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Quiz about CB Radio Terminology AO
Quiz about CB Radio Terminology AO

CB Radio Terminology A-O Trivia Quiz


Here's another quiz for all you diehard CB radio fans. It covers many of the words that truckers and others used for CB conversations. I hope you enjoy this trip into a time when "smokies", "beavers" and 10-4 ruled the radio waves.

A multiple-choice quiz by kali24. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
kali24
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
280,361
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
9 / 15
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Question 1 of 15
1. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "Alligator Station"? Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "beam"? Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "cash register"? Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "dead key"? Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "eat em up"? Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "fog lifter"? Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. In CB terminology what was meant by the term "go breaker"? Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "highball"? Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "ice box"? Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "Jingle"? Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "kiddie car"? Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "lettuce"? Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "mail"? Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "neon"? Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. In CB terminologym what was meant by the term "open season"? Hint



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1. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "Alligator Station"?

Answer: CB'er who talks non-stop.

This term typically applied to a home user. The implication was that the person was all mouth and no ears.
2. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "beam"?

Answer: Directional antenna

These antennas were like the old TV ones. They could be controlled remotely and turned in order to better pick up signals from a specific direction.
3. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "cash register"?

Answer: A toll booth.

This term is pretty basic. Truckers always hated to stop for anything, and to stop and give money away seems even worse!
4. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "dead key"?

Answer: Keying the microphone, but not talking.

Keying (pressing) the microphone and saying nothing was often done in an attempt to drown out an obnoxious user, often though it was an obnoxious user simply being rude.
5. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "eat em up"?

Answer: A roadside dinner.

These diners varied a lot in quality, and the good ones stayed busy all the time. This term was most often used for the good ones, basically it's a truckers way of saying eat it all, it's all good.
6. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "fog lifter"?

Answer: A CB'er who has interesting things to say.

Truckers delight in useless talk, but nothing makes the long nights go by better than interesting conversations. This term was used to signify someone who "showed others the light" or at least gave them something interesting to think about.
7. In CB terminology what was meant by the term "go breaker"?

Answer: invitation to talk.

The polite way to open a conversation was to say Break Channel "Whatever", then wait on someone to say, "go breaker". That would signify that it was now OK for you to ask your question or make your comment. A "break" was just what the name implies, a break in the normal conversation.
8. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "highball"?

Answer: Go nonstop to your destination at a rapid pace.

This term is one that grew over the years, balling became a term for going fast and high meant faster.
9. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "ice box"?

Answer: Refrigerated trailer.

This is the term that developed for the trailers which have loads that must stay cold. At one point in time it was "rolling ice boxes" then it shortened to simply "ice boxes".
10. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "Jingle"?

Answer: Give person a call via the telephone.

This term derived from the sound a phone made when it rang, at least before ring tones, lol. To tell someone you'd give them a jingle when you reached your twenty meant you'd call them when you got where you were going.
11. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "kiddie car"?

Answer: School bus.

Nothing, and I mean nothing would be worse than to be stuck behind a school bus while it was dropping kids off or picking kids up. A trucker's income was partially decided by his timely arrivals and departures, so anything that slowed him down was bad news.
12. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "lettuce"?

Answer: Money.

The same thing as the term "greenbacks", in that American paper money is green, thus lettuce became the term for money.
13. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "mail"?

Answer: Conversation on a channel.

More truckers got their information from the CB than ever did from any mail, newspaper or TV.
14. In CB terminology, what was meant by the term "neon"?

Answer: A truck with a lot of lights.

This is basically the same term as "jewelry". Independent truckers would often decorate their trucks with lights on the spoiler, wind shears and even down the sides of the doors. Truckers began calling this rigs "neons" because of the brightness of the lights.
15. In CB terminologym what was meant by the term "open season"?

Answer: Cops are everywhere.

This term came from a hunting term. To say it's open season means the cops are everywhere and pulling over everyone, just as hunters would hunt freely during "open season".
Source: Author kali24

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