INSTRUCTIONS: Java required! It's easy. Read each question and click on the button in front of your answer. The computer will keep score for you. To find the answers, go here. Good luck! JavaScript is disabled. Get Netscape 3.0 or turn it on! 1. Where did headlight dimmer switches used to be located? On the floor shift knob On the floor, left of the clutch Next to the horn 2. The bottle top of a Royal Crown Cola bottle has holes in it. For what was it used? Capture lightning bugs To sprinkle clothes before ironing Large salt shaker 3. Why was having milk delivered a problem in northern winters? Cows got cold and wouldn't produce Ice on highways forced delivery by dogsled Milkmen left deliveries outside 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? Blackjack Gin Craps 5. What method did women adapt to look as if they were wearing hosiery when none was available due to silk rationing during W.W.II? Suntan Leg painting Wearing slacks 6. What postwar car turned automotive design on its ear when you couldn't tell whether it was coming or going? Studebaker Nash Metro Tucker 7. Which was a popular candy when you were a kid? Strips of dried peanut butter Chocolate-licorice bars Wax coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water inside 8. How was Butch wax used? To stiffen hair cut into a flattop so it stood up To make floors shiny and prevent scuffing On the wheels of roller skates to prevent rust 9. Before inline skates, how did you keep your roller skates attached to your shoes? With clamps, tightened by a skate key Woven straps that crossed the foot Long pieces of string or twine 10. As a kid, what was considered the best way to reach a decision? Consider all the facts Ask Mom Eeny-meeny-miney-mo 11. What was the worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex? A cold VD Cooties 12. "I'll be down to get you in a ________, Honey?" SUV Taxi Streetcar 13. What was the name of Caroline Kennedy's pet pony? Old Blue Paint Macaroni 14. What was a duck-and-cover drill (or drop drill)? Part of the game of hide and seek What you did when your mom called you in to do chores Hiding under your desk, 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? Princess Summerfallwinterspring Princess Sacajewea Princess Moonshadow 16. What did all really savvy students do when mimeographed tests were handed out in school? Immediately sniffed the purple ink, as this was believed to get you "high" Made paper airplanes to see who could sail theirs out the window Wrote another pupil's name on the top, to avoid failure 17. Why did your mom shop in stores that gave Green Stamps with purchases? To keep you out of mischief licking the backs, which tasted like bubble gum They could be put in special books and redeemed for various household items They were given to the kids to be used as stick-on tattoos 18. "Praise the Lord, and pass the _________?" Meatballs Dames Ammunition 19. What was the name of the group who made the song "Cabdriver" a hit? The Ink Spots The Supremes The Esquires 20. Who left his heart in San Francisco? Tony Bennett Xavier Cugat George Gershwin Now! How many did you get right? Click on the Magic munber - Be honest now! 0 to 11? 12 to 16? 17 to 20? To the Oldtimer (Quiz) TOC To the Sam Houston Exs TOC Webmaster B. Gibbons '51 ANSWERS 1. b) On the floor, left of the clutch. Hand controls, popular in Europe, took till the '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 flattop (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) Cooties. 12. b) Taxi. Better be ready by half-past eight! 13. c) Macaroni. 14. c) Hiding under your desk, 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 "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. 12 - 16 correct: Not quite dirt yet, but your mind is definitely muddy. 0 - 11 correct: You are a sad excuse for a geezer. Return to top of page
1. Where did headlight dimmer switches used to be located? On the floor shift knob On the floor, left of the clutch Next to the horn 2. The bottle top of a Royal Crown Cola bottle has holes in it. For what was it used? Capture lightning bugs To sprinkle clothes before ironing Large salt shaker 3. Why was having milk delivered a problem in northern winters? Cows got cold and wouldn't produce Ice on highways forced delivery by dogsled Milkmen left deliveries outside 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? Blackjack Gin Craps 5. What method did women adapt to look as if they were wearing hosiery when none was available due to silk rationing during W.W.II? Suntan Leg painting Wearing slacks 6. What postwar car turned automotive design on its ear when you couldn't tell whether it was coming or going? Studebaker Nash Metro Tucker 7. Which was a popular candy when you were a kid? Strips of dried peanut butter Chocolate-licorice bars Wax coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water inside 8. How was Butch wax used? To stiffen hair cut into a flattop so it stood up To make floors shiny and prevent scuffing On the wheels of roller skates to prevent rust 9. Before inline skates, how did you keep your roller skates attached to your shoes? With clamps, tightened by a skate key Woven straps that crossed the foot Long pieces of string or twine 10. As a kid, what was considered the best way to reach a decision? Consider all the facts Ask Mom Eeny-meeny-miney-mo 11. What was the worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex? A cold VD Cooties 12. "I'll