catsrule
Mary Jo
- Joined
- Jan 14, 2001
- Messages
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> > >Try your wits....
> > >
> > >Have fun!!!!
> > >1. Where did headlight dimmer switches used to be located?
> > >a. On the floor shift knob
> > >b. On the floor, left of the clutch
> > >c. Next to the horn
> > >
> > >2. The bottle top of a Royal Crown Cola bottle has 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
> > >b. Ice on highways forced delivery by dog sled
> > >c. 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?
> > >a. Blackjack
> > >b. Gin
> > >c. Craps
> > >
> > >5. What method did women adapt to look as if they were wearing
> > >stockings when none was 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 hair cut into a flattop 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 string or 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 worst thing you could catch from the opposite
> > >sex?
> > >a. A cold
> > >b. VD
> > >c. Cooties
> > >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, 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 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 pupils name on the top, to avoid failure
> > >17. Why did your mom shop in stores that gave Green Stamps with
> > >purchases?
> > >a. To keep you out of mischief 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 group who 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. Zavier Cugat
> > >c. George Gershwin
> > >
> > >ANSWERS
> > >1. b) On the floor, left of the clutch. Hand controls, popular
>in
> > >Europe, took till the 60s to catch on in the U.S.
> > >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) 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 of a geezer. Redeem
>yourself
> > >by declaring to everyone that the world is going to hell in a
> > >handbasket.
>
I got 16 right.
> > >
> > >Have fun!!!!
> > >1. Where did headlight dimmer switches used to be located?
> > >a. On the floor shift knob
> > >b. On the floor, left of the clutch
> > >c. Next to the horn
> > >
> > >2. The bottle top of a Royal Crown Cola bottle has 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
> > >b. Ice on highways forced delivery by dog sled
> > >c. 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?
> > >a. Blackjack
> > >b. Gin
> > >c. Craps
> > >
> > >5. What method did women adapt to look as if they were wearing
> > >stockings when none was 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 hair cut into a flattop 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 string or 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 worst thing you could catch from the opposite
> > >sex?
> > >a. A cold
> > >b. VD
> > >c. Cooties
> > >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, 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 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 pupils name on the top, to avoid failure
> > >17. Why did your mom shop in stores that gave Green Stamps with
> > >purchases?
> > >a. To keep you out of mischief 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 group who 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. Zavier Cugat
> > >c. George Gershwin
> > >
> > >ANSWERS
> > >1. b) On the floor, left of the clutch. Hand controls, popular
>in
> > >Europe, took till the 60s to catch on in the U.S.
> > >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) 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 of a geezer. Redeem
>yourself
> > >by declaring to everyone that the world is going to hell in a
> > >handbasket.
>
I got 16 right.
