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10 Questions That Are No Help On A Job Interview Quiz

Looking for a part-time job? Nervous about the job interview? I doubt very much if these questions will be of any help in getting the job, but they might at least give you a heads-up as to what you might be getting yourself into.

A multiple-choice quiz by myrdinsasnak. Estimated time: 8 mins.

Author
myrdinsasnak

Time
8 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
202,289

Updated
Aug 13 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
673

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. You answer a 'help-wanted' ad that takes you to the business of Terry Malloy located on Oscar Avenue. Mr. Malloy gets directly to the point. "I need someone strong and fit that knows how to handle dunnage. You got any experience with dunnage?"

You answer... Hint

"Sure, I was a stevedore back in Bristol for three years."

"Yes, as a taxidermist, I am quite familiar with that material."

"Most certainly. I am an excellent plumber."

"I thought this job was for a baker, not a waffle iron maker."

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Question 2 of 10

2. You are called before Dr. Roy Hinkley, headmaster at Russell State University located near the Johnson Space Flight Center in Houston. He informs you that after interviewing you 'and the rest', that he is offering you the job that you applied for.

You smile and reply... Hint

"As gardener, I will keep the grounds looking very verdant."

"As football coach, I promise to deliver a winning team."

"As a professor at your college, I will strive to do my best."

"As engineer for the college, I promise to deliver innovative designs."

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Question 3 of 10

3. "It looks to me like you don't know the difference between a rudis and a spatha," remarks an intimidating fellow on a streetcorner. "But if you need a job, I guarantee that I can teach you how to handle a pilum."

You reply... Hint

"No thanks, I don't want to be a gladiator."

"Thanks, I always wanted to learn how to be a sailor!"

"Not today, I find medical research boring."

"Sure, taxidermy sounds intriguing."

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Question 4 of 10

4. A pale looking fellow peers over a desk at you. "I am looking for someone to take pictures of speleothems to be used in my book, 'Calcium Carbonates Through the Ages.' I'm not interested in any pictures of soda straws or bacon strips, I have all those I need."

You answer... Hint

"I do not want to be a spelunker."

"Sure, I always wanted to be a cook."

"I do not want to be a chemist."

"I thought this job was for a candlestick maker, not a butcher."

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Question 5 of 10

5. While visiting the city of Cremona, a man shows you a beautiful object. You comment on its purfles, ribs, and heel. "Yes," says the man, "this was made by the great master, Paolo Grancino. Let's see what you can do with it. If you do well, I have a job for you."

You hand it back to him and say... Hint

"I am no violinist."

"I am no cobbler."

"Sorry, I'm a terrible marksmen."

"I prefer to work in oils."

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Question 6 of 10

6. The person interviewing you for the job looks like a cross between Tom Cruise and Bryan Brown. "We need someone who can handle everything from a beagle tail to a brave bull. There might be some demand for a bullfrog or rattlesnake, too," he says. "Think you can handle it?"

You say... Hint

"Sure. No Problem. I was a barkeeper back in college."

"Well, I would like to try. I always wanted to be a taxidermist."

"I'm not sure I could handle the pressure of being an air traffic controller."

"No way! I don't want to be a mortician!"

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Question 7 of 10

7. You meet a Mr. Ward Blank who is looking for some help with his business. "You've made quite an impression on me," he says. "Are you familiar with bows and blades? I've come up with a new type of bitting I want to develop and I need an opinion on it."

You say: Hint

"I'll be glad to help. I am an expert armorer."

"Don't look at me, I'm no locksmith."

"Sorry, I'm no jockey."

"Tell me all about it. I was a lumberjack in the Yukon."

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Question 8 of 10

8. You wait patiently while the job recruiter talks on the phone. "You use Yahoo?" she asks. "You can't be Serious." She hangs up and turns to you. "My employer is looking for someone familiar with Owen Chamberlain, Gerd Binnig and Ernst Ruska. Are you?"

You answer... Hint

"Being the expert physicist that I am, I am quite familiar with their accomplishments."

"Nah, you just made those names up, didn't ya?"

Yes. You may not know it, but I too, am quite the poet."

"Yes. I've studied music theory and always wanted to be a conductor like them."

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Question 9 of 10

9. While on vacation in Africa, you strike up a conversation with a fellow tourist. "I don't like The City," Miss Bloom says. "There is such a Kaleidoscope of lights and sounds. I much prefer The Veldt after The Long Rain." She shows you an area on her arm near her shoulder and looks at you expectantly. "Do you think you could possibly help me?"

You reply... Hint

"No! You need a qualified physician for that."

"Sounds like fun. I am the best sunbather in Kenya."

"Sure. I am a great winemaker."

