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Date Posted: 04:06:59 03/07/03 Fri
Author: Pot
Subject: Re: Is or Is you ain't as old as dirt?
In reply to: Marv 's message, "Is or Is you ain't as old as dirt?" on 19:32:41 03/06/03 Thu

>I only missed 2 questions... involving stockings and
>Howdy Doody...I'm as old as dirt. AND damn proud of
>it!! :> Marv.........................History Exam
>>
>>-- Write your answers down so you can tell how many
>you got right at the
>>end.
>>
>>-- Don't peek at the answers 'til you try it!
>>
>> 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 W.W.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 1940's?
>>
>> a. small pox
>>
>> 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 Sacajewea
>>
>> 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 your 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 '60s 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 all male, all black group: The Inkspots.
>>
>>20. a) Tony Bennett, and he sounds just as good today.
>>
>> ----------------------------------------
>>
>> SCORING
>>
>>17- 20 correct: You are not only older than dirt, but
>obviously gifted with
>>mind bloat. Now if you could only find your glasses.
>Definitely a GEEZER !
>>
>> 12 -16 correct: Not quite dirt yet, but your mind
>is definitely muddy.
>>
>> 0 -11 correct: You are a sad excuse for a geezer or
>you are younger than
>>springtime!

Uh oh!! Based on this, I not only older than dirt, I was around before dirt was dirty. :(

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