05-06-2007, 09:22 PM
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| Super Moderator    Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gladstone, Missouri
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|  History Exam DON'T CHEAT AND LOOK AT THE BOTTOM FOR THE ANSWERS!!! 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. NUMBER 1-20, 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, send to friends AND HAVE FUN!!!! 1. In the 1940's, 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-50'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 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 (Scroll down) 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.
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05-06-2007, 09:48 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Edmonds, WA
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| I missed 6, 8, 9, 12, 15, 18, and 19, for a grand total of 13 correct.... and I was born in Dec. 1981. 
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05-06-2007, 10:21 PM
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| PUKHA DAWG  Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Virginia, just outside of Washington D.C.
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| 17 correct, I missed 4, 13 and 19. |
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05-06-2007, 11:00 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jul 2004
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| Wow, I didn't know many of those. A few were common sense. Guess I'm not old enough. |
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05-06-2007, 11:15 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Indiana
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| I missed 6,and 18. 18 correct. My wife tells me all the time that I'm older than dirt. So I guess I just confirmed it. I was birthed in '65. -UR
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05-07-2007, 12:06 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: abilene,tx
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| Dang! I missed #11. I was born in '65 as well but I am the baby of the family.
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05-07-2007, 12:39 AM
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| Resident Armed Liberal  Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Southern California
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| Waitaminute; I distinctly remember the words to #12 being, "I'll be down to get you in a WHEELBARROW, honey, A taxi costs too dang much money..." The Studebaker in #6 was before I was born (1949); the only thing I remember about Caroline Kennedy (#13) was that she came downstairs one day crying because she couldn't find her doll (it was on the front page of the newspaper; how ridiculous was that?); and I never watched the Howdy Doody Show a day in my life (#15); we didn't get a television until I was a teenager. So that's what, 16 out of 20? Pooh...ask me about the 60's, and I'll prove my age by missing almost all of them. You know the old saying: "If you don't remember the '60's, you were there."
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05-07-2007, 07:28 AM
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| Banned Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: North New York State.
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| I got one wrong #5,and me being a leg man. "I'll be down to get you in a WHEELBARROW honey,was a spin-off of the original,and sung by Louie "Prima?"i think that's the spelling. |
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05-07-2007, 11:02 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: San Diego Cal
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| lol I guess I can somewhat talk to you ol timers got 12 correct and bein 19 lol Pat
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05-07-2007, 11:36 AM
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05-07-2007, 11:57 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas
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| I missed 15 & 18. I guessed #20 and got it right ! 52 years old ain't old is it ?...Now where did I leave my cane...A.H p.s. uncle red you and toolman made me feel old when yall said you were birthed in 65. I was farted out in 54............ Last edited by ArkansasHunter; 05-07-2007 at 01:31 PM. |
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05-07-2007, 01:45 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: San Diego Cal
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| lol JAC I guess we do!
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05-07-2007, 02:51 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: WAITSFIELD VERMONT
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| All but one. Only 76 DANA |
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05-08-2007, 03:57 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Maryland
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| I got 12. |
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05-20-2007, 05:10 PM
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| Registered User  Join Date: May 2007
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| I got 16 right. I missed 5 because I was born a few years after WWII, and 8 because I have never had a flat top haircut. I had no idea what the right answer to 12 might be, but I should have known the answer to 20. BTW, when I was a kid we collected and redeemed Top Value Stamps (the yellow ones) as well as S&H Green Stamps!  |
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05-08-2008, 02:39 AM
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| Military Rifle Collector  Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Right behind you. -NRA Member-
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| I only missed number 6.
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05-08-2008, 06:52 AM
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| 17 right- missed 3 Dang it I'm older than dirt but I'm a kid at heart..... 
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05-08-2008, 12:30 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: May 2007 Location: Texas Hill Country
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| Nanny Nanny Boo Boo I got 18! Now where the heck did I put that keyboard?
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05-08-2008, 02:22 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Oklahoma
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| Missed 2 And yes, older than dirt fits well.
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05-08-2008, 04:12 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: South Louisiana
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| Missed #6 but then I was only four when that model came out provided it came out in the fall of 1945. I believe that was when the "new" models were introduced back then. |
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