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Al,
When I said I aced it, I didn't mean I got 'em all...just was in the top
old fart bracket. Missed #16 (the mimeo sniffing question) because nobody in our
area had ever considered getting high on anything but beer. So...we're tied..and
your grace is as lost as mine.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 10:07
PM
Subject: Re: ShopTalk: it's snowing
Got em all but the stockings. Must be old to know all of
them. Saving grace is Bernie got one more than me.
Al
At
05:17 PM 2/10/2003, you wrote:
HISTORY EXAM:
(Don't peek at the answers 'til you try it)
1) In the
1940s, where were automobile headlight-dimmer
switches
located?
a. On the floor-shift
knob
b. On the floorboard, 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 milk delivery 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 your 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 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.
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 bya
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, movies &other
public-gathering places were closed --- to
try to prevent the spread of
the disease.
12) b. Taxi. Better be
ready by half-past eight!
13) c. Macaroni.
14) c. Hiding under
your desk, &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 all-male, all-black group: The
Inkspots.
20) a. Tony Bennett --- and he sounds just as good
today.
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SCORING:
(number of correct answers)
17- 20 correct: You are not only
older than dirt, but obviously gifted
with mind bloat. Now, if you
could only find your glasses. Definitely a
GEEZER!
12- 16 correct:
Not quite dirt yet, but your mind is definitely muddy.
0 - 11
correct: You are a sad excuse for a geezer --- or you are
younger
than
springtime!
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