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CB Radio Terminology A-O Trivia Quiz

Here's another quiz for all you diehard CB radio fans. It covers many of the words that truckers and others used for CB conversations. I hope you enjoy this trip into a time when "smokies", "beavers" and 10-4 ruled the radio waves.

A multiple-choice quiz by kali24. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
kali24

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
280,361

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
9 / 15

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Question 1 of 15

1. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "Alligator Station"? Hint

State patrol office.

Diner notorious for high prices.

CB'er who talks non-stop.

Station wagon with fake wood panels.

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Question 2 of 15

2. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "beam"? Hint

Great signal

Car with high beams on

Directional antenna

Logging truck

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Question 3 of 15

3. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "cash register"? Hint

A toll booth.

A company who is known for paying high wages.

Person who gives out pay checks.

A not so loving term for an ex-wife.

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Question 4 of 15

4. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "dead key"? Hint

A CB station which no one is using.

Broken down truck.

Keying the microphone, but not talking.

Area where the CB won't pick up much chatter.

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Question 5 of 15

5. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "eat em up"? Hint

An area notorious for speed traps.

To tail gate a slow moving car.

A roadside dinner.

A speeder passing cars right and left.

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Question 6 of 15

6. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "fog lifter"? Hint

Daybreak.

Large lights on front bottom of truck.

A CB'er who has interesting things to say.

Heavy duty streetlights.

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Question 7 of 15

7. In CB terminology what was meant by the term "go breaker"? Hint

Drive wildly.

To verbally abuse an obnoxious CB'er.

Going non-stop and speeding the whole way.

invitation to talk.

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Question 8 of 15

8. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "highball"? Hint

A weigh station with a tall police barrack.

A pool hall with a bar.

Go nonstop to your destination at a rapid pace.

A high rise hotel.

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Question 9 of 15

9. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "ice box"? Hint

Town where police are definitely not friendly.

Area where weather is cold and nasty.

Refrigerated trailer.

Non-working showers in a truck stop.

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Question 10 of 15

10. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "Jingle"? Hint

Truck with loose chains around trailer connection.

Money.

Snow chains.

Give person a call via the telephone.

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Question 11 of 15

11. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "kiddie car"? Hint

Station wagon full of kids.

School bus.

Rookie trucker.

Sports car with a middle aged man in it.

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Question 12 of 15

12. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "lettuce"? Hint

Load consisting of produce.

Money.

Stretch of road surrounded by green farmland.

Driver who is driving erratically.

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Question 13 of 15

13. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "mail"? Hint

Log book showing drive times.

Conversation on a channel.

Local newspapers.

A termination notice.

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Question 14 of 15

14. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "neon"? Hint

A truck with a lot of lights.

One of the larger truck stops.

Beginning of city limits where street lights start.

A bright colored truck.

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Question 15 of 15

15. In CB terminologym what was meant by the term "open season"? Hint

Interstate with high speed limit.

Truckstop with many prostitutes.

Return trip with no cargo.

Cops are everywhere.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "Alligator Station"?

Answer: CB'er who talks non-stop.

This term typically applied to a home user. The implication was that the person was all mouth and no ears.

2. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "beam"?

Answer: Directional antenna

These antennas were like the old TV ones. They could be controlled remotely and turned in order to better pick up signals from a specific direction.

3. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "cash register"?

Answer: A toll booth.

This term is pretty basic. Truckers always hated to stop for anything, and to stop and give money away seems even worse!

4. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "dead key"?

Answer: Keying the microphone, but not talking.

Keying (pressing) the microphone and saying nothing was often done in an attempt to drown out an obnoxious user, often though it was an obnoxious user simply being rude.

5. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "eat em up"?

Answer: A roadside dinner.

These diners varied a lot in quality, and the good ones stayed busy all the time. This term was most often used for the good ones, basically it's a truckers way of saying eat it all, it's all good.

6. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "fog lifter"?

Answer: A CB'er who has interesting things to say.

Truckers delight in useless talk, but nothing makes the long nights go by better than interesting conversations. This term was used to signify someone who "showed others the light" or at least gave them something interesting to think about.

7. In CB terminology what was meant by the term "go breaker"?

Answer: invitation to talk.

The polite way to open a conversation was to say Break Channel "Whatever", then wait on someone to say, "go breaker". That would signify that it was now OK for you to ask your question or make your comment. A "break" was just what the name implies, a break in the normal conversation.

8. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "highball"?

Answer: Go nonstop to your destination at a rapid pace.

This term is one that grew over the years, balling became a term for going fast and high meant faster.

9. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "ice box"?

Answer: Refrigerated trailer.

This is the term that developed for the trailers which have loads that must stay cold. At one point in time it was "rolling ice boxes" then it shortened to simply "ice boxes".

10. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "Jingle"?

Answer: Give person a call via the telephone.

This term derived from the sound a phone made when it rang, at least before ring tones, lol. To tell someone you'd give them a jingle when you reached your twenty meant you'd call them when you got where you were going.

11. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "kiddie car"?

Answer: School bus.

Nothing, and I mean nothing would be worse than to be stuck behind a school bus while it was dropping kids off or picking kids up. A trucker's income was partially decided by his timely arrivals and departures, so anything that slowed him down was bad news.

12. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "lettuce"?

Answer: Money.

The same thing as the term "greenbacks", in that American paper money is green, thus lettuce became the term for money.

13. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "mail"?

Answer: Conversation on a channel.

More truckers got their information from the CB than ever did from any mail, newspaper or TV.

14. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "neon"?

Answer: A truck with a lot of lights.

This is basically the same term as "jewelry". Independent truckers would often decorate their trucks with lights on the spoiler, wind shears and even down the sides of the doors. Truckers began calling this rigs "neons" because of the brightness of the lights.

15. In CB terminologym what was meant by the term "open season"?

Answer: Cops are everywhere.

This term came from a hunting term. To say it's open season means the cops are everywhere and pulling over everyone, just as hunters would hunt freely during "open season".

Source: Author kali24

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