This is fun, I copied it from an email so I hope it works! I scored a 15.
Family and Friends,Try this one...it is fun. You get a chance to see how well you remember the 'good ol days'.
NO Cheating
- don't look at the answers until you take the test!
History Exam . . .
Everyone over 40 should have a pretty easy time at this exam . If you are under 40 you can claim a handicap .
This is a History Exam for those who don't mind seeing how much they really remember about what went on in their life .
*** Get paper & pencil & number from 1 to 20 .
****Write the letter of each answer & score at the end .
1 . In the 1940s, where were automobile headlight dimmer switches located?
a . On the floor shift knob .
b . On the floor board, to the left of the clutch .
c . Next to the horn .
2 . The bottle top of a Royal Crown Cola bottle had holes in it . For what was it used?
a . Capture lightning bugs .
b . To sprinkle clothes before ironing .
c . Large salt shaker .
3 . Why was having milk delivered a problem in northern winters?
a . Cows got cold and wouldn't produce milk .
b . Ice on highways forced delivery by dog sled .
c . Milkmen left deliveries outside of front doors and milk would freeze, expanding and pushing up the cardboard bottle top .
4 . What was the popular chewing gum named for a game of chance?
a . Blackjack
b . Gin
c . Craps
5 . What method did women use to look as if they were wearing stockings when none were available due to rationing during WW II .
a . Suntan
b . Leg painting
c . Wearing slacks
6 . What postwar car turned automotive design on its ear when you couldn't tell whether it was coming or going?
a . Studebaker
b . Nash Metro
c . Tucker
7 . Which was a popular candy when you were a kid?
A . Strips of dried peanut butter .
B. Chocolate licorice bars .
c . Wax coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water inside .
8 . How was Butch wax used?
a . To stiffen a flat-top haircut so it stood up .
b . To make floors shiny and prevent scuffing .
c . On the wheels of roller skates to prevent rust .
9 . Before inline skates, how did you keep your roller skates attached to your shoes?
a . With clamps, tightened by a skate key .
b . Woven straps that crossed the foot .
c . Long pieces of twine .
10 . As a kid, what was considered the best way to reach a decision?
a . Consider all the facts .
b . Ask Mom .
c . Eeny-meeny-miney-MO .
11 . What was the most dreaded disease in the 1940s and 1950s?
a . Smallpox
b . AIDS
c . Polio
12 . 'I'll be down to get you in a ________, Honey'
a . SUV
b . Taxi
c . . Streetcar
13 . What was the name of Caroline Kennedy's pony?
a . Old Blue
b . Paint
c . . Macaroni
14 . W hat was a Duck-and-Cover Drill?
a . Part of the game of hide and seek .
b . What you did when your Mom called you in to do chores .
c . Hiding under your desk, and covering your head with your arms in an A-bomb drill .
15 . What was the name of the Indian Princess on theHowdy Doody show?
a . Princess Summerfallwinterspring
b . Princess Sacajawea
c . Princess Moonshadow
16 . What did all the really savvy students do when mimeographed tests were handed out in school?
a . . Immediately sniffed the purple ink, as this was believed to get you high .
b . Made paper airplanes to see who could sail theirs out the window .
c . Wrote another pupil's name on the top, to avoid their failure .
17 . Why did your Mom shop in stores that gave Green Stamps with purchases?
a . To keep you out of mischief by licking the backs, which tasted like bubble gum .
b . They could be put in special books and redeemed for various household items .
c . They were given to the kids to be used as stick-on tattoos .
18 . Praise the Lord, & pass the _________?
a . Meatballs
b . Dames
c . Ammuni tion
19 . What was the name of the singing group that made the song 'Cabdriver' a hit?
a . The Ink Spots
b . The Supremes
c . The Esquires
20 . Who left his heart in San Francisco ?
a . Tony Bennett
b . Xavier Cugat
c . George Gershwin
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ANSWERS
1 . (b) On the floor, to the left of the clutch . Hand controls, popular in Europe , took till the late '60's to catch on .
2 . (b) To sprinkle clothes before ironing . Who had a steam iron?
3 . (c) Cold weather caused the milk to freeze and expand, popping the bottle top . .
4 . . (a) Blackjack Gum .
5 . (b) Special makeup was applied, followed by drawing a seam down the back of the leg with eyebrow pencil .
6 . (a) 1946 Studebaker . .
7 . (c) Wax coke bottles containing super-sweet colored water .
8 . (a) Wax for your flat top (butch) haircut .
9 . (A) With clamps, tightened by a skate key, which you wore on a shoestring around your
neck .
10 . (C) Eeny-meeny-miney-mo .
11 . (c) Polio . In beginning of August, swimming pools were closed, movies and other public gathering places were closed to try to prevent spread of the disease .
12 . (B) Taxi, Better be ready by half-past eight!
13 . (C) Macaroni .
14 . (C) Hiding under your desk, and covering your head with your arms in an A-bomb drill .
15 . (A) Princess Summerfallwinterspring . She was another puppet .
16 . (a) Immediately sniffed the purple ink to get a high .
17 . (B) Put in a special stamp book, they could be traded for household items at the Green Stamp store .
18 . (C) Ammunition, and we'll all be free .
19 . (A) The widely famous 50's group: The Inkspots .
20 . (a) Tony Bennett, and he sounds just as good today . .
SCORING
17- 20 correct: You are older than dirt, and obviously gifted with mental abilities . Now if you could only find your glasses . Definitely someone who should share your wisdom!
12 -16 correct: Not quite dirt yet, but you're getting there .
0 -11 correct: You are not old enough to share the wisdom of your experiences .
