DR. CRANKENFUSS’S AWESOME NAME GAME–The Answers

I put all the answers in bold font. Now don’t you go giving yourself full credit for getting only part of the answer right.

1. Which of these names was in the top 100 names in 1910?
A. Samantha    B. Brandon    C. Gertrude

2. Which of these names was in the top 100 names in 2010?
A. Viola    B. Ashley    C. Elmer

3. Which of these names was in the top 100 names in both 1910 and 2010?
A. Emma    B. Alexis    C. Kesha

4. Which of these names was in the top 10 boys’ names in 2010?
A. Andrew    B. Ethan    C. Joshua

5. Which of these names was in the top 10 girls’ names in 2010?
A. Abigail    B. Hannah    C. Olivia

Ooooh, bet you didn’t do as well as you thought. Well, Crankenfuss wouldn’t have done too well if he hadn’t written the test. (Actually he would have flunked.) After the first two, I made them kind of tricky on purpose. Just so you know, here the top ten names for boys and girls today (according to the U.S. government).

GIRLS	BOYS
1. Emily	Jacob
2.  Madison	Michael
3.  Emma	Joshua
4.  Olivia	Matthew
5.  Hannah	Daniel
6.  Abigail	Christopher
7.  Isabella	Andrew
8.  Samantha	Ethan
9.  Elizabeth	Joseph
10. Ashley	William