A jungle gym against Alzheimers...
Frances Morey
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Folks, give it a try and tell me how you did.
>
>
> History Exam...
>
> Give it a try; best score from people I know is 19.
> 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 and pencil and number from 1 to 20. Write the letter of each
> answer and score at the end.
> Then, best of all, before you pass this test on, put your score in the
> subject line!
>
> 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.
> Forwhat 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 di! d 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. 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 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 their failure
>
> 17. Why did your Mom shop in stores that gave Green Stamps with
> purchases?
> &nbs! p; 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 househol! d
> 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 should share their wisdom!
> 12 -16 correct: Not quite dirt yet, but your mind is getting keen.
> 0 -11 correct: You are not old enough to share the wisdom of your
> experiences.
>
> Send this to your friends.
>
> Joe R.
>
>
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<BR>
Give it a try; best score from people I know is 19.<BR>
Everyone over 40 should have a pretty easy time at this exam, if you <BR>
are under 40 you can claim a handicap.<BR>
This is a History Exam for those who don't mind seeing how much they <BR>
really remember about what went on in their life. &nb=
sp; <BR>
Get paper and pencil and number from 1 to 20. Write the letter of each=
<BR>
answer and score at the end.<BR>
Then, best of all, before you pass this test on, put your score in the <BR>
subject line!<BR>
<BR>
1. In the 1940s, where were automobile headlight dimmer switches <BR>
located?<BR>
a. On the floor shift knob<BR>
b. On the floor board, to the left of the clutch<BR>
c. Next to the horn<BR>
<BR>
2. The bottle top of a Royal Crown Cola bottle had holes in it.<BR>
Forwhat was it used?<BR>
a. Capture lightning bugs<BR>
b. To sprinkle clothes before ironing<BR>
c. Large salt shaker<BR>
<BR>
3. Why was having milk delivered a problem in northern winters?<BR>
a. Cows got cold and wouldn't produce milk<BR>
b. Ice on highways forced delivery by dog sled<BR>
c. Milkmen left deliveries outside of front doors and milk woul=
d <BR>
freeze,<BR>
expanding and pushing up the cardboard bottle top.<BR>
<BR>
4. What was the popular chewing gum named for a game of chance?<BR>
a. Blackjack<BR>
b. Gin<BR>
c. Craps!<BR>
<BR>
5. What method did women use to look as if they were wearing stockings <BR>
when none were available<BR>
due to rationing during W.W.II?<BR>
a. Suntan<BR>
b. Leg painting<BR>
c. Wearing slacks<BR>
<BR>
6. What postwar car turned automotive design on its ear when you <BR>
couldn't tell whether it was coming or going?<BR>
a. Studebaker<BR>
b. Nash Metro<BR>
c. Tucker<BR>
<BR>
7. Which was a popular candy when you were a kid?<BR>
a. Strips of dried peanut butter<BR>
b. Chocolate licorice bars<BR>
c. Wax coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water insid=
e<BR>
<BR>
8. How was Butch wax used?<BR>
a. To stiffen a flat-top haircut so it stood up<BR>
b. To make floors shiny and prevent scuffing<BR>
c. On the wheels of roller skates to prevent rust<BR>
<BR>
9. Before inline skates, how di! d you keep your roller skates <BR>
attached to your shoes?<BR>
a. With clamps, tightened by a skate key<BR>
b. Woven straps that crossed the foot<BR>
c. Long pieces of twine<BR>
<BR>
10. As a kid, what was considered the best way to reach a decision?<BR>
a. Consider all the facts<BR>
b. Ask Mom<BR>
c. Eeny-meeny-miney-mo<BR>
<BR>
11. What was the most dreaded disease in the 1940's?<BR>
a. Smallpox<BR>
