Retronyms Quiz

The introduction of this:	Required this retronym:
Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Peanut M&Ms
Atari 5200
Smokeless Gunpowder
Stereo
Colombia (country)
Microwave Oven
Star Trek: The Next Generation
States of Alaska and Hawaii
CD-ROM

The introduction of this:	Required this retronym:
Digital Watch
Electric Guitar
New Coke
Internet Retail Store
Floppy Disk
Talkie
Protestantism
Imaginary Number
Cellular Phone
Satellite Radio

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Retronyms Quiz

by fm_

Created Nov 30, 2009 in Language
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	fm_:	Nov 30th, 2009 at 06:29 GMT	1 point
	I'm not sure about the difficulty or how interesting this quiz will be, so I'm definitely interested in comments. I will cut off one that I'm already foreseeing: yes, I know they're called Milk Chocolate M&Ms now, but I won't be accepting that as an answer since it came decades after Peanut M&Ms.

	RandallPinkston:	Nov 30th, 2009 at 08:06 GMT	6 points
	Continental U.S. and silent movie are valid answers as well.

	brs:	Nov 30th, 2009 at 15:29 GMT	1 point
	Nice idea. But I'd take "silent movie" or "silent picture" too. Also, should probably accept "Star Wars IV" or "A New Hope" without the whole title.

	fm_:	Nov 30th, 2009 at 20:33 GMT	1 point
	Added the other two options for Silent. "A New Hope" was already an accepted answer, and I'd like the require that players know that phrase to get credit for the answer. Continental United States is a tricky one, but my research suggests that that phrase was in use before AK and HI became states, used to mean the U.S. excluding them as territories and excluding other possessions. I have, however, added more alternate answers of the nature "Contiguous United States."

	swirlingvortex7:	Dec 1st, 2009 at 06:07 GMT	3 points
	I really did not understand what this quiz was looking for until I saw the answers. I thought I was supposed to be looking for a retronym of the items listed. I was so confused lol. You might want to maybe explain that or change the wording of "The introduction of this" now that I get it, I think it's a really cool idea!! I never thought about that before, how those things never were specified until suddenly there was a need to. =)

	RS89:	Dec 6th, 2009 at 20:53 GMT	2 points
	Never heard anyone use some of these retronyms.

	Chocolatl:	May 1st, 2010 at 18:24 GMT	3 points
	The term "lower 48" comes from Alaska but not Hawaii. It refers to the fact that they are south of Alaska. Hawaii is south of the other states, and no Hawaiian refers to them as "lower."