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Semper Fi, Mac: Part 2 Trivia Quiz

This is part two of US Marine Corps jargon in WWII.

A multiple-choice quiz by beterave. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
beterave

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
318,805

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
749

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. During WWII, what was a 'coffin nail'? Hint

a tent peg

a punch to the jaw

a rifle round

a cigarette

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Question 2 of 10

2. In Marine Corps jargon, what was 'pogey bait'? Hint

a sick bay commando

money

candy

an underage female

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Question 3 of 10

3. In Corps jargon, what was your 'piece'? Hint

your gear

your weapon

your gal

someone else's gal

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Question 4 of 10

4. What was 'scuttlebutt'? Hint

chasing men

facts

a rumor

chasing women

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Question 5 of 10

5. What was a 'swabbie'? Hint

a rifle cleaning kit

a women in the ville

a fish dinner with fries

a navy man

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Question 6 of 10

6. When an item was 'found', what did that really mean? Hint

it was stolen

it was captured

it was recovered

it was found

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Question 7 of 10

7. During WWII, what were 'China Hands'? Hint

Chinese coolies

dress uniform khakis

a cleaning detail

pre WWII Marines

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Question 8 of 10

8. What were 'scrambled eggs and fruit salad'? Hint

food you get off base

chow with dessert

insignia and ribbons

the results of too much cheap beer

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Question 9 of 10

9. During WWII,what was a KA-BAR? Hint

an automatic rifle

a fighting knife

a mortar

a machine gun

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Question 10 of 10

10. What were 'Maggie's Drawers'? Hint

a rifle range flag

Margret's laced panties

extra large skivvies

a coxswain

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. During WWII, what was a 'coffin nail'?

Answer: a cigarette

A 'coffin nail' was a cigarette. Aptly named! Although smoking was recognized as a nasty habit, it was widely accepted.

2. In Marine Corps jargon, what was 'pogey bait'?

Answer: candy

Before WWII, Marines in China were issued candy bars as part of a basic ration. The Chinese word for prostitute is roughly translated 'pogey'. Marines would exchange the candy for 'favors'. Thus candy became 'pogey bait'.

3. In Corps jargon, what was your 'piece'?

Answer: your weapon

Your 'piece' was always your weapon or your rifle. God help the boot who refered to it as his gun.

4. What was 'scuttlebutt'?

Answer: a rumor

Scuttlebutt was always a rumor or a series of rumors and never a fact. Even 'the word' was not factual at times.

5. What was a 'swabbie'?

Answer: a navy man

A 'swabbie' was any navy man in the US Navy. The only exception to this rule were US Navy corpsmen who every Marine respected.

6. When an item was 'found', what did that really mean?

Answer: it was stolen

If item was 'found', it always meant 'stolen'. If a Marine was in the possession of an item from the US Army, the offence was always excused.

7. During WWII, what were 'China Hands'?

Answer: pre WWII Marines

'China Hands' were pre WWII Marines who had served in China between 1927 and 1941. The majority of the experienced NCOs were 'China Hands'.

8. What were 'scrambled eggs and fruit salad'?

Answer: insignia and ribbons

Scrambled eggs were the braided insignia Navy officers wore on the visor of their cover and fruit salad were the multicolored ribbons on their blouse or dress uniform.

9. During WWII,what was a KA-BAR?

Answer: a fighting knife

A KA-BAR is a fighting knive. This all purpose knife is still used today. It replaced the trench knife of WWI.

10. What were 'Maggie's Drawers'?

Answer: a rifle range flag

'Maggie's Drawers' was a rifle range flag that denoted a clean miss of a target in the butts where targets were being pulled. This red flag being flashed always brought snickers and hooting until it was seen by a range NCO who would give the shooter hell about wasting perfectly good ammo.

Source: Author beterave

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