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Old Occupations - Genealogy Fun Quiz

The response to our Cemetery Symbolism Quiz was quite simply overwhelming. So, listening to you, our readers, we have decided to make interactive content, such as quizzes, a part of every one of our monthly genealogy newsletter.

For those of you who took the Cemetery Symbolism Quiz you may be interested in knowing that the average score was 5.1 out of 10 and that less than one percent of participants scored a perfect 10. So, if you're one of the few who scored a 10 - Congratulations! You really know your cemeteries.

The subject of this months Genealogy Fun Quiz is Old Occupations. You will find ten multiple choice questions below.

Before reading the article, take the quiz and find out how much you know about occupations that are now very rare or totally extinct. You'll be surprised how many of them tie to surnames or words you may already be familiar with.

The Quiz

1) Which of the following last names used to be used to refer to Priests:

Clark
Campaner
Almoner

2) What did a Cooper do?

Made and repaired barrels
Made and repaired pens for chickens
Worked with copper metal

3) A Fuller in the middle ages would most often be found:

Standing in vats of urine
Cleaning dead animals
Working in mines

4) What did a Hacker do?

Played a game where players stood in a circle keeping a ball in the air using only their feet
Tried to break into places where they weren't supposed to be
Made farm tools

5) A Hobbler would most commonly be found:

Fixing shoes
Pulling ropes
Sleeping

6) What did a Thonger make?

Ladies underwear
Leather straps
Shovels

7) Palmers were:

People who buried the dead
Fortune tellers
Well traveled

8) If you worked as a Stewsman your coworkers were likely:

Other cooks and waiters
Prostitutes and pimps
Sea captains and ships officers

9) What did an Ewerer do?

Transported water
Raised sheep
Cleaned sewers

10) Gongfarmers:

Made brass (used to make gongs)
Emptied latrines
Raised sheep

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