ACTIVITY: DETECTIVE TALK 101 #6

ACTIVITY: DETECTIVE TALK 101 #6

You're in the hot seat for this little quiz. No hints. No multiple guesses. No true false. Let's see how well you'd do taking orders.

So, what does the boss want you to do?

HE SAID:

1. Get on the blower.

2. Give her the gate.

3. Glom on to the dough.

4. Pick up some lettuce.

5. Take a powder.

HE MEANT: 

1. Make a phone call.

2. Show her the door. Kick her out.

3. Steal the money.

4. Get some folding money.

5. Leave.

So? Did you do everything the boss wanted? Or did you blow your cover and get whacked?

DETECTIVE TALK 101 #4

ACTIVITY: DETECTIVE TALK 101 #4

   It's the forties again and you need to get with the lingo if you want to get hired as a police officer. See how you do with this week's detective slang.

1.WHAT'S THE BIG HOUSE?

A. Jail

B. Mansion

C. Kmart

D. 2 story house

2. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GET THE BUM'S RUSH?

A. You run to the restroom

B. You get kicked out

C. You get cat tails

D. You get stuck with the bill

3. WHAT'S IT MEAN IF YOU CLAM UP?

A. You eat your fill of clam chowder

B. You eat your fill of clam chowder

C. You stop talking

D. You turn your bowl upside down

4. WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU DROP A DIME?

A. Make a phone call

B. Lose your change

C. Tell a lie

D. Short change someone

5. WHAT'S A HOOD?

A. It's a hooded sweatshirt

B. It's a cop

C. It's a gun

D. It's a crook

ANSWERS:

1. A      2. B       3. C      4.  A      5.  D

HOW DID YOU DO?

0-2 correct answers: You need to go back to the academy to brush up on your vocab skills.

3-4 correct answers: You need to let your partner do the talking.

5 correct answers: Congratulations! You're hired as a Detective First class.

ACTIVITY: DETECTIVE TALK 101 #2

ACTIVITY: DETECTIVE TALK 101 #2

What's what? It's 1950 and to get with the program you need to know the lingo. Match the words on the left to their correct definition on the right.

1. Babe                                                                       a. mouth

2. Bean-shooter                                                       b. police

3. Can                                                                         c. thug

4. Can-opener                                                           d. woman

5. Dough                                                                    e. diamonds

6. Elephant ears                                                       f. gun

7. Glad rags                                                               g. jail

8. Goon                                                                       h. fancy clothes

9. Ice                                                                            i. money

10. Trap                                                                       j. safecracker

ANSWERS

1. d.   2. f    3. g    4. j    5. i    6. b    7. h    8. c    9. e   10. a

ACTIVITY: DETECTIVE TALK 101

DETECTIVE TALK 101

It's 1950. You just dropped into a crime syndicate as an undercover cop. Your crime boss is giving orders right and left. But what does he want you do to?

Read and decide what the underlined words mean so that you can follow orders to keep your secret identity secret.

1. "Take a patsy for the job."

a. a girl    b. a boy     c. a fool

2. "Take the fall for the job."

a. water bucket    b. the blame    c. money

3. "Take a fin for the job."

a. five dollars b. shark fin  c. a Finnish waitress

4. "Take a bunk after the job."

a. take off    b. a nap    c. a hotel room

5. "Take a hack after the job."

a. cut of the money   b. piece of cheese    c. a taxi

"6. Take a pair of Cs to do the job."

a. pair of doves  b. $200.00  c. tennis shoes

ANSWERS:

1. c. Patsy: Person who is set up; fool, chump

2. b. Take the fall for: Accept punishment for

3. a. Fin: $5 bill

4. a. Bunk: "Take a bunk" - leave, disappear

5. c. Hack: Taxi
6. b. Pair of Cs: $200.00