OT History Test (Enjoy)

I scored a 15. Not quite dirt yet. If you miss #6 then you really need your head examed.

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

  1. 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

  2. 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.

  1. What was the popular chewing gum named for a game of chance? A. Blackjack B. Gin C. Craps!

  2. 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

  1. 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

  2. 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

  1. 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

  2. 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

  1. 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

  2. What was the most dreaded disease in the 1940's & 50's A. Smallpox B. AIDS C. Polio

  1. "I'll be down to get you in a ________, Honey" A. SUV B. Taxi C. Streetcar

  2. What was the name of Caroline Kennedy's pet pony? A. Old Blue B. Paint C. Macaroni

  1. 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.

  2. What was the name of the Indian Princess on the Howdy Doody show? A. Princess Summerfallwinterspring B. Princess Sacagawea C. Princess Moonshadow

  1. 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

  2. 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

  1. Praise the Lord, and pass the _________? A. Meatballs B. Dames C. Ammunition

  2. 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

  1. 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.
2 b) To sprinkle clothes before ironing. Who had a steam iron?

  1. c) Cold weather caused the milk to freeze and expand, popping the bottle top.

  2. a) Blackjack Gum

  1. b) Special makeup was applied, followed by drawing a seam down the back of the leg with eyebrow pencil.

  2. a) 1946 Studebaker.

  1. c) Wax coke bottles containing super-sweet colored water.

8 a) Wax for your flat top (butch) haircut.

  1. a) With clamps , tightened by a skate key, which you wore on a shoestring around your neck.

  2. c) Eeny-meeny-miney-mo.

  1. 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.

  2. b) Taxi. Better be ready by half-past eight!

  1. c) Macaroni.

  2. c) Hiding under your desk, and covering your head with your arms in an A-bomb drill.

  1. a) Princess Summerfallwinterspring. She was another puppet.

  2. a) Immediately sniffed the purple ink to get a high.

  1. b) Put in a special stamp book, they could be traded for household items at the Green Stamp store.

  2. c) Ammunition, and we'll all be free.

  1. a) The widely famous 50's group: The Inkspots.

  2. 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.

Send this to your friends with your score in the subject line!

Reply to
Karin Gillette
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Got 18, but I didn't think I was older than dirt.......I'm only 50. Now Jeff Rice, HE is older than dirt!!

Paul

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R1Lark

Reply to
noeone

Got 20 out of 20. Older than dirt, I guess. Of course, it wasn't the '46 Studebaker that got tagged with the "which way is it going" line, but the '47, which was introduced in mid-year '46.

Gord Richmond

Reply to
Gordon Richmond

I had a geology prof at Bowling Green who'd been at it a while. When you'd get the 1930's "basement maps" (bedrock charts) out of the archives, her name was on the legend box. We used to say it was no wonder Dr. Forsythe knew where all the rocks were, since she had put them there.

Gord isn't older than dirt, but that's because Gord can tell you, within an epoch, just how old that dirt is. (Probably by licking it, if I know field men...)

I like these quiz things until they get to the insulting closer lines. It's assumed that no kid ever listened to what his elders were talking about, never read a book, never paid attention to what went before. If you know (well, think you know) who won WWII, you must have been in it. There are faux-psychologists who will advise you how to treat employees based on how old they are. Know what? I can read Latin, and I never met Julius Effing Caesar.

But I got all 20, so this is just another old guy whinin'...

Reply to
comatus

Those who claim all twenty, probably got only 19, as it was the Mills Brothers who had "Cab Driver."

I claim a true 20. " "Been there, Done that! Alive and kicking befere Herr Hitler started the war.) Karl Haas

Reply to
midlant

I got all the right answers. Where were tests like this when I was in school!!! Flathead, older and, hopefully, wiser!!

Reply to
FlatheadGeo

Those who claim all twenty, probably got only 19, as it was the Mills Brothers who had "Cab Driver."

Were ANY of these the right answers? Jeez, these kids nowadays, with their bubble gum, the rock and roll, and coonskin caps...

Reply to
comatus

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Same here. I believe that Studebaker did have a '46 but it was a rehashed '42...

JT

Reply to
Grumpy AuContraire

I got 17 right, but a couple were just lucky guesses, got 12, 13 and 15 wrong.

Do I get extra credit because I used Notepad instead of paper and pencil?

Jeff DeWitt

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Reply to
Jeff DeWitt

Well, I'm older than dirt, but then I expected that. I missed only one, which means I am not as old as Gord! I had no idea about Caroline Kennedy's pony.

Joe Roberts

Reply to
itraseecab

Joe,

Some of us just remember any reference to food better than others. Speaking of which, on this fiftith anniversary of my joining the Navy, I've gone a diet to drop ten pounds.

Karl

Reply to
midlant

You are a bona fide old fart, Karl!

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Barry

Reply to
Barry

Hadn't heard about the airline attendant. What happened there?

Bo

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64daytonaht

Here's a link to the story,

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C R

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C R

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Unbelievable! Talk about frivolous lawsuits. That ranks right up there with the McDonald's hot coffee suit or the DC judge's suit over his lost pants. Paul Johnson

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Paul Johnson

"A Southwest Airlines flight attendant's use of a popular children's rhyme - "Eenie, meenie, minie, moe" - has resulted in a federal racial discrimination lawsuit against the airline filed by two African American women asking for unspecified financial damages.

One of the two women suing over the allegedly offensive nursery rhyme claims hearing the rhyme caused her to be bedridden for three days and suffer from "unexplained memory gaps," according to court documents."

-------- The first thing I would have asked if I had been the defense attorney is, "Over-react much?" Maybe they're related to the black judge who temporarily lost his pants at the drycleaners and sued for millions.

Lee

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Reply to
Lee Aanderud

That's for sure.

I suppose that the next thing to go will be the advice towards the end of a flight to secure personal items like 'puters, games 'n weed wackers...

JT

Reply to
Grumpy AuContraire

Barry, That's not a recent discovery, is it? You a bit ate in learning that.

KDH

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Former Coventry resident

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