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> 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 & pencil & number from 1 to 20.
> ****Write the letter of each answer & score at the end.

> Then before you pass 20 this test on, put your score in the subject line. Send to friends so everyone can HAVE FUN!!!! Also send it back to me.






> 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 f loors 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 20 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 heartinSanFrancisco
> a. Tony Bennett
> b. Xavier Cugat
> 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 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 =2 0 shoestring around your
> neck.

> 10. (c) Eeny-meeny-miney-mo.

> 11. (c) Polio. In beginning of Aug ust, swimming pools were closed, movies and other p ublic 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..

> =2 0 19. (a) The widely famous 50's group: The Inkspots.

> 2 0. (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 ('old') friends with your score in the subject line