>
> 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*
> clut ch.
> 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 scu ffing.
> 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 cr ossed 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-Cove r Drill?
> a. Part of the game of hide and seek.
> b. What y ou 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, t o avoid their failure.
>
> 17. W hy 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, d pass the _________?
> a. Meatball s
> b. Dames
> c. Ammunition
>
> 19. What was the name of the singing grou p 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 C ugat
> 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.
>
> 2. (b) To sprinkle clothes before ironing. Who had a steam iron?
>
> 3. (c) Cold weather cause d the milk to freeze and expand, popping the
> bottle top.
>
> 4 . (a) Blackja ck 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) Een y-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 u nder your desk, and covering your head with your arms
> in an A-bomb drill.
>
> 15. (a) Princess Summerfallwinterspr i ng. She was another pup pet.
>
> 16. (a) Immediately sniffed the purple ink to get a high.
>
> 17. (b) Put in a special stamp bo
> 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 quit e dirt yet, but you're getting there.
>
> 0 -11 correct: You are not old enough to share the wisdom of your
> experiences.
> Oh, this was such fun ! ! Got all 20 right.. . Might have missed the Ink Spots, but question 16 - sniffing the ink, reminded me. . . I was born in '44 and remember my mom telling me about the stockings tip. . .and #18 I knew was Ammo, but also looked for fertilizer . . . didn't they say that too ? ? LOL Thanks so much for the fun ! ! ! do I get bonus points for not peeking before I answered all the questions correctly? I am not only older than dirt, I was one of the first investors in the company that invented fire.
Maybe I'm not quite dirt just yet, but, I do have a serious memory problem.( About everything ) lol well take my word i did not know 15 or `19 guessed at 15 and was lucky to get it right - oh well i knew i was older than dirt!!! have a tee to prove it!!! Wow I'm a kid compared to you guys. But you guys did great, great question. You guys are sure smart are you sure your not from another planet? This was a fun little quiz. Thanks. I missed one. Yes. I got 15 but some I knew because of my mother's stories....
I'm not quite dirt yet... Wow, I missed 4. I'll never get an A. Drove to school in a 46 chevy with a 3 on the tree and the starter on the floor. Do you remember when they had milk dispensers which looked like the ice machine boxes of today. You just put your money in and out pops a quart of milk. they had them in Minnesota but not in Iowa where I was from. I loved blackjack gum! Good little test!
Thanks! I only missed the one about sniffing the purple ink. And we had the steel cows here in Minnesota. Was nice to go out late at night for a little milk when the kids were asleep, so we would have it in the morning. Those machines had lights on and you could go 24-7. Alright here it goes. I did not peek at the answers first.
1-B
2-B but could be C
3-C
4-A
5-B
6-B
7-C I would not call it candy
8-A
9-A your talking to a skate fanatic
10-C
11-C
12-B
13-C
14-C
15-A
16-B but it could have been A as it did smell good
17-D
18-C
19-You got me on this one, don't remember this song
20-A
Now I will post this, go back and look at the answers and see how many I got right. It was not very hard, just one or two I was not really sure of.
Edit- Older than dirt. but of course been there done that. What can I say. Thank you for confirming that I am old..... HOWEVER... I am NOT older than DIRT. I am older than the MOUNTAINS but YOUNGER than dirt.
I remember some years ago while working at the pizza place I still work at, it was the supervisor's birthday. He stated, sadly, "Boy, do I feel OLD!"
"How old ARE you, if I may ask?"
"22," came his reply!
"What does that make ME, then? PETRIFIED???" I replied.
Have a Senior day. I'm not that old but got almost all of them. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Life was so much simpler back then. Way cool question and answers! I missed the one about the Studebaker.... But that still leaves me older than dirt. | 