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Quiz about The RUNY Rural Upstate New Yorker

The RUNY (Rural Upstate New Yorker) Quiz

Not all New Yorkers wear black leather and say "fuhgedaboudit". This quiz looks at the people who live (way) north of the Big Apple.

A multiple-choice quiz by cayugarunner. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
cayugarunner

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
127,338

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

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1135

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Question 1 of 10

1. Euchre is a favorite card game in northern New York. If spades is trump, what is the highest card and what is it called? Hint

The Jack of Spades, called the Left Bauer

The Jack of Clubs, called the Left Bauer

The Ace of Spades, called the Right Bauer

The Jack of Spades, called the Right Bauer

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is a peavey? Hint

A small red-breasted songbird

A cooking utensil used to scrape bowls

A small biting insect

A pole with a hook used to roll logs

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is a "honey wagon"?
Hint

The float carrying the Lumberjack Princess at the county fair

A tanker truck full of bee honey

A manure spreader

A trailer used for gathering maple sap

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Question 4 of 10

4. Where do the Orangemen play? Hint

Veterans Stadium, in Orange County

The Carrier Dome, in Syracuse

Veterans Arena, in Syracuse

Kodak Park, in Rochester

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is sugar snow? Hint

Icy, grainy snow that falls in mid-January

Snow that contains sucrose picked up from Canadian fruit trees

Snow that falls during maple sugaring season

Snow that falls on Christmas Eve

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Question 6 of 10

6. What does the Blue Line signify? Hint

The route of the Erie Canal

The center line on a hockey rink

The boundary of the Adirondack Park

Graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point

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Question 7 of 10

7. What is the propellant of choice for a potato gun? Hint

Vaseline

Gunpowder

Molasses

Hair spray

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is a "wheeler"? Hint

A log-truck driver

A wealthy businessperson; short for "wheeler dealer"

An all-terrain-vehicle; short for "4-wheeler"

The dog directly behind the lead dog in a sled dog team

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Question 9 of 10

9. What does an orange triangle on the back of a wagon signify? Hint

Slow moving vehicle

Horse-drawn vehicle, do not sound horn

Farm vehicle, do not pass

Emergency vehicle, stay back 200 feet

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Question 10 of 10

10. When is black fly season? Hint

Mid to late September, before the first frost

April, right after the spring thaw

July to mid-August, when the ponds have dried up

Mid-May through June

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Euchre is a favorite card game in northern New York. If spades is trump, what is the highest card and what is it called?

Answer: The Jack of Spades, called the Right Bauer

Euchre is a trumping card game originating in Germany. The word euchre means "farmer", and the game is thought to originate in rural areas. You'll find euchre players in RUNY, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Canada (and some other places no doubt).

2. What is a peavey?

Answer: A pole with a hook used to roll logs

The peavey is a lumberman's lever that has a pivoting hooked arm and metal spike at one end - also called a cant dog. It's used to roll logs onto a sawbuck or a bobsled.

3. What is a "honey wagon"?

Answer: A manure spreader

Manure fertilizes the fields to grow hay and corn to feed the cows to make manure. Circle of life, right?

4. Where do the Orangemen play?

Answer: The Carrier Dome, in Syracuse

The Carrier Dome isn't air conditioned, even though it was built by the Carrier (air conditioner) Corporation. You see, it doesn't need air conditioning, because it's always full of fans. Fans, get it?

5. What is sugar snow?

Answer: Snow that falls during maple sugaring season

Sugar snow is looked upon favorably, because it's an indicator of warm days and cold nights - perfect weather for maple trees to produce sap. The snow also keeps the ground cooler during the spring thaw, extending the sugaring season.

6. What does the Blue Line signify?

Answer: The boundary of the Adirondack Park

The Adirondack Park encloses the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York. Lake Placid, home of the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics, lies inside "the blue line".
By the way, West Point graduates are members of the "Long Gray Line".

7. What is the propellant of choice for a potato gun?

Answer: Hair spray

A potato gun uses hairspray to shoot a spud through a short length of PVC pipe. Potatoes have been known to fly upwards of 600 feet.

8. What is a "wheeler"?

Answer: An all-terrain-vehicle; short for "4-wheeler"

Some people up north also call a snowmobile a "sheener" - short for snow machine.

9. What does an orange triangle on the back of a wagon signify?

Answer: Slow moving vehicle

There are a lot of horse-drawn vehicles (used mostly by the Amish) in New York, but the triangle can also be found on tractors and motorized vehicles (like the ubiquitous manure spreader).

10. When is black fly season?

Answer: Mid-May through June

Black flies are the size of a grain of rice and their bites raise infernally itchy welts. Savvy travellers know better than to visit the Adirondacks during black fly season, which usually runs from mid-May through June.

Source: Author cayugarunner

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