06shooter
03-04-2009, 09:23 AM
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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 & 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 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 you20in 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 & 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.
=0
A2. (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 legwith 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 obv
iously 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 ...
_____
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 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 you20in 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 & 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.
=0
A2. (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 legwith 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 obv
iously 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 ...