Vanities

Henry Alford's "This or That"

A POP QUIZ OF CULTURAL PHENOMENA

December 2008
Vanities
Henry Alford's "This or That"

A POP QUIZ OF CULTURAL PHENOMENA

December 2008

Is it a whole grain... or is it a dance craze?

1. Hucklebuck

2. Quinoa

3. Frik

4. Teff

5. Urkel

Is it a Bond girl... or is it high-end luggage?

1. Tiffany Case

2. Sahora Brights

3. Coffret Merveilles

4. Osgoode Marley

5. Mary Goodnight

Is it a rapper, or is it a low-cal iced dessert?

1. Vanilla Ice

2. Ice Cube

3. Flavor Flav

4. Tastee Freez

5. Spoonie Gee

6. Pineapple Pear Frosty

7. Slim-a-Bear

8. Skinnyman

9. Ice-T

10. Fabolous

11. Suga Free

12. Yung Icy

13. Milk Dee

14. So Delicious

15. Choctal

16. Yolato

17. Tofutti Cutie

18. Mr. Parfait

19. Mr. Serv-On

20. Dontcha

Is it a Buddhist retreat . . . or is it a feminine-hygiene product?

1. Serenity

2. Always

3. Here and Now

4. Lightdays

5. Lunapanties

Is it a character on Lipstick Jungle . . . or is it a car dealership in Iowa?

1. Betts Lexus

2. Bluffs Dodge

3. Victory Ford

4. Pocahontas Ford

5. Shottenkirk Chevrolet

Is it an advertiser in The New Yorker . . . or is it a form of medieval torture?

1. Poke Boat

2. Endless Pool

3. Ducking Stool

4. Aeron Chair

5. The Watermark

Is it a composition by Franz Schubert . . . or is it a brand of German toilet paper?

1. Klavierstucke

2. Nacht und Traume

3. Totengräberweise

4. Danke

5. Ja!

Is it a color of house paint... or is it an escort service?

1. Pool Party

2. Witching Hour

3. Charisma

4. Champagne

5. Foxy

Is it a town in Wales . . . or is it a random clump of letters?

1. Ystradgynlais

2. Blaenau Ffestiniog

3. Ffestyr

4. Llanfyllin

5. Mold

ANSWERS:

Grains: 2, 3, 4. Crazes: 1, 5.

Bond girls: 1, 5. Luggage: 2, 3. 4.

Rappers: 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20.

Desserts: 4, 6, 7, 14, 15, 16, 17.

Retreats: 3. Products: 1, 2, 4, 5.

Dealerships: 1-5. Both: 3.

Advertisers: 1, 2, 4, 5. Torture: 3.

Schubert: 1, 2, 3. T.P.: 4, 5.

Paint: 1, 2. Both: 3, 4, 5.

Wales: 1, 2, 4, 5. Random clump: 3.