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Fun facts about jobs quiz — Icebreakers The “Fun facts about jobs” quiz — Icebreakers. It has 25 questions in five categories: Who does that?, Jobs from the past, Before fame, What's in a name?, Tools of the trade. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.
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A peek at the questions The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.
Who does that? 100 What is the pictured professional called who advises restaurant guests about wine and serves it?
200 Who uses mathematics and statistics to assess the financial costs of risk and uncertainty?
300 What is the pictured…
In the game400 What is the pictured…
In the game500 Who professionally writes…
In the gameJobs from the past 100 What was the pictured worker called who lit street gas lamps at night and extinguished them later?
200 What was the town official called who walked the streets shouting news and official announcements?
300 What was the pictured…
In the game400 What was the worker…
In the game500 What was the bowling…
In the gameBefore fame 100 Which physicist worked at the Swiss Patent Office while producing his famous papers of 1905?
200 Which famous inventor was already working as a telegrapher while still a teenager?
300 Which mystery writer worked…
In the game400 Which inventor of the…
In the game500 Which future steel magnate…
In the gameWhat's in a name? 100 The English job name barber ultimately comes from a Latin word meaning what facial feature?
200 The French word chef, which gave English the job title, literally means what body part?
300 The English job name…
In the game400 Before it meant an…
In the game500 The English job name…
In the gameTools of the trade 100 Which instrument does a doctor use to listen to a patient's heart and breathing?
200 Which bubble-containing tool shows whether a surface is horizontal?
300 Which small sewing tool…
In the game400 What is the pictured…
In the game500 What is the pictured…
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