1. What do you call a melon that’s orange on the inside?
C. A melon
2. If you want to know when someone is just about finished doing something, you could ask them “how much do you __________being finished?”
I'd say C but I can't think of a way to put a word there that would make the sentence make sense. I'd ask them if they were done.
3. If you spill spaghetti on your favorite sweater and you can’t wear it again, you might say your sweater is __________.
A. ruined
4. In the Bible, a man by the name of John the ____________, baptized Jesus.
A. Baptist
5. What do you push a baby in while you are out walking?
C. pram or
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
Either would work, depending on how formal I'm being.
7. What do you call the part of a plant or tree that grows underground?
B. root (like “boot”)
Please tell me no-one actually does A.
8. What do you call the place you go to buy your family’s weekly food supply?
C. supermarket
F. either "the shops" or by company.
9 What do you call the thing that you place your groceries in as you walk around the grocery store?
E. trolley
10.After you are finished shopping, what does the courtesy clerk put your groceries in so that you can carry them home?
D. plastic bags
Although fabric bags are available to buy in some shops.
11. What do you call the vegetables used to make French fries?
A. potatoes
12. What do you call the kitchen appliance that is used to keep things cold or frozen?
B. fridge
13. What day do people go to church?
A. Sunday
14. What do you call the crop that is raised by many farmers in Kentucky that is used in cigarettes?
A. tobacco
15. There are four major department stores in Kentucky Oaks Mall. They are Sears, Dilliard’s, Elder Berman and.
McDonald's? idfk
16. What do you call the object a woman carries with her that contains her wallet, checkbook, keys, lipstick and other necessities?
C. hand bag
Over here, a lady's wallet is called her purse.
17. Homemade ketchup is made from this vegetable.
A. tomatoes
18. Another name for a plug of Redman is a _________.
I have no damn clue what a Redman is.
19. When you come home from a hard-days work and are exhausted, you might say that you are ___________.
A. tired
Alternatively, knacked or shattered.
20. When you hit your finger with a hammer while hanging a picture and it hurts very much, you might say, “that hurt _____________.”
B. a lot
or
D. Something with lots of profanity, I'd imagine.
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 _____________.
D. No frigging clue, I hate eggs.
22. If you put a quart of 10W-30 of Havoline in your car’s engine, you call this liquid ______.
A. oil
I presume, I've never heard of the brand.
23. If you have trouble seeing, you might wear these to help correct your eyesight when you cannot wear contacts.
B. glasses
24. What is a term for aunt, grandma, etc.?
A. relative
or
C. family
25. This is a small stream or brook that flows off the river through the woods _________.
C. Stream. Sometimes burn, although I think that's pretty local to my region of Scotland.
26. A traditional Thanksgiving dinner consists of Turkey and _________.
B. stuffing
C. Or ignoring your silly US customs
27. Phrase meaning you are getting ready to do something.
A. going to
28. When you pay money to protect the things you have, this is called paying ___________.
B. in SUR ance
29. Other than automobile, what is a general term for cars, trucks, and buses?
A. vehicle
30. What do you call a public servant who enforces the law?
A. police
31. What states border Kentucky other than Indiana, Tennessee, and West Virginia? (Urge them to say more than one.)
A. Missouri (ending like “tree”)
C. Illinois (ending like “boy”)
My US geography's appalling, but that's how I'd pronounce those state names.
32. The baseball bats which are referred to as “sluggers” are associated with the northern Kentucky city of
A. Louisville
Maybe? I know nothing of baseball.
33. What is the home of the arch and the Cardinals baseball team in southern Missouri?
A. St. Louis
See above.
34. If you want to gather frogs to cook at home, you would say that you were going to go__________.
D. Who the fuck eats frogs?
35. What do you call an ear of corn that humans eat.
A. corn on the cob, largely due to film influence, although I don't think I've ever seen them sold here.
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
F. something derogatory, probably.
37. If someone asked “Is Jane going with us to the ball game,” you might reply, “I _______so.”
A. guess
C. think
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
39. When fried chicken leaves oily spots on a paper towel, you’d probably say the chicken is pretty __________.
A. greasy
40. What do you call the cast-iron cookware often used for frying food?
B. frying pan
41. If you were to invite friend(s) for a Sunday noon hot meal, you’d say, “Could you come over for ___________?”
C. lunch
Although I extremely rarely would have a hot meal at noon. Like once a year tops.
42. If you were to invite friend(s) for a Sunday evening hot meal, you’d say, “Could you come over for __________?”
D. Tea
43. What do you call the thing used for drying dishes?
F. tea towel
44. It’s customary before you eat to __________your hands.
B. wash
45. What do you call the long piece of furniture in the living room that seats at least three people?
A. sofa, although two seat sofas exist.
46. What is the machine used for cleaning the carpet?
B. vacuum (cleaner)
47. What do you call the electrically operated device of colored lights that controls cars at an intersection?
C. traffic light
48. If you notice your car tank is nearly empty, you could pull into a __________ to refuel your car.
D. petrol station
49. What do you call a four-lane road that you travel on between major cities?
E. Dual carriage way
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?
Any of the baseball related questions and the frog gathering question. Also, 2 and 18.
51. Were there any answers you had to think about for more than a few seconds? Why?
Nope.
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