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The 'Over 50'
History Exam
This is a History Exam for those who
don't mind seeing how much they really remember
about what went on in their life.
Everyone over 50 should have a pretty
easy time at this exam. If you are under 50 you can
claim a handicap.
You might want to write down your answers so you can
keep track.....
and NO Cheating - don't look at the answers until
you take the test!
HERE WE GO...
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
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 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.
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.
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