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> FOR THE ANSWERS!!!
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> 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.
>
> NUMBER 1-20, 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, send to friends AND HAVE FUN!!!!
>
>
> 1. In the 1940's, 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 in-line 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-50'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 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, 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
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> 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.
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> 4. a) Blackjack Gum.
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> 5. b) Special makeup was applied, followed by drawing a seam down the back of the leg with eyebrow pencil.
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> 6. a) 1946 Studebaker.
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> 7. c) Wax coke bottles containing super-sweet colored water.
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> 8 a) Wax for your flat top (butch) haircut.
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> 9. a) With clamps, tightened by a skate key, which you wore on a shoestring around your neck.
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> 10. c) Eeny-meeny-miney-mo.
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> 11. c) Polio. In beginning of August, swimming pools were closed, movies and other public gather- ing places were closed to try to prevent spread of the disease.
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> 12. b) Taxi. Better be ready by half-past eight!
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> 13. c) Macaroni.
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> 14. c) Hiding under your desk, and covering your head with your arms in an A-bomb drill.
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> 15. a) Princess Summerfallwinterspring. She was another puppet.
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> 16. a) Immediately sniffed the purple ink to get a high.
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> 17. b) Put in a special stamp book, they could be traded for household items at the Green Stamp store.
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> 18. c) Ammunition, and we'll all be free.
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> 19. a) The widely famous 50's group: The Inkspots.
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> 20. a) Tony Bennett, and he sounds just as good today..
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>
> SCORING
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> 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.
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> 0 -11 correct: You are not old enough to share the wisdom of your experiences.
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> Send this to your friends with your score in the subject line!
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