Trivia Quiz: Down Memory Lane

[82Rigger]

Everyone over 40 should have a pretty easy time at this quiz.
If you are under 40 you can claim a handicap.

This is a quiz for those who don'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. A common household item was a Royal Crown Cola bottle that had a stopper with 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 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 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'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 a lot of students do when mimeographed tests were
handed out in school?

a. Immediately sniffed the purple ink.
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, 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

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I'll post the answers when everyone has had a chance to thy their luck.

[MarineAO]

Well let's see how many I get correct.

1b
2 b
3 c
4 a
5 b
6 a
7 c
8 a
9 a
10 c
11 c
12b
13b
14c
15b
16a
17b
18c
19a
20a

[sn-e3]

1. B
2. B
3. C
4. A
5. B
6. A
7. C
8. A
9. A
10. C
11. C
12. C
13. C
14. C
15. A
16. A
17. B
18. C
19. A
20. A

[spectreguns]

1B
2B
3C
4A
5B
6A
7C
8A
9A
10C
11C
12B
13C
14C
15A
16A
17B
18C
19A
20A

[Packo]

Easy for the elderly:

1 b
2 b
3 c
4 a
5 b
6 a
7 c
8 a
9 a
10 c
11 c
12 b
13 c
14 c
15 a
16 a
17 b
18 c
19 a
20 a

Fun Steve!

Spectre! What do you do in Beaufort??????

Pack

[spectreguns]

Originally posted by Paco Easy for the elderly:

1 b
2 b
3 c
4 a
5 b
6 a
7 c
8 a
9 a
10 c
11 c
12 b
13 c
14 c
15 a
16 a
17 b
18 c
19 a
20 a

Fun Steve!

Spectre! What do you do in Beaufort??????

Pack

Hey, Paco! They said you were in the area. I'm a sales rep for Bootle Air. Live on Lady's Island.

And you?

[Robert Ryan]

1 b 2 b 3 c 4 a 5 b 6 a 7 c 9b 9a 10 a 11 c 12 b 13 c 14 c 15 b
16 a 17 b 18 c 19 b 20 a

[Jerry D]

1. B
2. B
3. C
4. A
5. B
6. A
7. C
8. A
9. A
10. C
11. C
12. B
13. C
14. C
15. A
16. A
17. B
18. C
19. A
20. A

[Tina]

1 b
2 b
3 c
5?
6 ?
7 c
8 a
9 a
10 c
11 c
12 b
13 ?
14 c
15 ?
16 ?
17 ?
18 ?
19?
20 ?

okay i had some help from dad =\ till he left for a bit..
love ya
your friend and God Bless,
Tina

[Keith_Hixson]

1. b 2. b 3. c 4. a 5. c 6. b.
7. c 8. a 9. a 10. c 11. c 12. in a minute, second
13. c 14. c 15. a 16. a 17. b 18. a 19. c 20. a

Number 12

I was raised on a farm in the sticks, no taxi or street car
I'll be down to pick you up in the pick-up.

Keith