be down to get you in a ________, Honey?" SUV Taxi Streetcar 13. What was the name of Caroline Kennedy's pet pony? Old Blue Paint Macaroni 14. What was a duck-and-cover drill (or drop drill)? Part of the game of hide and seek What you did when your mom called you in to do chores Hiding under your desk, 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? Princess Summerfallwinterspring Princess Sacajewea Princess Moonshadow 16. What did all really savvy students do when mimeographed tests were handed out in school? Immediately sniffed the purple ink, as this was believed to get you "high" Made paper airplanes to see who could sail theirs out the window Wrote another pupil's name on the top, to avoid failure 17. Why did your mom shop in stores that gave Green Stamps with purchases? To keep you out of mischief licking the backs, which tasted like bubble gum They could be put in special books and redeemed for various household items They were given to the kids to be used as stick-on tattoos 18. "Praise the Lord, and pass the _________?" Meatballs Dames Ammunition 19. What was the name of the group who made the song "Cabdriver" a hit? The Ink Spots The Supremes The Esquires 20. Who left his heart in San Francisco? Tony Bennett Xavier Cugat George Gershwin Now! How many did you get right? Click on the Magic munber - Be honest now! 0 to 11? 12 to 16? 17 to 20? To the Oldtimer (Quiz) TOC To the Sam Houston Exs TOC Webmaster B. Gibbons '51 ANSWERS 1. b) On the floor, left of the clutch. Hand controls, popular in Europe, took till the '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 flattop (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) Cooties. 12. b) Taxi. Better be ready by half-past eight! 13. c) Macaroni. 14. c) Hiding under your desk, 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 "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. 12 - 16 correct: Not quite dirt yet, but your mind is definitely muddy. 0 - 11 correct: You are a sad excuse for a geezer. Return to top of page
2. The bottle top of a Royal Crown Cola bottle has holes in it. For what was it used? Capture lightning bugs To sprinkle clothes before ironing Large salt shaker
3. Why was having milk delivered a problem in northern winters? Cows got cold and wouldn't produce Ice on highways forced delivery by dogsled Milkmen left deliveries outside 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? Blackjack Gin Craps
5. What method did women adapt to look as if they were wearing hosiery when none was available due to silk rationing during W.W.II? Suntan Leg painting Wearing slacks
6. What postwar car turned automotive design on its ear when you couldn't tell whether it was coming or going? Studebaker Nash Metro Tucker
7. Which was a popular candy when you were a kid? Strips of dried peanut butter Chocolate-licorice bars Wax coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water inside
8. How was Butch wax used? To stiffen hair cut into a flattop so it stood up To make floors shiny and prevent scuffing On the wheels of roller skates to prevent rust
9. Before inline skates, how did you keep your roller skates attached to your shoes? With clamps, tightened by a skate key Woven straps that crossed the foot Long pieces of string or twine
10. As a kid, what was considered the best way to reach a decision? Consider all the facts Ask Mom Eeny-meeny-miney-mo
11. What was the worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex? A cold VD Cooties
12. "I'll be down to get you in a ________, Honey?" SUV Taxi Streetcar
13. What was the name of Caroline Kennedy's pet pony? Old Blue Paint Macaroni
14. What was a duck-and-cover drill (or drop drill)? Part of the game of hide and seek What you did when your mom called you in to do chores Hiding under your desk, 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? Princess Summerfallwinterspring Princess Sacajewea Princess Moonshadow
16. What did all really savvy students do when mimeographed tests were handed out in school? Immediately sniffed the purple ink, as this was believed to get you "high" Made paper airplanes to see who could sail theirs out the window Wrote another pupil's name on the top, to avoid failure
17. Why did your mom shop in stores that gave Green Stamps with purchases? To keep you out of mischief licking the backs, which tasted like bubble gum They could be put in special books and redeemed for various household items They were given to the kids to be used as stick-on tattoos
18. "Praise the Lord, and pass the _________?" Meatballs Dames Ammunition
19. What was the name of the group who made the song "Cabdriver" a hit? The Ink Spots The Supremes The Esquires
20. Who left his heart in San Francisco? Tony Bennett Xavier Cugat George Gershwin
Now! How many did you get right? Click on the Magic munber - Be honest now!
To the Sam Houston Exs TOC
1. b) On the floor, left of the clutch. Hand controls, popular in Europe, took till the '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 flattop (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) Cooties. 12. b) Taxi. Better be ready by half-past eight! 13. c) Macaroni. 14. c) Hiding under your desk, 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 "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. 12 - 16 correct: Not quite dirt yet, but your mind is definitely muddy. 0 - 11 correct: You are a sad excuse for a geezer.
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