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30,000 Pounds Of Bananas Trivia Quiz

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A multiple-choice quiz by bionic4ever. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
bionic4ever

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
236,304

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
652

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What time of day was it when the truck began its final journey? Hint

noon

sunrise

just after dark

midnight

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Question 2 of 10

2. He started down a hill leading to what city? Hint

Dallas, Texas

Newark, New Jersey

Scranton, Pennsylvania

San Francisco, California

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Question 3 of 10

3. How experienced was the driver? Hint

It was his second job.

Ten years' experience

It was his first job.

Two years' experience

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Question 4 of 10

4. What do the children of Scranton play in, according to the song? Hint

piles of ashes

sun-fried dirt piles

clouds of coal dust

backyard slag piles

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Question 5 of 10

5. The driver "passed a sign he should've seen, saying 'shift to low gear' or..." How much was the fine if you failed to shift to low? Hint

$35.00

$50.00

$65.00

$20.00

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Question 6 of 10

6. What was he thinking about when he should've been watching the road? Hint

his paycheck

how much he hated bananas

dinner

his girlfriend

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Question 7 of 10

7. What was the cause of the accident? Hint

brake failure

driver blinded by coal dust

slipped on a banana peel

engine fire

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Question 8 of 10

8. How many people, not counting the driver, were hurt?

Answer: (One Word or digit)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Fill in the missing words: "It was then he lost his head, not to mention __
___ __
___ before he stopped."

Answer: (Four Words)

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Question 10 of 10

10. When it was all over, according to the singer, no driver remained. All that was left was 30,000 pounds of ______
_______

Answer: (Two Words)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What time of day was it when the truck began its final journey?

Answer: just after dark

Maybe he'd have had a safer trip if he'd left earlier in the day!

2. He started down a hill leading to what city?

Answer: Scranton, Pennsylvania

Hard to believe that city wanted 30,000 pounds of anything!

3. How experienced was the driver?

Answer: It was his second job.

"He was a young driver, just out on his second job..."

4. What do the children of Scranton play in, according to the song?

Answer: backyard slag piles

"Where children play without despair in backyard slag piles and folks manage to eat each day: about 30,000 pounds of bananas."

5. The driver "passed a sign he should've seen, saying 'shift to low gear' or..." How much was the fine if you failed to shift to low?

Answer: $50.00

"Shift to low gear, or fifty dollar fine, my friend..."

6. What was he thinking about when he should've been watching the road?

Answer: his girlfriend

"He was thinking, perhaps about the warm-breathed woman who was waiting at the journey's end..."
"He paid no heed as the shivering thoughts of the night's delights went through him."

7. What was the cause of the accident?

Answer: brake failure

"His foot nursed the brake to slow him down, but the pedal floored easy, without a sound..."

8. How many people, not counting the driver, were hurt?

Answer: seven

"He sideswiped 19 neat-parked cars, clipped off 13 telephone poles, hit 2 houses, bruised 8 trees and Blue-Crossed 7 people..."

9. Fill in the missing words: "It was then he lost his head, not to mention __ ___ __ ___ before he stopped."

Answer: an arm or two

"And he smeared for 400 yards, along the hill that leads into Scranton, Pennsylvania..."

10. When it was all over, according to the singer, no driver remained. All that was left was 30,000 pounds of ______ _______

Answer: mashed bananas

Mashed bananas, with the driver missing? Yummy!

Source: Author bionic4ever

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