History Exam For People Over 40?

This is a History Exam for those who don%26#039;t mind seeing how much they really remember about what went on in their life.





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%26#039;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%26#039;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%26#039;s?


a. Smallpox


b. AIDS


c. Polio





12. %26quot;I%26#039;ll be down to get you in a ________, Honey%26quot;


a. SUV


b. Taxi


c. Streetcar





13. What was the name of Caroline Kennedy%26#039;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 hand! ed out i n 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%26#039;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 %26quot;Cabdriver%26quot; 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

History Exam For People Over 40?
Im over 40, not over 80. Most of these questions were from two or three decades before I was born.


I do know some though.
Reply:What a cool little test, Tell You What -- talk about a trip down memory lane! I won%26#039;t provide individual answers for I know them all. You will have to take my word for that. Thank you for the bit of nostalgia. You really brightened my day!
Reply:b,b,c,a,?,a,c,a,a,c,c,b,?,c,?,a,b,a,?,a. Now that brought me back into time, thanks for a great question.
Reply:Holy cow! You sure wrote an awful lot haha! Well I%26#039;m not even 40 yet....maybe you can ask again in another year?





:-)
Reply:1b,2b,3c,4a,5b,6a,7c,8a,9a,10c,11c,12c,1...


17b,18c,19?, 20a.
Reply:that%26#039;s cute as heck! i knew them all except 13 %26amp; 15. 19 threw me a curve. i know it was the Ames Brothers, but i don%26#039;t know the name of the group. star for you.
Reply:1B


2C


3C


4A


5B


6B


7C


8C


9B


10C


11A


12B


13C


14C


15C


16A


17B


18A


19A


20A
Reply:I%26#039;m in my 40%26#039;s. i don%26#039;t know all the questions to this. now my mom does, shes hitting 70. she said you and i both need to get a life. if we want to know the questions read a history book. sorry i tried.
Reply:1 b


2 b


3 c


4 a


5 a


6 b


7 c


8 b


9 a


10 c


11 c


12 c


13 b


14 c


15 c


16 a


17 b


18 a


19 a


20 c
Reply:1. before my time.


2 b.


3 c.


4 a.


5 before my time.


6 a.


7 c.


8 a.


9 b.


10 b.


11 a.


12 c


13 dont know


14 c.


15 c.


16.dont know.


17 b.


18 c.


19 a.


20 a.
Reply:NUMBER 20: Tony Bennett left his heart in San Francisco (great song)!


NUMBER 17: I think the answer is %26#039;b%26#039;.


NUMBER 18: The answer is %26#039;c%26#039; Ammunition.





These questions are REALLY %26#039;old school%26#039; (and I%26#039;m 32)...most of these are far before my time.



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