Q 01/05

Which First Lady of the United States chatted on CB radio in the 1970s under the handle First Mama?

A) Betty Ford

B) Pat Nixon

C) Rosalynn Carter

D) Nancy Reagan

Answer · why

A) Betty Ford

Betty Ford was summed up by The New York Times as a symbol of her times: wearing a mood ring, dancing the Bump along White House corridors and chattin...

Q 02/05

Which small rounded car did 1970s truckers nickname a 'pregnant roller skate' in CB slang?

A) Chevrolet Chevette

B) Mini Cooper

C) AMC Gremlin

D) Volkswagen Beetle

Answer · why

D) Volkswagen Beetle

The Volkswagen Beetle had a second CB nickname as well: one with a man at the wheel was a 'dung beetle'.

Q 03/05

Which ten-code, borrowed by CB users from police radio, means a message has been received and understood?

A) 10-4

B) 10-7

C) 10-9

D) 10-36

Answer · why

A) 10-4

10-4 even has a reverse form: CB users ask 'four-ten?' to check that the other driver heard them or agrees.

Q 04/05

Which cartoon voice actor chatted on CB radio around Los Angeles using Bugs or Daffy as his handle?

A) Daws Butler

B) Don Messick

C) Mel Blanc

D) Paul Frees

Answer · why

C) Mel Blanc

Mel Blanc often talked on the air in his character voices, and a 1978 NBC programme about CB showed him entertaining children from his home station.

Q 05/05

Which toolbox staple do truckers jokingly call 'Alabama chrome' in CB slang?

A) Baling wire

B) Duct tape

C) Zip ties

D) Spray paint

Answer · why

B) Duct tape

Duct tape is the joke substitute for the real thing: in CB slang a rig dressed up with extra chrome and extra lights is admired as a fancy truck.