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Folklore Quiz

In front of the number label each of the items as either:

E for Elite Culture. P for Pop Culture. F for Folk Culture.

Be prepared to explain your answers.

1. Hide and Seek

2. High-Five Gesture

3. Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales

4. High School Homecomings

5. Rocky Horror Picture Show  

6. Emoticons in E-mail :)

7. Jump Rope Rhymes

8. Spin the Bottle

9. Country Club

10. Ghost Stories

11. Disneyland

12. Dread Locks

13. Society Register

14. Making S’mores

15. Blue Grass Music  

16. Opera

17. Knock-on-Wood Superstition

18. Baby Showers

19. Video Games

20. Carving Pumpkins

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