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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Friday, March 24, 2006 - 6:30 pm
If you don't score very well blame it on being too young!! It is a win-win situation. 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 answer and score at the end. Then, best of all, before you pass this test on, put your score in the subject line! 1. In the 1940's, 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 W.W.II? a. Suntan b. Leg painting c. Wearing slacks 6. What post war 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 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, 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: 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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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Friday, March 24, 2006 - 6:34 pm
ack!! i scored 17 correct. missed #12, 15 & 19.
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Shadoe
Member
11-04-2004
| Friday, March 24, 2006 - 7:00 pm
I got 14 but I guessed at most of them. I guess I should rightly be in the 0-11.
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Max
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Friday, March 24, 2006 - 7:11 pm
Yup, dirt here! Although I missed 12, 13, and 15, so I'm not the oldest dirt in the sandbox! LOL
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Springer
Member
03-12-2004
| Friday, March 24, 2006 - 7:21 pm
I got 17 and proud of it. Missed 5 6 & 19
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Friday, March 24, 2006 - 8:21 pm
Yea! I'm not dirt. I only got 15. I can still feel those heavy skates we used to wear that tightened with a key. We kept the key in the same drawer all the time and it never got lost. Sidewalk skating was the greatest! No rinks for us!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, March 24, 2006 - 8:23 pm
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 answer and score at the end. Then, best of all, before you pass this test on, put your score in the subject line! 1. In the 1940's, 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 just a guess 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 Mom had such a bottle, not RC 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. Silly.. we had a milk chute.. the milkman opened the outside door, put in the milk, eggs, butter, etc., and we opened the inside door to bring it in.. Very handy indeed and also worked when we got locked out once and little brother was able to get in the house that way. This was in Detroit in the 50s, house built in the 40s. 4. What was the popular chewing gum named for a game of chance? a. Blackjack vile stuff, too! 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 W.W.II? a. Suntan b. Leg painting c. Wearing slacks 6. What post war 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. Actually we had to go way underground into a third level down basement and stand in class areas.. very creepy! 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, 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 Wow, I got 18, but I had some lucky guesses and I AM older than dirt anyway!! And the two I missed were probably because my Dad worked for Ford and had automatic trans from the earliest days of those.
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Friday, March 24, 2006 - 8:32 pm
Deja vu
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Mamapors
Member
07-29-2004
| Friday, March 24, 2006 - 8:44 pm
18--Dirt Here Missed 15 and 19.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, March 24, 2006 - 8:50 pm
I missed two but I am not old as dirt, I just know my trivia!
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Merrysea
Member
08-13-2004
| Friday, March 24, 2006 - 9:12 pm
I missed two, I guessed on a couple, and some I knew but was too young to experience myself.
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Oldtex
Member
03-06-2006
| Friday, March 24, 2006 - 9:32 pm
I scored 19! Missed #16, think I sniffed too much purple ink! Hmmm
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Saturday, March 25, 2006 - 1:55 pm
20 here and I am older than dirt because I really did remember them all. And for the record, #16 was a ditto not a mimeo. Dittos were the purple ink & mimeos were black ink. Being a retired teacher I used them all the time (and enjoyed them along with the kids *snort*)
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Treasure
Member
06-26-2002
| Saturday, March 25, 2006 - 3:03 pm
ehehe 18 correct. Missed #4 (I never knew about Blackjack gum.) missed #7 (I thought about the wax coke bottles stuff, but thought then thought it was more in my twenties that kids like those. Forgot that it didn't matter when it was popular.) ehehe Like Seamonkey I AM older than dirt and proud of it!
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Jagger
Member
08-07-2002
| Saturday, March 25, 2006 - 3:51 pm
I only got 12 right, I guess I'm not as old as dirt, but my brain cells have seen too many of those little purple ink blots.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Sunday, March 26, 2006 - 7:08 am
15/20 Not quite dirt yet. But does it count if I guessed on some and got it right?
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Beachcomber
Member
08-26-2003
| Sunday, March 26, 2006 - 9:28 am
16, so I guess I am borderline dirt.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, March 26, 2006 - 9:38 am
Who, I definitely guessed on some and knew some from my mom, I guess..
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Tess
Member
04-13-2001
| Sunday, March 26, 2006 - 6:51 pm
I got 18 (missed 6 and 12). A couple I knew from stories my parents would relate (or my grandmother) but the rest we around when I was little.
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Sunrvrose
Member
08-13-2001
| Sunday, March 26, 2006 - 11:56 pm
Def older than dirt, missed the (19) Inkspots, Missed (11) Polio, and missed (15) Indian Princess. And, Just for the record, we didn't think the purple ink would get us high, in fact, no one I knew, knew anything at all about getting high. We liked the smell of the ink because it smelled good. By the time the memeograph stuff ended, folks had a lot of stuff to get high on and would have looked really stupid sniffing a test.
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Lancecrossfire
Animoderator
07-13-2000
| Monday, March 27, 2006 - 12:47 am
i got 20 out of 20--sigh.
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Legalboxer
Member
11-17-2003
| Monday, March 27, 2006 - 8:54 am
got worried in the beginning but had a strong finish - got 17 (missed 1,2 and 7) - and i was born in 1975 
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Monday, March 27, 2006 - 9:09 am
19 out of twenty correct. Missed the Inkspots. Guess I have one foot in the grave. Legalboxer, you were born the year I graduated from high school, and THAT fact makes me feel older than dirt!!!
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Tater
Member
03-19-2003
| Tuesday, March 28, 2006 - 2:50 pm
Oh My! I got 18 correct. This explains everything!
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Tuesday, March 28, 2006 - 3:00 pm
I got 13 correct, so I am just now getting as old as dirt which makes sense because I played with dirt when I was a kid. We would add water to the dirt and make mud pies!
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Tuesday, March 28, 2006 - 4:24 pm
I got every single one right...how depressing..I am older than dirt!!
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Tuesday, March 28, 2006 - 4:38 pm
i got 18, also. i missed numbers 2 and 6. the bottle cap and the car. see, i know not to drink and drive! i am definitely older than dirt, although a lot of the answers were things i found out from grandmothers, etc. the seams drawn with eyeliner, for example. and i remember driving my grandpa's old chevy wagon and it had a little round metal button to the left of the brake that was the light dimmer. the question brought it back to me. i drove it when i was a senior in high school and it was at least 20 years old in the early 70's! at least i have some great company in the 'old as dirt' category, and i wouldn't want it any other way!
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Tuesday, March 28, 2006 - 5:03 pm
20, older than dirt. If I hadn't have gotten them all correct, I'd of had to turn in my medicare card.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Tuesday, March 28, 2006 - 5:07 pm
I only missed #19 (about the Inkspots song). I guess I am officially older than dirt. I do know that Moby Dick was just a minnow when I was born.
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Tuesday, March 28, 2006 - 6:04 pm
lol, huk'd!! he wasn't even a twinkle in grandpa's eye when i was born 
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Tuesday, March 28, 2006 - 8:30 pm
Is Moby Dick your dad? 
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Wednesday, March 29, 2006 - 1:18 pm
I got 19 - missed the Howdy Doody question. However, I will say that while I am at a mature age, a lot of the answers I knew from hearing my elders talk.
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Wednesday, March 29, 2006 - 2:58 pm
I got all 20, but with a little help from a goofy Dad. I didn't really remember the Ink Spots, but Dad used to tell this joke where he would make dots on the palm of his hand, and then hold it up to his ear. If we would ask, "What are you doing?" His answer was...."Listening to the Ink Spots."
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