So you think you've got the Legend of 1440 down, eh? Here's a quiz to see if your boast is valid.
1. "Lumberyard" refers to
a) the KZAG tower being in a lumberyard
b) the jocks are all lumberjacks
c) both of the above
d) all of the above
e) none of the above
2. The Goldminers are
a) a troupe of aging pole dancers
b) employees of Hubbard Broadcasting (does not preclude "a" being true also)
c) from the old Dean Martin TV show
d) maybe b but maybe c too
e) none of the above
f) all of the above
g) maybe a and c
3. The nickname "Lamptimer" came to be because
a) KZAG's signoff time was known to drift by seconds/minutes each day, as if the transmitter was controlled by a lamptimer
b) Sandusky layoffs would always be preceded by the appearance of a grim character known only as "The Lamptimer."
c) it was a time before the 52 watts of nighttime pow-pow-power were actually engaged
d) they needed a code name for Voltair™
e) ...because KTAR
f) KAZG's signoff time was known to drift by seconds/minutes each day, as if the transmitter was controlled by a lamptimer
g) none of the first five, but possibly some of the others
(Some of them may be trick questions! Answers revealed when the Nielsen PPM panel for the Phoenix Metro reaches a robust 900 souls, or when Ryan Seacrest quits a job, whichever comes first. Good luck!)
Here are a few more:
4) True or false: pigeons out number rust flakes on the Tower of Pow-Pow-Power
5) Which call letters never appeared on 14~Forty?:
a) KXEG
b) KOPA
c) WLS
d) KDOT
e) KPOK
6) Did Gumpdusky really want to replace the aging P.O.S. xmttr?
a) yes
b) no
c) Hell no
d) who is Gumpdusky?
7) Why does catfish spell his name with a lower case "c"
a) he doesn't know where the shift button is located
b) he doesn't care
c) he doesn't know proper names begin with a capital letter
d) he fishes for catfish from the Crosscut canal while working on the xmttr
8) Los Buckeye Boyz
a) are idiots
b) are Charles Goyette
c) are Liddy & Hill
d) are Todd Wallace
e) are the next Superintendents of Public Instruction
9) What is the Goldminers favorite wornout oldie?
a) Brown Eyed Girl
b) Kookie, Kookie, lend me your comb
c) The Eve of Destruction
d) In the year 2525
e) Workin' in a Coal Mine
10) What became of the infamous lamp timer?
a) it rests at the bottom of the Crosscut canal
b) it was returned to Woolco
c) it's still at the xmttr site
d) it was sold to KBSZ to get them from 4500 watts to 50 watts at sunset (give or take the usual drift)
