Subj:.....History
Exam (S442)
From: darrell94590 on 7/10/2005
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History
Exam. No Peeking!!!
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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. Write the letter of each
answerand
score at the end.
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 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
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
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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
'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 wa s 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. At the 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..
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SCORING
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- 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
their
wisdom!
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- 16 correct: Not quite dirt yet, but your
mind is
getting
keen.
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- 11 correct: You are not old enough to share
the
wisdom
of your experiences. |
