic bags
E. plastic sacks
F. paper sacks
11. What do you call the vegetables used to make French fries?
A. potatoes
B. taters
C. potaters
D. other__________
12. What do you call the kitchen appliance that is used to keep things cold or frozen?
A. refrigerator
B. fridge
C. ice box
D. fridgidare
E. other__________
13. What day do people go to church?
A. Sunday
B. Sundy
C. other_________
14. What do you call the crop that is raised by many farmers in Kentucky that is used in cigarettes?
A. tobacco
B. tobaccer
C. tobaccy
D. tobacca
15. There are four major department stores in Kentucky Oaks Mall. They are Sears, Dilliard’s, Elder Berman and.
A. J.C. Penney
B. J.C. Penney’s
C. Penney’s
D. other_________
16. What do you call the object a woman carries with her that contains her wallet, checkbook, keys, lipstick and other necessities?
A. pocketbook
B. purse
C. hand bag
D. clutch bag
E. other__________
17. Homemade ketchup is made from this vegetable.
A. tomatoes
B. maters
C. tamaters
D. other_________
18. Another name for a plug of Redman is a _________.
A. Chaw
B. Chew
19. When you come home from a hard-days work and are exhausted, you might say that you are ___________.
A. tired
B. tarred
C. other__________
20. When you hit your finger with a hammer while hanging a picture and it hurts very much, you might say, “that hurt _____________.”
A. a right smart
B. a lot
C. bunches
D. other___________
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 _____________.
A. dressed eggs
B. deviled eggs
C. stuffed eggs
D. other_________
22. If you put a quart of 10W-30 of Havoline in your car’s engine, you call this liquid ______.
A. oil
B. ole
C. earl
D. other________
23. If you have trouble seeing, you might wear these to help correct your eyesight when you cannot wear contacts.
A. spectacles
B. glasses
C. frames
D. other__________
24. What is a term for aunt, grandma, etc.?
A. relative
B. kinfolk
C. family
D. kin
E. other_________
25. This is a small stream or brook that flows off the river through the woods _________.
A. creek
B. crick
C. other_______
26. A traditional Thanksgiving dinner consists of Turkey and _________.
A. dressing
B. stuffing
C. other________
27. Phrase meaning you are getting ready to do something.
A. going to
B. fixin’ to
C. other_________
28. When you pay money to protect the things you have, this is called paying ___________.
A. IN sur ance
B. in SUR ance
29. Other than automobile, what is a general term for cars, trucks, and buses?
A. vehicle
B. ve-icle
C. other_________
30. What do you call a public servant who enforces the law?
A. police
B. police man
C. a cop
D. sheriff
E. other
31. What states border Kentucky other than Indiana, Tennessee, and West Virginia? (Urge them to say more than one.)
A. Missouri (ending like “tree”)
B. Missouri (ending like “uh”)
C. Illinois (ending like “boy”)
D. Illinois (ending like “noise”)
32. The baseball bats which are referred to as “sluggers” are associated with the northern Kentucky city of
A. Louisville
B. Leweyville
C. Loovul
D. Lewisville
E. other_________
33. What is the home of the arch and the Cardinals baseball team in southern Missouri?
A. St. Louis
B. St. Louie
C. other_________
34. If you want to gather frogs to cook at home, you would say that you were going to go__________.
A. frog giggin’
B. frog trapping
C. frog spearing
D. other___________
35. What do you call an ear of corn that humans eat.
A. corn on the cob
B. sweet corn
C. roastin’ ears
D. roashin’ ears
E. field corn
F. other________
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?”
A. you
B. you guys
C. ya’ll
D. you all
E. you uns
F. other ___________
37. If someone asked “Is Jane going with us to the ball game,” you migh reply, “I _______so.”
A. guess
B. reckon
C. think
D. suppose
E. other
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
B. Pepsi
C. pop
D. soda
E. sody
F. sody water
G. other________
39. When fried chicken leaves oily spots on a paper towel, you’d probably say the chicken is pretty __________.
A. greasy
B. greazy
40. What do you call the cast-iron cookware often used for frying food?
A. skillet
B. frying pan
C. fry pan
D. spider
E. other_____________
41. If you were to invite friend(s) for a Sunday noon hot meal, you’d say, “Could you come over for ___________?”
A. dinner
B. supper
C. lunch
D. other
42. If you were to invite friend(s) for a Sunday evening hot meal, you’d say, “Could you come over for __________?”
A. dinner
B. supper
C. lunch
D. other____________
43. What do you call the thing used for drying dishes?
A. dish rag
B. dish towel
C. dishcloth
D. drying rag
E. drying cloth
F. tea towel
G. other
44. It’s customary before you eat to __________your hands.
A. warsh
B. wash
45. What do you call the long piece of furniture in the living room that seats at least three people?
A. sofa
B. couch
C. davenport
D. divan
E. other_________
46. What is the machine used for cleaning the carpet?
A. sweep(er)
B. vacuum (cleaner)
C. other___________
47. What do you call the electrically operated device of colored lights that controls cars at an intersection?
A. red light
B. stop light
C. traffic light
D. traffic signal
E. other ___________
48. If you notice your car tank is nearly empty, you could pull into a __________ to refuel your car.
A. filling station
B. gas station
C. service station
D. other__________
49. What do you call a four-lane road that you travel on between major cities?
A. interstate
B. highway
C. freeway
D. bypass
E. other_______________
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?
I had no idea what you were trying to ask for #2
51. Were there any answers you had to think about for more than a few seconds? Why?
No.
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