quiz time

[river1]

i got this in an email so some may have seen it before. i figure with all the OLD folks we have on here it be interesting to see everyones score. i got 17 correct so i guess i'm older then dirt.

later jim


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
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>         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.
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>         4. What was the popular chewing gum named for a game of chance?
>         a. Blackjack
>         b. Gin
>         c. Craps!
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>         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
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>         6. What po stwar 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
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>         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
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>         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 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 Sta mps 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
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>         18. Praise the Lord, and pass the _________?
>         a. Meatballs
>         b. Dames
>         c. Ammunition
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>         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
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>         1. b) On the floor, to the left of the clutch. Hand controls, popular in Europe , took till the late '60s to catch on.
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>         2. b) To sprinkle clothes before ironing. Who had a steam iron?
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>         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 gathering places were closed to try to prevent spread of the disease.
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>         12. b) Taxi. Better be ready by half-pas t 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..
>         --------------------------------------------------------------------
>         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!
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>         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 wisdo m of your experiences.

[GPster]

I got 20 but I don't have anyone to pass this test on to. I usually don't take these kinds of test but the instructions said to wait til the end to get your score. I wanted to win a carburater. GPster

[Fat Cat]

I only got 16 out of 20 so I am not quite dirt yet.

[tomslik]

i've had blackjack gum


tasted like crap


so i guess the answer was a and c

[GPster]

i've had blackjack gum tasted like crap so i guess the answer was a and c

I'd admitt to tasting "Black Jack" gum but I wouldn't have admitted  to tasting your comparison. Now to really date your trivia. In the Roy Roger's Show what was Jingle's ride named? GPster

[ragdol]

Jingles wasn't on Roy Rogers, that was Pat Butram, & he drove a jeep named Nellibelle. Jingles was on with Wild Bill Hickock. Don't remember his horses name though. I scored a 20.

[Leon]

Jingles was on with Wild Bill Hickock. Don't remember his horses name though. I scored a 20.

Jingles horse was Joker  I scored 17.  Now I have to go look for my glasses.

[Grandadeo]

I got a perfect score, glad I'm just older than dirt and not under it.

Lee

[GPster]

Jingles wasn't on Roy Rogers, that was Pat Butram, & he drove a jeep named Nellibelle. Jingles was on with Wild Bill Hickock. Don't remember his horses name though. I scored a 20.

That gives you an A++++++.First the name of the car/truck/jeep is correct. I remembereed it being Pat Butram but I though he had a character name. Wild Bill Hickock was an evening show and didn't get to watch it much. Was Jingles like Festis on Gun Smoke? My wife thinks that Jingles was the name that Andy Devine used for his character on the saturday morning show that had "Froggy" plunking his magic twanger (kid's show?). I tend to agree with her ( with age comes wisdom). Just found another problem. I've been thinking of Wyatt Erp (Hugh O'Brian) rather than Wild Bill Hickock (SP?). It look's like this is what I'll be doing to conserve gas. GPster

[Uncle Bob]

While we're doing the name game, Pat Butram rode with Gene Autry, it was Pat Brady that drove Nellibelle.  And the Studebaker answer should be 1947 rather than 1946.

[EMSjunkie]

There was a quiz, why didn't someone tell me!!
I didn't study!!

I CAN"T HANDLE THIS PRESSURE      

Vance

[Mr Cool]

I got 9.
Considering I havnt heard of some of that stuff (probably coz I aint in the US) and Im not over 40 yet, my handicap comes into play doesnt it?
Then again, I would rather not be compared to dirt.....

[enjenjo]

Then again, I would rather not be compared to dirt.....

Not that high class huh?

[Mr Cool]

Then again, I would rather not be compared to dirt.....

Not that high class huh?

What has that big koala carps been telling you?

[enjenjo]

Oh, nothing