b. AIDS<BR>
c. Polio<BR>
<BR>
12. "I'll be down to get you in a ________, Honey"<BR>
a. SUV<BR>
b Taxi<BR>
c. Streetcar<BR>
<BR>
13. What was the name of Caroline Kennedy's pet pony?<BR>
a. Old Blue<BR>
b. Paint<BR>
c. Macaroni<BR>
<BR>
14. What was a Duck-and-Cover Drill?<BR>
a. Part of the game of hide and seek<BR>
b. What you did when your Mom called you in to do c=
hores<BR>
c. Hiding under your desk, and covering your head with yo=
ur arms <BR>
in an A-bomb drill.<BR>
<BR>
15. What was the name of the Indian Princess on the Howdy Doody show?<BR>
a. Princess Summerfallwinterspring<BR>
b. Princess Sacajewea<BR>
c. Princess Moonshadow<BR>
<BR>
16. What did all the really savvy students do when mimeographed tests <BR>
were handed out in school?<BR>
a. Immediately sniffed the purple ink, as this was believ=
ed to <BR>
get you high<BR>
b. Made paper airplanes to see who could sail their=
s out the <BR>
window<BR>
c. Wrote another pupil's name on the top, to avoid=20=
their failure<BR>
<BR>
17. Why did your Mom shop in stores that gave Green Stamps with <BR>
purchases?<BR>
&nbs! p; a. To keep you out of mischief by licking th=
e backs, <BR>
which tasted like bubble gum<BR>
b. They could be put in special books and redeemed=20=
for various <BR>
household items<BR>
c. They were given to the kids to be used as stick-=
on tattoos<BR>
<BR>
18. Praise the Lord, and pass the _________?<BR>
a. Meatballs<BR>
b. Dames<BR>
c. Ammunition<BR>
<BR>
19 What was the name of the singing group that made the song <BR>
"Cabdriver" a hit?<BR>
a. The Ink Spots<BR>
b. The Supremes<BR>
c The Esquires<BR>
<BR>
20. Who left his heart in San Francisco?<BR>
a. Tony Bennett<BR>
b. Xavier Cugat<BR>
c. George Gershwin<BR>
<BR>
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p; &n=
bsp; ANSWERS<BR>
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1. b) On the floor, to the left of the clutch. Hand controls, po=
pular <BR>
in Europe,<BR>
took till the late '60s to catch on.<BR>
2. b) To sprinkle clothes before ironing. Who had a steam iron?<=
BR>
3. c) Cold weather caused the milk to freeze and expand, popping=
the <BR>
bottle top.<BR>
4. a) Blackjack Gum.<BR>
5. b) Special makeup was applied, followed by drawing a seam dow=
n the<BR>
back of the leg with eyebrow pencil.<BR>
6. a) 1946 Studebaker.<BR>
7. c) Wax coke bottles containing super-sweet colored water.<BR>
8. a) Wax for your flat top (butch) haircut.<BR>
9. a) With clamps, tightened by a skate key, which you wore on a=
<BR>
shoestring around your neck.<BR>
10. c) Eeny-meeny-miney-mo.<BR>
11. c) Polio. In beginning of August, swimming pools were closed,<BR>
movies and other public gathering places were closed to try to prevent<BR>
spread of the disease.<BR>
12. b) Taxi. Better be ready by half-past eight!<BR>
13. c) Macaroni.<BR>
14. c) Hiding under your desk, and covering your head with your arms in<BR>
an A-bomb drill.<BR>
15. a) Princess Summerfallwinterspring. She was another puppet.<BR>
16. a) Immediately sniffed the purple ink to get a high.<BR>
17. b) Put in a special stamp book, they could be traded for househol! d<BR>
items at the Green Stamp store.<BR>
18. c) Ammunition, and we'll all be free.<BR>
19. a) The widely famous 50's group: The Inkspots.<BR>
20. a) Tony Bennett, and he sounds just as good today.<BR>
<BR>
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17- 20 correct: You are older than dirt, and obviously gifted with<BR>
mental abilities. Now if you could only find your glasses. Definitely<BR>
someone who should share their wisdom!<BR>
12 -16 correct: Not quite dirt yet, but your mind is getting keen.<BR>
0 -11 correct: You are not old enough to share the wisdom of your<BR>
experiences.<BR>
<BR>
Send this to your friends.<BR>
<BR>
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