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. Then before you pass this test on, put your score in the subject line. Send to friends so everyone can HAVE FUN!!!! Also send it back to me. 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 sle d. 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. 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 y our 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 , & 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 ----------------------------- ------------------------------- 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. Send this to your ('old') friends with your score in the subject line
Let me think? Black Jack was black licorice flavored if I did my math right. I preferred Beemans. After I got that far it was time to stop the test because I so not want to see the results.
I also got 17. Missed on the Studebaker (should have known that - we had one), Caroline Kennedy's horse and the Howdy Doody Indian Princess (both before my time).
Don't tell the ones you missed or you'll help the other ones that take the test. But since it's out, I missed the Studebaker too. I was about to pick it, but I'm sure you know the one I picked instead. The same one you picked.
This made me laugh. Some may not know, but film stars, and here in THE OC, some people have 6-pack abs, cleavage, and other "enhancements" painted and blended in tan-looking colors put on by makeup artists to look more "buff". Like this. This can cost up to several hundred dollars a month, or mroe if you hire the companies that will visit your home once a week to keep it the artwork in tiptop shape! Fortunately, here is an instructional video for by and for regular people on how to attain "the look" on a budget! Movie star looks on a budget
14 and 18 were the only ones to which I definitively knew the answers. I was also betting on 3-c due to my science knowledge. For everything else, I had no idea what the bloody fark you were talking about. Who's Caroline Kennedy and what does "mimeographed" mean?
I got 17, and all of this was before my time. This quiz is a wee-bit out of date. Perhaps everybody under 70 should get a handicap. Spots, That's a type ball from a Selectric and a mimeograph. Your game sounds like fun.
Obviously this score also applies to: You are not an American. I read it out of interest, but had no clue what most of the questions were talking about! Edited to add: I don't suppose many of you would remember these:
The top item is the yellow plastic piece that went in the hole of a 45 rpm record so it could be played on a regular turntable built for 33-1/3 records. The bottom item is an original 8-inch floppy disk. Sticking with the IBM theme - Do you know what this is? The name on the front kinda gives away what this is...
Spots, The top item is the magnetic card that went in the Selectric. The bottom item is a dairy box. How about these?
Spots, The top one looks like a bootleg bottle, but not sure. The bottom one almost had me stumped. They're the little replacement wipers for an electric race car. Good stuff
A pull tab and a telegraph key - I've used both of them! Actually, the top item I posted is a windshield washer fluid bottle from an 60's-era GM. The bracket was screwed into place somewhere in the engine compartment, and the glass bottle held a quart of genuine GM Optikleen washer fluid. You're right about the bottom - they're the little electric pickups for an Aurora HO scale slot car.
2 i only knew for sure. w e had #7 when i was a kid and im only 27, #1 we still use in our humvees. after that everything else would be just lucky guesses
An 8-track tape player, and I can't remember what the name of the 2nd item is - I remember it was a toy robotic arm that some store (Toys 'R Us, KB Toys?) sold. I worked in the "Information Technology" field back when it was known as "Data Processing" - so forgive me if these aren't immediately recognizeable --
Spots, You're correct on the second item. It was called the "Armatron" and was marketed by Radio Shack. Your 3 items all appear to belong to a UNIVAC mainframe installation. The first looks like a punch card encoding station, the second a punch card reader, and the third a reel-to-reel storage bank. I'll go a little more low-tech.
