Re: [AMC-list] non amc history test 14

[Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>]

How 'bout that? I got 100%. : )

Ken 


Quoting Eddie Stakes <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Non AMC related, but figured some of ya'll would enjoy this. I got a 14. Good
> luck and 
> have fun then back to regularly scheduled AMC talk. Just because you over 40
> don't mean 
> you will remember some of this stuff either!
> Eddie Stakes
> 
> NO Cheating - don't look at the answers until you take the test!!!!
> History Exam...
> Everyone over 40 should have a pretty easy time at this exam. If you are
> under 40 you can 
> claim a handicap.
> 
> 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 & pencil & number from 1 to 20.
> ****Write the letter of each answer & score at the end.
> 
> Then before you pass this test on put your score in the subject line...Send
> to friends so 
> everyone can HAVE FUN!!! Also send it back to me...
> 
> 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 i n 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 unde r 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 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
> 
> 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.
> 
> Send this to your ("old") friends with your score in the subject line ...
> 
> 
> 
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