[Rhodes22-list] FW: HISTORY EXAM

[elle]

Mary,

What fun....only got a 12, tho'....I'm just
compost...dirt will follow in a few years!

elle

--- Ellner <ellner at pressenter.com> wrote:

> 
> >  Now that you've all voted.........here's the
> test!@
> 
>    Mary
> 
>    Waiting for the ice to be out in Wisconsin
> 
> 
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >History Exam .
> >
> >Everyone over 40 should have a pretty easy time
> >At this exam.   If you are under 40 you can claim a
> handicap.
> >
> >
> >*** 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. P rincess 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, d pass the _________?
> >a. Meatballs
> >B. Dames
> >C. Ammunition
> >
> >19. What was the name of the singing group that
> made the song 
> >"Cabdriv ER" 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
>
>------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> >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 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 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.
> >
> >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/U> :  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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >----------
> >Start the year off right. 
>
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> 
> >ways to stay in shape in the new year.
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