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 and pencil and number from 1 to 20. Write the
letter
> > of
> > > > each answer and score at the end. Then, best of all, before you pass
> > this
> > > > test on, put your score in the subject line!
> > > >
> > > > 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 W.W.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 1940's?
> > > > 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 pet pony?
> > > > a. Old Blue
> > > > b. Paint
> > > > c. Macaroni
> > > >
> > > > 14. What 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 the Howdy Doody
show?
> > > > a. Princess Summerfallwinterspring
> > > > b. Princess Sacajewea
> > > > 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, and pass the _________?
> > > > a. Meatballs
> > > > b. Dames
> > > > c. Ammunition
> > > >
> > > > 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 '60s 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..
> > > >
> > >
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> > > > 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 their wisdom!
> > > >
> > > > 12 -16 correct: Not quite dirt yet, but your mind is getting keen.
> > > >
> > > > 0 -11 correct: You are not old enough to share the wisdom of your
> > > > experiences.
> > > >