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Trivia

Gender Wars

How much do you know about the opposite sex? Below are eight "masculine" questions and eight "feminine". See how many you can answer correctly.

Question 1:
What colour is the positive terminal on most car batteries?
*Black
*Red
*Blue
*Yellow

Question 2:
What shape is a Marquise cut diamond?
*Pointed Oval
*Round
*Square
*Hexagonal

Question 3:
What do you call a hammer with a large wooden or rubber head?
*Claw
*Mallet
*Ball Peen
*Sledge

Question 4:
In beauty terms, what can women 'foil'?
*Your Plans
*Hair
*Fingernails
*Feet

Question 5:
In fashion, what is a mule?
*a shoulderless dress
*a runway model
*an open-back high-heeled shoe
*an accessory for holding up hair

Question 6:
What do you call the spiral ridge on a screw, bolt or nut?
*Bite
*Thread
*Teeth
*Bit

Question 7:
What is distinctive about getting a 'French' manicure?
*fingernails are cropped
*fingernails are extended
*the tips of your fingernails are painted white
*fingernails are airbrushed

Question 8:
What part of the car holds anti-freeze?
*the catalytic converter
*the radiator
*the struts
*the battery

Question 9:
What are 'Charlie', 'S fari' and 'Paris'?
*Perfumes
*Clothing Lines
*Barbie's Friends
*Shoe Companies

Question 10:
BMW stands for what?
*Big Muddy Water
*Bayerische Motoren Werke
*Brazilian Motor Works
*Bratislava Motor Works

Question 11:
Who wrote the book ' Little Women'?
*Answer: (Three Words or just surname)

Question 12:
Which poker hand is higher: a pair, a full house, a straight or four of a kind?
*Full House
*Four of a kind
*Straight
*Pair

Question 13:
How many fingers are used
in the Boy Scout salute?
*One
*Two
*Three
*Four

Question 14:
What is a 'TKO'?
*Answer: (Two Words)

Question 15:
What do you call the device that you put on the end of a blow dryer to add volume to your hair?
*Diffuser
*Volume Gadget
*Fluffer
*Enhancer

Question 16:
What is the best way to stop a run in a stocking?
*Throw It Away
*Clear Nail Polish
*Turn It Inside Out
*Fabric Softener

Answers
1. Red
2. Pointed Oval
3. Mallet
4. Hair
5. An open-back high-heeled shoe
6. Thread
7. The tips of your fingernails are painted white
8. The radiator
9. Perfumes
10. Bayerische Motoren Werke
11. Louisa May Alcott
12. Four of a kind
13. Three
14. Technical knock-out
15. Diffuser
16. Clear nail polish

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