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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
4247 Posts |
 Posted - Jun 11 2009 : 4:00:28 PM
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20 QUESTION HISTORY EXAM FOR FUN *
History Exam............ ......... ...
Everyone over 50 should have a pretty easy time at this exam. If you are under 45 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. 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 Summerfallwinterspr ing
b. Princess Sacajawea
c. Princess Moonshadow
16. What did all the really savvy students do when mimeographed tests were handed out in SC hool?
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 t he 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, swi mming 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 Summerfallwinterspr ing. 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 50s 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.
Linda in Scranton, PA
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world! |
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gramadinah
True Blue Farmgirl
3557 Posts
Diana
Orofino
ID
USA
3557 Posts |
Posted - Jun 11 2009 : 4:30:06 PM
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I only missed 2 54 years here. I even had my glasses.
Diana
Farmgirl Sister #273 |
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
13055 Posts |
Posted - Jun 11 2009 : 4:40:36 PM
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I missed five, 55 here! I must have been sheltered!
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Jun 11 2009 : 7:07:08 PM
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I missed four so I am not quite dirt yet..whew! I am 50.
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
11303 Posts |
Posted - Jun 11 2009 : 7:46:14 PM
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I just turned 51 and I only knew about 1 and 20. And I didn't have my glasses on.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
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Merry
True Blue Farmgirl
765 Posts
Merry
Ankeny
Iowa
USA
765 Posts |
Posted - Jun 11 2009 : 9:45:53 PM
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I missed 3, and I am almost 45.
http://afarminmyheart.blogspot.com/
"Nobody has ever measured, not even poets how much the heart can hold."
Zelda Fitzgerald |
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Jun 12 2009 : 03:48:01 AM
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I missed a few but actually remebered way more than expected. Some of that stuff like the RC top were mainstays in our house too.
Did any of you have milk boxes outside your homes? Gads, they still delivered milk back in the early 70's that even I can remember!
And I drove a '76 buick years ago where the dimmer was on the floorboard, so those were easy.
And I'm all about vintage candies. Still tying to hunt down the illusive Dynamint.
And hey! I'm only 39!! |
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AmethystRose
True Blue Farmgirl
254 Posts
Rosemary
Huntingdon
PA
USA
254 Posts |
Posted - Jun 12 2009 : 06:22:49 AM
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I don't agree with #19. It was the Mills Brothers. I've never heard a version by the Ink Spots.
Princess Summerfallwinterspring was not a puppet.
Dimmer switches were on the floor, but in the uppper left corner, away from the pedals. |
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
4247 Posts |
Posted - Jun 12 2009 : 06:26:03 AM
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I have heard of the Ink Spots...maybe they did the original version?
I don't remember the Princess or much about that show...so I got it wrong.
Yes, I do remember the dimmer switches on the floor.
...LOL....maybe the test was written by someone young! LOL
Linda in Scranton, PA
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world! |
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
4247 Posts |
Posted - Jun 12 2009 : 06:30:32 AM
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http://inkspots.ca/ISALPHAZ.htm
This is an Ink Spots site...
Cabdriver is not on this list of songs by Ink Spots
now to go look up Mills Brothers
Linda in Scranton, PA
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world! |
Edited by - yarnmamma on Jun 12 2009 06:31:54 AM |
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
4247 Posts |
Posted - Jun 12 2009 : 06:38:45 AM
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I found it...you are right!
That means I got the answer wrong...LOL
Mills Brothers Cab Driver CD
Mills Brothers Discography of CDs (1 Customer Review)
Regular Price: $11.98
Our Price: $10.99 CD
site address is:
http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1013828/a/Cab+Driver.htm
Linda in Scranton, PA
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world! |
Edited by - yarnmamma on Jun 12 2009 06:39:15 AM |
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kpaints
True Blue Farmgirl
1564 Posts
karen
cheney
wa
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Posted - Jun 12 2009 : 07:09:38 AM
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Wow, that was a trip down memory lane. Speaking of 'trips' I did not get the smelling mineograph sheets, Ha! I missed two, opps three with the inkspots. It sure is a funny list of memories when you look at it with a younger eye.
I am 63 and we had milk delivered and I remember ice blocks being delivered to the corner lady! Wow, that is old!!!! :D
Find your joy and live it. http://cheneybaglady.blogspot.com/http://www.kpaints.etsy.com http://www.thevintagebaglady.etsy.com FG #377 |
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
4247 Posts |
Posted - Jun 12 2009 : 07:11:58 AM
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I remember most of the 20 but admit some I was guessing and some not from experience.
I remember coke in a cold ice box for 5 cents!
Linda in Scranton, PA
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world! |
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harmonyfarm
True Blue Farmgirl
785 Posts
Debbie
Southeastern
Ohio
USA
785 Posts |
Posted - Jun 12 2009 : 12:42:36 PM
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I missed the Studebaker one and the Princess "whats-her-name" one. I'm 52. I might be older than dirt but by golly my dirt's organic and full of worms.......