"I am dreadfully sorry, but I am not a tattooist."

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Question 10 of 10

10. Well, nine questions and we've been through nine different jobs. You may not have realized it, but there is actually one thing that all the correct answers have in common with each other. (Not fair going back and changing things now if you figure it out!) Keeping that in mind, you look through the newspaper and see one last job opening that you think would be interesting. You toss the paper down, grab your resume and head off. You've decided to get a job as . . . Hint

an historian

a linguist

an aardvark trainer

a nurse

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: "Sure, I was a stevedore back in Bristol for three years."

The help wanted ad was for an experienced stevedore.

A stevedore is a person that works at loading or unloading a ship. When doing this, dunnage (usually pieces of wood)is placed to keep the cargo from shifting or becoming wet.

Marlon Brando won an Oscar for portaying a longshoreman (a North American term for stevedore) named Terry Malloy in the movie "On the Waterfront."

Answer: "As a professor at your college, I will strive to do my best."

There is no Dr. Hinkley or Russell State University, but if there was he would have been looking to hire a professor.

Dr. Roy Hinkley was a roll played by Russell Johnson on a famous television show that aired in the United States from September 1964 through September 1967. The show was "Gilligan's Island." The roll Mr. Johnson played was that of 'the Professor.'

The 'and the rest' wording was just an additional clue I threw in. After the first season of Gilligan's Island, the lyrics in the theme song were changed from "...and the rest" to "...the Professor and Mary Ann."

Answer: "No thanks, I don't want to be a gladiator."

The fellow on the streetcorner was looking to hire a gladiator.

The rudis, spatha, and pilum, are all weapons from ancient Rome. The rudis was a wooden sword used for gladitorial training. The spatha was a sword used by Roman cavalry. The pilum was a javelin-like spear that was usually thrown by Roman soldiers before engaging the enemy with a sword. Some types of pilums were designed to break on impact so that they could not be picked up and thrown back by the enemy.

Answer: "I do not want to be a spelunker."

The book author was looking to hire a spelunker; a person who likes hiking in caves.

A speleothem (from the Greek for "cave deposit") is a term for a rock formation found in caves. Most rock formations are formed from calcium carbonate which is better known as limestone.

Soda straws and bacon strips are named after rock formations that look like... soda straws and bacon strips.

Answer: "I am no violinist."

The man handed you a violin. He was looking for a violinist.

The purfles, ribs, and heel, are all parts of a violin. Paolo Grancino was a famous maker of violins. Cremona is where early craftsman made violins.

Answer: "Sure. No Problem. I was a barkeeper back in college."

The interviewer needed someone who could handle mixing drinks. He was looking for a barkeeper.

A beagle tail, a brave bull, a bullfrog, and a rattlesnake, are all alcoholic drinks that a bartender might make. Tom Cruise and Bryan Brown played bartenders in the 1988 movie "Cocktail."

Answer: "Don't look at me, I'm no locksmith."

Ward Blank is looking to ask advice from a fellow locksmith.
A ward is part of a lock designed to accept only certain types of keys. A blank is a key before it has been adapted to fit a lock.

An impression is a technique used to copy keys.

The bow is the handle of a key and the blade is the part of the key that is inserted into a lock. The bitting is the series of cuts made on the blade.

Answer: "Being the expert physicist that I am, I am quite familiar with their accomplishments."

The employer was looking for a physicist.

Her phone conversation was an obscure clue that was designed to point towards one of the most famous physicists of all time, Albert Einstein. The Australian actor and director, Yahoo Serious, played Albert Einstein in the film, 'Young Einstein.'

Owen Chamberlain, Gerd Binnig and Ernst Ruska are all Nobel Laureates in Physics.

Answer: "I am dreadfully sorry, but I am not a tattooist."

She wanted a tattoo.

The question is packed with references to a novel of short stories written by Ray Bradbury titled 'The Illustrated Man.' The illustrated man is almost entirely covered with magical tattoos that move and change and tell stories.

Some of the stories in the book are 'The City', 'Kaleidoscope', 'The Veldt', and 'The Long Rain.'

Claire Bloom played a role in a movie adaptation in 1968.

Answer: an historian

Each of the NINE jobs were comprised of NINE letters:

S-T-E-V-E-D-O-R-E, P-R-O-F-E-S-S-O-R, G-L-A-D-I-A-T-O-R, S-P-E-L-U-N-K-E-R, V-I-O-L-I-N-I-S-T, B-A-R-K-E-E-P-E-R, L-O-C-K-S-M-I-T-H, P-H-Y-S-I-C-I-S-T, T-A-T-T-O-O-I-S-T.

Making the final answer: H-I-S-T-O-R-I-A-N.

Source: Author myrdinsasnak

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