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1. Whose job is it to shoot people who've been down the aisle?

Answer: Wedding photographer

The shooting being done here is the taking of pictures or video. The wedding photography business is perhaps the mainstay of most photography studios.

In the 19th century, technology meant formal photos tended to be taken in studios. It was only after the Second World War that photographs during the wedding became the norm. Today's wedding photography falls somewhere between traditional, posed photos and the candid images of photo journalism.

2. Who could be said to dispense liquid poison for the pleasure of others?

Answer: Bar staff

Ethanol is the form of alcohol served in bars and is toxic to the body. Its toxicity is made worse as a result of the acetaldehyde produced when the ethanol is metabolised by the body.

3. With a somewhat destructive nature, who are you dealing with if a person describes his/her role as urban renewal and pest control?

Answer: Bomber pilot

Not really a role I would want to make light of. However, stripped to its bare bones, it is one way of looking at it. Bombers are used against strategic targets (such as factories, supply bases and bridges) to reduce an enemy's ability to fight a war or against tactical targets to counter enemy movements on the battlefield. Cities fall into the strategic category.

4. Which job best fits the description of managing the promotion and sale of waste recycling?

Answer: Secondhand dealer

This is perhaps a cynical view of the role of the secondhand dealer. The dealer however performs a useful service. The definition could also apply to an antique dealer although, strictly speaking, an antique is a collectable usually over 100 years old (or 25 years in the case of a car).

5. The mechanics of this job involves sticking a hand up a cow's bum whilst holding a straw in your other hand. Whose primary role is about doing this?

Answer: Artificial insemination technician

Why the cow's bum? So you grab hold of the cervix through the wall of the rectum and hold it steady before inseminating the cow with the straw, which contains the semen.

6. Whose role includes facilitating the movement of talented people typically from one unwilling company to a willing one?

Answer: Headhunter

Headhunter is the informal term for an employment recruiter. It also applies to someone who takes heads as trophies after killing people, or a baseball pitcher who aims at the batter's head.

7. This job has been described as helping people remain in the gene pool. What aquatic role is this?

Answer: Lifeguard

The lifeguard's job is basically about saving people's lives when they get into difficulty in or on the water. The gene pool is the population of genes for a particular species so by successfully saving a person, the person in theory remains in the pool and capable of passing on his/her genes. A (swimming) pool is one of the places you'll typically find a lifeguard.

8. What job fits this definition from the Cynical Web Site: The science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it?

Answer: Advertiser

Advertising is typically aimed at increasing the sales of the products of a particular business, often at the expense of competitors. A form of marketing communication, it can also be aimed at obtaining a particular action, such as voting for a political party.

9. Which job best fits the description of taking pictures of the unlucky and the careless?

Answer: Radiographer

Radiographers work in healthcare, typically in a hospital and may use a variety of imaging technologies to diagnose problems in patients. Having an x-ray picture taken of suspected broken bones is perhaps one of the more common reasons for a patient's visit.

10. This job typically involves ferrying people and their luggage under pressure, often sharing the cockpit with 'George'. What job is this?

Answer: Airline pilot

'George' is the name often given to an autopilot. Whilst some of these transport means have forms of autopilot, generally only aircraft have pressurised cabins. The first aircraft autopilot is credited to the Sperry Corporation in 1912 in the early days of flight.

Source: Author suomy

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