keitbr Posted October 24, 2008 #1 Share Posted October 24, 2008 There has been some discussion on this and other board about the average age of HAL cruisers. I thought just for fun I would post a little quiz to see if we can figure it out. It is an easy test, just one question. What do you think of when you see U2 A: A German submarine B: A US spy plane C: A band D: A text message Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted October 24, 2008 #2 Share Posted October 24, 2008 A Rock Band (I'm in my late sixties) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoyaheel Posted October 24, 2008 #3 Share Posted October 24, 2008 I answered Band (I'm 35 and have seen them over the years in concert) but I also thought German sub at the same time 'cause I was a European history major as an undergrad;) So word association is fun but doesn't really say anything about age...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keitbr Posted October 24, 2008 Author #4 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Your right, I should have asked in what context you had first heard of U2. Being 38 it was first as the band, but enjoying history I also associate it with the sub and plane. Being an engineer I most commonly use it in text and email. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoyaheel Posted October 24, 2008 #5 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Your right, I should have asked in what context you had first heard of U2. Being 38 it was first as the band, but enjoying history I also associate it with the sub and plane. Being an engineer I most commonly use it in text and email. What, no "E, all of the above" response? (what can I say--I'm a researcher these days and have spent the past two years doing survey design:o ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keitbr Posted October 24, 2008 Author #6 Share Posted October 24, 2008 What, no "E, all of the above" response? (what can I say--I'm a researcher these days and have spent the past two years doing survey design:o ) I thought about allowing choosing multiples, but that would make it very hard to determine what era people are from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViolaSwamp Posted October 24, 2008 #7 Share Posted October 24, 2008 I said band - I'm 28. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Druke I Posted October 24, 2008 #8 Share Posted October 24, 2008 I find the title misleading. When I saw "cruiser categories" I thought of 6" or 8" gunned cruisers, guided missile cruisers, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthC Posted October 24, 2008 #9 Share Posted October 24, 2008 My first thought was German sub. My second thought was Francis Gary Powers. Band? What band? Guess that dates me! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NapTown Jim Posted October 24, 2008 #10 Share Posted October 24, 2008 I was several years from being born yet when Francis Gary Powers was shot down but the first thing that popped in my head was the spy plane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cptlapcat Posted October 24, 2008 #11 Share Posted October 24, 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Gary_Powers The U-2 was a super secret spy plane until Francis Gary Powers got shot down over Russia in 1960. He was an employee of Lockheed Aircraft but was really a CIA agent. In 1962 he was released from Russia in a spy swap and returned to his employer Lockheed Aircraft. I had the privileged of meeting him the day he returned to Lockheed in 1962. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Copper10-8 Posted October 24, 2008 #12 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Three out of the four (Irish rock band with lead singer Bono, very high altitude spy plane built by Lockheed's skunk works and the German abbreviation - Unterseeboot/undersea boat - for submarine) Youtube came to mind also;) Cool thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruz-OR Posted October 24, 2008 #13 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Trick question: U-2 is the airplane. U2 is the band :) :) :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhannah Posted October 24, 2008 #14 Share Posted October 24, 2008 The spy plane was the first thing that popped into my mind. I'm in the "retirement age" category. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammybee Posted October 24, 2008 #15 Share Posted October 24, 2008 I get a kick out of text message speak so maybe I am the one and only who thought of it. The band would be my second choice. I am 50 something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MightyQuinn Posted October 24, 2008 #16 Share Posted October 24, 2008 I find the title misleading. When I saw "cruiser categories" I thought of 6" or 8" gunned cruisers, guided missile cruisers. When I saw the title "cruiser categories", I thought it was referring to cabin categories! But I voted "a band" like a majority of respondents so far. Could HAL be the Boomer line? :p:p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsMuir Posted October 24, 2008 #17 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Spy Plane! Almost 62! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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