CAREER OPPORTUNITY QUIZ

Here is a list of 34 job titles, from the U.S. Government's Dictionary of Occupational Titles. You might want to be one of these, who knows? Your patrol has 10 minutes to define as many of these jobs as possible. If you have no idea, guess or make up a definition - have fun with your definitions. At the end of the time, we'll read the true definitions. Score 5 points for each one you get right. You will be awarded 3, 2, 1 or no points for your attempt, depending on creativity.

HOD CARRIER                         SANDHOG

DOLLY PUSHER                        CAR WHACKER

KEY GRIP                            GAFFER

BEST BOY                            CATERPILLAR BOSS

MOONER                              CRYPTOGRAPHER

DOTTER                              APICULTURIST

ENROBER                             FESTOONER

FUR BLOWER                          GANDYDANCER

PARAPSYCHOLOGIST                    POMOLOGIST

ROUSTABOUT                          RIDDLER

FROG SHAKER                         STEVEDORE

FARRIER                             VAMPER

VULCANIZER                          YEOMAN

ORNITHOLOGIST                       ZOOGLER

SLIMER                              UNDERWRITER

HOT-OUT MAN                         NOTARY

STENOGRAPHER                        FLYMAN

ANSWERS TO CAREER OPPORTUNITY QUIZ

APICULTURIST Raises Bees

BEST BOY Runs lights on movie set

CAR WHACKER Repairs rail cars in coal mines

CATERPILLAR BOSS Supervises bulldozer operators

CRYPTOGRAPHER Deciphers secret codes

DOLLY PUSHER Moves cameras (Movies/TV)

DOTTER Locates & Marks points on lenses

ENROBER Finishes the tops of coated candy

FARRIER Shoes horses

FESTOONER Sewing machine operator - makes edges with crocheted chains

FLYMAN Raises & lowers scenery

FROG SHAKER In cigar making - shakes stacks of small leaves
with stems cut out (frogs)

FUR BLOWER Cleans furs with air jet

GAFFER Set construction foreman (movies)

GANDYDANCER Lays & repairs railroad track

HOD CARRIER Carries bricks

HOT-OUT MAN Pulls hogs from boiling water in Meat-packing plant

KEY GRIP In charge of props on movie set

MOONER Removes fat from hides

NOTARY Verifies signatures on legal documents, and takes testimony

ORNITHOLOGIST Studies Birds

PARAPSYCHOLOGIST Investigates ghosts, ESP, etc.

POMOLOGIST Studies apples

RIDDLER Cleans metal parts

ROUSTABOUT Sets up circus tents (also oil wells)

SANDHOG Digs tunnels

SLIMER Washes fish before canning

STENOGRAPHER Takes dictation, transcribes words

STEVEDORE Loads/Unloads ships

UNDERWRITER Determines insurance rates

VAMPER Sews shoes together

VULCANIZER Treats rubber by heating

YEOMAN A clerk in the Navy

ZOOGLER Assists in loading logging sleds