Red Wing Trivia Quiz #1

Test your knowledge of Red Wing history and trivia by taking our little test. Hit the "Answers" button at the bottom of the quiz for answers and (well needed) explanations.

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1. According to the 1997 price guide for the Ray Reiss Red Wing art pottery book, out of the hundreds of pictures, how many had the wrong piece number?
 

31
18
12
3

   
2. What was the principal reason the RWUSCo changed the logo on their dome top canning jars from "Mason Fruit Jar" to "Stoneware Fruit Jar"?
 

To herald the change over from red to white clay
A lawsuit by the Mason company
A lawsuit by Charles Manson
Instant gratification takes too long

   
3. What company produced a beater to be used with the Red Wing beater bowls? This name is also associated with a malady afflicting mostly middle-aged males.
 

Repeater Beater
Goodhue Beater
Rug Beater
Dunlap Beater

   
4. What is the name of the only Red Wing art pottery line to be decorated with brass?
 

Brass Decorator Line
Decorator Brass Line
Decorated Bass Line
Fishy

   
5. What Red Wing dinnerware pattern has a mustard jar with a bulbous applicator?
 

Hamm's Beer
Tulip
Crocus
Town and Country

   
6. What deadly gas is released during the process of kiln firing salt glazed stoneware?
 

K 9P
HIOAg
Chlorine
Unmentionable

   
7. What colors were offered for underglaze stamping on RWUSCo advertising pieces on white glazed stoneware?
 

All bunny slip
Blue, black, brown, and green
Politically correct
Fleck pink zephyr

   
8. About what year did the famous red wing began to appear on stoneware?
 

Leap year
The same year the polka band Da Yoopers first recorded the classic "Ruthie Rollover"
1909
When a large flock of cardinals became disoriented in the river fog

   
9. If you find Red Wing stoneware with bailed side handles and the stamp "Patent Applied For", when was it produced?
 

1776
1970
In celebration of Red Wing shoes making their first line in patent leather
August-December 1915

   
10. In what foreign country do you find the city of Tampico?
 

Italy
France
Wisconsin
Mexico

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