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Liquor Dealer · 04-30-2003, 09:36 AM

HOW ABOUT YOU??????

History Exam (Don't peek at the answers 'til you try it)
get your paper and pencil out.

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 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

6. 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

************************************************
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, 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 all male, all black group: The Inkspots.
20. a) Tony Bennett, and he sounds just as good today.

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SCORING

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.

vermin · 04-30-2003, 09:45 AM

17 Good Lord, I'm older than my years would suggest.

zf0enix · 04-30-2003, 09:50 AM

Jeepers! I'm only 30-something, but I knew most of the answers!

rockogre · 04-30-2003, 09:54 AM

19. I thought it was going to be something hard.

I'm ashamed, I missed number 12. I was thinking streetcar.

And I wish they would put the damn dimmer switch back where it belongs.

platypus · 04-30-2003, 10:01 AM

I got 17 correct, guessing at 3 of them. I'm almost 40.

shalafi · 04-30-2003, 10:04 AM

oh good i only got 13

Liquor Dealer · 04-30-2003, 10:15 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by rockogre
...............And I wish they would put the damn dimmer switch back where it belongs.

Me too!

raeanna74 · 04-30-2003, 10:28 AM

Yikes. I got 17 correct. Missed the Inkspots completely - I had no idea. But I'm only 29. I think part of it is I love history and listened to LOTS of my grandparents and parents stories. I'm sure that helped. Funny thing is - I've driven a car with the dimmer switch on the floorboard. I remember I like that better than where it is now. Why in the world did they change that?

hrdwareguy · 04-30-2003, 01:23 PM

hrmm....Only 11, I'm a sorry excuse for a geezer

Ashton · 04-30-2003, 01:49 PM

LOL! I'm 35 and I got them all right....

guessed on the Inkspots though....

G_Whiz · 04-30-2003, 02:01 PM

19/20. I told you I was old!!!!!

Eviltree · 04-30-2003, 04:03 PM

Well I failed

JStrider · 04-30-2003, 04:05 PM

i got 17...

i got the car one wrong cuz we had an 80s van that had the switch on the floor board... and i figured it must have been a later development....

the other wrong ones were just guesses...

bubbaspike · 04-30-2003, 04:07 PM

18/20
I may be old but I ain't dead.

louiedog · 04-30-2003, 04:20 PM

13... i'm 20... i hope that's good

Somenosuke · 04-30-2003, 04:31 PM

10. Yay for me. Considering I just turned 20 sunday, I am not surprised.

bundy · 04-30-2003, 05:13 PM

only got 12 correct...
blame it on my age!

Bill O'Rights · 05-12-2003, 12:38 PM

I got 19...and I'm only 40 for cryin' out loud! [goes to find quiet corner to go cry in]

Prophecy · 05-12-2003, 12:45 PM

ah, well i couldn't get those right if I guessed, but it does give me a good idea of a quiz for my folks

uncle phil · 05-12-2003, 04:08 PM

20/20...and i'm with rock...put the damn dimmer switch back where it belongs...

Macheath · 05-12-2003, 04:59 PM

22 and 14 correct - I guessed a bit, but I am listening to the Ink Spots as I type this.

Jolt · 05-12-2003, 05:23 PM

15/20, and I just turned 29.

(and I'm going to stop counting here...)

JadziaDax · 05-12-2003, 05:46 PM

15/20 also... surprised me that I actually knew some of that...

So there goes the rumor that I'm old as dirt...

DEI37 · 05-12-2003, 06:13 PM

Got 8/20 right. So that lines up with my age of 25, I guess.

Craven Morehead · 05-12-2003, 06:45 PM

17, older than dirt, in fact, I am dirt

04-30-2003, 09:36 AM	#1 (permalink)
Liquor Dealer Super Agitator Location: Just SW of Nowhere!!! In the good old US of A	Are you older than dirt? HOW ABOUT YOU?????? History Exam (Don't peek at the answers 'til you try it) get your paper and pencil out. 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 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 6. 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 ********************************************** 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, 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 all male, all black group: The Inkspots. 20. a) Tony Bennett, and he sounds just as good today. ***************************** SCORING 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. __________________ Life isn't always a bowl of cherries, sometimes it's more like a jar of Jalapenos --- what you say or do today might burn your ass tomorrow!!!

04-30-2003, 09:45 AM	#2 (permalink)
vermin Indifferent to anti-matter Location: Tucson, AZ	17 Good Lord, I'm older than my years would suggest. __________________ If puns were sausages, this would be the wurst.

04-30-2003, 09:50 AM	#3 (permalink)
zf0enix Psycho Location: PacNW	Jeepers! I'm only 30-something, but I knew most of the answers! __________________ One step closer to the edge...

