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The revised edition

The Coal Region Quiz



Try my quiz/poll on coal region interests.
Questions will be changed every so often.
Suggestions?
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PAST RESULTS:

2/20 thru 2/27
Who were the Molly Maguires?

  • 0% Thugs who terrorized the coal regions
  • 57% Irish immigrants unfairly accused
  • 0% The Mollys didn't exist
  • 43% Irishmen labeled by mineowners as such
  • 0% None of the above

  • 2/28 thru 3/22
    What is a colliery

  • 0% A type of dog
  • 58% A group of buildings surrounding a mine
  • 17% The building where coal is crushed
  • 8% An old car from the 30's
  • 17% A mine shaft driven into the mountain
  • 3/23 thru 4/2
    What is the term quartz?

  • 27% A container beer comes in
  • 9% Where you play basketball
  • 55% A type of mineral found in the area
  • 9% Where the judge and jury work
  • 4/3 thru 5/3
    Q: What is a growler?

  • 11% A dog at the mines
  • 56% A miner's lunch pail
  • 11% The name given to the foreman
  • 11% A co-worker you just bumped with a pick
  • 11% A roadster made by Plymouth
  • 5/4 thru 5/14

    Q. What is a nipper?

     

     

    0%   That little dog next door
    0%   A shot of whiskey
    33%   A young boy who worked in the breaker
    67%   A door boy in the mines.

     

    5/15 thru 8/3

    Q: Where was the original County Seat?


    12%   Schuylkill Haven
    5%   Minersville
    17%   Branchdale
    61%   Orwigsburg
    5%   Shenandoah




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