Red Wing Trivia Quiz #3

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.

1. A nappy is...
 

the same as a nappie.
a shallow, flat bottom dish for serving food.
what you need after a long day of shopping for Red Wing dinnerware.
all of the above.

   
2. A marmite with cover ...
 

is a small casserole used to make individual servings.
is a brown, fuzzy animal under a rock.
was not offered with a handle in Delta Blue dinnerware.
is popular with collectors of advertising ware.

   
3. Turkey eyes...
 

are formed by liquid dripping down on salt glaze stoneware during the firing process.
are brownish-black globs and streaks on stoneware.
are named for the Norwegian word ayes which means poop.
a and b

   
4. Round ovals were...
 

invented by someone who flunked geometry.
containers made for the Ovaltine Company.
really circles used to mark some RWUSC stoneware.
used on RWUSC pieces as a bottom stamp only.

   
5. Oval overs ...
 

are similar to popovers but made with Ovaltine.
is a game played in Minnesota where rotund people are tossed back and forth over a stack of milk cans.
are where the oval is found above the wing instead of the usual wing over the oval.
are double stamped ovals.

   
6. Koverwates...
 

were named by the same person who invented round ovals, he could not spell either.
were sold as an early form of exercise equipment.
are most common in the 3,6, and 25 gallon size.
fit inside a crock to to push the contents down into the liquid.

   
7. The term pot belly...
 

is used to describe a style of water cooler made after 1915.
is used to describe the artware cherubs.
is used to describe guys who sit around, drink beer, and talk about stoneware all day.
a and c

   
8. It is widely known that the red wing is radioactive...
 

and so is much of the yellow and red glazed dinnerware and artware from the 1930s.
and can be used to create miniature atomic bombs.
and the lower SAT scores by some children of stoneware collectors is attributed to prolonged exposure.
and the government was happy to sell the uranium ore to the potteries in the 1940s to get rid of it.

   
9. A shoulder jug...
 

was so named because you could sling one over your shoulder and take a swig.
was first called a soldier jug but the pacifists objected.
are always found with capacity stamped on the dome.
has a crock type bottom with various tops molded to it.

   
10. The only plate that Cliff Ekdahl could not find for his new video on dinnerware was...
 

Flight
Delta Blue
pastel blue Fondoso- 9 1/2 inch
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