Social Class Cultural Capital Knowledge Quiz

Will Barratt, Andrew Lurker, Angela Carlen, Meagan Cahill, Minnette Huck, Stacy Ploskonka

Indiana State University

2007 (re-posted here)

The following is a quiz about knowledge that is related to social class. No one is expected to get a perfect score for either the Blue or the Red questions, and most people know the answers to more questions in one column or the other.   

Blue Questions	Red Questions
What does Dooney and Burke make? Hats Gloves Shoes Handbags What is the Ryder Cup? A Polo championship A horse race A golf tournament A sailboat race What is Zabars? A haberdasher A delicatessen A hotel A resort What is a “Double Windsor”? A shotgun A mixed drink Pleats in trousers A tie knot Where does the fish fork go? Above your plate With the forks on the outside With the forks in the middle With the forks on the inside Who wrote “The Four Seasons”? Vivaldi Beethoven Mozart Verdi What is a Purdy Over and Under? A bunk bed at camp A commercial grade stove A double cam motor A shotgun What are Kona and Blue Mountain? Resorts Hotels Islands Coffee What glass is used for Pinot Noir? White wine Red wine Goblet Tumbler What are Damsels, Nymphs and Streamers? Women’s’ clubs Drugs Fishing flies Exotic dancers	What does a shop steward do? Cleans and serves Collects union dues Represents workers Represents management White clothing is washed in: Hot water Warm water Cold water Any temperature water Who is number 8? Jeff Gordon Jeff Gordon Jr. Dale Earnhart Dale Earnhart, Jr. Who sang “Achy breaky heart”? Johnny Cash Robert Johnson Billy Ray Cyrus Billy Bob Johnson What does DeWalt make? Boats Power tools Fishing rods Wheel rims BOGO is a: Laundry term Sale term Fishing term BBQ term What are spinners and wobblers? Drunks Drinks Fishing lures Exotic dancers What is a funnel cake? A bundt cake Fair food A birthday cake An elephant ear What is a ‘full pull’? A tool term A tractor term A drug term A drag race term What is used in Snipe hunting? No. 8 shot .22 rifles Trot line Bag and a stick
Blue Question Points ________	Red Question Points _______

 

Group experience facilitator directions to be read to the group.

Please take a few minutes to take the quiz. Circle what you think is the best answer for each question. When you are done I will read the answers and you will score your own quiz.

Scoring: Read this to the group

First I am going to read the answers to the Blue Questions answers and then the answers to the Red Questions. When we are done scoring your quiz add up the number of correct answers in each column.  

Blue Question Answer Key D - handbags C - a golf tournament B - a delicatessen D - a tie knot C - with the forks in the middle A - Vivaldi D - a shotgun D - coffee B - red wine C - fishing flies

Red Question Answer Key C - represents workers A - hot water D - Dale Earnhart Jr. C - Billy Ray Cyrus B - Power Tools B - Sale term C - fishing lures B - fair food B - a tractor tern D - bag and a stick

Discussion questions

1. Who got 5 or more blue points? How many did you get? How many red points did you get?
2. Who got 5 or more red points? How many did you get? How many blue points did you get?
3. Who got 5 or more points on the blue and 5 or more on the blue?
4. Did completing this quiz make you feel more upscale or down scale?
5. Did you score higher or lower than you expected?
6. What are some examples of other types of social class cultural capital that you or others might have?
7. How did you feel about not knowing certain things from your group, or from the other group.
8. Did this increase your awareness of the kinds of cultural capital that other social class groups have?

 Note:  This material was developed as a group experience in 2007.  Feel free to use this but please reference the authors when you copy or use this.