04-30-2003, 09:54 AM	#4 (permalink)
rockogre I aim to misbehave! Location: SW Oklahoma	19. I thought it was going to be something hard. I'm ashamed, I missed number 12. I was thinking streetcar. And I wish they would put the damn dimmer switch back where it belongs. __________________ Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you, Jesus Christ and the American G. I. One died for your soul, the other for your freedom

04-30-2003, 10:01 AM	#5 (permalink)
platypus Essen meine kurze Hosen Location: NY Burbs	I got 17 correct, guessing at 3 of them. I'm almost 40. __________________ Out the 10Base-T, through the router, down the T1, over the leased line, off the bridge, past the firewall...nothing but Net.

04-30-2003, 10:04 AM	#6 (permalink)
shalafi ARRRRRRRRRR Location: Stuart, Florida	oh good i only got 13

04-30-2003, 10:28 AM	#8 (permalink)
raeanna74 I'm not a blonde! I'm knot! I'm knot! I'm knot! Location: Upper Michigan	Yikes. I got 17 correct. Missed the Inkspots completely - I had no idea. But I'm only 29. I think part of it is I love history and listened to LOTS of my grandparents and parents stories. I'm sure that helped. Funny thing is - I've driven a car with the dimmer switch on the floorboard. I remember I like that better than where it is now. Why in the world did they change that? __________________ "Always learn the rules so that you can break them properly." Dalai Lama My Karma just ran over your Dogma.

04-30-2003, 01:23 PM	#9 (permalink)
hrdwareguy "Officer, I was in fear for my life" Location: Oklahoma City	hrmm....Only 11, I'm a sorry excuse for a geezer __________________ Gun Control is hitting what you aim at Aim for the TFP, Donate Today

04-30-2003, 01:49 PM	#10 (permalink)
Ashton PORNHOUND Location: California	LOL! I'm 35 and I got them all right.... guessed on the Inkspots though....

04-30-2003, 02:01 PM	#11 (permalink)
G_Whiz Junkie Location: Northern California	19/20. I told you I was old!!!!! __________________ If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?

04-30-2003, 04:03 PM	#12 (permalink)
Eviltree Psycho Location: British Columbia	Well I failed

04-30-2003, 04:05 PM	#13 (permalink)
JStrider Poo-tee-weet? Location: The Woodlands, TX	i got 17... i got the car one wrong cuz we had an 80s van that had the switch on the floor board... and i figured it must have been a later development.... the other wrong ones were just guesses... __________________ -=JStrider=- ~Clatto Verata Nicto

04-30-2003, 04:07 PM	#14 (permalink)
bubbaspike Psycho Location: neither here, nor there	18/20 I may be old but I ain't dead. __________________ Y'all watch this.......

04-30-2003, 04:20 PM	#15 (permalink)
louiedog Crazy	13... i'm 20... i hope that's good

04-30-2003, 04:31 PM	#16 (permalink)
Somenosuke Insane Location: The 7th Level..	10. Yay for me. Considering I just turned 20 sunday, I am not surprised. __________________ Sex is not the answer. Sex is the question. Yes is the answer.

05-12-2003, 12:38 PM	#18 (permalink)
Bill O'Rights will always be an Alyson Hanniganite Location: In the dust of the archives	I got 19...and I'm only 40 for cryin' out loud! [goes to find quiet corner to go cry in] __________________ "I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." - Susan B. Anthony "Hedonism with rules isn't hedonism at all, it's the Republican party." - JumpinJesus It is indisputable that true beauty lies within...but a nice rack sure doesn't hurt.

05-12-2003, 12:45 PM	#19 (permalink)
Prophecy Oracle & Apollyon Location: Limbus Patrum	ah, well i couldn't get those right if I guessed, but it does give me a good idea of a quiz for my folks __________________ La Disciplina È La Mia Spada, La Fede È Il Mio Schermo, Non salti Ciecamente In Incertezza, E Potete Raccogliere Le Ricompense.

05-12-2003, 04:08 PM	#20 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	20/20...and i'm with rock...put the damn dimmer switch back where it belongs... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

05-12-2003, 06:45 PM	#25 (permalink)
Craven Morehead Custom User Title	17, older than dirt, in fact, I am dirt

04-30-2003, 05:13 PM	#17 (permalink)
bundy . Location: Tokyo	only got 12 correct... blame it on my age! __________________ Ohayo!!!

05-12-2003, 04:59 PM	#21 (permalink)
Macheath Junkie Location: Sydney, Australia	22 and 14 correct - I guessed a bit, but I am listening to the Ink Spots as I type this.

05-12-2003, 05:23 PM	#22 (permalink)
Jolt Insane Location: Over here	15/20, and I just turned 29. (and I'm going to stop counting here...)

05-12-2003, 05:46 PM	#23 (permalink)
JadziaDax Loser Location: who the fuck cares?	15/20 also... surprised me that I actually knew some of that... So there goes the rumor that I'm old as dirt...

05-12-2003, 06:13 PM	#24 (permalink)
DEI37 Go faster! Location: Wisconsin	Got 8/20 right. So that lines up with my age of 25, I guess. __________________ Generally speaking, if you were to get what you really deserve, you might be unpleasantly surprised.