Job Change Quiz

What pulled fire engines long ago?

• Cars

• Horses

• Tractors

• Trucks

What invention replaced horses in pulling fire engines?

• Refrigerators

• Gas-powered firetrucks

• Street sweepers

• Iceboxes

What job did lamplighters do in the past?

• Sweep city streets

• Light gas streetlamps at night

• Deliver blocks of ice

• Repair pinsetter machines

How do streetlights turn on and off today?

• By people lighting them with matches

• Using automatic timers

• With the help of lamplighters

• By remote controls operated by police

What does "automatic" mean?

• Operating without human control

• Controlled by a switchboard

• Fixed by experts

• Made with technology

Where did icemen get their ice?

• Ice factories

• Frozen lakes and rivers

• Refrigerators

• Gas stations

What does the word "icebox" mean?

• A box used for storing firewood

• An appliance for keeping food cold before refrigerators

• A container for delivering ice

• A large ice-cutting machine

What job replaced icemen and ice cutters?

• Copy clerks

• Lamplighters

• Refrigerator-repair people

• Switchboard operators

What job did telephone operators do?

• Connected phone calls using a switchboard

• Delivered messages to homes

• Repaired broken telephones

• Set up electricity for phones

Which invention changed how bowlers' pins were set up?

• Refrigerators

• Automatic pinsetters

• Gas-powered machines

• Modern computers