Cruiser Categories

[keitbr]

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

[Krazy Kruizers]

A Rock Band (I'm in my late sixties)

[Hoyaheel]

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......

[keitbr]

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.

[Hoyaheel]

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 )

[keitbr]

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.

[ViolaSwamp]

I said band - I'm 28. :p

[Druke I]

I find the title misleading.

 

When I saw "cruiser categories" I thought of 6" or 8" gunned cruisers, guided missile cruisers, etc.

[RuthC]

My first thought was German sub. My second thought was Francis Gary Powers.

Band? What band?

 

Guess that dates me! :D

[NapTown Jim]

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.

[cptlapcat]

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.

[Copper10-8]

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!

[Cruz-OR]

Trick question: U-2 is the airplane. U2 is the band :) :) :)

[jhannah]

The spy plane was the first thing that popped into my mind. I'm in the "retirement age" category. ;)

[hammybee]

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.

[MightyQuinn]

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

[MrsMuir]

Spy Plane! Almost 62!