Odd Jobs
Celebrate Labor Day with this trivia game celebrating weird and wonderful jobs from around the world.
15 questions · Published April 4, 2022
Trivia questions (5 of 15)
- Multiple Choice
1. Where would a professional "pinsetter" have worked, a job now commonly performed by a machine?
Also called a "pin boy," a "pinsetter' was a person stationed behind the pins in a bowling alley whose job was to return the pins in their positions, remove pins that were knocked down, and return balls to the bowlers.
- Multiple Choice
2. What European country employs full time "bicycle fishermen" to search for and remove nearly 15,000 bicycles annually from waterways?
Nearly 15,000 bicycles end up in waterways and canals in the Netherlands each year, so professional "bicycle fishermen" remove bikes to keep canals safe for boats.
- Multiple Choice
3. A highly trained chicken ____________ separates hens from roosters at commercial poultry hatcheries.
A trained chicken sexer is employed at commercial hatcheries to separate female "pullets" from male "cockerels."
- Multiple Choice
4. What item's production requires the use of a professional "wrinkle chaser"?
A wrinkle chaser uses a hot-air jet to 'chase' wrinkles out of leather boots and shoes.
- Multiple Choice
5. Since 1947, visitors to Weeki Wachee Springs State Park in Florida have been treated to live shows by professional ______________.
At the natural tourist attraction in Weeki Wachee, Florida, you can see underwater performances by "mermaids," professional swimmers wearing fish tails and fanciful outfits.
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