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Quiz about Schoolyard Taunts Rhymes and Songs 3
Quiz about Schoolyard Taunts Rhymes and Songs 3

Schoolyard Taunts, Rhymes, and Songs 3 Quiz


As both a child and as a teacher, I've become familiar with playground vernacular. Can you remember your grade school protocol? All references are American.

A multiple-choice quiz by czolgolz. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
czolgolz
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
222,393
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
13788
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Top 20% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. Every Halloween, children go out trick or treating. Some kids will instruct you to smell a certain part of their body when asking for candy. What part? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. When racing to dive into a pool, kids will often declare: last one in is a rotten....what? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. If someone says the exact same thing at the exact same time as you, you may shout 'jinxed!' What happens to the person who is jinxed? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. In the rhyme 'Hello, Operator', what kind of boat did Miss Lucy have? (remember the 'almost dirty' lyrics) Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. In kindergarten, I was horrified when a classmate told me that a certain word actually meant 'elephant butt hair'. Seventeen years later I was teaching kindergarten, and I heard the same rumor repeated. What word supposedly has this unpleasant meaning? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Anyone who's ever taken a long car trip with a brother or sister knows this game. When you see a certain type of vehicle, you may punch someone in the arm. What kind of vehicle? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Kids like to repeat horrifying information to alarm other kids. Even more guilty than the kids, however, are the mothers. According to matriarchal wisdom, what will happen if you swallow a watermelon seed? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. According to the song, where do the naked ladies dance? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. What famous explorer has a swimming pool game named after him? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Of course, no quiz would be whole without a song dealing with the destruction of the school and murder of the teacher. Sung to the tune of 'Joy to the World', how did the teacher die? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Every Halloween, children go out trick or treating. Some kids will instruct you to smell a certain part of their body when asking for candy. What part?

Answer: Their feet

"Trick or treat/smell my feet/give me something good to eat."

At the beginning of the twentieth century, many American farm children would celebrate October 31st by knocking over their neighbors' outhouses. When confronted by angry parents or police, the children would insist that their feet be smelled, to prove that they hadn't been anywhere near a stinking outhouse. Of course, some wise kids would keep an extra pair of boots handy. Fed up with this autumn shenanigans, local churches and schools began handing out candy to kids so they wouldn't go out and cause trouble, and trick or treating was born.
2. When racing to dive into a pool, kids will often declare: last one in is a rotten....what?

Answer: egg

This odd expression dates from 1880, when Spanish inventor Antonio Zaragoza y Moniz invented a railroad engine that ran on sulphur, of all things. While it was a bit more efficient than the coal powered trains, the reeking sulphur stank like anything. Engineers soon dubbed the train 'El huevo pudrido', or 'the rotten egg'. Brakemen would often race to claim their train assignments early, the last ones to sign in getting stuck on the rotten egg.

The train only ran from 1880-1882 between Madrid and Barcelona, until it derailed and was not recovered.
3. If someone says the exact same thing at the exact same time as you, you may shout 'jinxed!' What happens to the person who is jinxed?

Answer: They may not speak again until someone says their name.

This odd concept dates from the days of the Crusades, when the Knights Templar swore unbreakable vows of secrecy. If two men spoke the same words at once, the knights took it as a sign that they were being too verbose, and would not speak again for the rest of the day.
4. In the rhyme 'Hello, Operator', what kind of boat did Miss Lucy have? (remember the 'almost dirty' lyrics)

Answer: a steamboat

"Miss Lucy had a steamboat/ the steamboat had a bell/ Miss Lucy went to heaven/ the steamboat went to hell-o operator, please give me number nine/ if you should disconnect it/ I'll kick you in the...behind the refrigerator/there was a piece of glass/ Miss Lucy sat upon it/ and cut her little asssk me no more questions/tell me no more lies/ Miss Lucy's in the bathtub/ with forty naked guys!"

About a zillion versions of this exist, but they are all based on the same event. In 1903, Miss Lucy Sanderson and her lover, wrestler Steven 'Steamboat' Williams, were arrested for killing Lucy's wealthy husband. While historical evidence seems to indicate that Lucy was not only the brains behind the crime, but probably pulled the trigger herself, she managed to place the blame on Steamboat. The Kansas jury sentenced him to be hanged, while Lucy only got three months. She later moved to California and ran a brothel.
5. In kindergarten, I was horrified when a classmate told me that a certain word actually meant 'elephant butt hair'. Seventeen years later I was teaching kindergarten, and I heard the same rumor repeated. What word supposedly has this unpleasant meaning?

Answer: Dude

I have no idea who came up with this rumor, but they'll be happy to know it's lasted over twenty years.
6. Anyone who's ever taken a long car trip with a brother or sister knows this game. When you see a certain type of vehicle, you may punch someone in the arm. What kind of vehicle?

Answer: A Volkswagen Beetle

Shout 'slugbug' (or punchbuggy) and sock whoever's sitting next to you. I still carry scars from playing this with my sister.
7. Kids like to repeat horrifying information to alarm other kids. Even more guilty than the kids, however, are the mothers. According to matriarchal wisdom, what will happen if you swallow a watermelon seed?

Answer: A watermelon will grow in your stomach

In the nineteenth century, people believed that watermelon caused malaria, which no doubt led to this distrustful rumor (see 'Little House on the Prairie' by Laura Ingalls Wilder for more details on this).
8. According to the song, where do the naked ladies dance?

Answer: France

'There's a place in France where the naked ladies dance' (sometimes 'where the ladies wear no pants').

During the two world wars, farm boys from the Midwestern United States would find themselves on the wild streets of Paris. To someone who'd never been outside of Nebraska or Oklahoma, it may have seemed like the lovely French women were running around almost naked.
9. What famous explorer has a swimming pool game named after him?

Answer: Marco Polo

Famed Italian explorer would keep in contact with his men by shouting out his first name. His fellow explorers would answer with his last name.
10. Of course, no quiz would be whole without a song dealing with the destruction of the school and murder of the teacher. Sung to the tune of 'Joy to the World', how did the teacher die?

Answer: I barbecued her head!

'Joy to the world, the teacher's dead/ I barbecued her head!'

Thanks for playing. I hope you enjoyed learning about the Knight Templar, the prototype Sulphur engine, the Steamboat murders, and all the rest. Of course I made all that stuff up, it never happened, but still, it's interesting, isn't it?
Source: Author czolgolz

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