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 & pencil & number from 1 to 20. 
 *** Write the letter of each answer & 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 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-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, & 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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Finger pointing down from darrell94590 on 1/2/2006

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Drawing from Ripleys-Believe It Or Not

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              THE SOLUTION
 

 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 t 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

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.