Debbie
"If you can't find the time to do it right...how will you find the time to do it over" |
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
4247 Posts |
Posted - Jun 12 2009 : 8:02:22 PM
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yeah Debbie...good dirt full of worms! LOL
Linda in Scranton, PA
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world! |
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Jun 13 2009 : 03:21:15 AM
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The memeograph one is one of those that the smell will take you down memory lane.
I was in second grade and still recall sniffing new handouts every Monday. |
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Bellepepper
True Blue Farmgirl
1207 Posts
Belle
Coffeyville
KS
USA
1207 Posts |
Posted - Jun 13 2009 : 10:59:22 AM
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| Lordy, Lordy, I got them all right. I'm 69. |
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
4247 Posts |
Posted - Jun 13 2009 : 11:50:08 AM
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I used to work at a work/study paid job in school. The main thing I did was run the tests on mimeograph. It was a big large wheel type thing filled with ink that would seep into the holes of the master sheet...while I cranked it by hand with a big crank...(I really enjoyed it)then that would seep into the paper...making the copies...I didn't think of the smell as causing a high...but I did enjoy it! LOL LOL
are we getting old to remember when modern copy machines were just invented to way too "expensive" to use even at school! They would only make a few copies and them get too hot and had to cool the machine down.
Also we used the manual typewritters..the keys had to be pushed hard to make them move down...the keys moved far and had to hit the papter with a large enough "tap" or it wouldn't print at all.
wow...if ya got them all right....especially from memory, ya sure are telling your age! LOL
Anyone else remember something interresting? I used hand cranked calculators too...not plug in, neither were the manual needed an electric outlet.
Linda in Scranton, PA
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world! |
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Sheep Mom 2
True Blue Farmgirl
1534 Posts
Sheri
Elk
WA
USA
1534 Posts |
Posted - Jun 13 2009 : 12:34:35 PM
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Well I'm 51 and I only missed one. I remember when the first calculator came out my junior year of high school - the slide rule math geeks had one called "The Bomar Brain" and it was the size of a small 5x7 tablet and about 2" thick and cost around $200. They were testing it's capability and speed against their slide rules before Algebra class. Heck, the one I have in my wallet that cost three or four bucks does more than the original did. Older than dirt? Maybe if you add up all my lifetimes!!! Wiser, probably not....
Sheri |
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Tapestry
True Blue Farmgirl
1223 Posts
Cheryl
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - Jun 14 2009 : 12:24:03 AM
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Got all 20 right but think some of these things I've just heard about and remembered but an awful lot of them I remember...fun stuff. Makes me wish we could all ride our bikes down to the drug store and have cherry cokes at the soda fountain.
Happy farmgirl sister #353
Look for rainbows instead of mud puddles 
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
2648 Posts
Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
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Faransgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
895 Posts
Beth
Houston
Texas
USA
895 Posts |
Posted - Jun 14 2009 : 12:03:24 PM
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53 here and am older than dirt. I guessed the Inkspots, I knew about them so I only missed that one. My Father was actually a Milkman and took my Mom to the hospital in the Mild Delivery Truck when I was born. You asked about other things we remembered. Does anyone remember the button you pushed in the car to start it, instead of having a key.
Farmgirl Sister 572
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
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Posted - Jun 14 2009 : 6:28:10 PM
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I've got a question about the roller skates...I had skates with a key as a kid, but as I remember it, the key was to "unlock" the bottom of the skate - they could be adjusted front to back to fit the size of your shoe. The skates were held on over my shoes with leather buckled straps. Did anyone else have this variety? Or is it the same thing, and I just remember them differently?
My dad works for a milk processing plant, and they still had individual milkmen picking up milk for their routes into the second half of the 70s (when I was a baby, so I'm not quite dirt yet). |
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Lisa
Georgetown
OH
2900 Posts |
Posted - Jun 14 2009 : 9:06:06 PM
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| OH I miss those mimeograph tests!! I would snff & sniff until the smell was gone & then get down to business! Loved that smell. Is there a cologne out there?? Tre Mimeo??.. I would buy it. |
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harmonyfarm
True Blue Farmgirl
785 Posts
Debbie
Southeastern
Ohio
USA
785 Posts |
Posted - Jun 15 2009 : 08:45:04 AM
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Oh and to bottle the smell of Play Dough.....maybe Pla Deaux?
I remember on hot summer days, our milkman used to give us "Fudgecicles" and Ice Cream Bars when he delivered the milk. We would come running out of the woodwork when we heard the metal lid on the milkbox close.
A much simpler time for sure!
Debbie
"If you can't find the time to do it right...how will you find the time to do it over" |
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Bellepepper
True Blue Farmgirl
1207 Posts
Belle
Coffeyville
KS
USA
1207 Posts |
Posted - Jun 15 2009 : 09:00:32 AM
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| I don't remember the first calculator, well I do but it was called an adding machine. When my neice went to college, my brother bought her a calculator (TI) It cost him a couple of hundred. I thought it was awful, I thought she was going to college to LEARN, not how to use a fancy adding machine. |
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Across the Fence: older than dirt? or not? |
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older than dirt? or not?
